More done

I got 5 & 1/2 quarts of tomato sauce done today. Tomorrow I will be working on diced tomatoes to jar up. Plus, I have some white runner beans I need to deal with as well.

Orientation went well. Band monster has decided that she wants to go to Homecoming. So now all we need is a date and a dress. She is working on the date and I am working on the dress. LOL!

Pink eye is almost gone… YEAH!

Yart

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Recipe Share

Here are some recipes that I want to share that I have found around the net.

Maple Brown Sugar Blueberry Cheesecake

Gluten Free Thanksgiving dinner

Lacto-Fermented Applesauce

Sourdough Chocolate Chip Cookies

Soft Sourdough Cookies

Cheese Crackers

Sourdough Pumpkin Bread

Coconut Oil Mayonnaise

Chocolat Peanut Butter Cups

Refrigerator Bran Muffins

Yart

Accomplishments

First let say that I tried the Chia tea. Man o Man is it good. I’m sure I will be making more before the week is out.

Today has gone by in a blur. I got started on the tomatoes. They were cut up and tossed in the oven. Both of my big roasters were groaning under the weight.. LOL! As they were cooking down, I cut some corn off the ear so that I could have some in the freezer. Then I cleaned, cut up and froze, peaches, nectarines, plums, apricots. These will make great additions to winter time smoothies. I also cleaned and cut up Hungarian Hot peppers for the freezer. This time I wore gloves to protect myself. Once all the tomatoes were cooked and cooled a bit… They went into the pulverizor. Now the sauce is in the crook pots for the night. I will can up the condensed sauce in the morning. Along with that I have two loaves of sourdough rising in the oven, also to be made in the morning. To see it on paper makes it look like I really didn’t do much, but trust me when I say that I have been busy all day.

I think when I get a chance I am going to look for another background. I really like this one, but I don’t like how the pictures are transparent and you can see the background through them.

Tomorrow is orientation for my two high-schoolers!

Busy busy busy!

Yart

Much Better

Grim and I went out on the bike yesterday for the first time in about a month that I have been back there. We did over 200 miles. It felt to good to be there and have nothing to do but think. I watched the world go by. We are both sunburnt but it was such a beautiful day.

Autumn is in the air. I thought I felt a shift a few days ago. But I was so wrapped up in bs, I didn’t take the time to make sure. Today, it hit me full force. The seasons have changed once again. Apples and pumpkins will abound in the next month. So will chestnuts and acorns. I so can’t wait. We have quite a few places we can get apples from. I need to make up sauce and butter, this year! The nuts the monsters love to go and get. Who doesn’t like hitting spiky balls of death out of a tree with a hockey stick! Yep, that’s how its done. The acorns are just across the street at the neighbors house. I need to get the pantry ready for the potatoes, squashes and apples. I want to get another 25 pounds of carrots but I will can those. I might even can up the potatoes instead of storing. You never know.

Tonight when we got home I made up a chia tea syrup. Oh, my did it smell up the house. Even the Picky monster was curious as to what I was making. Since I don’t go to the local coffee shops, I’m not really sure how much money this will save. But it will give me something else to drink other then plain iced tea. I plan on trying it with the kefir to see if this is a good use for it. You can get the recipe here at The Elliots Homestead.

Today I will be finally getting to empting the jars from 08’ and the corn from last year that didn’t quite turn out. Plus, Grims truck died so we are in the process of getting him a new vehicle.

Yart

What now!

I guess that is where I am at. I have been cleaning like a fiend this past week. Not only to clean up after our nightly visitor… but to make sure that they didn’t nest in my house. Which I can say that they did not. YEAH!!! I still have to get out to where the garden use to be and dismantle the raised beds. The dirt will be used to re-grade that side of the house. I’m not sure what I am going to do with the tires just yet. There a few other things out side that need attention. That will happen next week. Still working on the house. Have I ever told you guys just how much I hate cleaning. I can clean, I know how. I just hate it. I believe that once I bust my butt to clean it…. it ought to stay that way for awhile. Well, as you all know with a hubby, 3 kids, 2 cats, a dog and a rabbit…. nothing stays that way for long. One of the things that I have been doing this week is getting rid of stuff. The salvation army is very happy, the garbage men won’t be… LOL! I have gotten hate mail from them before. It is a new company though…. I wonder!

I have been working on the kefir. It is a little bit to sour. Not sure what I am doing wrong. It is still edible just a bit to sour for me. So tonight I took a can of peaches and some frozen strawberries and blended them. Now all I have to do is mix some of the fruit and kefir in the mornings. This way I can still drink it but I don’t have to use the blender and wake the whole house. Hopefully, it will taste similar to the flavored kefir in the stores. I got some cucumbers and peppers dehydrated this week. With getting our produce box today I have a ton more stuff to do put up.

Oh, I can’t believe I forgot to share this. I made the lacto-fermented salsa. I didn’t have any gloves to I seeded the jalapenos bare handed. On my right hand the thumb and index finger and the left thumb burned till the next day. I used milk, yogurt, scrubbed with a toothbrush and soap, soaked my hands in ice water and shoved burn cream under my nails. Nothing helped. Please use me as an example wear gloves when cleaning hot peppers.

My eyes are feeling better today. Still itchy though. The last time I had pink eye I was like 14. Funny thing is the kids haven’t even started school yet… and no I haven’t been playing with cows even though it would be cool to do that. No cow so the goat will have to substitute LOL!!!  Should be back to my old self in a couple days. Looking forward to that… I know it was a groaner…

Keeping everyone on the Eastern Seaboard in my prayers! Post when you can to let us know your alright!

Yart