I'll admit, that some things suffer this time of year, and yes that is a big ol' pile of towels on a kitchen chair. It's been there for 2 days now, as I have been very busy, and too tired at the end of the day. We still need to eat and we still need to have clean clothes and linens.
Tomatoes are still rolling in. I've canned ketchup and Lemony-Basil Tomato Soup, and a 2nd batch of ketchup.
I've put a start on dehydrating spearmint finally. I've also made dehydrated cucumber powder. Spearmint is for tea and both of them are for Tzatziki Sauce this winter. It is the first year to make cucumber powder, and I am researching the uses for it. It sounds like it would be great in sauces, dips, and other recipes. I had a few cucumbers getting too soft to make a salad, and didn't want to waste them (although I am sure the chickens would have loved them). I do have a better plan to keep the cucumbers "fresh" after picking them.
The weather is heating back, so any dehydrating is on hold now.
I used some of our regular beefsteak type tomatoes to make fresh salsa. I just throw it all in my food processor. Our jalapenos are hot this year. Woooweee!
I have a few more bell peppers to take care of, but we found our newest, favorite breakfast.
I stuffed them for breakfast with some sage sausage, egg/cheese mixture with spinach. The one in the middle spilled out, but you can't get "perfect" bell peppers when they are homegrown ha ha! These were so dang good! I used a recipe online from The Recipe Rebel, and just used the sausage vs. ham.
Has anyone frozen halves of bell peppers to make these over winter? If we get more bell peppers in the garden, I may try freezing some in halves, just to try this breakfast. I'm just wondering if they will be too soft after freezing. Anyway, that is a quick catch up on what's going on here.
I found a quick pattern, to use up leftover cotton yarn balls, and I have a small container (one of the kids hand crafted me and gifted me one Christmas), in my kitchen now. It's holding the leftover yarn, so I have a special place to work on them while watching the sauce reduce or canning.
They are cup coasters, and after making 2 with the leftover balls of yarn, I had enough yarn to make one facial scrubbie, and still had a small bit of yarn leftover. These are balls of yarn leftover from knitting dishcloths. I do love the edging. I now have learned a new stitch believe or not. I'll get a better photo to share. I plan to sell them all at the last, and only fall craft show this year (which I still have to locate and sign up).
I thought I took a photo, but will be back with that, as I am wondering what to do with the last small bit of yarn leftover. I may call the local school and ask the art teacher if they could use it.
I am still putting up paste tomatoes, and may be doing it all next week. I am devoting Saturday to a day off from them, as we need to get the chicken coop worked on. It seems that everything was put on hold, because of tomatoes. I'm too tired at the end of the day, and I am my husband's only help. If I am not available, it's not getting worked on.
We got a hot minute of porch time last night. We grilled burgers and topped them with home canned pizza sauce and mozzarella cheese, and grilled corn on the cob. The weather was oddly chilly. The Labor Day weekend will be hot, with temps up in the upper 90's. I'm glad I did not turn the AC off.