New recipes...

Blueberry muffins, the Cottage loaf ( a bread from the 1500's ), scalloped potatoes, chocolate tart, whole wheat bread, whole wheat pasta and lasagna noodles...some of the enjoyment I had in the kitchen this past week!  I am always trying to make some new items from scratch.  I found that kneading the dough can be very relaxing and work at the same time.  Of course, when you taste the bread fresh from the oven it is beyond words for a brief moment.  My friend, Melissa, says give her some fresh bread with butter and a gallon of sweat tea and she is good to go!

 Applesauce and Baked Applesauce Pies

Breakfast Pizza - this was so tasty - and the egg was just right!

 I have a cookbook that has 100 Bread recipes.  I have now cooked 2 of them, only 98 to go.  The picture above is of the Cottage Loaf.  It is still made in small village bakeries in Britain.  This is a great bread to have with some cheese or olive oil and spices.  The breakfast pizza was a first to make with cracking an egg when it was about done. 

 Along with cooking lots of new foods.  I also enjoy photography.  Fall is a beautiful time of year when the beauty of the trees force you to stop and take notice.  While we are caretaking the farm I am enjoying the front yard view of the sunset each day.  Another glimpse of God's great creation.

Sunrise to Sunset, I am truly content with life on the farm....

Monday Morning....

This morning began a little slow for me, I was not as up and at it as I usually am.  I was later than normal going to the barn but my tardiness allowed me to enjoy the calves at the neighbor's farm enjoying an early morning run in the field.  The chickens were waiting for me at the door ready to let them out to forage.  I was also greated by a mess in the first area of the barn - it looks like Lydia the Barn Cat and another animal had a tossle last night. So this evening we will need to see if we can live trap what was after her last night.
On the cooking agenda today is prepping biscuits, making pasta noodles, baking bread and ordering some vanilla beans for making our own pure vanilla.
The lettuce in the garden needs cut so that will be a nice addition to dinner.

I also have to find time to squeeze in some working!