Busy Day In The Kitchen

Today was a cool rainy day, and I could think of no better way of spending it than doing some serious cooking.

I picked today to make one batch of my yearly two batches of Cabbage Bread. The other batch will be made later on next month.

Thought I would share how I make this with all of you. It is a recipe that has been handed down on my Father's side of the family for many years....and if there really was a writen recipe it has been lost over time.

Hmm, where to start. Perhaps with the ingredients. You will need bread dough (I cheat and buy the frozen loaves, it saves time). Thaw and let rise. I usually do this over night.

Here is the dough nicely risen in my biggest bowl. I used 7 loaves this time.

Next, saute at least 2 chopped onions in a small amount of oil. Add about 3 pounds of ground beef as well as salt and pepper. Stir mixing and breaking up the chunks of meat until browned.Then take a nicely cleaned cabbage and slice it into thin slices.

I usually slice pieces off the cabbage and then cut it up as if I am making slaw.

Now take all that lovely thinly sliced cabbage and put it on top of the hamburger and onions cooking on the stove.

Allow the cabbage to cook down and then mix it with the cooked meat.

Once the cabbage is tender. Take it off the stove. Punch down the bread dough and cut pieces off it as if you are going to make buns. Roll the pieces out into a square on a lightly floured board. Put a few large spoonfuls of the ground beef/cabbage mixture on each and form into buns.

Place these buns on greased baking sheets and lightly grease the tops. Cover and let rise until doubled. Then pop them into the oven at 350 for about 20 minutes or until golden brown.

Here is a picture of the finished product. I ended up making 4 dozen today. Hopefully I will be able to make another 4 dozen later on. These make a nice quick meal when I am tired from work.

Off to visit you all now.

Everyone have a wonderful evening.

God bless.

Busy In The Garden

It has been a busy few days around the Phillip's house. Harvey was busy painting and refurbishing on of my outdoor benches. Here is a picture of the ends all nicely spray painted black. I will post a picture of the finished project once he gets it together and set up under the cherry trees

Then this morning I got to go out and pick some more peas from our garden. Mmmm, nothing quite tastes the same as fresh peas.

My mint and oregano needed to be trimmed back....so I cut them back and dried the trimmings for use throughout the winter. I think tomorrow I will trim back the thyme and bring in the trimmings to dry.

Thank heavens that I have two dehydrators. They get a great deal of use at this time of year.

Well off to make supper. I will be by to visit all of you later tonight.

Everybody have a wonderful evening.

God bless.

Silent Auction Items

Well it is time I posted the items that we managed to bid on and win at the reunion.

First is this lovely bird feeder. It was made by a gentleman in a small town near Weyburn. We put it under the tree in our front yard. So far no birds have found it but I am hopeful.

This ornament was made by Harv's brother, Loran. Loran does lots of work on his lathe and Harvey really likes everything he does. This is project is called "Inside Out" because a person works from the inside out.

The last thing is this lovely basket. It is a spa pedicure basket and I can't wait to use it. Lots of lovely things to soak and use on my feet.

Today is a special day. It is Harvey's birthday so supper was something he loves, grilled smokie sausages and a Caesar Salad with Romaine lettuce from our garden. Dessert was Saskatoon Pie and Vanilla Icecream.

We actually picked enough Saskatoons for two lovely pies. One of which will be going in the freezer for later.

I think that they turned out very well, with just a little boil over. To make matters even better I have enough frozen berries to make another couple of pies this winter. Mmmm. A taste of summer when we are up to our armpits in snow.

Well off to visit all of you.

Everyone have a wonderful evening.

God bless.

Unexpected Meeting

My priest called an emergency Parish Council meeting tonight. Guess my Silent Auction items will have to wait until tomorrow to be posted.

I will visit everyone when I get home from the meeting.

Everybody have a wonderful evening.

God bless.

More Family Reunion Pictures

I guess that I should keep my promise and post a few more pictures from our family reunion.

This is a picture of two of Harvey's sisters and our great niece Devenay, better known as Devi. The little darling had me playing hop scotch with her most of Friday evening.

The sister talking to her is also her Grandma Dinie (oh would she ever be upset to know I used her nickname instead of her whole name, but that is what Devi calls her). The other sister is Jocelyn a single woman who works for the government here.

This is a picture of my favorite niece Melanie. She is expecting her first child in just a few weeks! This is also the young lady that all the nephews fell in love with including my two sons. The boys would follow her all over and her patience was boundless.

This is a picture of Harvey's oldest brother Vernon and his younger brother Kevin. Vernon is wearing a hat and both brothers are farmers here.

This is another brother Lorne and his significant other Wendy. He is also Nathan's Dad. Lorne lives in the north of the province and works for the Federal government in the penal system here in Saskatchewan.

Two more sisters helping with the making of salads for supper on Saturday. Sylvia is manning the salad tongs and Janice is getting reading to take a photo. The salad was scrumptious and there was nothing left by the end of the meal.

Some of the youngsters playing with a small kitten they found. Emily is the young girl and Alex is the boy. Alex's mom Melissa is watching them to make sure they behave nicely with the kitty.

Tomorrow I will post some pictures of my Silent Auction wins.

Everybody have a wonderful evening. I am off to visit you all.

God bless.

Family Reunion

We got back late yesterday from the family reunion. I spent most of the time quietly observing how everyone was behaving. Harvey's family has a lot of latent sibling rivalry, which shouldn't have surprised me, but did.



This is a picture of Harveys family.
They are all standing in front of the hall that was reserved for the occasion. The food was great especially the pulled pork on Saturday night.


On Friday night we set up camp and then went off to Harvey's sisters for a BBQ supper.



This is a picture of the three people who travelled the farthest.

Nathan, Cindy and baby Audrey came all the way from Ottawa to join us.

More pictures tomorrow, I am still tired out! Must be getting too old for this kind of thing.

Well off to visit you all. Everybody have a wonderful evening.

God bless.

We're Going Camping....

Well tomorrow we leave on our short vacation.

It is Harvey's family reunion, and while I love his family for the most part......together as a big group they drive me crazy! It is like each one has to out do the other. Harvey and I sort of sit back and watch the fireworks but every once in awhile they are directed at one of us.

Hopefully I can make it through the weekend without saying something that I shouldn't. Perhaps smiling and nodding my head like an idiot will work. Nah, think I will sit and visit with all the young people, that should keep me out of trouble.

I will have lots of pictures when I get back so everyone expect to be bored.

Off to visit all of you now. Everyone have a wonderful evening.

God bless.