Homesteading on a Blackberry Hilltop
September 18, 2020 Bruce has been going through each room downstairs and putting the items in the room on a list. Once he has the items in the room on the list, after I get off work, he askes me what I think about taking, storing, or disposing of the items on the list. If […]
Read More More Sorting StuffSeptember 17, 2020 Here’s my entry into Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge!
Read More Cee’s FOTD ChallengeSince Bruce now has to eat a low FODMAP diet, I am looking at recipes in a new way. The original recipe came from “The Essential Mexican Instant Pot Cookbook” by Deborah Schneider. I’ve modified it to be low FODMAP and was very pleased with the results. Bruce was delighted with the results as well. […]
Read More Instant Pot Low FODMAP Arroz Con PolloNow that Bruce is eating a low FODMAP diet, I modified the banana “ice cream” recipe to be low FODMAP. Serves 4 with 3 oz servings
Read More No Sugar Low FODMAP Banana “Ice Cream”September 15, 2020 I took some cute pictures of Nox in the last couple of weeks and felt like sharing.
Read More Just Cute Pictures of NoxSeptember 12, 2020 Bruce and I had a bit of scare, we had been very afraid that the colon cancer had came back. He was having the same symptoms that he had had when they discovered he had stage 3 colon cancer 16 years ago. To our great relief, his colonoscopy came back clean! So, […]
Read More New Diet for BruceSeptember 9, 2020 I woke up this morning to two inches of snow! Colorado weather is so strange. It was in the 90’s on Monday, it snowed on Tuesday with the daytime temp staying in the low 30’s, and it is still snowing this morning with a temp of 30! (All temps are in Fahrenheit.) […]
Read More Snowy Morning!Peaches at the end of summer are so luscious, bursting with juice. I enjoy grilling them and topping them with a raspberry sauce. The raspberry sauce is based on “The Skinnytaste Cookbook: Light on Calories, Big on Flavor” by Gina Homolka, Heather K. Jones used in the Mini Pavlovas with Fresh Fruit recipe. Serves 4
Read More Grilled Peaches with Raspberry SauceDinner Party Menu from September 5, 2020 Appetizers Grilled Andouille Sausage Bites Grilled Figs Stuffed with Goat Cheese Grilled Bacon Wrapped Scallops Salad Salad Greens with a Vinaigrette Dinner Instant Pot Artichoke and Mushroom Risotto Grilled Tuna Steaks Grilled Onions, Eggplant, Tomato, and Zucchini Medley Dessert Grilled Peaches with Raspberry Sauce and Whipped Cream
Read More Labor Day Weekend MenuSeptember 4, 2020 This picture is from August 24. The Concord grapes had ripened in mid-to-late August. You can see were I had pulled off some grapes that had ripened earlier. While the raccoons didn’t get the grapes this year, the squirrels developed a fondness for them and ate a lot of the grapes.
Read More Grapes Ready to Eat
