pickled tomatos and other eats

 i wanted to make a tomatoey pasta dish but we didn't have any cans of tomatos or much pasta, so i used tomato paste and orzo.  it was good, but not the dish i had envisioned.

 for months now i have been crazing cinnamon rolls.  i made this cinnamon roll loaf cake which was fine, and of course no one else liked it, and it didn't quench my cinnamon roll thirst.

 i made pickled cherry tomatos, which were ok, but not as flavorful as other pickled vegetables are because of the tomato skin.  i poked some holes in each tomato with a toothpick which might have helped, but it wasn't anything amazing.

heirloom tomatos and mayo on toasted sourdough. 

store bought biscuit dough stuffed with roast beef, cheddar and horseradish sauce.  pinch them shut and bake 'em.

toast, tea and oranges for brekkie

toast with pasta sauce and shakey cheese

the old classic bean salad.  still a winner.

summer day trip

early in july we took a trip to desert hills in ashcroft, and on the way we stopped at juniper beach park.  the scenery was gorgeous, but very smoky, and we watched trains and looked for cacti and the kids practiced their casting techniques at the water.

 we stopped at the taco stand in cache creek for lunch. it was SO hot.

 by the time we got to the market none of us were feeling very great from the smoke and the heat so we quickly bought some produce and drinks for the car, fed the goats and headed home.

 

i used some of the tomatos i bought to make my world famous (to me) bruschetta - tomatos, garlic, olive oil, balsamic, salt.  perfect.

 

 

i haven't given up on decluttering, but i'm not making much progress either

 a few paltry things i got rid of this summer - 

 some were thrown out, some were donated, some were given away.  

a whole 9 small items out of the house, bringing our total to 77. 

lunch at my desk - butter chicken and rice

 

 

book club 45 - escape by stephen fishbach

 2026-45

 

lets go to the wednesday farmers market

 

book club 44 - the road to tender hearts by annie hartnett

 2026-44

 

lunch at my desk - sushi again

 

grocery shop - nuleaf market september 18

 

corn, apples, peaches, rye bread

$23 

summer fruit sauce

 to me summer means trying to eat as much local fruit as i possibly can.  and often i buy too much, and then we freeze, puree, or make sauces from what is getting too soft/old to be eaten in it's original form.  

i had some strawberries and nectarines that were on the way out, so we cut them up and cooked them with some butter and maple syrup into a lovely sauce that was delicious over ice cream, on pancakes, mixed into yogurt, or just eaten on its own.

 

what a day this was....

 

snapshot - energy balls at the lake

 

book club 43 - a murder most camp by nicolas didomizio

 2026-43

 

flapjacks - a biscuit, not a pancake

 

always a winner -zucchini bread

 

Apple Tart

 

book club 42 - sunrise on the reaping by suzanne collins

 2026-42

 

weekend breakfast - eggs with mock hollandaise sauce

 

homemade pancake mix

not that pancakes are difficult to make, but i thought it might be nice to have a ready made mix on standby for when The Girl requests weekend pancakes.  I used a Nigella recipe for the mix.  it was a breeze to have an easy mix on hand to grab - it only took a few minutes and the ingredients couldn't be simpler.