Dinner tomorrow

I am afraid I may not get to the computer tomorrow because I will be canning apricots all day. So for dinner tomorrow it is:

Waffles
Sausage

Yummy!

We always have breadfast for dinner a couple times a month. With tomorrow being a busy canning day I needed some thing easy~ although making waffles is not that easy. Anyway, my husband loves waffles and it is something my kids love too. I think they are good if they are cooked a little longer and are really crunchy. I make our syrup. I do 2 cups of sugar to 1 cup of water and bring to a boil add 1 Tablepoon mapleline and presto! Syrup. I usually do a 5 times batch or so and store in qt jars in the fridge. Two years ago I did strawberry syrup when I was canning strawberry jam. It is really good too. We might have that.

dinner anyone?

Here it is:

Baked Potato Bar
fresh apricots

No zucchini tonight.

I know not very exciting.

krista

Apricots & Pickles

We went and picked apricots yesterday. We picked two and a half 5 gallon buckets full. I will be making jam~both freezer and cooked, canning some, and I think I will try apricot nectar this year. I will post pictures when we are finished with them.

We also have gotten enough pickling cucumbers from our garden to do one batch of pickles. I will be doing dill and bread & butter ones this year.

It is so staisfying to see all the jars lined up on the counter when you are done.


krista

On the Menu this Evening

We are having:

Pasta with red sauce
Italian sausage
sauteed zucchini
Cottage Cheese
Water/lemonade


We do not normally have this in the summer, but I have a goal to use what is on hand for the next two weeks. Kind of a food storage practice. I did buy milk, eggs and bread today. I have been too busy to bake bread for the past couple of weeks. I do have dry milk too but keep forgetting to make it at night because it is not the instant kind and you have to let it sit overnight. My kids really can not tell but I can. We really use a lot of eggs so I can not be out of them too often. So I figured that is all I will buy (Oh I did buy bananas today too) for two weeks. So, you will probably see lots of zucchini because we planted a TON and have lots.

krista

Krista's Parents

Krista's parents have built a house about 15 minutes from us in Caldwell, ID. Her dad will be moving in this weekend and her mom will be staying in WA until she retires hopefully in December. It will be nice to have family in the area. We have not lived near family since we lived in WA, seven years ago next month. I will post a picture of their house as soon as we take one.

Dinner Tonight

Well, my dear friend, Tami, thinks that posting my daily dinner menu is a high mark to reach. She knows me too well. Anyway, I will do my best. So, to prove her wrong here is tonight's menu.

Grilled Chicken
Grilled Zucchini (from our garden~ yummy)
Brown Rice
Apricots


Krista

Benjamin

Here is our Ben. One of Ben's namesake is in the background (Krista's Dad, Benjamin) his middle name is William and Brian's dad's middle name is William too. This picture was taken at Krista's grandma Emily's house in Olympia, WA where Krista spent most of her growing up years.

Ben is a child of a thousand faces. Ever since he was a baby he always has funny faces. He loves to ham it up in front of the camera. He makes us laugh a lot.

When we were in Ocean Shores at the beach and found this great "little river" the kids liked to play in it.