Thursday's Kitchen Cupboard, AKA Granny's Garden Dinners.
Garden and pantry items are in (parentheses).
Thursday
Ground beef Patties Smothered in Onions (onions)
Baked Yukon Gold Potatoes (potatoes)
Green Beans and Crookneck Squash (pole beans, squash)
Tomato Wedges (tomatoes)
Coleslaw (cabbage, carrot)
Iced Green Tea
Friday
Chicken Mozzarella (seasoned tomato sauce)
Fried Zucchini (zucchini)
Mixed Garden vegetables (pole beans, summer squash, carrots, broccoli )
Salad (lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, celery)
Italian Dressing
Iced Tea
Saturday
Turkey Kielbasa-Cabbage Stew (potatoes, carrots, onions, cabbage, tomato sauce)
Hot French Bread
Cucumber Slices (cucumbers)
Ranch Dressing (garlic, chives, dill, parsley)
Iced Tea
Sunday
Beans and Wieners
Fried Potatoes (potatoes)
Coleslaw (cabbage, carrots, onion)
Sliced tomatoes (tomatoes)
Iced Tea
Sliced tomatoes (tomatoes)
Iced Tea
Monday
Grilled Wild Salmon
Tarter Sauce (dill relish, onion)
Creamed New Potatoes and Peas (potatoes, peas)
Corn on the Cob (local corn)
Salad (lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes)
Ranch Dressing (garlic, chives, dill, parsley)
Iced Tea
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Tuesday
Fried Chicken
Mashed Potatoes (potatoes)
Chicken Gravy
Buttered Corn (local)
Sliced Tomatoes and Cucumbers (tomatoes, cucumbers)
Iced Tea
Iced Tea
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I had a lot of egg whites left after making a double batch of coffee ice cream, so I made a full sized angel food cake from scratch. Of course, freshly baked cake, freshly picked strawberries and some leftover whipping cream meant......
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Strawberry Shortcake (strawberries)
Wednesday
Dinner out (Chinese Gardens)
Preserving the Harvest
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Four pounds of green beans for the freezer.
Hop on over to Robin's place at The Gardener of Eden and link up to let others see what you've been using or preserving from your garden and/or pantry!
I willing to be adopted! :) It all looks so good!
ReplyDeleteDavid, I'll adopt you if you'll dig my potatoes for me!
DeleteBoy you were downing in apricot gifts this last week, weren't you? And can you come cook for me? I've been very boring in the kitchen recently.
ReplyDeleteDaphne, I'm too pooped to cook. Trying to get the last potato beds dug today, and it's wearing me out :-(
DeleteYou've been one busy gal!!
ReplyDeleteNow hop over to my blog and help me identify a mystery plant.
Sue, it has me stumped. I thought the leaf looked like a watermelon, but I googled prickly watermelon with no luck. I keep checking back, but I see nobody has figured it out yet.
DeleteWe got it--its a buffalo-bur, member of the Solanum family. And it's not good. I guess half the reason I didn't pull it was because it LOOKED like something promising. But those spines--yikes. Not good. But oh, the bees are gonna miss that one. It's a shame.....
DeleteGood that Anywhere identified it, bad that you have it! I thought it looked like a nasty little watermelon, by the looks of the leaves!
DeleteYou sure have been one busy Granny this week! I've got to make an angel food cake soon! Nothing better then angel food cake with fresh fruit and vanilla ice cream for a nice summer dessert!
ReplyDeleteRobin, can you believe this is the first time I've ever made a full sized angel food cake from scratch? I never have that many egg whites at once. I probably never will again, either! It sure was good though.
DeleteLooks like a delicious week of eating! The strawberry short cake looks fantastic!! Our bean supply is pretty small this year. The hot spring effected our germination so we really don't have many plants. I'm afraid we may not even have enough to freeze this year.
