Mike, the girls and I spent 4 hours in the kitchen together today using up my picking of yesterday. We froze down 7 cups of beans, 6 cups of basil, 4 cups of oregano and 2 cups of mint. We also froze a large pan of apple rhubarb bars and kept the other one up for breakfasts. In addition to that, we got a lot of canning done.
- 6 large jars pickles
- 6 500 ml jars of apple butter (using our neighbour's crab apples)
- 7 500 ml jars of chutney
- 4 small jars pesto
We also spent the day eating amazing food from the yard. We had banana "ice cream" with berries from the yard and zucchini-saskatoon loaf for breakfast. For lunch we had a fresh salsa from the garden on rice, served with some garden carrots. I made a riata to cool things down, and Anywn also made a mango-peach smoothy. For supper, we had a potato and corn soup from the garden with fresh pesto on crackers. I made us a Greek salad using garden tomatoes, cucumber, red onion and peppers. Leora used the last of the lemons from canning to make mini-souffles, actually cooked in the lemon rinds.
It was a really great day. We had some much fun with the girls, and relaxed and watched some of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy as the rain came down. It was one of those great family days where you just really enjoy each others' company.
I'd still like to make some stewed rhubarb before the end of summer, and there will be more pickles and some salsa ahead of us. We also need to plant our garlic and fall pea shoots next weekend. I can feel fall coming and have spent as much time outside as I can. Last night we had a fire in the fire pit and I thought what a great day to myself it had been. The family time today made it a spectacular weekend.
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