monday sept21

today was a productive and creative day in the kitchen after breakfast, french toast and bacon etc., i started the days baking with rice krispie squares. on the right in the photo. the colour is terrible because of the flourescent lights. i then made a huge batch of peanut butter with reese's pieces cookies. i likely won't have to make cookies for a few days.



time to start prep on the veggie melts. the chopping began with onion, green pepper, zucchini and mushroom. i sauteed the veggies while processing the garlic and a chili or two. i added
artichoke hearts to the processor and gave them a quick whizz then all went into the saute pan for a quick saute before adding chopped italian parsley and basil. i had thinly sliced homemade bread and laid it out on baking sheets ready to receive the veg mixture. once the veg mixture was evenly dipersed i laid on some provolone cheese and dusted the tops with grated parmesan and then into the oven. the veggie melts were quite tasty.










sandy brought some lovely yellow tomatoes from her garden so i sliced them up and tossed them with the green salad.they are very sweet and very tasty.
the soup was the left over artichoke andchickpea stew thinned out with chicken stock.










for supper i made thai shrimp, saute veg, using the yellow summer squash from sandy and the zucchini from mike and lori, steamed veg and jasmine rice. we had the rest of the green salad from lunch and for dessert i made a cranberry orange cheesecake with a chocolate crust