We are back home and trying to get back into the rhythm of being home and enjoying the last few weeks of summer. We had a fantastic time in Washington...we loved seeing our family and friends and wish so badly that we could see you more often...but it is nice to be home too.
We came home to chickens who are now laying eggs and lots of
CSA veggies. We have a goal to use all the veggies we get before the following
CSA delivery...today I made baked kale chips and a
CSA quiche with
swiss chard, garlic
scapes, zucchini and onions...not to mention that the eggs for the quiche came from our very own chickens...a quiche is really an awesome way to use our veggies up. Now we just have bunches of pesky beets that we need to use...I have never had a beet before in my life and I am completely lost about them. I love pretty much all veggies, I willingly tried
brussel sprouts a few weeks ago and liked them, but I really have no desire to try beets...and I know we have more beets coming to us this week.
Yesterday while I was putting in a load of laundry in our basement I spotted something on the floor...at a closer glance the thing jumped and I realized that somehow a toad had found its way in to my basement. We caught it and Blake is now trying her
darndest for us to allow her to keep it as a pet. Its cute...but I don't know if it is quite that cute. All I really care about is how on earth did it get into my basement?
We love going up to the Washington State. It is so beautiful and enchanting. We packed up the family and drove there (yes, it is possible with three little ones). We stopped a few times along the way and spent some time in Yellowstone. We stopped in Missoula, MT and the girls played at a spray ground. In Washington we went to the beach, the zoo, Seattle, parks, and fairs...Blake went fishing for the first time and we all went wild blackberry picking. We did a ton and we had such a great trip. It was so good to see family and friends that we have not seen in a very long time. We miss you all and wish we could see you more often!
My boy cooling off on a hand sewing quilt that I picked up from a garage sale in Tacoma.
frozen from the store and now I am looking for a made from scratch recipe for puff pastry...anyone have a good recipe to pass on?). The puff pastry is topped with ricotta mixed with parsley, green onion, and one egg, then some caramelized onions (we use the red ones because Andy adores them), and then I sauteed some zucchini and summer squash and lined them up all pretty like. Andy made a salad using some of the greens from our share and dinner was set.
