Homemade Gravy
Or spagetti sauce as some like to call it. It's brighter than it appears in the photo, this will simmer for awhile and then the meatballs go into the sauce to cook. First up tomorrow, John's homemade lasanga!!!
Recipe can be found on my blog here
More Inspiration
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Taking a break, spent most of the day outside finalizing garden plans, planted cucumbers, helped John to unbury our stash of wooden fence posts (for my new fence) and retrieve old decking material for constructing more raised beds. Above: John tilling the north garden with our trusty tiller Rotilla the Hun!
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Tomatoes, etc
Woke up in horrible pain this morning, my right rotar cuff decided it to let me know that it wasn't happy with me, apparently spending the entire day in a car driving across the state and back is not a nice thing to do to one's bum shoulder.
So to work the knots out I mowed the yard, transplanted some perinneal's and planted them under the cherry tree, planted 33 tomato plants, cleaned off the driveway in anticipation of having a yard sale, pruned a whole bunch of trees out of the yard, and pulled gobs of weeds.
It worked I know longer feel my shoulder because my knees are hurting worse than my shoulder was.
If it doesn't rain here tonight then tomorrow I will run a couple of natural dye baths, madder root, out of doors, and plant the rest of my garden goodies which is mainly cucumers and cabbages at this point in the game.
So to work the knots out I mowed the yard, transplanted some perinneal's and planted them under the cherry tree, planted 33 tomato plants, cleaned off the driveway in anticipation of having a yard sale, pruned a whole bunch of trees out of the yard, and pulled gobs of weeds.
It worked I know longer feel my shoulder because my knees are hurting worse than my shoulder was.
If it doesn't rain here tonight then tomorrow I will run a couple of natural dye baths, madder root, out of doors, and plant the rest of my garden goodies which is mainly cucumers and cabbages at this point in the game.
Swine Flu Update
Well I'm recovering, finally, from the swine man swamp flu! I still have a cough hanging on. The canning came to a near screaching halt, John took 4 days off from work but the reality is 1. I'm more organized than he is, which isn't saying much btw, and 2. there was way more that needed canning than one person could do alone! He did get a dozen or so pints of pear butter put up and a dozen or so quarts of tomatoes canned. I'm feeling better but not by much, a simple drive across town and back still wears me out and I need a nap just to recover from the experience. To make matters worse I have a show coming up this weekend and I"m no where near being ready for the event. More later from the kitchen!!!
Roma Tomatoes
Garden Fresh!
Cabbage Seedlings
Layered Chicken Vegetable Soup
Layered Chicken Vegetable Soup Recipe
Wow this is very popular so here is the recipe and the next post will be pics of what we did.
The potatos, carrots, tomatoes, and onions were raw (I soaked the cubed potatoes for four hours with a bit of vinegar) The corn and green beans were frozen.
Amounts are approximations for a quart jar:
1c cubed potatoes
1c sliced/cubed carrot (depended on the diameter of the carrot most ended up cubed)
2/3c corn
2/3c green beans
1/4c cooked chicken meat
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2T chopped fresh roma tomatoes
1/2 Chicken bullion Cube
Cover with the broth you made when you cooked the chicken meat. PC 90 minutes.
I arranged it in layers so that it would be pretty!Potato, carrot, green bean, chicken, corn, tomato, onion.
The potatos, carrots, tomatoes, and onions were raw (I soaked the cubed potatoes for four hours with a bit of vinegar) The corn and green beans were frozen.
Amounts are approximations for a quart jar:
1c cubed potatoes
1c sliced/cubed carrot (depended on the diameter of the carrot most ended up cubed)
2/3c corn
2/3c green beans
1/4c cooked chicken meat
T Onion
2T chopped fresh roma tomatoes
1/2 Chicken bullion Cube
Cover with the broth you made when you cooked the chicken meat. PC 90 minutes.
I arranged it in layers so that it would be pretty!Potato, carrot, green bean, chicken, corn, tomato, onion.