Apples apples oh my!  We've been to the orchard 3 times!  We've made minnie apple pies, apple sauce, pork roast with apples, and eaten many many apples with sugar and nutella!  I've been cooking more.  Apple crisp is in the toaster oven as I type.  

Preparing for individual pies!

Haylee helped to peel.  

Snack time!

Applesauce!

Leftover crust cookies

Anniversary roses!  10 years married, 17 together!

the leaves are changing they really are!

I've been cooking bunches and I have been taking pictures.  Lets see we made peach muffins, apple muffins, 

Gingerbread Halloween cookie,  with my rock star baking assistant!

 I know a little early but I don't think its ever to early in  child's eyes!

It's Grilled cheese season which is just about my favorite food!  Add some bacon and it might be heaven! the tomatoes from the Garden are nearly gone, they tasted so good!

We took a trip to Connecticut to see family and what was supposed to be a rainy weekend turned out wonderful!  We went to Cotton hollow, which I had to ask to photograph since it is closed to the general public.

We went to Wickham Park in Manchester CT, Tony played some disc golf, we visited the gardens and saw the rescued birds.  

A lobster dinner was served when we arrived!

  This is where we stayed right on the Connecticut river.

We've also been to the local fair!

 Someone tell me i don't need a goat!

fried Zucchini

summers days are numbered...

Busy as usual!
Had a lovely weekend, checked out the Farmers market at crystal springs Farm ! what a wonderful market.  I bought lots of tomatoes!  I'll be planting more next year!  So, on Monday i canned diced tomatoes.

Paste Tomatoes from the market.

Preparing the water bath for peeling

All the steps.  1. coring, boiling for 30 seconds, cooling, peeling.

Preparing to jar.

Ready to be boiled.  See my wonderful new tongs!!

Fully processed.

I also made and froze approx 4 dozen Meatballs made with organic grass fed beef from Little Alaska Farm

Eating it up!

I've been thinking allot about putting the garden to bed even though its not just time collecting leaves and compost and getting some Llama poo from down the road to make next year even better.  Making notes in my book on what to grow and where in my garden next year.  Very exciting.  today i pulled the basil out and picked the pumpkin.  the pumpkin isn't quiet done but its been so wet the last few weeks that where it was sitting just wasn't getting good and dry and I don't want it to rot!

So i pulled the basil and made some pesto. I don't use a recipe anymore just fill the food processor up with fresh basil throw in a handful or so of whatever nuts are in the cupboard, I did have pine nuts today, pour in Parmesan cheese and oil.  I adjust the oil and cheese by taste at the end and consistency and then freeze in ice cube trays.  I cant find my ice cube trays though.  :(

 Then i moved on to zucchini cake!  It came out a bit dry but its still super Yummy !  It will be a good snack for Haylee and tony for work and school this week.

We had fresh tomatoes with supper tonight, the big ones are still green and I'm watching them and the weather closely.  We ate the last cucumber as well.  Not nearly enough of those from the garden this summer.  Hopefully I'll make it to the market this weekend of next week and stuck up on some stuff!

 Then for dinner with some chicken wee had a pesto cream sauce which i just whipped up from what was in my cupboards so it wasn't exactly what i wanted but it turned out pretty good, canned cream of chicken soup and milk, parm cheese and 1/4 cup of pesto added to it.