Beauty abounds in the kitchen today :)
(I'm still astounded each time I pull home canned broth and stewed tomatoes from my pantry shelves!)
whole wheat banana muffins and bread made from organic wheat harvested a stone's throw from my kitchen
Kascha Rolls (Cherry Rolls) from my vintage Mennonite Country Cooking book using our canned cherries (again from the bounty of the pantry)
It's the simple things that please me now... the natural beauty in handmade things is incomparable..... this really IS the good life :)
You must feel very proud of yourself. All that food looks wonderful and just think how good it is for you - no nasties lurking in there, just goodness. Eye candy, indeed!
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Mmmmm! Your cherry rolls look especially yummy. And how wonderful that you grew and put by almost everything! I love that same beauty you describe--nothing beats handmade :)
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I'm smiling right now, because I am feeling the same thrill as you about home grown produce, for 2 nights in a row now we are eating homegrown beans picked fresh from the garden, tomorrow night it will be a leek gratin, we can't eat our tomatoes quick enough, and just today I discovered my passionfruit vine is loaded with fruit for the first time! Considering I only have a small veggie patch I'm pretty thrilled with that.
ReplyDeleteIt's a lovely feeling isn't it and you have done so well by the looks of it! Those muffins sound very yummy and nothing beats the smell of fresh bread in the kitchen!
ReplyDeleteMMMMMM, I too love nothing more than a simmering pot of soup on a cold winter evening. Now if I could only have that pot of soup simmering on that wood stove I've been wanting to get installed!
ReplyDeleteall that looks very delicious!!!
ReplyDeletenothing is better as the wonderful smell of homemade baking/cooking.
have a wonderful week,
love regina
Yes indeed it is...if like you one lives with the precious knowledge of how to live.
ReplyDeleteHave a blessed day.
Jennifer
Yummies! Is the recipe for your citrus cleaner somewhere on your blog? It looks pretty and sounds very intriguing!
ReplyDeleteSusan, I forgot to link to the recipe but I have corrected that now :) It's a great cleaner and the longer you leave it brewing, the better the grease/soap scum cutting ability...
ReplyDeleteHi Sherrie. You sound so thrilled and proud of yourself, well done! It is amazing how the exhaustion and chaos of the growing and preserving season brings such joy. Thanks for the reminder, I needed it. Happy new year and I look forward to more in 2012. Alison
ReplyDeleteYummy! The pastries are so delicious! Do you have the recipe for the citrus cleaner though? Also where they can be used in? Thanks!
ReplyDeleteOoh yum yum!! Unfortunately it's too hot for soup down here in Oz at the moment....can't wait for the cooler weather to get back into slow cooking!! Home baked bread is next on my agenda to master.
ReplyDeleteWyoming Crane, click on the "citrus cleaner" link in the post - sorry it's not a bolder color - trying to figure out how to change that. It's under the pic of the jar of orange peels. :)
ReplyDeleteOh my, that is the best kind of eye candy!
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