What are you cooking today and how?

[grrlscout]

Still trying to eat somewhat healthy, so... baked chicken chimichangas:

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Recipe: http://www.cookinglight.com/food/qui...36/page12.html

[mountainmark]

Whatever do you mean?? You baked instead of deep frying.......... That's healthy!!

[mountainmark]

Chicken noodle soup with homemade noodles, chanterelles and sweet tooth (hedgehog) mushrooms.


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[nell67]

The vitamin aisle? Who knew?!

I usually get the big bag of Bob's Red Mill brand (lasts forever! and at $10 a bag, it had better.), so it's with the other stuff they make (oats, corn meal, muesli, etc.), usually in the natural foods section.

No way $10 bucks a bag?? don't go down the vitamin isle then,because my boyfriend went and paid $13.99 for what I would call a large vitamin bottle that was not even filled to the neck of the bottle...Jesus,do you order it by the bag,or get it in your area that way?

[grrlscout]

No way $10 bucks a bag?? don't go down the vitamin isle then,because my boyfriend went and paid $13.99 for what I would call a large vitamin bottle that was not even filled to the neck of the bottle...Jesus,do you order it by the bag,or get it in your area that way?

It was at my grocery store - Fry's (a Kroger company) for about $9.99 for 1 bag.

But it looks like you can get it online from Walmart:

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Bob-s-Red-...-of-4/17339994

Or Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Bobs-Red-Mill-.../dp/B003LPKEPC

You have to buy four bags, but for $31.49, which is a way better deal than what I'm paying. I might have to start doing that instead.

I actually took some seeds and broadcast them across a section of my back yard. I got a lot of plants, but they did not bloom, and thus, did not make seed.

There is a native variety (Salvia columbariae) here, but you almost never see it. I saw some at a local community college, in the landscaping, and I'm curious where they got the plants.

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[nell67]

Here is the bottle that I was able to find hereGuests can not see images in the messages. Please register in the forum. ad says 16.99 so I was wrong better last forever for that price,eh?

[randyt]

I don't have a photo but for supper I made some green beans and bacon. I fried up some bacon and then fried some parboiled green beans in a small bit of the grease. Then crumbled up some bacon and mixed it all together. Of course the beans were kentucky pole beans.

[nell67]

I dried banana,strawberry and peach slices and whole blueberries. And made five pints of sour kraut (1 head of cabbage) that will be ready in 2 weeks.

[2dumb2kwit]

I don't have a photo but for supper I made some green beans and bacon. I fried up some bacon and then fried some parboiled green beans in a small bit of the grease. Then crumbled up some bacon and mixed it all together. Of course the beans were kentucky pole beans.

Now, that's some good eatin'!
When I do that, I usually end up putting some taters in there with the green beans. Mmmmm, mmmmm!

[Rick]

Nell - Did the blueberries do okay? I've not done them whole and was wondering how they came out.

[nell67]

Nell - Did the blueberries do okay? I've not done them whole and was wondering how they came out.

Rick, so far, so good on the blueberries. They take longer to dry,8-10 hours, and then I put them in ziplock vacuum seal bags :http://www.walmart.com/ip/12443047?w...110150&veh=sem. I have done this several times over the summer and so far I have had no spoilage, I open a bag when I make refrigerator oatmeal,and toss a few in one of the servings, they re hydrate over nite along with the oatmeal,not bad I always reseal the bag too. Gonna have to leave a bag alone for a while and see if they last for a few months

[Rick]

I've always sliced through them one time to increase the surface area and open the skins. I'll have to try them whole then. Thanks!!

[mountainmark]

homemade teriyaki marinated chicken mushrooms with garden fresh carrots and peppers. Tossed with rice noodles, soy sauce, and sesame oil.

Wasn't too bad ()

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[Rick]

Sweet Potato Chips

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I sliced these with my food processor. I took 2 large sweet potatoes and quartered them length wise. I sliced them at about 1/8 inch. I spread them out on a cookie sheet (2 actually) and drizzled them with Extra Virgin Olive Oil making sure all of them were coated. Then I lightly sprinkled them with sea salt.

I dried them at 145° F for 9 hours. They won't be as crunchy as regular potato chips. They are a bit more chewy but pretty close and pretty tasty. Way more healthy and not greasy.

EDIT: I had to quarter them so they would fit in the throat of the food processor. If you have a food mandolin (I don't) then you don't have to quarter them.

[Batch]

I might have to try that Rick.

[Rick]

Hey! Keepa you hands off. Get your own.

[nell67]

Sweet Potato Chips

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I sliced these with my food processor. I took 2 large sweet potatoes and quartered them length wise. I sliced them at about 1/8 inch. I spread them out on a cookie sheet (2 actually) and drizzled them with Extra Virgin Olive Oil making sure all of them were coated. Then I lightly sprinkled them with sea salt.

I dried them at 145° F for 9 hours. They won't be as crunchy as regular potato chips. They are a bit more chewy but pretty close and pretty tasty. Way more healthy and not greasy.

EDIT: I had to quarter them so they would fit in the throat of the food processor. If you have a food mandolin (I don't) then you don't have to quarter them.

I just can not wrap my head around eating sweet potatoes as fries or chips,it just does not sound good to me at all!

[crashdive123]

I love sweet potato chips. Will have to give this recipe a try.

[Rick]

Nell, I was actually going to dehydrate these as fries and that kind of morphed into chips. I actually love the fried sweet potato fries. They are sooooo good. But I'll take these as a close second.

[Winnie]

I made supper from the allotment harvest. Corn on the cob, squash cornmeal fritters and spicy tomato sauce. Followed by Blackberry crumble for dessert. I was going to take a pic, but my greed got the better of me.