A review of February in my kitchen:
A new-to-me tea cozy by April Cornell. It's reversible!
I chopped and dehydrated most of the remainder of last year's bumper garlic crop.
Valentine's day dinner by the fire: steak, loaded baked potatoes, and salad. Simple and delicious.
My Valentine's cake effort: chocolate cake with raspberry filling and cream cheese frosting.
A cobbler made with fruits from the fridge that needed to be used up---canned pears, cherry pie filling, blueberries, peaches, some cranberry sauce. Yum.
And a stew made with all sorts of leftovers and bits and pieces as I was cleaning out the fridge. It was the best stew I think I have ever made, and I will never be able to duplicate it.
Made but no pictures: banana chocolate chip bread, canned apple pie filling, canned pork, canned black beans, and I used up the rest of the apples in the cellar to make and freeze fried apples.
Now I need to remember to take photos this month for next month's roundup.
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I sure can identify with you not being able to duplicate that awesome stew because you didn't use a recipe. That's me a lot of the time. You had a productive month. Everything looks so good💗.
ReplyDeleteYes, we are birds of a feather, GM! I think because after years of cooking mostly from scratch we have learned a few things.
DeleteHow nice that you still celebrate Valentine's Day :-) The dinner sounds really delicious...well, steak means delicious to me anyway.
ReplyDeleteI would say that I celebrate it, but my hubby usually forgets! But it is fun to make a special effort for the day, just because it's in the middle of winter!
DeleteOh, I sometimes wish I was into sweets!
ReplyDeleteLOL, sorry about that stew! I cooked up "something" once from leftovers and could not redo it. Was so yummy.
You are smart to not like sweets! They are my downfall, and I love to bake. So you are thin, and I am...round, lol!
Deletethat Valentine's cake looks so good! I buy a big amount of bio-dynamic garlic each Christmas and freeze it for the year. So handy. Thanks for joining us at In My Kitchen this month. Have a great March.
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I should look into freezing garlic, Sherry. It has to be easier than dehydration. I enjoy your blog!
Delete...you are a busy bee!
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DeleteI try, Tom!
DeleteYou are always making something delicious in your kitchen. My best soups and stews come from using up things, but they are different every time.
ReplyDeleteSame, June. But it is fun to mix it up!
DeleteNo breakfast yet. This post should have a R-rating. 😀
ReplyDeleteMade me laugh, AC!
DeleteBarb and I want to visit your kitchen, everything looks delicious!
ReplyDeleteAny time, Jim, when your travels bring you my way!
DeleteYour valentine cake makes me think of all my past efforts… I was never any good at fussy cake decoration — once I made a birthday cake for a friend and when she saw it she burst out laughing. I never try to frost cakes after that!
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I am definitely no cake decorator! So my cakes are almost always frosted on the top only, and rarely decorated lol. This was just fun to do though.
DeleteWow! Your food looks good! Well done!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Ellen. I am a good country cook, but don't do much fancy, or with unique ingredients. I read recipes sometimes and just wonder how people ever learned to use such strange stuff! But I know the newer ways of cooking are delicious too. I'm just old-fashioned.
DeleteThw problem with soups and stews that are made on clean-up day is exactly that ... the same (you think) combination is never quite the same. I have several recipes like that and if for any reason I have to go back to the cook book and I look up the original, the changes are in my head but not marked. My grandmother was the worst ever at what she called 'receipts;. Oh, she would say, just add (whatever) until it tastes right.
ReplyDeleteYeah.
You should have your own tv cooking show. :) The raspberry cake sounds delicious.
ReplyDeleteI understand about cooking something extra-delicious that can never be duplicated! Another reason to "live in the moment" I guess :)
ReplyDeleteI LOVE orange-cranberry scones. And wow, you are some serious kind of cook!
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