Fun Food Facts

Did you know that you should seperate your bananna's when you get them home from the store-if you they will not ripen as fast.

Peppers with 3 bumps on the bottom are sweeter and better for eating-if a pepper has 4 bumps on the bottom they are said to be better for cooking.

Lastly, add a teaspoon of water to the fry pan when browning ground beef-this will help to pull the grease away from the meat.

Does anyone else have any fun food facts to share????

Salsa Day

Today was the day that I told myself I would get our salsa supply made for the year. After numerous hours of cooking the wonderful salsa I have canned 14 quarts and 5 pints.

MMMMMM I wonder if that will be enough.

Considering that I have 14 quarts and 4 gallons of tomatoes in the freezer to be used for spaghetti etc I would hope we would be able to have enough tomato product from the garden to keep us fed this winter.

Oh wait tomorrow I will be making ketchup-yet one more tomato product!!!!

Gotta love fall!!!!

Enjoy

Jalapeno's, Jalapeno's Jalapeno's

Since I have been back from NOrth Dakota I have been creating ways to use all of the hundreds of jalapeno's that I grew this year in the garden. This recipe combined the jalapeno's and one of our homegrown chickens! It was absoluteley fabulous.

Jalapeno Chicken Marinade

½ medium onion
1 ½ jalapeno
4 garlic cloves
1 whole chicken
3 tbsp mayo
2 tbsp worchestshire sauce
Salt and pepper to taste
3 tbsp olive oil
¼ cup water

Grate onion, jalapeno and garlic. Combine all ingredients except the chicken. Once all is combined, put chicken in large Ziploc bag and be sure complete chicken is covered with marinade. Marinade for at least 3 hours or up to 24.

Roast or grill as usual.

Try this recipe you won't be dissapointed! If you don't have a whole chicken, don't worry use it on legs, thighs or even try it on something other than chicken!

Enjoy

Fall is Here-Gardening is drawing to an end!

Today is the day-I start pulling up the garden! It is a sad day as far as I am concerned. The one good thing-it is going to be a wonderful day sunny and 70 degrees!

After today most likely the only thing left in the garden will be the horseradish-that will be dug in the next week or so.

I hope with the weather forecast that everyone is out taking advantage of the opportunity to enjoy the weather while preparing for the upcoming winter!

Enjoy the day

Back Home

Wow did this past month fly by! I am home from Potato Harvest and I know that I didn't post as often as I was planning on-let me just say that everyday was an adventure that I will carry with me.

Now that I am home it will be back to foody stuff again-I need a change of pace from burgers and breakfast burrito's!

Thanks to all my friends in North Dakota for making this year another successful year!

Pictures of a few of our wonderful dinners that we made while I was in North Dakota will be forthcoming.

Almost 1 week down

Well here it is wednesday and I have cooked for 6 days-some shortened due to weather but all in all it has been a good harvest!

Lots of burgers being made and Chevvo specials for breakfast!

For the most part things are just rolling along-not too many bad things!

I will post again soon-hope everyone is well

Latest Harvest News

Today is Wednesday-originally this was the estimated day I would start cooking-well that was before 2 plus inches of rain on Monday! Much more on the way.

We have been enjoying the bounty of Lynn's garden-green curry, Curried Carrot soup and tonight some type of Jalapeno Shrimp. Lots of goodness to be had!

Enjoying things so far I just hope I can get to work sooonnnnn!!!!