Squash n cheese ravioli

Well my professional ravioli maker ELIJAH came in today and we did up egg dough, which is only 4 cups flour, 5 eggs, 2 tsp a good virgin olive oil, and a sprinlke of salt and just enough water to make a rough dough.  I put it thru the processor which is super easy and then put it thru the pasta machine up to number 7.  I sauteed some of our fresh yellow squash, patty pan squash, and zucchini along with some red and sweet onions in butter. let it cool then added a lg container of ricotta cheese and a touch of pepper.   We flash froze them and packaged em up for market tomorrow.  

These are my blueberry banana muffs, did some loaves of bread too.

My own recipe for luscious lemon scones.   Fresh grated lemon zest and fresh squeezed lemon juice add a perfect lemony taste for these.  There is just no comparison for lemon juice than the real thing.

Unbaked rustic rosemary cracker bread.  I used some of my dried rosemary from last summer to make these and the whole oven smelled of rosemary.  YUMMO!!  They are nice and crispy and would go perfect with a sharp cheddar spread or maybe a garlic cheese spread too.

So that was some of the treats we made yesterday today will be a busy day with a few new recipes, one being an almond amish poppyseed bread, a peach cardamom coffee cake, and a blueberry coffee cake.  Also cookie dough was made so they need to be scooped out and baked.  A busy baking day for markets!

TOMORROW is ALLEGAN Market stop on by for great foodies!!  Lots of produce and treats for your shoppin pleasure!~ 

Have a happy tuesday yall!!

HUGS

 Darlene

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What to do with an old chair

Well an old wooden chair is most valuable!!  Hubby and I went to an auction last weekend and my only purchases were some old wooden chairs.    They were perfect candidates for a new makeover.   I love the spindles on old chairs and use them in alot of my primitive pieces but I just couldnt take these guys apart, they actually were all in very good condition so for $3.00 for all 4 chairs I got a real bargain!!   and last night at an auction I purchase an ol  little rusty tricycle.  I have plans for this little cutie but not sure if I will be able to get it done today.  We have 20 pounds of taters to plant and more sweet corn and a patch for some of the first sunflowers to get in. 

This was the first chair, I actually left it alone, didnt repaint any of it and it already was chipped and peeling so that was perfect.  The second one looked like someone started stripping it down as it showed several layers from white to blue to grey, so all I did was a light sanding and then painted a very thin coat of flat black ontop so it would show some of the colors below. 

Each one has grapevine and some ivy wrapped around it.  The ivy is planted in the pot and will perk back up it usually takes just a few days for it to regain its momentum and start growing.  I have another white one done up but took it up to mom and dads for by their porch.  The colues so far has incredible colr!! and we did grow quite a few varieties from plugs I bought this early early spring. 

I did up some of my brothers herbs and veggie plants out for sale by the farmstand.  We started some oregano, sweet basil, lemn basil, lemon thyme, thyme, lavender, dill, marjoram, sage, rosemary, and some organic cat grass for him to take to market.  Also a couple of kinds of heirloom tmoato plants and sugar ann sweet snap peas.  Everything is growing very good right now!! YEAH!!

My little tric! 

And of cource I love to have little vessels full of fresh cut flowers in the farmstand so right now it is lily of the valley.  We have a bunch of this growing around, the stems and flowers seem to be extra full this year and the flowers so fragrant!! oh what a sweet smell!

Well that is about it for things to share with yall this beautiful sunny sunday morning!!   Oh I just love these chairs! LOL

Tomorrow will be all about back to work at the kitchen.  I have a long list of things this week to get done as I have 2 markets and an order for my pickeled asparagus and strawberry apricot jam so not too much play time for me.  Today will be fun though workin outside with hubby and plantin!  Oh and putin up the door to close the farmstand up.  We are OPEN just am needin to put a door on the front.  Dont know if I mentioned it but the "girls" are grounded right now for bein quite naughty last week!!  There is a very lonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnngggggggggg list of baked goods that they found and decided to snack on in the farmstand!!   Like numerous pkgs of cookies, 3 pies, several loaves of breads, a few muffins,  a bundt cake, and lots of granolas!!  Yepper they got up on the shelves and tore the place up and not just one day but serveral days I came home to find the pkgs all over the floor and ripped and shredded up.   SO grounded!! they have been in their pen for 4 days now and are really really angry! you can see it in their little faces too!! ANGRY CHICKS!!  So this afternoon we hope to have the wall done and they will be out free again!!!  My mom gave me an old screen door that they bought for the farmhouse several years ago and decided to get a different one, this one has been in the rafters in the garage still in the packaging and it is white and the same height as we need out there so perfect!!  I will post pics when we are done.

I hope yall have a beautiful day and have this gorgeous sunshine where yall are at too!!  ENJOY!! be back tomorrow!! 

NEW recipe this week to for: olive asiago cheese bread!! oh sounds good cant wait to try it out!! 

HUGS

Darlene

OH MY PS!!!!!!!!!!!!! I forgot to mention we came home the other night to these guys too!!

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