Mendolonium

We now have a rush of zucchini here in addition to our continuing avalanche of tomatoes. We are also harvesting peppers (both bell and hot) and just unearthed our first potatoes of the season. There is far more food than we could possibly eat fresh so we using various food preservation methods. I am freezing marinara sauce (using our tomatoes, basil, and oregano) and put away another 4.5 pints this week. You would think with all of the sauce I have made over the past two weeks that I could do it in my sleep – but you would be wrong.

Yesterday I started making another batch of sauce towards the end of Thomas’ nap. I had just begun sautéing the onions when he woke up. I went off to get him and absentmindedly flicked the burner off as I left the kitchen. Except I didn’t flip it off – I turned it on full bore. Thomas has been a bit under the weather and when I went to pick him up he asked to nurse back to sleep which I obliged. As I was putting him back to sleep I began to smell onions cooking, then burning, and finally the smoke alarm began to wail. Needless to say Thomas did not go back to sleep and now delights in repeating the phrase “No burn onions!”.

Two days ago we made tomato salsa. Making the salsa was a surprisingly large amount work – so many things to chop and seed. I decided to can the salsa which went very well until I dropped a jar and it shattered – spewing hot salsa and shards of glass about myself and the kitchen (a good reminder of why I don’t allow Thomas to play in the kitchen while I am canning). I found I was much more annoyed by dropping this salsa as compared to one that I might buy at the store – so much more time and effort was involved. In the end, we got 6 pints of salsa.

On the upside, I finally developed a recipe for a savory egg-free zucchini bread (I’ll post it later this week). Besides more zucchini bread, here’s what we’re cooking this week.

Thursday:

• I have a “thing” to go to so Jeff and Thomas will fend for themselves
• This also means that Jeff is going to try putting Thomas down to sleep without nursing for the first time in the 643 nights of Thomas’ life. 

Friday:

• Shahi paneer (using our tomatoes)

Saturday:

• Layered vegetable enchiladas (using our tomatoes and zucchini)

Sunday:

• Breakfast for dinner!
• Scrambled tofu
• Roasted potatoes (with our potatoes)
• Pancakes

Monday:

• We’re going to do a belated family celebration of my sister, Sara Ann’s, birthday and she has requested…
• Calzone (again with our tomatoes and zucchini)
• Brownies

Tuesday:

• Jeff’s birthday!
• Veggie fajitas (using our tomatoes, zucchini, and peppers)
• Blueberry pie

Wednesday:

• Spaghetti with marinara sauce

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