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Used the pepper paste and garden veggies to make chicken pad thai and spicy green beans 😍🍽️🍜😍

Migas with onions, poblanos, tomatoes and cheddar 😍. So good. 🍜🍽️

Yep! I’ll use it in soups, sauces, on sandwiches, it’s so versatile and easy to use up.

I’m lucky to have both sets of parents making different things. I get this blend from my mom and stepdad. My dad makes his own venison sausage and dries it in my grandmothers smokehouse. The way I’ve had it my whole life. I have a very happy deep freeze. 😀

They being my parents 😀

They’ve been experimenting with the blend and this one is perfect. Almost tastes like sausage but the brisket keeps it beefy. It’s so good.

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Used the red peppers to make pepper paste. Roasting eggplant that I’ll freeze for another time. Will probably preserve the tomatoes this week. 🥰🍽️🍜

Winnie laying in the grass next to her tennis ball

That’s so fun! Winnie says hi! 😊

A basket with cherry tomatoes, yellow tomatoes, jalapeños, poblanos, bell peppers, and a cucumber

My garden haul today 😊. I’ve got my 2nd round of cucumbers coming in! Squash is looking happy too 🤞. Working around the house today. Burgers tonight w/a brisket/pork/venison blend, brioche buns, caramelized peppers & onions, cheese, burger sauce, & homemade pickles w/sweet potato fries. 🥰🍽️🍜🌱

I feel this so deeply. Working in public policy is one step forward, two steps back. It takes a level of optimism and commitment that can be tough some days.

The cookbook, San Antonio Cooks, resting in my blanket covered lap next to my cup of coffee

My favorite Saturday morning tradition is a movie and flipping through cookbooks to plan my weekend/weekly meal plan. Just finished Under the Tuscan Sun 😊.

I get blocked by people everyday 🤷‍♀️

I’m so tired

I love everything about this dish. Looks delicious! 😊

An eggplant with a little extra

What’s happening with eggplants? Here’s mine 😀

My plate with blackened salmon resting on steamed rice and topped with avocado pico

Blackened salmon with avocado pico and herb rice for dinner 🍜🍽️😊

Leftovers redo tonight. Made creamy sausage & chicken pasta. So easy. Shredded chicken, sausage, garlic, Italian seasoning in a little oil to warm it up. Toss in a block of cream cheese, peppers & a cup of milk. Cook down until melted. Add in pasta & pasta water. Finish w/parm & cracked pepper. 🥰🍽️🍜

Last year it was until early November. It was a warm fall here. Texas is unpredictable so along for the ride. 😀

Mine have been slow too. I’m gonna plant another round this weekend and see what happens.

A basket with eggplant, green beans? Gerry tomatoes, yellow tomatoes, bell peppers, poblano peppers and jalapeños

What I picked at lunch today. 🌱😍

The wrap before it’s wrapped up

The ingredients prepped on a cutting board

Dinner tonight is Buffalo chicken wraps with avocado, corn salad and veggies 😍🍜🍽️

Not in a long time but I have. My family still smokes venison sausage every year. This is store bought.

The Portland Pickles selected a random fan to take an at bat on fan appreciation night.

He hit a 2 run homer.

Working on my meal plan for the week to use up leftovers. Tonight, blackened salmon w/an avocado corn and tomato salad & steamed rice (using up leftover corn side dish). Tomorrow, creamy sausage and chicken pasta to use up sausage leftovers. The rest of the buns I froze for another time. 😊🍽️🍜

Freshly baked loaves of whole wheat bread with butter crust.

Hey, hey, success! My 1-cup whole wheat bread recipe (starts w/ 1C water) yielded 6 small sandwich-sized pull-apart buns plus enough for a braided snacking loaf. Been trying to cut down on carbs lately -- these are my nemeses! Glad I saw your post, been looking for a new sandwich bread form. Danke!

Beautiful! 😍

Yall aren’t ready for this. 😀 It’s so fucking delicious. Homemade bun brushed with garlic confit oil, hatch chile sausage, homemade zucchini relish w/garden veggies, garden peppers & onions. Almost everything from scratch. 😍🍜🍽️😍

Update: it’s so good 😂. I dipped some in the tomato confit and yummmmmm. The crust is flaky but still soft. The inside is fluffy. I’m gonna make this often. 🥰🍽️🍜