A month in review

It has been nearly a MONTH since I last blogged.  I promise I have been cooking.  The lag in documentation has been due to the "busy"ness of this time of year at the Farmer's Market. I know I've mentioned that we grow the vast majority of our food, including beef.  But I'm not sure if I've mentioned that we also sell produce during the harvesting months here in Kentucky.  April through October you will find us at the market selling everything from eggplants to watermelons.

The last four weeks our major crops have come in & we've also had a very busy baseball schedule to keep!

So, I'm going to recap some of our meals & get started back to blogging each one.  We've eaten BLT's & lasagna several times in the last few weeks.  Both made with our fresh tomatoes.  These treats are definately highlights of the summer. 

We've also had at least two or three meals centered around our green beans. Thanks to a market customer I've started preparing green beans in a simpler way.  I simply snap off the ends & pull the strings (if there are any) - dump them into my crockpot with some country ham pieces & a little water.  I let those simmer all day.  Add some smashed new potatoes & fried corn bread  & we're done. 

Tonight we had those green beans, simply baked acorn squash (with just a little butter & brown sugar) & fried cornbread.  I also baked a spaghetti squash - just to show customers at tomorrow's market what the prepared squash looks like inside & some of that ended up on Tony's plate too. I think it was his favorite part of the meal. The girls also fixed themselves a BLT to go with the meal.

I know that I've fixed the ratatouille again since last time.  Tony is now a HUGE fan of that.  We've also had his forever favorite of meatloaf lately.

One night some sauteed pork steaks were the center of our meal. I think we had silver queen corn & smashed potatoes with those - I know two starches aren't great for us....but it was a good meal.

My favorite meal that I can remember right now was when Wayne actually grilled some ribs over cedar.  Tony had found a Kansas City rub that they used on the ribs.  I also boiled up some "incredible" corn & helped Wayne cut up some other fresh vegetables for a grill basket.  They were tasty.  Actually the entire meal was.

Hamburgers have been pretty common around here too.  Especially with the new potatoes & fresh dill pickles.  My mom made 5 quarts of small whole dill pickles & we actually ate one whole quart in just a couple of days!

I've also made salsa from the garden this year & we've had several meals with that.  It's so simple to open a can of refried beans - top those with some cheese & salsa - and scoop it all up with some chips.

We've also eaten some fresh fish caught on bank poles along the Green River this year.

So, all in all I think I've added about 19 meals to the count since I blogged last.  I know that sounds like alot, but we really do eat at home alot when all the fresh stuff comes in.  To all of you who have been asking me when I'm going to catch up on this blog, thanks for keeping me accountable!

114 meals complete.