The solely sewing I had fourth dimension for yesterday was my morn wearisome stitching. I gave myself a footling fleck of extra fourth dimension equally good because I knew the twenty-four hr menstruum ahead would last a busy one. It's almost fourth dimension to deed my hoop.
Most of the twenty-four hr menstruum was spent on my feet. I outset did some housekeeping chores because they were sort of "optional." I knew if I waited, they wouldn't larn done. After that, I headed off to the grocery store for a quick trip. Then dorsum domicile where I tackled this week's percentage of CSA veggies. I made a lasagna to freeze as well as conduct hold along. We'll conduct hold that our outset nighttime out amongst 2 pocket-size heads of romaine lettuce inward a Caesar side salad. Then, I roasted as well as pureed some tomatillos. Those were measured into 3/4 loving cup portions as well as frozen for futurity Enchiladas Suizas...a favorite of Mike's.
Then I sliced upwards the six(!) cucumbers from terminal week's share. Four of those went into some fridge pickles. They'll rank off for 2 months inward the refrigerator, thence they'll last adept when nosotros larn back. It's some other of Mike's favorites. For those, I used a recipe I've been making for decades. It outset appeared inward the Kerr Kitchen Cookbook, but it was published inward our local newspaper. This was pre-internet (yeah, I'm actually that old), but yous tin give the axe find the recipe inward this rattling sometime weblog post. The other 2 cucumbers were made into a salad for terminal night's dinner.
There was a pile of tomatoes to bargain with. I've been wanting to effort this recipe from Smitten Kitchen for Roasted Tomato Soup amongst Broiled Cheddar. I relish reading her blog. She makes adept food, but she's also a adept as well as humorous writer. As for this recipe, to quote her:
"I’ve spent a pregnant portion of the terminal twelvemonth considering ways to merge grilled cheese sandwiches as well as Lycopersicon esculentum soup inward a unmarried vessel."
Sounds good, huh? Since I had thence many tomatoes, I decided to brand the soup ahead as well as freeze it for eating somewhere downwards the road. The tomatoes are outset roasted, as well as thence pureed, as well as thence cooked downwards a footling to a greater extent than on the stove top. I'll belike riff off of her method, but basically, it's similar French onion soup amongst a crouton as well as Gruyere cheese floating on top. Mine volition last a crouton amongst melted cheddar.
So all of that cooking took all afternoon, but I wasn't finished. Oh no. You didn't think I was going to exercise all that cooking without making dessert, did you? Well, did you? So, I went out as well as picked some plums from the plum tree for an Original Plum Torte. Yum.
If yous click on that link I've given you, there's an interesting floor nearly the development of this recipe. It's published annually yesteryear the New York Times.
When that was finished, I filled the aeroplane feeders as well as watered the bloom pots. The sunflower the squirrels left behind has position out a bunch to a greater extent than flowers. It's a pocket-size consolation subsequently they ate all the others I planted. You tin give the axe meet that the outset centre bloom has faded, but it's been replaced yesteryear several more.
With all the cooking yesterday, the kitties were form of bored. They went charging only about the house, outset Smitty chasing Sadie. Then, they'd switch directions as well as Sadie chased Smitty. At i holler for she had the beak audacity to boundary upwards on rank of his sacred space, the china cabinet.
As yous powerfulness imagine, this flummoxed Himself considerably.
Yeah...I'm upwards here...what are yous going to exercise nearly it Big Boy?
Okay, as well as thence I'm ending today amongst i to a greater extent than fleck of transparency. I idea I'd last able to bring out the 2 remaining mystery projects today, but i has been delayed inward delivery to its recipient. I'll conduct hold to concord off a twenty-four hr menstruum or 2 on that. For now, I tin give the axe exhibit yous this footling mug carpet I made for Sue's birthday. We're getting together for breakfast this morning, as well as she won't meet this weblog postal service until tomorrow. Her birthday is side yesteryear side week, but we'll last gone, as well as thence we're celebrating this morn amongst oatmeal at the South Store Cafe.
You powerfulness retrieve she brought dorsum some staff of life mix from Erick Schat's Bakkery inward Bishop, California. We go through Bishop all the fourth dimension when nosotros caput due south as well as come upwards dorsum north, but we've never visited the "bakkery." Looks similar we'll conduct hold to side yesteryear side fourth dimension only about because, apparently, it's a thing.
The staff of life mix comes inward a footling muslin bag. After I made the bread, it seemed a shame non to exercise something amongst the footling bag, as well as thence I took it apart as well as made this mug rug.
Sue volition larn a kicking out of it, I think. It's a footling similar regifting, as well as we're e'er regifting i some other amongst our gift bags. Here's how it looks from the back.
I conduct hold something else for her too, but that volition conduct hold to hold off until Oct when nosotros return. So straightaway I've revealed iii out of 4 of my mystery projects. I'm hoping the other volition larn delivered inside a twenty-four hr menstruum or 2 as well as I tin give the axe bring out it earlier nosotros go.
On today's agenda, oatmeal as well as a walk. Then I'll roast as well as materials some poblano peppers to swallow downwards the road. Also, I'll brand some croutons to conduct hold amongst salads. There's a footling fleck of housework to do. Let's see...what else? Packing, of course. I'm hoping to larn all the nutrient packed today. It's the biggest purpose of my task when nosotros larn prepare for a trip. Oh yes, as well as I'm going to pick plenty plums for barbecue sauce. My friend Gail suggested freezing them, as well as I don't know why I didn't think of that myself. I solely demand 4 pounds. I tin give the axe pit as well as freeze them. When nosotros larn back, I'll create them downwards into barbecue sauce, as well as no i volition last the wiser.
Okay, thence some other busy twenty-four hr menstruum on my feet. Onward!