Shelby

It's pumpkin time!

Aw thank you!!! I had a moment a few years ago and made a ton of pumpkin soup and froze it. I never ate it and threw it all out lol. So, no. The cows get them all now.

Been trying to reduce carbs a bit--not totally just cutting here and there. Tuna melts on red and green bells from the garden--actually pretty good. Roasted chicken Came across this "bread" recipe. It's not bad...but it's not bread lol. More like kind of eggy crepe???? I've made them a couple times. First time I did BLT's My next try was a little better--a bit more poof. I used them like hotdog buns for jalapeño sausages. Again. Not bad. But not bread lol. Last night kind of a shrimp pad Thai using carb free noodles, pork belly and bagged Asian salad

Hello! Quick little update. Our friend was scheduled to come in the month of September for the usual dove/duck hunting and also to help (as usual) with some major repairs that needed to be done. The monster storm that knocked the barn out was also hard on the shooting house etc. However, due do a health issue, he had to reschedule to late in October. It was still terribly hot so no birds were around to hunt. It was all work and no play, unfortunately. So, I didn't do the usual blog while he was here. A few pictures were taken, however, so I'll share now. He'll return early in December for deer season so hopefully we will be back to our regularly scheduled program lol. Did a little Halloween decorating--which I'm staring at now knowing that I need to get busy and take it down and put Christmas up. Sigh. Time flies. Pumpkin patch was stellar this year. The farmers brought their cows over to stay for a while so I'll be going out to give them pumpkins to eat every day. I love doing that. They built from scratch and new shooting tower that fits just one person. The bigger tower is all ready to go too. Here's a few shots of the new one: They built it in the driveway, took it apart for transport and then rebuilt it out in the pasture. Lotta work. I did much of the usual food.....lots of meat and cheese boards for snacking Venison cheeseburger pizza Apple galette with caramel sauce This was a lunch Anyway, like I said, just a fast hello so you know we didn't fall off the face of the earth I'm headed over to the appetizer thread to see if I can find something new and inspiring to make. See you over here Dec. 4th.

I love almond extract with cherries

They issued a freeze warning for Tuesday night and it happened. When I checked the temp just before 8 in the morning it was 26F. So, the garden is done. We went out and picked tons and tons of peppers and the last of the tomatoes. Oh and a few zucchinis of course lol. Gave away three huge bags of jalapeños and bells. Not gonna lie, I will very much miss being able to have so many veggies to cook with. However, I'm enjoying not having to go out and work every morning.

After you get yours 🤣😝 I can't justify it....I have the big Ninja air fryer.....

https://www.ninjakitchen.com/products/ninja-crispi-4-in-1-portable-glass-air-fryer-cooking-system-zidFN101GY?srsltid=AfmBOooMYHsNzkxXg4pzKJuutlckMQshDP3BlQ3uISe6UWP1Q0c7v8mG I haven't seen this mentioned around here yet. If it has been, my apologies. I like that it's more lightweight and portable. I think Walmart is selling it for $120 US.

I'm constantly on the lookout for ANYTHING to use up zucchini lol.

So many great looking foods going on around here. Still plugging along in my little world lol. Our hunter friend had to cancel his trip but has rescheduled for next week so no rest for the wicked (meaning me lol). I've been bad about taking pictures. Probably because my cooking is very uninspired lately. But here's a few. I get hungry for tuna pasta salad when the tomatoes are perfect so I made a bowl to go with salad night Wings with okra, cucumber salad and cheesy cauliflower My mom came to see me for several days including my birthday! Stuff to nibble on after her long drive Italian zucchini boats for dinner Next day we opened these delicious pickled green tomatoes she made from her garden. SO good. She also made a batch of Grammy's rice-a-roni salad--neither of our husbands like it so it's fun to make when we're together. I made bread So dinner was BLT's A few weeks ago I made a batch of enchilada sauce--I had some tomatoes to use up So chicken enchiladas with RG beans Apple galette drizzled with caramel sauce for dessert For my birthday I didn't want to cook so we went to the big city and got a bunch of Popeye's chicken! Got extra for my mom to take home for her and my step dad too. Reheated it in the air fryer. Worked like a charm. Deviled eggs to go with Boston Cream Pie one of my favorite desserts. Mom had it sent Had some chicken left over so chicken again along with broccoli casserole and this salad I made for the first time. It's pretty good!

OH that is SO not true!!! You're amazing! Your creations are so inspiring.

Me too. I'm weirdly shy about getting food from a buffet etc. (I know I know). I'd love having a cup like this so I can just grab it and eat an array of things.

I love this. You did excellent!!!

I'm also a scraper. More so during and since the pandemic.

So excited that Misfits had my most favorite grapes in the whole wide world a few weeks ago.