We had pizza for dinner - hot Italian sausage, mushrooms, black olives, onions, peppers, cheddar and mozzarella.
We had our 2nd light frost last night. The first one was 30* and did no damage except for a little ice on the windshield. Last night was 30* again, and it killed the petunias on the deck, but not the lettuce. I'll be setting up my Aerogarden soon, and also starting a flat of mixed lettuces under the Gro lights but not until I return from a trip the weekend after next. I need to water daily until they germinate. I'm hoping to keep a lot of things growing over the winter, but even with a passive solar sunroom that has 8 south-facing floor to ceiling windows we don't get enough sunlight for good growth. I might end up with another set of shelving with more Gro lights!
Thanks to Cass for the suggestion to use 2 3/4 oz of honey for 2 3/4 oz of sugar. Of course that will help with the dryness, and I should have thought of that. But I'm not as smart as Cass!! It will be a while before I make another cake -- I try to limit my caloric intake, most of the time. But I've made a note on my recipe and will do that.
I made 2 loaves of buttermilk oatmeal bread, with my usual substitutions. I also made pizza dough.
I didn't really cook today, but took chili out of the freezer for our dinner. And baked KAF's Golden Pull Apart Rolls to go with it.
For dinner I made ground turkey burgers, mashed potatoes, mushroom gravy, and buttercup squash.
KathyD, the carrot cake is excellent! It's a bit dry, but not at all oily or greasy, as it often is. I think subbing apple sauce for some of the oil eliminated any excess. I haven't had carrot cake for two years, and it is one of my favorite sweets.
We had grilled pork chops and potatoes, and roasted Brussel sprouts drizzled with olive oil, pomegranate balsamic, bourbon barrel aged maple syrup.
Today I made a carrot cake, but have not done a taste test yet. I used apple sauce in place of some of the oil, added chopped and smashed pineapple chunks (prefer crushed, but chunks is what I found in the pantry), 4 cups of shredded carrots, and walnuts. I'm telling myself this will be a healthy snack. Oh, I did forget about the cream cheese frosting!
I have a pot of stone soup on the stove for dinner tonight. I had made my version of chicken cacciatore for dinner on Tues, so took the leftovers and cleaned the chicken off the breast bones. I added the rice we had with dinner, more onions, celery, carrots, and a container of frozen asparagus, along with some chicken broth. We'll have it with garlic knots from the freezer.
I cooked a pork roast in the tagine with Moroccan spices, along with potatoes, carrots, onions, and apples. Another traditional autumn meal at our house.
Good for her! How wonderful that the two of you can share the joys of baking together.
We had grilled salmon, baked potatoes, and asparagus from the freezer for dinner tonight. I rubbed the salmon with a garlic-citrus rub (fairly hot and spicy) and then brushed maple syrup on it for the last 4 minutes.
BakerAunt, I envy you "one last picking" of anything from the garden. We're finished gardening, and most of the plants are pulled up. It was not a great year, but our freezers are full!
I made garlic knots for my husband to take to a pot luck this week.
Tonight we had breakfast sausages cooked with sliced apples all sprinkled with brown sugar and cinnamon, along with cole slaw and corn bread muffins. This is one of our favorite fall meals.
