Tuesday 8 August 2017

This past week in my kitchen

We picked up some very ripe apricots and peaches and made jam. The apricots add such a nice colour to the otherwise pale peaches.


The cookie pail in the freezer was empty so I made Chocolate chip oatmeal cookies and while the oven was on I quickly made an Impossible Coconut pie. With this hot weather I've tried not to bake and heat up the kitchen too much


Dianna, on her blog ( Forgiven), made pickled beans this week and since I had quite a few beans that DH had picked I thought I'd make some too. I ran short of beans so I added some carrots to fill the jars. I hope they turn out nice and crisp and a bit on the spicy side. ( I added a clove of garlic and some hot pepper flakes as well as some dill to each jar).


On Sunday son#3 came over and he and DH went Blackberry picking at a place that our son knew about. They came home with quite a haul. The berries are very big and juicy this year which is a surprise since it has been so very dry.


                    Lastly I show you my lunch today. It was very tasty!!


That's it for today.Thanks for popping by,

              Granny Marigold

12 comments:

  1. Everything looks so delicious! It was cool here today so cookies, a peach pie and blueberry banana muffins were made. I saw on the news how hot you have been.
    Take care!
    Robin

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  2. Ohhhh sighhhhhh... All those goodies in your post. Oh sighhhhh... You are *MEAN*. -pout-

    :-)))))

    I admire your willingness to do all that "putting up," as they used to say. Will be worth the work, come winter time.

    I can't even try to bake much, in the summer. Autumn usually fees like baking time. But!!!! I shouldn't eat all that stuff. -another sigh-

    Of course, if I did more things, like you do, I could eat more. ,-)))

    Luna Crone

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  3. Lovely lunch! The blackberries make my mouth water! Oh, your baked goodness looks just right.

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  4. Oh yum, looks fantastic. What do you do with all the blackberries? Do you freeze them or just eat them fresh?
    Ellabie

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    1. I freeze them in smallish containers to add to winter strawberry jam. Also made 2 jars of jam right away and sugared some that we already ate.

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  5. You have been a busy lady in the kitchen this week! Everything looks so good! Don't you love how that impossible coconut pie works? That is one of our son-in-law's favorite pies!

    Thank you for mentioning me in your post. I was surprised to read here and find my name. It always amazes me when bloggers do that for me. :) What a clever idea to use carrots to fill up the jars that you didn't have enough beans for!

    Those blackberries are beautiful! And I especially like your lunch! :)

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  6. Despite the fact that I just ate breakfast, I am feeling hungry again :). Yum.

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  7. It's all about the blackberries here! And yes, aren't they lovely this year? Some of them are monsters. The roots of those things must go down a long way because they sure seem to like this heat. Picked 13 ice cream /1 gallon/4 litre buckets yesterday. Have met the halfway point of our 50 bucket goal!

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  8. I am envious of those blackberries!! They are $4 a half pint here in the store:( So you have part of a fortune in the bucket! :)

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  9. It all looks so good! I've never had pickled green beans, I bet they're yummy.

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  10. Your kitchen has been busy! Those cookies look delicious... I never think to put cookies in the freezer but I should, then I would have a quick treat for unexpected guests!

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