Shelby

We planted a couple GBP plants this year and they actually have been producing peppers (years past they didn't do a thing). They are so sweet and juicy. Nothing compared to the grocery store ones. I've steeled myself for the wrath that I've brought on to myself.

I'm trying not to be jealous but it's seeping in 🤣

Beautiful! Those all made my mouth water.

@Kim ShookI love reading through all of your meals and with all you've been through I can't believe how much you cooked! Your SV fried chicken looks to die for. And raisin pie! Ronnie's mom used to make that for his brother. I had never heard of it before being around them. It's SO good and I never think to make it.

WOW! That never happens around here--the early delivery I mean.

That's what the repair person told me was so strange about mine. Usually the fridge gets warm first and then the freezer. Mine was the other way around.

There are benefits to living in a bigger city for sure. I'm so glad you are getting one so soon although I know that even being without for a couple of days is not fun.

Oh do I feel your pain.

It's been so nice not having to worry about what Ronnie can or can't eat. More so for him I'm sure lol. Hot wings, stuffed mushrooms, squash, tomatoes, cucumbers Wonderful cantaloupe from the garden Ribs, beans, broccoli salad, stuffed jalapenos Salad and venison cheeseburger pizza Quail from our hunter friend, pasta, stuffed jalapeños, squash Peach/cherry sorbet for dessert. Been really using the ninja a lot this summer.

I was able to buy these online a few years ago. SO good. They were expensive and not many came in the package but still. I ate them plain just as a snack and added some to a salad.

Is that a cloud berry on the dessert? YUM

Ok, it's time that YOU get to pick where to eat! Don't make me come over there and yell at everyone!

Grocery store had gigantic bins of Hatch Chiles the other day. I sent Ronnie back to get a few pounds. I want more lol. Did a batch of pickled okra. I'll probably do one or two more batches. Our hunter friend loves this stuff.

I can't believe it's the middle of August already. It'll be dove season soon! I feel like hunting season just ended 🙃 These first several meals are during the era of Ronnie needing soft foods. He wanted a pork roast done in the slow cooker. It was like 108 F outside and smelling that roast all day was so off-putting to me. The things we do for love. I think I ate a carrot or two and that was it. Breakfast once again. I turned the pork into enchiladas --that's my plate with the chips. Hallelujah the last soft meal. He informed me that for the next two weeks we would be eating nothing but meat so I better get my spaghetti fix in now lol. BLT's--I was canning okra that day or else I would have baked bread. That is on the docket for today. The first meal with teeth Ronnie wanted steak. Neglected to get a picture but I also had him grill a couple of chicken breasts to use for a big salad so that was last night along with Vivian Howards' corn/okra/zucchini fritters Chocolate ice cream done in the ninja for dessert. Must make more today that's good stuff.

I'm not sure I could have passed up the root beer float for dessert!

Continuing to live on the sun--as are a lot of us this summer--and continuing to have problems with Ronnie's teeth. Hopefully after this appt. this morning and one more next week he will be all fixed up. It's getting challenging to come up with a variety of softish stuff he can eat. Fried fish and okra with Mac and cheese. I was lazy and just fried the okra whole rather than mess around with the smaller pieces. Spaghetti and meatballs with a salad. We usually eat a ton of salads this year and I hoped if I chopped everything up tiny that he could eat it, but he couldn't. Ribs that I did in the IP so the meat was very tender and our corn cut off the cob. Stuffed mushrooms and squash also. I skipped taking pictures of a few meals--our fridge died as some of you know and I was living out of a cooler in the living room. I am grateful that we could do that but it made cooking a challenge. Here is one, though. I had bought a bag of some kind of chicken curry from Misfits. Seemed like a good time to try it out. I was surprised at how good it was. Bok choy, rice and the ever present this time of year tomatoes (can't get enough of them) This meal was eaten about 9:30 pm after the wonderful fridge installers came. I quickly pan roasted a chicken breast, made fries and cut up a tomato. Used the leftover chicken to make enchiladas. Deconstructed Mexican street corn and beans on the side. Peach/cherry/strawberry galette for dessert Spaghetti red with steamed tamales from the IP More roasted chicken with @Mmmpompspotatoes and corn/okra/squash fritters from Deep Run Roots And finally I've been craving pizza but Ronnie can't do that so I got creative and made sort of a calzone thing with puff pastry. I was wary but it was pretty good. Even the leftovers weren't bad. Tuna ranch pasta salad to go with.

Well you showed him! 🤣 Glad to see you!

I did. I have two on my countertop and a new one in the box in the basement. I love my CSOs.

I agree about the Anova....I feel like the simpler the machine, the less that can go wrong.

I've not had that happen but Amazon does still sell them

I learned a valuable lesson yesterday: bribery works. In a last desperate act I called the appliance store yesterday morning. I felt really weird about doing it....nervous actually...but I did it. I told the woman that answered that I felt like a criminal asking this which started her laughing. I offered $100 each to the two people who would be delivering the fridge if they wanted to deliver before or after hours or over the weekend as long as it was before Monday. She said her son (who is 17 and works there) would probably jump at that and told me she'd call back. An hour later I got the wonderful call that they would be out yesterday evening!!!! REALLY nice guys. Knew exactly what they were doing, polite, personable. It was so hot and I knew they were tired but they acted like I was their first customer of the day. Took my old piece of crap out and got the new one all set up. Got here about 5:30 and were done by about 7:30. We have a fridge!!! And it works!!! (so far) Save a bit by buying a scratch and dent. I don't care as long as it works! Look now because even though I want to try, I bet it doesn't stay this organized lol. I have more to transfer to the freezer but seeing how it feels like 108F right now, that's not happening.

All I can say is that the skin messes with the perfectness of homegrown tomatoes. My great gramma, my grammy and my mom peel (ed) them and thus, so do I. I don't like wads of skin. UGH.

We thought about that but it's very hard to find around here and the regular ice is closer.

Absolutely. I was just trying to be fake positive 🤣

UGH I feel your pain. No, we have to go to a gas station and keep buying bags every day.