Today, I spent the entire day at home. Yay this is one of the things I like most about the summer. Unfortunately, today did not include reading a book or watching television or even enjoying some much-needed downtime.<\/p>\n
This morning, I had already planned to make breakfast bowls. Yesterday, I had made gravy biscuits, saving some for today.\u00a0 I ended up using 16 eggs and I found “bo rounds” which made these bowls even better!\u00a0 Next up I spent about an hour in the garden, wedding and harvesting.\u00a0 I sent a 5-gallon bucket to the chickens!<\/p>\n
I have harvested 8 pounds of tomatoes in the last 3 days, so I started a huge crockpot of spaghetti sauce. The current plan is to make a couple of “million-dollar spaghetti pies” tomorrow and bag the rest for the freezer.\u00a0 Matt made potato salad, while I made a squash casserole and a huge pot of chill.\u00a0 \u00a0Last night we had purchased a chicken from Costco so the squash casserole and potato salad along with a jar of green beans made an awesome lunch.\u00a0 The chili used four pounds of ground beef that Matt cooked on the Blackstone along with supper last night.<\/p>\n
I pressure canned 8 2oz jars, 4 half pints and one quart of chill for future use. After lunch I tossed the chicken bones and carcass was tossed in the insta pot with water and placed on low using the slow cooker function. So far I have pressure canned 8 pints of chicken stock with the insta pot cooking for another 12 hours.<\/p>\n
I did discover that my food processor is broken. We dug out the kitchen aid attachment and shredded the LARGE zucchini for making a loaf of zucchini bread later in the week.<\/p>\n
Matt was in charge of cleaning the front and back of the older refrigerator and also used his new shop vac to drain the water from the AC system.\u00a0 I was in charge of deep cleaning the deep fyer.<\/p>\n
Matt made a regular load of bread and I have a loaf of sour dough to finish tonight. Zach decided to deep clean so that also meant I placed 17 nerf guns, a box of legos and a huge hot wheel track on Facebook to sell.<\/p>\n
I am tired!<\/p>\n
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Today, I spent the entire day at home. Yay this is one of the things I like most about the summer. Unfortunately, today did not include reading a book or watching television or even enjoying some much-needed downtime. This morning, … Continue reading