Anyone Else?

 Do you throw away egg shells?  Or do you clean them out, dry them, and use them for plants/compost?

Me ~ I am somewhere in between.  I tend to use them as a natural fertilizer, pest control, and additive to compost.  Sometimes I just rinse them out and gently rub the inside to help get rid of leftover egg, rinse again and let them air dry.  Sometimes, they'll get "baked" in a low temp oven, 200 - 225 degrees for 20 - 25 minutes.  Either way is important because it will deter animals that like raw eggs and help prevent various things caused by raw eggs.   Below are the current round of shells drying off.  Ignore the major need of caulking!  

Peach Sorbet?

 Oh my goodness!  Made peach sorbet this afternoon. It tastes awesome.  Here's the short version of how it was made:

• 5 cups diced or sliced peaches with skins on
• 1/2 tablespoon lemon juice
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar

• blended it all together in my ninja blender
• then got it going in the Cuisinart ice cream machine
• once thick, scooped into a bowl and covered it
• let it sit in freezer until it is as hard as you'd like

Here is the link to the recipe I followed, loosely: https://www.aheadofthyme.com/3-ingredient-peach-sorbet/

And here photos of my version.

Skipped June Completely!

 Yeah, June came and went!  There was a summer cold in there that dragged on forever.  There was VBS at Burke Community Church.  There was a lot of putzy little things getting done. That was June in a nut shell.

July is promising to be more jam packed.

Have decided, that while I look for a full time, paid job, I am deep diving into big jobs around the house and smaller, quicker fun jobs.  Last week brought 5 days of purging and reorganizing our file cabinets.  By Friday, the file cabinets were a little leaner and better organized.  Smaller, fun jobs have been sewing, making jam, making pickles, reading, and I am sure I have missed something. These are usually posted on instagram (@jennifermbrock).

In weekend news, I have been working at a local Farmers Market for just over three months.  The perks of this are: the vendor I work for is Chase Your Tail Bakery, so Charlotte has been getting her favorite treats for free, being able to hug a few friends since COVID restrictions have lifted, and reduced prices at some other vendors (our fridge and freezer are getting stock with good produce and dairy).

Peaches are coming into season and now I want to try this sorbet recipe:

https://www.aheadofthyme.com/3-ingredient-peach-sorbet/

There are a few other links to fruit deserts I want to try as well in the above link.  One has watermelon and another has strawberries.  

For now, that's the most current "joy".  Catch ya on another day.

Strawberries from a few weeks ago.  Made jam, tons of jam, and froze a lot too!