The Last Peppers & Basil

peppers growing

basil picked

With the impending frost Gary picked the last of the sweet peppers and basil. I made a wilted cabbage salad with the peppers and a small batch of pesto with the basil. Thankful for a late season harvest right in my own backyard.

Pumpkin Bread

 

Pumpkin Bread

2 cups all purpose flour or gf
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1.2 teaspoon ground cloves

3 eggs room temperature
1-15 oz can pumpkin puree, not pie filling
1 cup light olive oil or other neutral oil

Preheat oven to 350 F. Line two loaf dishes with parchment paper. Mix wet ingredients and dry ingredients in separate bowls. Add wet ingredients to dry and stir till just blended. Divide batter in half and fill each loaf pan. Bake for 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Let cool in pans for 30 minutes, then remove bread  with parchment paper intact and let cool further. Remove parchment paper when completely cooled. Slice and enjoy, light and fluffy texture. Good to make with the cold weather coming up.

Peach Pumpkin

Peach Pumpkin

Got these at a local grocery in Andrews.
They have a speckled patina on them
which made me think of a glaze in pottery.
Perhaps one of these days, again.

Thai Garden in Andrews NC

Thai Garden Cafe in Andrews NC

Took Gary to the Thai Garden Cafe in Andrews NC yesterday

for his 79th birthday. We both had duck, was delicious.

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