Simply Practical: Pampered Chef

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Drying apples and making fried pies!

We recently were blessed with several bags of apples. They are a bit tart, and just a little sweet, so they are perfect for: pies, apple butter, dehydrating, well, anything! I decided to get on with them this week and it took about three hours to peel, slice, and core them. It seemed like forever, and I sure was glad to get them done! They turned out so nice! They taste good enough to eat! I never was a big fan of grocery store dehydrated apples, so I was pleasantly surprised with how these taste! I hope to acquire more apples in the near future and will probably dehydrate some, as well as make more apple butter. That stuff is so good!

Along with my apple ventures, I've been cooking and gardening. The weather has been so much more pleasant these past few days, so I can actually enjoy being outside again! That is, if I get out there in the morning and late evening. The temps are steadily climbing back to the nineties by Friday, so I hope to get things done out there before then. I hope to plant some beets, turnips, swiss chard, and spinach this evening. It will be interesting to see how the weather does until fall. Hopefully, these will make a harvest!

Skylar started back to school Monday. He is taking his lunch! That was a surprise to me, and I'm getting it ready for him in the mornings. I made him some brownies for his snack. He likes them! But, he just ate a fried pie and decided he wants one of those in his lunch tomorrow. The pies are good, but I think they will taste better when I make the crust from scratch, instead of canned biscuit dough.

I hope to get to post on harvesting honey, soon! It probably won't be long until we do that! Ya'll have a great week! Blessings from Bama!