The kitchen in November has seen a lot of food from the freezer and the pantry. Remember all that stuff you saw getting put into jars and into the freezer back in the summer months? Well, we are eating it right now. Patrick and I spent a little bit of time the other night going thru our quicken files and not surprisingly found that our lowest grocery bills occur in December, January and February. November’s cooking pictures, or lack thereof, document that I have been concocting a lot of meals from “put up” food. So here are the photos from November.
November garden harvests:
Broccoli, carrots and lettuce. Obviously we are eating the lettuce fresh, and unfortunately it is coming to an end. We ate some of the broccoli and carrots and the rest we blanched and froze for later meals.
A meal all our own…..stuffed peppers, cranberry orange sauce and corn.
We have really been enjoying that fast food from the freezer. These stuffed peppers are just as good as they were when we ate them fresh thru the summer. This was the last jar of the cranberry orange sauce I made last winter. Making more is on my do list for this weekend since berries are now back in the grocery store for the holidays. I sure wish we could grow these on the property since we love them so. The corn was just thawed, heated and “doctored” with frozen peppers and dehydrated onions.
Venison and gnocchi stew......
I used the last of the venison from the freezer, mixed it with the gnocchi I made and froze a few months ago and made a terrific stew for a cold fall night. Unless Patrick is successful in the next few weeks, we won’t be seeing any more venison meals. Patrick isn’t the only one who has been unsuccessful this year. Two very seasoned hunters he hunts with are also down on their luck this year. Keep praying for him.
Lemon Chicken…with broccoli
This is an old standby but I usually grate carrots in it. This day I cooked up some broccoli that I had just cut from the garden. Served over the lemon pepper noodles. It doesn't show up well on our plates.
More butternut squash and apple butter……..2 things I canned this month
Desserts for the month
Apple pie-
I really like those new leaf shaped pastry cutter Patrick got for me. You can see I use them a lot. This was all that was left of the pie when I realized that I had not photographed it.
Cranberry raisin pie
Patrick was thankful that I made this for Thanksgiving and took it to the mountains with us. We got to bring the leftovers home. Great breakfast food.
Blueberry, chocolate chip bundt cake
A new favorite. Easy to make and it was a hit at thanksgiving. There were no leftovers to bring home.
Oatmeal bars with strawberry rhubarb filling....
I made these to put in the freezer for when Ryan and Sharee come. I don't know if they will make it until then.
So there you have it for the month......4 vegetable harvests, 3 meals, and 4 desserts. Seems balanced to me?!?!?!?!?
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