Jammin' & Sneakin'

9 jars of beautiful bing cherry jam!

Cherry prices are an all time low in WA state,

good for eaters, not so great for local farmers.
We bought 5 pounds for jammin' and freezin'.

Yesterday's garden harvest.

We dug up some spuds,

and picked some basil, peas, beans, and strawberries.

To answer a reader question:

How do you get your family to eat so many veggies?

I'm sneaky. I sneak veggies into everything!

Yesterday, we had Zucchini nut muffins and bananas for breakfast.

Udon noodles with peas, peapods, onions, and spinach for lunch, & an apple.

Homemade pesto over baby potatoes and fava beans,

served with a saute of zucchini, greens, and tomatoes and an orange for dinner.

Homegrown strawberries for snack.

(14 servings of veggies and 4 of fruit for the day.)

Today I was faced with what to do with a small amount of leftover chicken,

3 small ears of corn on the cob, and a sweet potato begging to be used?

Make empanadas with those ingredients, along with zucchini, carrots, onion, bell pepper, for the stuffing in a whole wheat mini pastry. We made a delicious golden mole' sauce of 5 roasted veggies (onion, garlic, spicy peppers, tomatoes, and tomatillos) to pour on top, and we served it up with a large pan of spicy Bolivian potatoes and cabbage (also with tomatoes, onions, and spicy and bell peppers). It was a delicious dinner using 19 veggies!

So be sneaky!