September #1 - peppers

Melanie  (she blogs here at Comfy House  ) asked me what we were doing with all the peppers my husband has been raising.  

I’ve been cooking with some of them

This morning we had hash browns with 1/2 an onion and a whole pepper diced with the potatoes and an over easy egg on top 

I’ve canned sliced jalapeños with onions and carrots earlier this summer.

This weeekend,  I canned just diced jalapeños.  

Many peppers are in the freezer.  Most have been diced or sliced,  put on a lined tray and into the freezer overnight and then put in bags to use later.  

The strips are so good sautéd with onion and used as fajita vegetables. 

Inside our freezer - if you want to see what we will be eating this fall and winter—-

If you’re wondering if I’m a chef with amazing knife skills.....

No I am not.  I used a Mueller chopper bought on Amazon.  It chops great but is a bit tricky as the top plate comes loose too often and it takes a lot of work to clean but it does chop lots of veggies way faster and more precise than I can manually.  

Below are carrots cut with the 1/2 inch size blades.  I used the 1/4 inch blade for peppers and onions.  

I plan to cook this carrot recipe later this week,  it has several steps but is very tasty

And one more photo inside our freezer 

And that’s probably way more than most of y’all want to know about our peppers 🌶 

❤️ Rhonda 🇺🇸

August #6

Good morning 

I didn’t mean to disappear but last week was different than I thought it would be.  The 3 grands that live in our school district were here 3 days and then they went to school for 2 days,  and now, in person schools are already closed again because Covid rates jumped way higher in our town.  Our schools will be doing virtual learning for a while.  

My husband made a last minute and unexpected trip to his parents in Arkansas.  He is home now.  

Anyway,  the theme of 2020 seems to be plans change at the drop of a hat.  

So, here is my new to do list - notice the repeats of the meals because they didn’t get cooked last week.  

The empty circle doesn’t mean anything- I’ll write something in it later.  

➡️➡️➡️link for a new mask style ⬅️⬅️⬅️

My daughter asked me to sew this style mask.  The pleats are vertical instead of horizontal and it’s supposed to fit looser over the wearer’s mouth.  

I made just one and she tried it on and thought she liked it better so I’ll sew up a couple more this week.  

And if you follow this video and pattern,  the mask is fine but she says 2.6 inches and 1.8 inches 🤔 ( not exactly how Americans do fractions). So I just got as close as I could.  The video maker normally uses metric.   And I lengthened the elastic to 7 inches instead of 6 as specified.  

Speaking of masks,  this is how my daughter is keeping up with her family of 5 and their masks - who ever imagined we would need masks organization?  But we do! 

The bag is for masks that need laundered,  I think that’s a great idea.  

My husband picked these beautiful peppers and scrawny radishes this morning.  So I’ll be processing some of them this week.  

And last week was so weird, so I worked 2 puzzles,  with a little help from grandchildren and Nina.  

This one was a really nice puzzle with big, sturdy pieces.  I think it was a handmedown puzzle as when I buy puzzles,  I buy mine at Dollar Tree or Walmart and this was a much higher quality one.  

Hope you all have a good week.  

I’ll be staying home until virus  things settle down in our town

❤️ Rhonda 🏠