Friday
homemade pepperoni pizza
kale*, cabbage*, tomato* salad in homemade vinaigrette
steamed carrots
kale*, cabbage*, tomato* salad in homemade vinaigrette
steamed carrots
trick-or-treat cookies (Circus Animal Cookies)
Saturday
spaghetti in meat and tomato saucesautéed kale* in beef fat
no egg, no milk apple* cake (applesauce* snack cake with chunks of apples* baked in), this recipe, no nuts but with apple chunks added
Sunday
vegetable*-beef soup, with garden celery*, potatoes*, herbs*, and store carrots plus beef
leftover apple* cake
Monday
tuna-macaroni salad with celery*, carrot leaves*, mayo, sweet relish*, tuna, cooked pasta over shredded cabbage* in vinaigretteavocado wedges
pumpkin*-applesauce*
leftover Halloween cookies
Tuesday
carne asada over brown ricetopped with chopped fresh tomato*, cilantro*, and avocado
sauteed beet leaves* cooked in bacon fat
steamed baby carrots*
stewed prunes*
applesauce*-raisin bar cookies (these ones)
Wednesday (needed an easy dinner, as my husband and I had to leave the house early for the evening)
meatloaf, which included a slice of homemade bread, celery*, onions, herbs*, and seasonings along with ground beefgravy made with drippings, ketchup, remaining sauce from Tuesday's carne asada
oven fries roasted in beef fat
canned green beans
pumpkin*-applesauce*
oven fries roasted in beef fat
canned green beans
pumpkin*-applesauce*
applesauce* bar cookies
Thursday
scrambled eggs in ham fat
sautéed Brussel sprout leaves* with garlic*
carrot-raisin salad with peanut dressing
smashed purple potatoes*
applesauce* bar cookies
*denotes from home garden/orchard
Notes
The garden harvest continues to wind down. I go outside, dodging raindrops, to get leafy greens several days per week. Daughter picked a bunch of kale and washed and wrapped in a towel to add to our lunch greens this week. We still haven't had a freeze, so everything remaining in the garden is still okay. What remains is the same as last week, just less of it -- kale, Brussel sprout leaves, Swiss chard, beets, turnips, cilantro, and radish. Here's an odd thing, we still have a couple of blueberries ripening on bare branches, branches that have already lost their leaves. I picked the ripest ones the other day to nibble on while raking leaves.
In an exciting bit of news, there's a mother on my homemade crabapple cider vinegar! The other exciting thing tonight, I caught brief views of the Beaver Moon (November's full supermoon) as the clouds would occasionally part. Last night the moon was at its peak, but tonight 's showing was no slouch either.
No grocery shopping this week. I do need to pick up bananas for smoothies and will do that in the next day or two.
Recipe
Pumpkin-Applesauce
for 1 pint
Stir together 1 cup of applesauce and 1 cup of pureed pumpkin (canned or home-processed, could also be made with pureed winter squash). Add 1 to 2 teaspoons of sweetening, such as maple syrup, honey, brown or white sugar, plus a sprinkling of cinnamon (1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon). Mix well. This is a mildly sweet and mildly flavored fruit sauce, not as sweet as applesauce and adds a bonus of vitamin A and fiber.
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