Shelby

Had enough garden tomatoes to make a little batch of sauce. Heaven. Over zoodles with venison meatballs. A bit of ravioli on the side.

WANT

You're making me feel sweaty just reading this

Yeah, those spring rolls look a LOT less greasy than the first ones. I made the mistake of lighting a cone of incense in my bedroom after coming home from a 2 mile run in the heat--this was in high school. The floral-y/smokey smell of it made me so sick to my stomach. I've never been able to overcome that. Is it super strong smelling there all the time?

Oh no, one should be afraid. Be very afraid.

I use one of these

Seems to have more veggies than the other places. I would like that. I admire you.....I just came in from the garden and it's only pushing 90F but I am dying...I dunno how you walked and ate in the heat. You guys are troopers! I would have looked like a sweaty drowned rat by the end of the day lol.

In anticipation of BLT's

I had a big day yesterday. Finally had enough tomatoes to make a bit of spaghetti sauce. It's still keeping warm in the Instant Pot because I was too tired to put it away last night lol. Also finally had enough cucumbers to start a batch of pickles. Thankfully there was still a nice bit of dill in the garden to use. Then, I copied @dcarch and dehydrated some squash. I don't know why it never crossed my mind to do that before so THANK you dcarch!!! They dried overnight and this morning I did a little test--rehydrated a slice in hot water. Worked like a charm. I will use these in the winter in spaghetti sauce for sure!

That tomato sauce is going to make your house smell so good! It was 103F here yesterday and it's supposed to be hotter today. I'll take a little of your rain please.

NICE!!!

It is!!!!!

Oh man, I HATE hard pork rinds. Could you taste any difference in the noodles due to the special water?

I pulled the trigger on a set of Rubbermaid containers. I need to weed a bunch of mine out because they are cracked....and just plain bad looking lol. I'm not sure how good of a deal it was, but....it is a 28 piece set for $30. I'm dang excited about my non-food related purchases, though. An 8" fire tablet, a huge squishy blanket and an extra large dog bed (for Pickle) for $100 total. I decided to stop shopping after that because I might have been under the influence of some wine lol.

Wow. Those flowers are gorgeous and I love the lanterns. Wishing I had a bowl of beef and noodles right now....

This is the Assorted Squash Pickle Salad from page 343. This is good stuff. Refreshing, light, pretty. I don't normally gravitate towards a sweeter pickle, but I like this and so did Ronnie. The chili pepper flakes balance out the sweet.

Prime rib sandwiches

Doing this.

If you order Hatch Chile's before the 15th of July you get 18% off https://www.hatch-green-chile.com/product-category/fresh-hatch-green-chile/?utm_source=Hatch+Green+Chile+Updates&utm_campaign=ae637ebbc4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_07_10&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1d62b92b57-ae637ebbc4-325512965&mc_cid=ae637ebbc4&mc_eid=5597d2e531

I wish canning jars would go on sale......

Oh yeah, that looks good. Faux dressing? Tell me more?

Using pre-cut stuff isn't cheating, it's SMART!

Have the temps been into the 100's over there? High temps make them stop ripening. They like heat....but not too hot for long periods of time. It makes them stop producing the chemical that helps them ripen--I forget what they are called.

I am in awe of you!