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I use low pressure for hard boiled eggs. They come out perfect every time. 1 cup of water Eggs on trivet Manual Low pressure 5 minutes Natural release and immediately put into cold water

Cheese app. tonight.....the truffle cheese is really good and the smoked rambol is amaaaazing.

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Our friend requested my Hatch chile pork enchiladas for tomorrow night. I usually throw everything in the slow cooker in the morning and let it go all day, but I decided to use the Instant Pot. I hope it's nice and tender. After it's done, I'll pull the pork out and whizz everything else up in the food processor. Makes great enchilada sauce. Needed to get my chiles peeled. Steamed them in the CSO. All of my toys really come in handy I used my canned tomatoes because I'm trying to hoard the last of my fresh ones to make salsa.

Today I hope to feel a little more organized. The tv installation threw me off my game yesterday lol. So, to back up a little. Last week I decided to bake a lot of bread and freeze it so I would have it. You've seen it before, but here it is again. I sure love the CSO for bread baking. White sandwich bread French bread Then, I got really ambitious and wanted to make a bunch of venison bierocks. They freeze really well and are handy to have in a lunch emergency lol. After rummaging in the fridge I realized I didn't have any cabbage. Ronnie suggested using grated zucchini and it worked like a charm. Seriously good. You wouldn't even know there wasn't any cabbage in it. I didn't cook it before adding it to the meat mixture like I would cabbage. Dough rising Venison burger, chopped onion, shredded zucchini and sauerkraut (my secret ingredient--gives it a kick) seasoned with ground caraway seed (seriously, where has that been all my life? I love the taste of caraway, but I always hated biting into the seeds) salt, pepper and garlic. Roll the dough into a square Cut into equal squares (as close to square and you can get--I always have to use my rolling pin to get more square) and fill with a couple spoons of filling and top with shredded sharp cheddar cheese. Grab two opposite ends and smoosh them together. Grab the other two and smoosh them Seal it all around Repeat Again, the CSO does wonders with these. 375F for 20 mins. using the bread setting I am going to sit here for a while longer then grab a shower and start putzing around the kitchen

Yep, lots of cream cheese in there It's a beautiful morning. The guys have left to do I don't know what lol. I know it's not fishing because the boat is still here. I have the windows open and I'm sitting here with a hot cup of coffee.... doesn't get much better than that. Dinner went smoothly last night. Ronnie cold smoked some ribs last week and I decided that sounded good for dinner. I put them in the Instant Pot for 45 mins on high pressure and then covered them with Curley's BBQ sauce and then threw them under the broiler for a bit. Here they are before IP'ing I was going to make collard greens but when I got to the garden and inspected what I had to work with, I nixed that idea. So, I went with squash, baked beans and scalloped taters.

It's been a little hectic this afternoon... Our big screen TV broke a few months ago and I was going to wait until a black Friday sale or around Super Bowl but...the guys came home with a new tv anyway long story short things aren't working out lol. So, on to the food : Here is the lunchmeat--nothing special, but I like it and so does Chum And, snacks: Pickle roll ups, my okra and jalapeños and deviled eggs

My best friend introduced me to to the candy corn/peanut mixture. Very very addictive. We worked together and we would go through an embarrassing amount in one day. Ugh. Bow season. Yeah, don't get shot please. I throw the Friskies in the food processor, whizz it up and spread it on crackers. It's great. Happy Wednesday, everyone! I assume our hunter has landed. I was going to make Chex mix this morning (because I bought that cute white mason jar container in the picture yesterday) but then I realized I needed to save the Rice Chex for making fish breading. So, I remembered a pretzel recipe that my best friend makes....brown sugar, butter, cayenne pepper, melt, pour over pretzels, bake in oven at 275 for 20 mins or so, stirring occasionally. So, I did that only I used chipotle chile pepper instead of cayenne. It's now cooling on the counter Good stuff.

I've made the steaks--I think I'm forgiven for the price They were really good. We didn't even make a dent in them (we would have split one but I like my steak very very rare and Ronnie likes his rare). So, I will vac. pack the leftovers in the morning and we will have them after our hunter leaves. Here's Ronnie's plate I spent an hour drawing on my kitchen chalkboard. It's not great but it's festive.... And, with that, I will see ya'll tomorrow

I would have made it smaller cuts, too. And when I said ground beef, I meant venison. I'm so used to venison that it's the same as beef to me. I might try the same as you did with venison chunks using the pressure cooker...but it has to have beans.

What did you think? I'm a ground beef/bean girl myself but yours looks good.

Thank you! It's hard around here....they can go from hard to rotten in the blink of an eye lol.

I haven't had chipped beef forever. I love that stuff. Somehow, though, it needs me to purchase Wonder Bread to have it. I pointed out that they were on sale, but he didn't seem very impressed lol.

OH and, thank you for giving me ammunition to fight back with regarding the steak price. Ronnie about fell over when he saw how much they were. I'll tell him he's lucky I didn't go shopping in Canada.

