Good Morning!
How are you and how was your weekend? Fall came in for sure on Saturday here in Eastern PA. It was warm Saturday morning when I got up - almost 70 degrees at 6:00 a.m.! But, while Dee and I were chatting, sipping and knitting in Panera's (no bad music, thank you very much), the winds picked up, the sky turned black and a bit of rain fell. By the time we left it was much cooler. And now, this morning (6:10 a.m.) it is just 42 degrees out. Definitely feeling Fallish.
While Dee and I were busy doing our thing, Fletch went off to the Lansdale Farmer's Market where they were having a pie contest. I was tempted, but am glad I did not go. He was very disappointed. He had been hoping for maybe some pumpkin pie, apple pie, blueberry pie or whatever. Instead he said almost everything was gelatinous or like cheese cake. Not what he had been hoping for and he came home with NONE!
We are getting ready for Fall planting! Our garlic arrived the other day.
"Music" on the left and a German Red on the right. Another type arrived Saturday, but I forgot to take a picture. The hope is to plant some next weekend at Colin & Mailing's and also to get ours in the ground. I love how BIG these are and I hope ours grow like that (the past few years our crop has yielded fairly small heads). Like everything else you grow, home-grown garlic is just so much better (plus you get the benefits of scapes in late Spring).
Sunday I managed to do a bit of cooking. First we had pumpkin waffles and bacon for breakfast. Oh yum! I did not gake a picture, but the waffle recipe I used is THIS ONE and they were quite good. There are a few left and I think they would be good just popped in the toaster and then a little bit of butter put on top.
Since I had opened a can of pumpkin to make the waffles I went ahead and made a pumpkin sauce for coffee. The sauce is just some of the canned pumpkin, some water, a smidge of sugar and a little bit of pumpkin pie spice. It turned out ok - not great, but ok. I had a cup yesterday afternoon and then added some to my coffee this morning before pouring in my frothed (and heated) milk.
It's tasty, but I think I like other flavors a bit more (peppermint, maple walnut, or caramel). And actually, just straight, strong coffee is my favorite. Next time I may just sprinkle some of the pumpkin pie spice on top of the coffee grounds when I brew my coffee. I do that with cardamom and it is delicious!
It was way too windy and chilly to sit on the patio yesterday afternoon before dinner. But Fletch donned a jacket and cap and grilled some steaks for us. Delicious! We had green beans from the garden and garlic bread (made with garlic we harvested in July). The last time I made a peach/rhubarb crostata I had extra filling that I froze. I defrosted that and made a crisp for dessert yesterday. So wonderful to have the peach flavor again. It was certainly a banner year for peaches.
I'll be heading to the office in a little bit. It has been weeks (!!) since I was last there. I need to check mail and I have some personal printing I want to do in color. Then I will head to Trader Joe's to pick up a couple of things and hopefully be home in time for lunch. I need to buckle down and do a bit of cleaning this afternoon - I spent my free time over the weekend stitching and knitting and reading. And guess what? The bathrooms and kitchen floor don't clean themselves (as much as I wish they would).
I'm hoping you all had a wonderful weekend and that the new week ahead of us is a good one - enjoy!
