I told Josh that the day he brought home a completed piece of his PhD thesis {aka dissertation} I would make him a wonderful salmon dish, twice-baked potatoes, and coconut cream pie. Apparently, that day will be Thursday!
Menu Plan Monday
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Roasted Stuffed Salmon
Monday: Stuffed Shells, crusty bread, salad
- Tuesday: *Lemon Chicken, brown rice
- Wednesday: Beef Fajitas, chip and salsa, refried beans
- Thursday: Roasted Stuffed Salmon, twice-baked potatoes, coconut cream pie
- Friday: Crock Pot Rotisserie Chicken (check out Christy’s site for a how-to on skinning a whole chicken), rice, and veggies
- Saturday: Left-Overs
- Sunday: Greek Chicken, roasted new potatoes, Greek salad
*We like to add carrots, onions, and any other veggies we have on hand.
I love our yard {and baking from it!}
We have been blessed with a gorgeous hydrangea plant in our front yard…and an apple tree in our neighbor’s yard!
- Our hydrangeas
- My neighbor’s hydrangeas
- Look how pretty they are!
- Apple tree hanging over our backyard
- Rachel, Christy, & I hung on the branches the get the higher, better apples
- We sent Calvin up to get some and then felt bad when he got stuck.
- Me
- Rachel
- Calvin
- Christy
- SOME of the apples we threw down
- My gorgeous {tart!} apples- we ended up with about 6 loaded bags of apples, which I gave away to happy cooks and bakers!
- Rebekah loved peeling, too!
- How it works.
- Calvin enjoyed the peeler, too!
- Lots of peeling…
- How the apple is sliced
- My imperfect, but yummy crust
- The filling
- Before I baked it- again I am not a perfectionist.
- Apple pie
Apple Pie
Crust {I usually double this because I do a bottom and top crust}
- 1 1/4 c flour
- 1/4 t salt
- 1/3 c shortening (Crisco)
- 4 or 5 tablespoons cold water
- 1 T granulated sugar
Combine flour and salt. Using a pastry blender, cut in the shortening. Add cold water, 1 T at a time, tossing it with a fork, until all is mixed. Roll out on a floured surface and lay it in a greased deep pie dish. Repeat for top crust. {I also sprinkled some sugar on top of the top crust for more tastiness.}
Filling
- 6 c peeled, cored, and sliced apples {took 13 of my apples, some of which were very small}
- 3 T flour
- 1/2 t cinammon
- 1/8 t allspice
- 1/2- 3/4 c sugar
Combine all the dry ingredients. Then, toss the apples with it. Place apples in the pie dish and add the top crust. Cover with foil and bake for 25 minutes at 350F. Remove foil and bake another half hour. Serve with cream, whipped cream, and/or ice cream.
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YEAH to Josh for his upcoming completion of his first chapter!!! pie looks yummy – Papa says you’ll have to make one when you come to Victoria. Have a wonderful Monday.
You are killing me!!!
BTW, did you have any earwig problems when you cut the hydrangeas? I encountered this problem later in the summer. Looks like the apple tree is producing scads now. You can see my old post from August 2007 here if you’re interested http://hollowayclan.blogspot.com/2007/08/whose-apple-is-it-anyway.html.
Becky
Hi there…I really loved reading through your blog. Studying in Scotland is one of my hubby’s dreams too and we might just end up there one day. We just moved from Germany and I have a love for living in Europe! Looking forward to reading more from your site.
I checked out your blog, Becky, and realized I never posted that Jim and I have an on-gong relationship b/c Rebekah is infatuated with him! So, he mentioned we could do whatever with them and we did! I’ve never seen them pick any, so we’ll see if they get mad that we picked 6 bag fulls..?
AS for earwigs, not really. There were a few the first day, but I haven’t seen any more…
Great looking menu especially the lemon chicken! YUM! Ooh, and fresh baked apple pie! YUM!
Thanks for sharing and have a great week!
Sherry
You garden is beautiful!! Those apples are delicious and a blessing, I’m sure! And your stuffed salmon looks amazing too!
Your menu sounds wonderful, and your yard is gorgeous!
I love all the photos from the gathering to the peeling, slicing, and making of the yummy pie – what a fun afternoon, and I’m so glad both Christy and Rachel live so close to you!!
Yeah Josh!
Missing those gorgeous Aberdeen hydrangeas.
Missing seeing those hydrangeas at your flat.
Maybe there is a reason your street is called what it is.
I’ve never thought of that before.
That’s all.
Except I miss the Malone smiles.
And food.
Even though I never ate much of it, it always looked/smelled yummy.
Now that’s all.