He might after you taste it I am not recommending it...I like it....it's good for what it is and how cheap it is......but don't expect to be wowed lol.

Exactly.

It wasn't me I hope we swing to the fun side because I can picture myself in a panic every night at 7 when things aren't coming together lol. It's the cheapest lunchmeat ever. 69 cents a package. It might not even really be beef but it makes good pickle roll-ups. Mine do too

Nah, no plans at all for them. They aren't the best for eating. A couple years ago when I first got my Instant Pot I thought I was being so good and non-wasteful ....I made a ton of pumpkin soup and froze it. Ronnie hated it. I tried super hard to convince myself that I liked it. It's still all in the freezer. It won't get eaten lol. Thanks everyone! I make no promises on being interesting or entertaining, though . I broke the cardinal rule and went to the grocery store without having eaten a single thing today. So, I came home with a bunch of crap LOL. I was hoping to get inspired while I was there...but I don't think I did. You may see these ingredients used this week...and you may not. I am sure this is not interesting to anyone but I did take pictures of everything. Also, it started pouring rain the minute I got into the checkout line. I looked like a drowned rat by the time I got all the groceries into the car. I always return the cart but I didn't this time. I am confessing my sin here in order to be absolved. The cheap lunchmeat down there makes the best pickle roll-ups. Good roast beef falls apart too much. We don't have trick-or-treaters so the Halloween candy is all for me. Damn you, grocery store, for putting the candy in my face right when I walked in. I bought a tortilla press a couple months ago with grand plans to make our own tortillas.....I still have that grand plan, but I bought back-up for this week in case my plan fizzles--I might make enchiladas..... I've never seen this brand of blueberries before. They better be the best freaking blueberries ever for how much they cost. Don't judge me on the Ramen Noodles--6 packs for $1. Hard as a rock avocados --hope they soften up so I can use them. I was thinking about making breakfast burritos (anyone have a good recipe for that?) and thought those mini tots would be good in them. And, hiding back there are fingerling potatoes. I never buy them....don't know what came over me. Please don't look at the ridiculous price that I paid for those steaks. Like I said, I was starving at the store and those steaks somehow ended up in the cart. The grapes are going to go onto a cheese platter. The mushrooms? Have thoughts about stuffing them. The guys are always starving when they walk in the door so they like appetizers. I am still going to make a savory cheesecake (I think). And another night I'll have a cheese platter. Another night (if we have Mexican food) will be salsa and guac. I dunno...I'm just thinking out loud. I feel like I make the same things all of the time. Anyway, the steaks are a treat to myself tonight for all my hard work. They are now resting in the fridge for a bit and then I'll put them in the water bath. We were just given the Chicago steak seasoning and we really like it.

Happy Hunting Season to everyone! It's me again . I've been busy the last few weeks doing my usual prepping which is inspired by a visit from our hunter. It's a good excuse for fall cleaning and sprucing the house up a bit. Although.... @Anna N does warn me that cleaning is very overrated . Our hunter arrives tomorrow morning and, as usual, I'll be sending a camera along with them. Right now, dove season is open, although, there have not been very many around. I speculated that they haven't come down yet due to all of the hurricane activity, but I have no idea. I suspect there will be some fishing happening....I'm hungry for fish. There is a duck season open up north, but I don't know if they will venture that far away or not. It's been super hot until yesterday when we thankfully got a ton of rain. This morning it's a nice, cool 57F and it definitely feels like fall. Some of the leaves are just starting to turn. I will miss the garden veggies (don't worry @HungryChris, the zucchini are still going strong lol) , but I'm ready for cold weather....this year more than I remember being in the past. I very much feel like hibernating in a big comfy sweatshirt while looking out of the window at 7' tall drifts of snow, but, I digress. We grew pumpkins again. Very low maintenance...I tossed the pumpkins from last year into the field and then, when they dried out, I stomped on them the scatter the seeds. I also threw zucchini out there and I think they cross-pollinated because I have either some very orange, hard zucchini or some very tall, skinny pumpkins . Ronnie picked some for me to decorate the porch with so I washed them all and left them in the hot Kansas sun to dry. You can see the weird looking zumpkins...or pumpzinis..... Anyway, I hope you guys will keep me company this week. I don't have set meal plans yet--which is not like me--so we will see what I will feel inspired to make lol. I have to make a trip to the grocery store in a bit so I'll be back later --if it's not too boring I'll take pictures.

Hotdogs with home made relish and kraut along with hatch chile mac and cheese and 'maters

I'm so proud that all of this peeled tomato action/talk is happening

I used to absolutely love Anthony.....not so much anymore. He had his time and his place in media, though, as did Guy.

LOVE my Anova.

This looks amazing. Very jealous.

My canner actually has both the weight and a gauge. I went with 15 lbs. so all is good (I posted a pic above). Thank you so much for your help!!!