The bananas are ripening. Today I sliced one box full and put them in the freezer on trays. After a few hours, I transferred them to bags. Don’t they look yummy. Of course now and then a piece did hit my mouth. The 4 boxes remaining appear to be ready either tomorrow evening or Sunday. In either case, a lot of Sunday will be freezing and dehydrating these. When dehydrated, they are wonderful little pieces of “candy”.
It seems as fast as I take items out of the freezer, I find more food to replace it. Today, I took tomatoes out to make into tomato sauce and for lunch we had corn, zucchini patties, and peas from the freezer. Then we had black bean dip and salsa from the canning. It’s terrific to have good food so handy.
I took the seedlings up to the greenhouse when it was only sprinkling. The rest of the day was medium to heavy rain. As soon as I can, I need to start planting them in the ground. Once I start, then it is an unending garden process until the canning is done in the fall. But the benefits are worth all the work.
This is a part of the crew going in for the night. The geese were very independent and finally had to be herded in.
UPS brought me this package. Have any of you tried growing these? They are just another food that I would prefer to grow if I’m going to eat them. Tomorrow I will open the box and follow the instructions. Today gifted me with a bug that wasn’t kind to my system, so mostly I napped. But tomorrow is a whole new day and I plan to be able to spend some time getting the greenhouse ready to plant. The seeds that I planted January 30 are up and I put them outside today as they are cold crops. The tomatoes that I planted last week are starting to show a bit, the peppers not yet.
This morning I picked up 4 boxes of bananas to put into the freezer. They aren’t ripe, but in 2-3 days, they will have my full attention. They are just expensive enough, I buy boxes when they have a special of 30% off. I rarely shop Safeway, however, because I signed up with them, periodically they send me “just for you” prices on half a dozen items.
Then it was off to the sewing studio to create more stars.
I’m quite sure that groceries are going up, up, and more up, which is why I really want to have a good garden with loads canned, frozen and otherwise stored. We started at Costco and yes, I know that it is difficult to come out of there with just a few things. However, with what we purchased there today, I don’t think we need to visit the food part of the store for at least two months. To follow that up, we went to Fred Meyer for the items that Costco didn’t have. I have definitely learned that only one of a couple should go to the store, but I don’t know how to put that in practice, when he likes to go with me. When the two of us go, it seems to me that we come out of there with three times as much as either would have purchased. The only consolation was that most of it was long term items, some for the freezer and some like sunflower seeds that I use to make humus. Some of it was for the big Super bowl game Sunday where several are getting together to enjoy the game.
After lunch I made zucchini patties for the freezer and for tomorrow. Then I put the rice and lentils that I soaked this morning for flatbread into the blender with salt, onion and garlic powder until it was thick and smooth. I saw this recipe this past week, but I really don’t remember where and since I couldn’t refer back to it, I baked it at 400 for 20 minutes on a silicone pad on a baking sheet, then flipped it for 5 more minutes. If I had used two sheets, it would have made wonderful crackers. Bill cut it into some small pieces for dipping and some larger pieces to eat with meals. This is a great and easy recipe for gluten-free menus.
Then to add some humor to my day, the geese wanted to be herded into the night enclosure. So I put the rest of the birds in and went after the geese. They came to the door which I then opened and the latest three ducks ran out. OK, ducks are out and geese are in. I managed to corned one duck and got it back in and the other two ran off to the pond. So I went into the house. About 1/2 hour later at sundown, I went outside and these two were giving me the what for because they were locked out. So I went down there and told them that’s what happens at night, they better stay in next time. They were very happy to get back in. One just enjoys the animals even with their quirks.
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