30 Friday Sep 2022
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was talking with someone recently and making tea at the same time…
as I was squeezing the teabag, they mentioned hearing that doing this bruised the tea, which was a bad thing…
made me laugh as I’ve done it forever to get any additional flavour out of the bag before discarding it…
29 Thursday Sep 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, food, groceries, hibernation, meals, moments, preparations, recipes, weather, widow
made a hot breakfast, cause it felt like that kind of day, and then gathered the ingredients to prepare ham, cabbage and potatoes…
this would give it time to cook and then cool before heating it up for supper…
while that was cooking, I finished shredding the rest of the cabbage, a bit of green onion, and some carrot… I added the last of the dressing I had in the cupboard and finished that recipe…
finally, I cut and scooped three ripe avocados into containers to go into the freezer for smoothies…
yesterday I prepared zucchini basil soup…
feels a bit like I am getting ready for hibernation…
24 Saturday Sep 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, crushed, food, garden, google, moments, nature, parsley, plants, weather, widow
prepped some items from the garden…
gathered morning glory seeds and brought in a ton of parsley… it didn’t get eaten up this year, lol… talked with Google about ways to prepare it for the winter…
two suggestions sounded like something to try… I pulled off most of the stalks and put half of the parsley onto parchment paper and then baked it in the oven for about twenty minutes… when it cooled I crushed it by hand and put it into a bottle… looks good…
next I took the rest of the stalk-free parsley and bagged it… six bags went into another and went into the freezer…
it will be interesting to see which type I like the best;-)…
18 Sunday Sep 2022
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big girl pants, bruschetta, food, garden, grape tomatoes, moments, widow
found an interesting grape tomato recipe on Instagram…
gave it a try… it used grape tomatoes, olive oil, garlic and basil…
it smelled delicious while it was baking…
then it went into ziplock bags and into the freezer for use in sauces although I think it might be nice as a bruschetta…
17 Saturday Sep 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, bounty, delicious, flowers, food, garden, moments, nature, shopping, supper, treat, widow, Wolseley Farmers Market
had a delicious supper on Tuesday…
visited the Wolseley Farmers Market and got some lovely items…
flowers; a beautiful pork chop; green, yellow, and purple beans; garlic; small new potatoes; little eggplants; free range eggs; an acorn squash; and a cob of corn…
cooked up, cooled and reheated the potatoes… then warmed up some chicken wings from the night before and boiled some of the beans…
yum…
looking forward to more delicious meals from this bounty…
12 Monday Sep 2022
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went into the cupboard over the fridge and checked on my current avocado pit…
weeks ago I had put it into a plastic bag with a bit of water, set it up there, and forgot about it… now it was ready…
chose a nice mug container and dug out a used plastic pot that would fit inside it…
popped in some stones and soil… then planted the pit which had cracked in half and had a bunch of roots on the bottom…
looking forward to watching it grow…
05 Monday Sep 2022
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while he was here we worked at having all the foods my son-in-law has missed…
we’ve had burgers and bacon in many forms… we’ve been to a few favourite places…
we ordered samosas and butter chicken… and had Chinese food…
and then there was Tony Roma’s and Captain’s Table and Dairy Queen;-)…
and a few of my recipes were included, lol…
a delicious two weeks😁…
11 Thursday Aug 2022
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big girl pants, birthday, blessed, Blizzards, Dairy Queen, dinner, family, food, grandson, moments, treat, widow, zucchini
had the kids over for dinner…
we had steak and zucchini, which they barbecued…
mushrooms that my grandson cooked, even though it was his birthday;-)…
salad as well as twice stuffed potatoes, which I made;-)…
everything was delicious and we all enjoyed it…
then we went for blizzards…
I haven’t had one for many years and it was delicious… I ate more than half of it before putting the rest in the freezer, lol…
27 Wednesday Jul 2022
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I did not put this almost completely eaten strawberry (which I found on the weekend) on the top of the deck…
and then, a few days ago I spotted one of the red squirrels racing across the deck and into the cedars, with a whole strawberry in his mouth, which he took from the hanging basket…
luckily, I have been able to get a few of the berries to eat, lol…
and they were delicious… now to figure out how to foil the squirrels from getting any more🤪…
23 Saturday Jul 2022
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Wednesday was another beautiful day…
put out all the cushions as a dear friend was coming over later in the day, and it always looks so much nicer when they are all set out…
Hilda the Gardener came and weeded and moved a few plants… we had a lovely visit while that was happening…
I climbed into the pond and cleaned the filter which made the waterfall happy;-)…
read a good book and had lunch on the back deck with some of my ripe tomatoes and fresh basil…
had a delightful supper and visit with a friend I haven’t seen for ages and toured the garden with her…
also shared some poppy and morning glory seeds…
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