We had a super productive weekend!!! We cleaned and cleaned and cleaned this house!! Whew did it need it!
And I made applesauce and salsa.
And a lady called and asked if I wanted some peaches. Well, of course I wanted some peaches! I told her I’d take whatever she wanted to give me. (She wouldn’t let me pay her either!) Boy oh boy did she give us some peaches.
This was only half of them!
Sunday, August 31
Oatmeal with apples and cinnamon
Roast, gravy, corn on the cob, cherry tomatoes
Peanut butter and honey sandwiches, fruit
Monday, September 1
Whole wheat waffles with peach syrup (I’m going to experiment to make this!)
Beef and cheese burritoes, cantaloupe
Cookout with some friends!
Tuesday, September 2
Scrambled eggs, homemade turkey sausage
Grilled cheese sandwiches, cherry tomatoes, strawberry-peach slushies
Shepherd’s pie, salad
Wednesday, September 3 – Thursday, September 4
We’re going on a quick fun family trip!! I can’t wait to tell you about it on Gratituesday!!
Friday, September 5
Fruit-kefir smoothies, granola
Homemade pizza
Cheesy beef and rice, steamed carrots
Saturday, September 6
Giant breakfast cookies
Hamburgers (on homemade buns), onion rings
Lamb chops, baked potatoes, green beans
This week I’ll post about freezing and canning all those peaches. (If I ever finish freezing and canning all those peaches!) And I’ll show you how to make applesauce!
With all this fruit in my kitchen…you can just imagine the party all the little fruit gnats are having! Anybody have a solution for those pesky little critters? (Aside from “hurry up and get your fruit canned and frozen”?!)
Find many other menu ideas at Organizing Junkie!
I can’t wait to learn about making applesauce. My neighbor’s tree is almost ready!
I can’t wait to learn about making applesauce either! We’re going apple picking soon and was getting ready to star looking for a good applesauce recipe. I should have known I didn’t have to go far!
I am a little jealous of all those peaches!
The rest of your sounds great. I’m excited to read about your trip on Tuesday.
Wow! What a bunch of peaches!
What a treat!
I’ve tried a gazillion things for those fruit fly demons and the best thing for me is to put up those sticky tapes and change them as soon as they’re full. Heat them just a few seconds in the micro and they unroll easier but be oh so careful not to get it on you or you’ll be wearing it for a few days.:-)
Also the apple-cider vinegar jar traps with plastic wrap (rubber-banded) with a few holes poked in the plastic…placed in the cabinets where they seem to be hiding.
They like my sweet cabinet where my honey, molasses, brown sugar, and herbs are. Bugs after my own heart.
The best thing I have ever found to help get rid of fruit flies without resorting to chemicals are small flat dishes containing red wine vinegar (to attract the flies) and washing-up liquid (to stop them from breathing).
Good luck!
Wonderful menu! I’m making your breakfast cookies this week. Can’t wait to try them!
You have a great menu! Have a fabulous week!
Allie
Learningtobefrugal.com
When there’s fruit sitting around,I haven’t found a solution (though when my grandma sent me home w/ boxes of peaches last weekend she laid old towels between each layer of peaches (to help them keep from bruising and such I guess?) and I found that those towels also helped to keep the fruit flies out of the kitchen in general, they stayed under the towels where the fruit was instead of a cloud coming up off the fruit every time I walked by) but once the fruit is gone, the red wine vinegar/dish soap solution works wonderfully IME.
Your trip sounds exciting! Can you believe I’ve never canned a thing in my life. When did you first start canning?
Those peaches look so good. Peaches & nectarines are my favorite thing about summer I think! I’ve never canned them though – just eat as many as I can until they’re gone.
Do you know of any bloggers who post a vegetarian weekly menu, preferably someone with the same interest in healthy whole foods? I need some inspiration!
Your menu plan sounds wonderful! Congrats on the peaches.
the fly sticky tapes work good as well as the red wine vinegar in a pint mason jar with cling wrap over top and a few hole sin it.. other than that.. unless you just wanna put up with them till your done..
I found a fruit fly fix!
http://amysfinerthings.wordpress.com/2008/09/04/frugal-fruit-fly-feast/