Hubby didn’t have to work today but I did, so I was trying to get everything set up for when I got home. That way I could zip in the house, get right to fixing supper and then get busy doing all that I needed to accomplish. I’m hitting my list pretty hard. Everyday I’m crossing 1 or 2 items off so I’m doing good - so far!
Tonight I was going to do pesto but I’ve got so much basil and between making pesto, basil oil, basil butter and drying some I would be up until 3 in the morning so I decided to make almond butter instead and do the pesto tomorrow on my day off.
You’d have thought that in the grand scheme of things I would have made my own peanut butter or almond butter by now but I haven’t; so while it may be just a boring adventure to most of you, I’m excited and extremely cautious because I want it to turn out the first time, and that’s that. One thing I’m not good at is waste. I can’t remember the last time we threw something over the hill to just rot. We have a dog, 2 horses and a compost pile so not much is ever wasted when it comes to food!! I really do think Pete, our dog, takes advantage of my good nature when I’m cooking up extra big batches of soups and gravies but then dogs gotta eat too!!
I came in the front door and went straight to the hook beside the oven and grabbed my apron, pulled out some ground beef for burgers, patted them out, got them in the electric skillet and took some corn on the cob out of the freezer. Got a big pan full of hot boiling water and after the hamburgers were about half cooked, I put the corn in the pan. I had a little leftover pear sauce and some sliced tomatoes and in about 20 minutes we were chowing down.
I then went in and changed out of my office clothes. I'm a real slob in the kitchen so old clothes are a necessity. Oh, I’m so excited - I hope the almond butter turns out perfect!!!
Here we go!!!