ReplyDeleteStoney, I'm afraid I;'ll run out of freezer space before I run out of beans! And I just planted more for a fall crop :-)
DeleteWhat variety is your purple bean? And is there a reason you grew the Fortex and that purple bean? Better taste, healthier plants, or just what seed you had available? I'm growing Fortex this year too and wondering if experience has given you a reason to choose that variety. I'm also growing two bush beans that are doing great, Royal Burgundy and Speedy, but already noticing that their differences make them better for different purposes. Speedy grows perfectly straight pods about as long as a pint jar is tall and would make a create bean to can or pickle.
ReplyDeleteAnywhere, I won't grow any pole bean other than Fortex. I love that they are huge, yet stay tender and delicious, they freeze well, and are so much easier to pick than bush beans. I grew the purple (Velour) beans because Ed sent me the seed, and I loved the flavor and that they were the most prolific bean I ever grew. The only drawback is they, like most French beans, must be picked very young or they can get tough and stringy. But, oh...the flavor of these small beans is worth it! I used to grow Royal Burgundy, but the plants get so large. Velour stays small and compact, so takes up much less room for its big harvest.
DeleteYour dinners are so colorful and well balanced! I also love the variety! I tend to eat the same thing over and over again. U inspire me!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Tosh. I'm afraid I'll soon be in a rut, as we tend to like eating the same things over and over. It's getting to be green beans, summer squash and potatoes every day!
DeleteI think all can say is WOW WOW WOW!!
ReplyDeleteLOL, Mrs. P.!
DeleteI think I put on a couple of pounds looking at those dinners! I wish I had a neighbor with apricots. We've got great neighbors, but nobody grows anything but us!
ReplyDeleteYou know, you could do a lot worse than beans, squash and taters every day. ;-)
Dave, she's never offered me any before! I think she felt bad about her weeds, as she actually began pulling them (but gave up way too soon). That, and I sent her over a bag of squash, tomatoes and potatoes the other day.
DeleteHello. I'd like to order the creamed potatoes, fried chicken, a salad, and some fresh strawberry shortcake. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteThat will be $20.00, please. A 30% gratuity will be added to your tab for a total of $26.00 US. Thank you, The Management.
DeleteMr Farmer said that price sounds good and he'd like to order the same.
DeleteIt's on its way!
DeleteIt all looks so good AGAIN! Nancy
ReplyDeleteThank you, Nancy!
DeleteYum! It's a good thing I just ate a slice of homemade cake before I sat down to the computer to check on your latest blog post... or I would be back in the kitchen raiding the fridge after looking at all those yummy dinner combos. I really need to do some fried zucchini soon - that looked particularly yummy to me.
ReplyDeleteLOL, Kitsap. Mr. Granny would eat fried zucchini every day if I'd fix it. Robin says she freezes hers, so I guess I need to experiment.
DeleteHow do you prepare your beans for freezing. Do you freeze them raw, cook them first, or just blanch them? Your beans looked amazing!
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Joelle
Joelle, I clean and snap the stem ends off of the beans. I cut or break them into smaller sizes if needed, or keep small ones whole. Bring a big pot of water to a full boil, add the beans, cover and bring back to the boil. After 3 minutes, drain them and put them into ice water until they are completely cooled. I then drain them again and spread them out on a kitchen towel to dry. I've been aiming a table fan at them this year, which really helps dry them off quickly. Then I line a large pan with some big plastic (Ziploc) bags and spread the beans out on them (I used to use wax paper, but sometimes it sticks to the beans). If they are nice and dry, they don't need to be in a single layer, they'll still freeze individually. I place the big pan in the freezer over night, then bag the frozen beans the next day. Cook them by dropping frozen beans into boiling, salted water. I cook mine until I can take a taste and they don't squeak on my teeth as I bite into them.
DeleteMy mouth is watering just thinking of having frozen beans from the garden. I won't get any beans till September or even October, since we just planted them a few weeks ago. thanks for the information. This will be done at my house for sure.
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Joelle
I am still full from dinner, and my mouth is watering reading this post! Wonderful!
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