Why, in the aftermath of the yearly orgy of food, am I left wanting spaghetti with meat sauce?

I just canned 11 pints of Concord Grape jelly. An older neighbor has a few vines and gave us some grapes. I sent her a jar of the finished jelly to thank her.

I've not done any serious canning this summer. I've just been preserving a jar or two of things that we've had a bit of extra that one can't let go to waste.

When I ran out of the syrup I'd bought, I made a homemade batch and poured it into the same bottle.

I've accidentally made rock candy. There was a tiny amount of the syrup left in the bottle and the sugar precipitated out, forming several clear, square crystals about the size of sugar cubes.

1 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk ( Read more... )

It's a jam cake and it already smells wonderful.

I love spice cakes.

ETA: Cake is done and glazed. I'll take it to work tomorrow.

that my favorite juices are carrot and 100% pure cranberry? That I like to drink them mixed half and half?

I had to. I was completely out of COFFEE.

I didn't pile my basket full of things I didn't need.

I bought lots of veggies.

I got yogurt instead of ice cream (but then again Yoplait's Thick and Creamy might as well be ice cream).

My freezer is full again.

Now, what to eat for diinner now that I have choices again?

I found some gluten free, wheat free English muffins at Whole Foods. They make good hamburger buns. They are good with eggs to make "mcmuffins."

Unfortunately wheat and gluten free bread products are EXPENSIVE.

But a big bacon cheeseburger on a bun makes them well worth the price.

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