Had to make a day trip to Austin for a dental visit, and then went to the new Trader Joe’s in the Arboretum area on Great Hills Trail by Williams Sonoma. Decided to take plant pictures instead of food pictures. There are large Paddle Plants (Kalanchoe thyrsiflora) in all the beds surrounding Trader Joe’s, and they’re…
Hate to Crack Pecans, Me Too
I love pecan season (and so does our thieving herd of deer), but hate to crack and shell. Usually, I collect pecans, drag them to the feed store to be cracked, and beg people to shell for me. But this year, no more. I bought an old pressure cooker book at a thrift store, and…
Fall 2014 Gardening
I usually don’t like spiders, but this large garden spider has been my buddy all summer. It lives on the door to the greenhouse, and very nicely moves out of the way, when I go in. They eat an enormous amount of bugs, so I let these guys live. She layed 3 egg sacks. One…
Composed Antipasto Salad
This past weekend I had a lasagna dinner request, so I decided to make a composed antipasto salad to go with it, and it was certainly worth a picture. I do similar salads, when I’m cooking at the lodge, they have a certain “wow” factor. Although I use a huge salad bowl at the lodge,…
Asian Wedding Soup (Gluten Free)
This is my take on the Asian version of Italian wedding soup. I wanted a great rich broth, and I didn’t have time to boil the chicken like I usually do, so the pressure cooker came to my rescue. I may never make broth any other way. The broth, and the chicken were so much…