In My Kitchen September

I'm joining Sherry at Sherry's Pickings for  her "IN MY KITCHEN" September, 2024 blogger share!

It's hard to believe that the summer is almost over and we are already welcoming in the month of September.  

Not a lot going on in my kitchen right now but I'll share what I've got!

We Have New French Doors in the Kitchen

The wood frame and bottom of our old French doors rotted, so we had them replaced with similar but new doors. 

New Basket

I picked up this cute long basket at a garage sale for $3. I'll probably use it as a bread basket. 

Prepping for the Week

The weather has been very hot, so I'm back into making salad in a jar  and prepping cut things such as cut up melon and things like baby potatoes to have on hand for a quick meal.

Local Farms

 

I live in an area that not long ago was farm country (about 40 years ago) before all the housing developments took over. Fortunately, we still have a few farms left and one is one the corner of my development. I go there about twice a week to pick up a few of their sweet melons. 

Prepping Helps Me Eat Healthier 

When I'm tired, very hungry, or in a hurry, I don't tend to stop to make a salad or cut up melon and will consequently gravitate to unhealthier quicker to make foods. By prepping in advance, I have a salad ready to eat for lunch everyday and I use up all of the healthy greens I get from the farmers market each week. If I don't prep, I find my greens often wilt and go bad before and if I get to them.

Pomegranate Molasses

This is my one new purchase. I have no idea what I will do with it, but I have seen it in some recipes that I've looked at on blogs. Any suggestions?

I bought 4 large zucchini (from the farmer's market)

I dusted off my spiralizer and spiralized the zucchini which will keep in a tightly covered container in the fridge for about 4 days. 

Zucchini spirals cook up very quickly (about 5 minutes in a skillet) I made a stir fry using zucchini, garlic, and tofu. It was quick and easy and delicious. 

The zucchini noodles could also be added to soup . Add it at the end when you heat up a bowl of soup or the add it the last 5-10 minutes of cooking. See this recipe for zucchini noodles soup: A quick and easy 15 minute delicious vegetable soup. 

My son just finished building a garden pen in his backyard. He missed the summer crops, but was still able to plant fall crops. A local farm was selling starter plants to get him started because it's too late to start seeds. 

He put in lettuces, radishes, leeks, onions, red and white cabbages, and oregano. He built the garden pen himself to keep the deer and rabbits out. He lives near a large vegetable farm. You can see the farm behind the end of his yard.

    We are still enjoying apples and peaches too! 

 

One of my favorite peach recipes is a simple recipe for Peach and Berry Compote recipe (link to recipe). It is a recipe that my mother used to make years ago, but I think hers may have been a little more labor intensive.