For everything I did yesterday, I don't conduct maintain a lot to exhibit for it. Today volition hold out much the same, I'm afraid. I had a overnice breakfast amongst Sue. When Mike together with I were adhering to the Cooking Light Diet, the diet introduced us to Avocado Toast. And now...it seems Avocado Toast is a dish of dandy popularity. One of the restaurants nosotros frequent for breakfast is the nearby Biscuits. The final fourth dimension I was at Biscuits, they had ane card selection of Avocado Toast. Now, they've expanded their card to include 4 dissimilar variations on the theme. Here's a petty snip of their menu, showing yous all the ways yous tin conduct maintain this dish:
The packages inwards our grocery shop come upwards inwards boxes of six. When Mike together with I are traveling, it's our go-to breakfast for days on the route because it's quick together with easy, together with doesn't brand a lot of muddied dishes. When I sat downward here, I didn't intend I was going to larn on such an expansive tour of breakfast food, but I knew yous would abide by this endlessly fascinating. You're welcome.
As for the residue of the day, I establish myself tired yesterday...I'm non certain why. Possibly because I can't look to slumber inwards past times 5:00 a.m. most mornings. We larn to bed early, together with hence it's non equally if I'm non getting plenty sleep. Nevertheless, I'm ready for a nap approximately 10:00 a.m., together with hence diving into salsa canning didn't audio especially appealing. Still, I wanted to larn at those Dresden blocks, together with hence I did the canning, which took longer to laid upwards downward than expected. My yield was 5 pints.
For a batch of salsa, I involve 5 pounds of tomatoes. There were 3-1/2 pounds on our ain plants when nosotros returned habitation from our trip. The farmers provided the additional 1-1/2 pounds of Romas inwards our part this week. Also, they supplied the 3 necessary jalapenos, together with the 1 necessary reddish bell pepper. I withal had 2 onions together with garlic left from a previous share, together with hence I had most of what I needed. The solely matter I purchased from the grocery shop was a bunch of cilantro, together with the jars higher upwards are what came of all that.
It was almost 2:00 p.m. past times the fourth dimension I got into the sewing room yesterday. By day's end, I solely had 2 to a greater extent than Dresdens made. These are hence tedious together with time-consuming, together with I'm non fifty-fifty one-half finished amongst them. As I've shared amongst a few of you, I may conduct maintain establish something I dislike fifty-fifty to a greater extent than than paper-piecing.
So here's something for futurity reference: If I e'er brand plans to brand some other quilt featuring Dresdens, delight propose that I conduct maintain my caput examined first. Thank you.
Fortunately, I had dinner inwards the irksome cooker, together with hence I didn't involve to exercise whatever to a greater extent than cooking for the day. We got 3 bell peppers inwards our CSA part this week. One went into the salsa, together with I checked my recipe database for what to exercise amongst the other two. I establish this recipe I'd made ane time before, together with it is hence slow together with yummy. You gotta honey a dish that tin hold out prepared completely using the microwave oven together with a irksome cooker. It's a dandy agency to purpose leftover rice too. One pepper makes a surprisingly filling serving.
I didn't accept a moving painting of my ain dish, but here's an icon I establish on Pinterest. It's a pretty proficient likeness.
My ain recipe is an adaptation from a irksome cooker cookbook. It's ready for the irksome cooker inwards but almost xx minutes. It works best if yous conduct bell peppers that tin stand upwards on their ain 2 feet.
Stuffed Bell Peppers amongst Spicy Corn together with Black Beans
adapted from Slow Cooker Revolution, Volume 2
Recipe has been scaled to 2 servings, but tin hold out doubled.
2 (6 oz.) red, orange, or xanthous bell peppers
1/2 loving cup chopped onion
1/2 tablespoon olive oil
1/2 tablespoon minced garlic
3/4 cups shredded Cheddar Jack cheese, divided
1/2 (15 oz.) tin dark beans, rinsed
1/2 loving cup cooked rice
1/2 loving cup frozen corn
1/2 loving cup jarred Lycopersicon esculentum salsa
1 tablespoons minced fresh cilantro, divided
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1. Trim 1/2 inch off top of each pepper, together with hence take away essence together with seeds. Finely chop pepper tops, discarding stems. Microwave pepper tops, onion, oil, together with garlic inwards large bowl, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are softened, almost 5 minutes. Stir inwards 1/2 loving cup Cheddar Jack, beans, rice, corn, salsa, 1/2 tablespoon cilantro, salt, together with pepper. Pack filling evenly into cored peppers.
2. Pour 2/3 loving cup H2O into irksome cooker. Place stuffed peppers upright inwards irksome cooker. Cover together with laid upwards until peppers are tender, 4-5 hours on depression or 3-4 hours on high.
3. Sprinkle peppers evenly amongst remaining 1/4 loving cup Cheddar Jack, encompass together with laid upwards until cheese is melted, almost 5 minutes. Using tongs together with slotted spoon, transfer peppers to serving dish; discard cooking liquid. Sprinkle amongst remaining 1/2 tablespoon cilantro together with serve.
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The solely other sewing I've done for the past times twosome of days is to proceed on amongst the 2nd of 3 snowmen blocks. This ane is taking a petty longer because of that chain stitch approximately the wreath. When I finished working on it this morning, I had it this far:
Okay, hence today volition hold out much similar yesterday, solely accept out the salsa canning together with substitute Spicy Plum Barbecue Sauce. Then, I'll larn dorsum to those dastardly Dresdens. I'm hoping I tin larn to a greater extent than done on them today than yesterday.