Freezing Green Peppers: Strips and Chunks

Green Peppers ready for the freezer.
Pepper Strips and Pepper Chunks

August is a great month to "buy local" and visit a local farmer's venue to purchase fresh vegetables. Tomatoes, Zucchini, Summer Squash, Eggplant, Corn on the Cob and yes, Green Peppers are available. They are all ready to be purchased! This past weekend, time was set aside to return to one of our local farm's roadside stand to purchase Green Peppers. At this time of year I purchase this vegetable to prep and place in our freezer. During the year whenever a recipe has a Green Pepper for an ingredient it is so easy to reach into my freezer and take out a needed frozen bag to defrost.

The process is easy! 

1. Rinse the vegetables under cool running water.
2. Dry each Green Pepper.
3. Cut into slices or chunks and discard the stems and seeds. 
4. Place a handful of slices or chunks into a sandwich bag, close.
5. Then place the sandwich bags into freezer bags and seal.
6. Label and freeze.   

Seven Green Peppers were prepped yesterday and are now in our freezer. Earlier last week seven were also purchased and prepped. A few at a time works well.

Enjoy!
Yummy!

    

Colors of Summer!

The bright colors of summer are enjoyed on days when the raindrops are not making appearances.

Enjoy!

  

~Simply Delicious~

Lime Simply Delicious
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Ohh, the heat is on!! 90°F days in June are tough- especially when we are heading into what could be our second heat wave of the year. A cool refreshing dessert is what is needed on a hot day. A quick and easy to prepare dessert! One that requires only 3 ingredients is great. Simply Delicious! There are 3 ingredients: 1 small package of flavored Jello, 1 Cup of Vanilla Ice Cream and 1 Cup of hot (boiled) Water. Everything is mixed together (in order) in a medium size bowl. It is that easy! It also tastes so good!

Preparing Strawberry Simply Delicious
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Simply Delicious- serves 2 

Ingredients: 

1 small package flavored Jello 
1 Cup hot (boiled) Water
1 Cup Vanilla Ice Cream

Method:  

1. Boil cold water and measure out 1 Cup.
2. Place contents of 1 small package flavored Jello in a medium bowl.
3. Pour hot water in bowl and stir Jello.
4. Dissolve Jello completely.
5. Add 1 Cup Vanilla Ice Cream to mixture.
6. Whisk or stir well until Ice Cream melts.
7. Pour into 2 servings dishes/ mugs.
8. Refrigerate several hours.
9. Serve with whipped cream on top.

Strawberry Jello and Strawberry Ice Cream tastes delicious! Lime is so tasty! Orange flavored is so good! There are so many choices. On a hot day make a batch or two of this dessert.

Enjoy!
Yummy!

   

Spring Flowers

A cloudy day looks a lot brighter with these beautiful Spring flowers!

Enjoy!

 

Today, May 10th

 

Wishing all moms
a very
Happy Mother's Day!!!

Enjoy your special day!!

Roasted Asparagus

Roasted Asparagus
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Fresh Asparagus is a veggie that I have enjoyed for so many years. A great way to prep it is to roast it! Roasting Asparagus is easy and it is also delicious! So delicious! After prepping the stalks, the cleaned cut stalks are combined with olive oil and herbs. Then, they are placed on a cookie sheet and roasted in a preheated 425° F oven. 12- 13 Minutes later it is done. It is that easy! Tonight we enjoyed it again. 

**I line my cookie sheet with foil first.

Ready to place in my oven!
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For my complete instructions, click here.  

Enjoy!

 

Crocuses!

 

Crocuses 

After our frigid winter and snow that did not want to melt very quickly, we were waiting for the colors of Spring to arrive. Yesterday, the colorful lavender Crocuses popped open. 

Officially it is Spring!!!

Enjoy the color!