I am your typical housewife living in high maintenance suburbia. I have a handsome husband, 2 kids and a flock of pet chickens. I try and feed my family with $100 a month. With the help of coupons, gardening and bartering I am able to squeeze the most out of our grocery budget and still manage to have a little fun along the way.
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Out of all the garden chores there are, pulling weeds is probably the worst one there is.
But it sure does make you feel good when you’re done.
This morning I headed out pretty early to tackle the weeds surrounding the greenhouse. Even after all these years, it always amazes me how quickly they grow.
If you haven’t already begun to think about your fall garden, now is the time to do so. After pulling weeds this morning, I went ahead and planted sugar snap peas alongside the greenhouse, and with any luck, they should be ready to harvest in about 60 days.
I don’t know about you, but I’m ready for fall.
Will you be planting fall peas this year? If so, when do/did you plant them?
~Mavis
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I spotted this recipe on my friend Jane’s blog about a month ago and I’ve been waiting until I had a boatload of zucchini to try it out. Basically, this is a fake apple pie. You heard me, a knock off apple pie. Which HELLO, is perfect if you are swimming in zucchini like I am.
Although I was a little skeptical, I tried it anyway. And my oh my was Jane right, you cannot even tell you are eating zucchini, because it has the same texture and sweetness as an apple pie would, this is the perfect dessert to trick your Handsome Husband and kids into eating their vegetables. And if you can hold back the big cheesy grin you will undoubtedly have on your face while you serve this pie to them, they’ll probably be asking you for seconds.
Ahhh… Tricking your peeps into eating their veggies, I love it.
Ingredients
4 cups peeled, sliced zucchini {slice them to look like apple slices}
1 1/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1 1/2 tsp. cream of tartar
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
3 tbsp. flour
3 tbsp. butter, divided into 6 pieces
1 double pie crust {ready-made or homemade}
1 egg {for egg wash}
Directions
Preheat oven to 375
Peel, slice in half, and hollow out the center of the zucchini. Cut into 1/2″ slices and place in a glass bowl. Add 1 inch of water to the bowl and microwave for 3 minutes, stir and then 3 more minutes. Drain water from bowl, place zucchini slices onto a clean towel to dry a bit and then place them in a bowl. To the zucchini add sugar, cinnamon, cram of tartar, nutmeg, flour and butter and toss. Pour zucchini mixture into a prepared pie crust, add the top crust, crimp edges, and brush with egg wash. Bake at 30 minutes or until the pie crust is golden brown. Cool and serve with a big ole’ fat scoop of ice cream {and a big grin}.
Looking for more zucchini recipes? Click on the links below for more zucchini recipes
Double Chocolate Zucchini Brownies
Zucchini Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
The Zucchini Houdini
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