Shelby

Love it!

I'm having major oyster envy.

The only thing we had to buy this year (grown plant-wise) was the pepper plants--8 shishito and 6 jalapeños. $70!!!! I told Ronnie we need to figure out why we never can grow peppers in the greenhouse.

I'm seriously sore right now.

No but we probably should. A lot of farmers around here do that.

Yeah, I'm proud of him! He's been non-stop in his little greenhouse since like the end of January.

Finished getting everything in the ground today. 100 seeds of Nirvana corn Long rows of beans Radishes Lettuce (need to plant more of that in a week or so) Okra 55 tomato plants (raised by Ronnie) Squash/zucchini (raised by Ronnie) Melons (raised by Ronnie) Yukon Gold potatoes Russet potatoes 300 onion sets --white, red and yellow Cucumbers (raised by Ronnie) Shishito peppers Jalapeno peppers Here is the main garden. Didn't take pics of the other two but I will. Not a ton showing yet, but I weeded everything so I took pictures while it was still pretty lol. Been eating asparagus almost every day. Not sick of it yet.

Oooooh pretty shiny pans! Thank GOODNESS. I thought I was going to be shown something that I had to buy LOL.

That sounds really good. Oxtail used to be a cheap thing that I could get around here....not anymore. Last time at the store it was like $17 for a total of four puny tails. I miss getting oxtail.

Beautiful!!! Look at those empty cabinets. Sigh. That hasn't happened around here ever lol.

WOW!!!! That looks amazing and so easy (ish) when using the Ninja. I need to get my butt in gear and do the seafood one I mentioned.

I ordered some of that hot sauce, too. Not the verde but the other one. I hope it's realllllly hot to satisfy Ronnie's wants. Most aren't hot enough for him. Very excited to hear of the search function. I've long wanted them to have one. I'll have to go check it out.

I forgot to warn you!

I'm not going to price my pics every time just because it's a PITA to look it up lol. This order I got on Friday was $132.44. Most expensive item was the pecans--needed them for my Derby Pie--at $9.75 which is right around the grocery store price 'cause I looked on Thursday when I was there. I can also tell you that I spent $100 at Dillon's and came home with far less lol.

Yeah that was AWESOME! I'm so happy for all of the connections. I read today that the jockey made like $900 riding on Friday at Belterra in OH--he came in third. Then, the next day, never having ridden at CHD, he wins the derby and makes like $1.8 million dollars on that ride. SO cool. The hot browns were a triumph! I started in the middle of the afternoon piddling around the kitchen. There is so much time in-between losing large amounts of money the races that it worked perfect to shred up all the cheese (while I had the food processor out I did a lot more than I needed just to have it done) etc. I roasted a half a turkey breast in the CSO using the steam bake setting at 350F for about an hour. I pulled it at internal temp 160F. really juicy Made the cheese sauce (I kind of combined these two recipes...having never had one before, we don't know the difference if it was authentic or not lol) Fried the bacon...toasted and cut the bread etc. and then broiled in the oven until the cheese was bubbly. I made the pie that I cannot call Derby Pie for dessert

So much good food happening. Once again I've resolved to get a passport and move in with @Duvel. @Norm Matthewsmaybe I'll just come visit you and your wonderful looking spread I had some leftover hollandaise sauce so did that with garden asparagus and spaghetti with Italian sausages Tacos, stuffed peppers and RG beans for Cinco De Mayo \\ Caesar salad from a bag mix (it was ok....not as good as homemade dressing) and Canadian bacon and pepperoni pizza And for Derby Day!!! We thawed out a turkey and vac packed all of it except half of the breast. I did it in the CSO on steam bake at 350F for about an hour. Pulled it at 160F internal temp. SO juicy and good. So I could make Hot Browns. Definitely doing this again. We really liked them. And the pie that I cannot call Derby Pie because I'm not supposed to lol for dessert.

I will be back tomorrow with a report. Holy s***. That was the second best race (IMO) to Mine That Bird and Calvin. WOW.

I want that Bloody Mary.

YUM Happy Cinco De Mayo!

Sorry I didn't read this before! My oldest has steam that escapes but he's still my baby lol.

Breakfast for dinner using asparagus from the garden. Fruit salad and lemon posset for dessert.

Grits!

@JAZ's Chicken Piperade (more here) and a salad last night

I seem to be copying @Smithy all the time here lol. Dinner time was fast approaching and I was (as usual) scrambling to think of something to make. I was hungry for pasta. Ronnie was hungry for chicken. Boom. This post popped into my mind. I was going to do the "even easier" version, but I only had bone-in, skin-on thighs. So, I opted for the same version Smithy did. One of the few times that my browned chicken didn't stick to the pot lol. I was really glad there was a picture of the finished dish on the cookbook cover because I have a lot of different kinds of egg noodles and I wasn't sure which to use..... I finally settled on these because they looked most like the pictured ones. I don't think I've ever done any type of pasta in the IP so I wasn't sure how each noodle would cook...or if they would cook differently or if it just didn't matter at all. Anyway, in the pot on top of the noodles with the broth and tomatoes. I used my canned tomatoes. Peppers and onions on top. I only had some peppers that I had frozen from Misfits a while ago and no frozen onions. I opted to cook the fresh onions for a bit in a skillet (wasn't thinking, should have done that first in the IP to save washing another dish). After cooking Dished up in a shallow bowl REALLY good. Another keeper recipe for sure. Nice and spicy--I used smoked paprika. Hit my spot for pasta without subjecting Ronnie to another spaghetti and meatball meal lol.

Thank you Smithy!!! I always love going with you. I know you're so glad to be home with your things and more space. Bundle your husband up and put him by the fire until summer lol.