grape…

10 Saturday Jul 2021

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quite a while ago I started grape tomatoes from a few wrinkled sad looking ones from the grocery store that hadn’t gotten eaten…

they were slow to grow, but I was hopeful…

I also started a couple of seeds from a full sized tomato I had…

unfortunately, I didn’t pay attention to which was which, lol…

I planted them in my new garden planter boxes and they have slowly been getting bigger… some have had blossoms…

recently, I saw the first little tomato starting…

looking forward to a lovely snack…

portions…

06 Friday Sep 2019

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yesterday we got our weekly portions of our CSA box…

four of us share one and it works perfectly as a couple of us only feed ourselves, lol…

my pile, after a colleague and I divvied it up, included a leek, an ear of corn, a large tomato, potatoes and a bulb of garlic…

for supper I had the corn and tomato… when I was a kid this would often be a supper once harvest season arrived, although I think we also had bread and butter…

reminds me of my mom and dad;-)…

I did add some beautiful shrimp (and some of the garlic) to the menu…

yum…

ciabatta…

10 Saturday Aug 2019

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since my diabetes diagnosis I have tried to stay away from bread except for rare occasions…

today I made a tomato sandwich on a mini olive ciabatta… the only other thing on it was Miracle Whip…

I picked up the bread yesterday and had a tomato from our CSA box this week…

it was a delicious treat…

reminded me of all the wonderful tomato sandwiches that my beloved made for me over the years… took the longest time to realize the reason they were so delicious was the amount of Miracle Whip slathered on them, lol…

rummaged…

09 Sunday Sep 2018

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odd weather today… went from cloudy to sunny, to rainy, and back again a number of times… ended with sun shining through the clouds…

the poor morning glories took a beating early on… nearly every time it rained the drops were huge…

thinking of my dad today as I took hours to make fresh tomato sauce to go with some spaghetti for supper… I keep buying grape tomatoes to make caprese salad and then never use them all up… he would add all kinds of condiments to add flavour and it always ended up delicious… as I rummaged through the cupboard, I remembered watching him do the same thing, lol…

it turned out great and was a lovely treat as I don’t often have pasta… made some homemade coleslaw to go along with it and have a bit of both for lunch tomorrow;-)…

meatballs…

26 Thursday Jul 2018

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beet green buns, big girl pants, conversation, friends, George, meatballs, tomato, tomato sandwich, Transport Canada, vacation, widow

just had a lovely conversation with a friend I haven’t seen for years…

we worked together for Transport Canada when we were in our twenties… a couple of years ago, lol…

she made the very best little buns with beet greens inside them that were cooked in a cream sauce… absolutely delicious… I have found no one else who knows how to make them…

she mentioned that every time she makes meatballs she thinks of me… I taught her to use Worcestershire sauce and A1 when making burgers or meatballs… a trick from my dad;-)…

I often think of others when I do or make certain things, but it never occurred to me that others might think of me, lol…

was just thinking of the most amazing tomato sandwiches that George would make…