I made a roasted pork tenderloin yesterday with roasted potatoes and snap peas. Today I had leftover pork with some pasta and green beans ..read more

We had big salads using up some of the rotisserie chicken and eye of round, with a big handful of cut up tomatoes ..read more

We had more of the soup for dinner tonight ..read more

I made tortellini with the Boursin (it was on sale again) tomato no-cook sauce, enough for dinner tonight and tomorrow night. On Wednesday, I'm making pizza for a good friend and me to celebrate my birthday. Using The Baking Steel 72 Hour Dough, I made it yesterday and after it sat on the counter overnight, I put it in the fridge. Wednesday, I will take it out to make the dough balls and let it rest ..read more

Today's tomato harvest. The thing about growing determinants is that a lot of them tend to ripen all at once. They're all kind of small, not sure if that's due to the varieties grown or something to do with hydroponics. Defiant is supposed to produce 8 ounce fruits, I think Better Bush is supposed to produce around 5-6 ounce fruits, most of these are 2 ounces or less. We may have to have BLT's this week to see how they are that way. Attachments:You must be logged in to view attached files ..read more

I started seeds for 12 different varieties of tomatoes, (6 of them that I have not grown before) and 2 varieties of eggplant (purple and white) under the grow lights today. The 12 tomato varieties are: Celebration (New) Super Sauce (New) Delicious (New) Purple (New) Estiva (New) Celebrity 4th of July Defiant (New for outdoors but I have two growing in the hydroponic garden) Amish Paste Italian Roma (New) Italian Heirloom Porter The Purple one is one my older son found and gave me for Christmas, I don't know if he's grown it in his garden or not. (But purple and white are Northwestern's colors ..read more

One of the things I want in a new waffle maker is removeable plates to make cleanup easier. I looked at a number of options. I decided to not waffle around any longer and made a decision. I bought a Cuisinart that has removeable plates and comes with additional (mostly) flat plates that they call pancake plates. The bottom plate has small slightly indented circles (4). It's suggested that it can used for pancakes (really small ones) eggs, sausage etc. I might use that to make grilled cheese but otherwise I don't see myself using those as I have better options for pancakes, eggs, sausage etc. T ..read more

I had a small batch of Hot Cross Buns come out of the oven Sunday morning. They looked beautiful but were rather soft inside. Two were destroyed when my father moved them to a plastic container before they cooled down. He also objected to the proper cross on top saying they didn't need more sugar. The good news is that they were tasty ..read more

I'm making shrimp salad sandwiches with a side of fries for hubby ..read more

I baked two loaves of banana bread for my friends today ..read more