Cookin' in the Kitchen

With all this harvesting I've been doing, I've been pretty busy in the kitchen.  I'm trying to get everything put away that we can't eat and prepare more for us to eat right away.  I've been putting more fresh veggies in our pasta or rice dishes and just getting creative with what we have available.  I was going to try to get a picture of my one day of harvesting because it was insane.  A cantaloupe, watermelon and honey dew melon, a couple huge banana squashes, cucumbers, two egg plants, three or four zuccinis and a couple yellow crooked neck squash, two butternut squash, a big bag of tomatoes and another big bag of cherry and pear tomatoes.  Holy smokes!  I was outside picking vegetables FOREVER!  I couldn't even fit them all on the counter to take a picture so I took a picture of one of the meals I started to prepare instead.  Don't you love how healthy it looks with the green, yellow and red.  My mom is funny about having different colors in her meals.  She actually pays attention to the presentation of the food.  Me, not so much.  If we eat, I feel pretty good about the day.  But I did good this time mom!  I seriously love having stuff from the garden to use though.  It makes me feel productive and thrifty.  After our healthy veggie meal, I took a picture of the boys licking the beaters from my hand mixer after we made our not-so-healthy chocolate chip cookies for dessert :)  Baby steps, right!