Bless Her Lil' Pea Pickin' Heart! :)

This is my lovely daughter helping me with the snow peas

We love them straight out of the garden--Yum!

Unfortunately, it has gotten very hot, and they are ending prematurely. :(

If you've never had snow peas, you don't know what you're missing! The difference between them and regular peas? They are eaten in the pod.

 (All you have to do is remove the strings--that's what Bri was doing)

Then, we steamed ours just a bit--don't want to overcook these tender legumes.

Btw, it is one of the earliest known cultivated plants in the world.

1 cup of these snow peas have 10% of your daily fiber

98% of Vitamin C

21% Vitamin A

11% of Iron

4% of Calcium

Oh, and we sometimes just toss them raw on top of our salad too!

Yum!

New Rhubarb Recipe

I just made up a new recipe so to speak for using some of our rhubarb

(which my husband loves)

I took my usual Apple Crisp Recipe, and changed it up...

I went out to the garden and cut the rhubarb, and picked some of our strawberries

(I love strawberries!)

I used a jar of the Apple Pie Filling that I had canned

Mixed it together with the sugar

Added the rest of the usual apple crisp ingredients..

Put it in the 9 x 9 baking dish

It came out great--and was a big hit!

I really like using produce from our yard, and items I have canned! :)

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A Day at the Beach...

We escaped on Friday for our first beach trip of the year...

of course the first thing we did was eat! lol

My honey had the day off...here he is soaking up (too much) sun!

Here's Bri soaking up a little too much sun too

Nothing like the sound of the gulls!

(as long as they aren't after my food!)

Brad taking a little snooze

The weather was perfect (just a bit too breezy) and we had fun enjoying the sea spray,

gull cries, roar of the waves, and family time...

Great way to "kick off" the summer!

Poll Results

The Poll is closed and the results are in!

All of us but one iron on an "As Needed" basis

One said "I rarely iron"

No one had a regular ironing day....

I feel much better now!

We're all on the same page...although maybe a little wrinkled! lol

Thanks for "playing!"

Memorial Day

Can you believe it's been a week since Memorial Day already!?

We had a nice dinner with my Mom and Phil's Dad...

(I was too busy to get pics of them though!)

We did snag some of the table and punch before they came...and after :)

Thought I'd share a few lines from a lovely Memorial Day Poem:

Thank God,

For the citizens,

Of the USA!

Who sacrifice,

Their life long stay,

To cut it short,

At any day,

For the Peace,

And the Freedom,

Of us,

Who in,

Homeland stay.

Thank God,

For the citizens,

Of the USA!

D.Alsup