We watched the Lions play...rough 2nd half...but what a difference a year makes...we look forward to seeing what you guys can do next season!!!!
Dinner for tonight was:
Chicken Breast
Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Green Beans: Canned from the garden (when we can these we use 1/4 tsp of pickle crisp granules in each quart.....it keeps the green beans crisp)
Applesauce: a canned gift from the trees (we have not had an abundance of apples since 2007 because of the crazy weather and the late frosts each year, 2011 was a great APPLE year!!!)
APPLESAUCE: (yields 7 pints)
10 lbs apples
2 1/2 cups cinnamon sugar (optional)
quarter apples, don't core or peel...cook apples until soft in a large saucepot with just enough water to prevent stitcking.....press apples and juice through a food mill....return apple pulp to saucepot....add cinnamon sugar.....bring applesauce to a boil...stirring constantly......reduce heat and simmer 5 minutes....ladel hot sauce into hot jars....leaving 1/2 inch headspace....process in a boiling water canner for 20 minutes.
When we get ready to start canning for this year, we will post and let you know...if you live close enough and you want to come over and watch/help...that would be great.......the first time I canned anything was about 7 years ago.....Ross had learned how to do it from his grandma.....I had seen my grandma put up jelly before but had no desire to learn how to do it myself......my... how times have changed. :)
Sunday:
Had a GREAT morning at church...Pastor spoke about Blessings and Curses...it was AMAZING!!!
Back home for sunday chores and deciding what kind of bread I was going to make with the Beef Soup for dinner tonight.....
Swiss Zopf (Braided) Bread won.....I found a great recipe on a blog called chefinyou.com
Ingredients:
- 3 and 3/4 cups bread flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 egg
- 1 tbsp active dried yeast
- 1 tsp honey
- 1 cup lukewarm milk
- 4 tbsp melted butter
Pleasant Dreams!!!
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