Happy Thanksgiving...USA

Well, we are off for four glorious Thankful days.  Hope you all are safe and warm.  The kiddos are up from Magnolia with all their pups.  Should be interesting! Try not to eat too much...Hahaa...like that's going to stop us!  Have a safe and happy day!

I Know It's Almost Been a Month...

Rib Eye and Sweet potato

Tri-Tip off the pit...Lordy people, this was wonderful!

Larry's English Muffin bread...great...hot, chrispy and served with butter

Red Beans

Sami and boyfriend's new puppy, Lou...an Australian sheepdog

Well, I have!  Since Larry retired, he's been in the kitchen...truly.   BUT,  I'm stuffed!  We eat breakfast, he prepares my lunch for work then when I walk in from work, a nice...big...supper.  Then there's the breads...ice cream...etc.  If he doesn't find something else to get enthusiastic over, you'll have to roll me to work!  I know this cooking spurt won't last much longer, it never does, but good Lord people... what is up with him and the kitchen?? 
Other than that it's been pretty humdrum here.  Yes, the elections are over and we're feeling better about America's future but the violence is incredible.  
The weather is starting to change.  There's a chill in the air now.  Daytime highs will only be in the mid 70's which is nice!  Night time is cooler...4o, 50's F.  Drag those sweaters out!  I've been wearing socks and tennis shoes for nearly two weeks now instead of flip flops.  Don't mind the cooler temps but I dread the rain and ice.  Cold and snow? Ok, but Not a big fan of ice.
Well, hang in there and maybe I'll start being good and blog more often.  Coming over to check on you!

A New Learning Curve...

This is what our pressure cooker looks like.  It's a Presto.  I have never used it.  Larry is the pressure cookerer (:o) ) in our family.  Me?  I've always been afraid of them...I witnessed an explosion in my Mom's kitchen as a kid.  Not fun!  No one was hurt but I swear, we were cleaning up pot roast for a week!  Cleaning it off the ceiling was the hardest.
So at the ripe old age of 65, I've decided to tackle it.  Northern beans.  Larry dutifully got the pot out, the beans and proceeded to enlighten me on the ins and outs of pressure cooking.  I used 2 and 1/3 cups of beans, rinsed with water....4 and 1/4 cups water...sliced one stalk celery in 4 pieces...1/2 bell pepper...1/2 large onion...1 large carrot cut into 4 pieces.
Drop everything into the pot...cover...cook.

 It WORKED!   And it was done in 34 minutes!   Now I feel like I can use the pressure cooker for all sorts of things. 

 

 You can leave the large bits of veggies in the beans if you want...make some cornbread and you have good eats.  Now that Larry doesn't come to work with me anymore, I'm taking my lunch, daily.  This will feed him lunch here at home as well as me, at work.  Now I just need more ideas!

Well, guess I'll close this for now...Have a great week!

44 Years Together...

 Just some late in the season prettiness.  Love the colors.  I really need a hothouse!

 A tiny tin trailer...Maybe someday Larry and I will get out there on those roads in ours.

And yes, I forgot to post about our 44th wedding Anniversary.  September 26, 1972.  Incredible.  I look back on all these past years, wondering, what the hell happened?!!  Gone!  Whoosh!  Just that fast... I guess we are on the downslide of life.  I hope we can make good use of our time left here on Earth.  I guess after all these years I'll keep him.  He's a good cooker...and he can build stuff...WHAT??Hahaa...