Lisa Roberts

Number 602 on today’s Learn Something New Every Day list: My comparatively new Bissell vacuum cleaner came with attachments, of course it did. Even though nobody could figure out how before, Mama found the instructions for turning the floor cleaner into an upholstery cleaner. #lifeismessy #tinyjoys

#tinyjoys is making Eggplant Parmesan for Saturday dinner with your oldest offspring and their spouse. What a wonderful evening of laughter and fun and good food plus lots of dishes LOL. Never made the recipe before but it was lovely and fresh #CSA vegetables made it so yummy. #family #cooking

Homemade fried rice with fresh veggies in a tan bowl.

Leftover fried rice FTWon a Sunday afternoon. #tinyjoys

Desert poppy according to iNaturalist. Single yellow bloom in field of green.

Garden Cosmos per iNaturalist. Single magenta bloom in field of green.

Cornflower per iNaturalist. Blue flower in a garden bed with an aged wood border.

Chinese Forget me nots per iNaturalist. Light blue flowers are barely visible in the midst of a green garden bed.

I planted wildflower seeds in my terraced beds this year on Mother’s Day weekend and later. They are FINALLY starting to show their identity. Identification in alt text.

#TinyJoys is using up leftovers and adding in fresh ingredients from the CSA share. Plus it made me feel nostalgic for a time spent in Southwest Wisconsin.

Serves 8 - I could eat anything that had a crust on it - and this is no exception.

Tips hat to SW Wisconsin and Upper Michigan mining heritages as well. Will make again. www.thecookingguy.com/recipes/left... www.thecookingguy.com/recipes/left... #homecooking 2/4

I spent 6 years of my life in SW Wisconsin and this area still harkens back to its mining roots in many ways. Its also a scenic area that’s worth visiting just because of its natural beauty. wi101.wisc.edu/object-histo... Wisconsin 101 4/4

Taste Delicious Pasties Across the Upper Peninsula Everything you need to know about the Upper Peninsula's unique treat, the pasty. Discover the best places to try one and more.

A history and cultural lesson for those unfamiliar with Upper Michigan. www.uptravel.com/things-to-do... Taste Delicious Pasties Across the Upper Peninsula 3/4

Filling in pie plate. Diced steak and potatoes with fresh green beans.

Pie ready for baking

Steak and Potato Pie fresh out of oven.

Steak and Potato Pie on white plate with black trim.

What do you do with a single sirloin steak and two baked potatoes from Wednesday night’s dinner? Steak and Potato Pie! First time making this and it made me feel somehow Cornish because it seems much like a pasty in flavor. #homecooking #history #foodsky #cookingsky 1/4

What is caster sugar?

Thanks for the recommendation!

@sunnyflourbakes.bsky.social okay so when are you going on the Great British Baking Show? Because every post looks like it belongs there?

Shiny new black dishwasher installed.

Inside of new dishwasher that actually works! Dishes are CLEAN!

Privileged problem: our dishwasher (called Fred when it was newish and hard working) stopped providing any semblance of cleanliness a few months ago. We began to hand wash EVERYTHING which is a treat for a family full of disabilities. Today a brand new machine was put in. It needs a name #TinyJoys

I’m not sure yet, I’ve only had 3 pieces. Probably need more for testing purposes. 🤣

Zucchini Bread on a white napkin

A Midwestern baking rite of passage: #Zucchini Bread. A lovely way to use up some yummy produce from this week’s CSA share! www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/zucc... Zucchini Muffins Recipe #bakingsky #CSA #CommunitySupportedAgriculture #Food #Tinyjoys #homecooking #farmtotable #MidwestStaple

No fertilizer just new topsoil when I planted the rose over top of what I thought was a dead clematis.

Planted over top of the Clematis because I thought it died! 😄 Also mulched the new planting so hard and trimmed the bushes back in front of it. Boom! We’ve got flowers!

Purple blooms of a Jackmanii Clematis on a black trellis in front of a greige house with blue shutters.

In other news, the #Clematis I planted as a bare root back in 2020, the first summer after my Mom and Dad died, has finally decided to bloom this year. It’s a Jakmanii variety, and I think planting a climbing #rose as a companion plant this year has made a HUGE DIFFERENCE! #tinyjoys #gardening 🌱

#tinyjoys #food #farmtotable

Sautéed onions, celery, garlic, grated zucchini, celery leaves, poblano pepper, Swiss chard in pan.

Saucy Pork and Noodle Bake in 9x13 glass pan ready for the oven.

Saucy Pork Bake fresh out of oven and plated on a red stoneware plate.

Making a bake for dinner. Started with this as a guide. Added a whole bunch of yummy fresh veggies from our CSA share: Spring onions, Poblano pepper, celery, celery leaves, garlic, Swiss chard. Seasoned with salt, pepper, marjoram. www.peanutblossom.com/blog/stock-y... #homecook #cookingsky

Timeline cleanse.

Lovely fresh celery (including leaves), onions, garlic, and fresh thyme being sautéed.

Homemade Cream of Celery Soup garnished with bacon crumbles in middle of the bowl.

Homemade Cream of Celery Soup from the super lovely fresh celery in this week’s CSA share. Yes, my own gardening has taken a back seat since the CSA shares have begun. #CSA #gardening #fresh #cooking #homecook #cookingsky #tinyjoys

He’s out of his ever-lovin’ mind!

RIP - grew up watching you on Cosby…

Love every single one of these! #timlinecleanse

Please! Can we STOP funding these horrific actions of a nation currently being run by a man wanted for war crimes?! Dems are not innocent in this either, looking at you @schiff.senate.gov @corybooker.com @amyklobuchar.com
@schumer.senate.gov
And any other democrat who won’t stand up against this.

I realize that pub crawls are all the rage, but I truly feel as though there could be an immense market for library crawls, bakery crawls, museum crawls, bookstore crawls, and greenhouse crawls.

It is so good! And so easy, it’s a simple layered dish and as long as you have eggplant, tomatoes, and onions, I think you can use whatever vegetables you like in the layers and call it ratatouille. Salt and Parmesan cheese between every layer, bake for 45 min at 350 and then enjoy!

There’s no other way to describe this than genocide. How can we keep funding this?????