Ever Cooked Fish Casserole?

That's what is currently giving my oven a work-out.

 

The ingredients are: fish, broccoli, cauliflower, purple onion, carrots, cilantro, garlic, salt, pepper, etc.

 

 

Done, and partially ingested.  Yummy.

 

 

 

So I made GREEN Biscuits

It all began with the dough.

I was in a biscuit making mood, reached into the cupboard, and, guess what was sitting there next to the baking powder!!! (the green liquid stuff )

...so, keeping in mind all the recent talk about the green fellas, I thought that I'd have some fun and create...

...yummy GREEN BISCUITS.

Delicious they were.

The taste is the same as regular homemade biscuits.

They're just GREEN. Want some !!!

Been baking again - Lemon CUPCAKES and a Lemon CAKE

I admit that I'm a little late in posting these photos, being that I made these goodies a week ago today. -But it's new to you. LOL

 I began by setting some of my basic ingredients out to become room temperature. After mixing the ingredients, I realized that I had enough dough to make a few cupcakes as well. I did not use a recipe.

 The lemon cake, above, almost done.

 

The cake is done.

Needless to say, the muffins were super delicious, and didn't hang around for too long. Lets's just say that they were all gone by mid-day the next day. (no, I didn't eat them all)
The cake was, also, delicious. We ate most of it without any topping. (naturally lemon flavored wins)

I'm usually disappointed with store purchased cupcakes; and will be making more of my own.

How about OMELET !! This egg was laid just FIVE MINUTES ago

Well, it was at the time of the photo taking; and it was laid by Ms. Fancy on Saturday March 6, 2010 in the afternoon. (all of these photos were taken today) I noticed her missing from the crew, then went searching for her. 

 I found the lady sitting at ease on the nest. I then kinda stood close by waiting for her to "give birth". 

Fancy, the white chicken, had a few drinks of water immediately after the delivery.

 When the new delivery arrived, I rushed inside and came out with the camera all loaded to shoot.

After "giving birth", Ms Fancy rejoined the rest of the crew, well except for Rhodie.

Rhodie was in a world of her own, hunting for worms and other great delicacies.

She looked up after I called her.

I love comments, so jump right in here. Who knows, one day I might have an OMELET giveaway. My chicken love being free range.

In re an inquiry about the size of my okra

Lucky me for keeping records of almost everything. After the inquiry about the size of my okra, it wasn't difficult to find the answer to poster, Timeless Beauty's question.

I kept the empty seed packages for all of the vegetables that I planted in my garden this spring. Even though most didn't grow well, I know exactly what I planted and where. I have a map that I didn't post here, showing what went where. Even though when I did the planting, I had never imagined that I would have finally set up my blog, and that someone would inquire about one of my plantings. I love the inquiry, makes me feel like a real gardener. LOL

As shown in the photo, this particular okra grew to about 4 inches. (or 3 inches if you don't count the stem). I pull them before they grow too large and become hard. (Some are smaller when pulled, however, as is shown in the previous post.) The variety is Clemson spineless. I don't know if you are able to read the info on the back of the package, but it says 'best when pods are 4 to 5 inches long. It, also, states that they grow to 7-8 inches long. I would imagine that they would be too hard by then.

Have you ever eaten RAW OKRA ???

(I will be showing other goodies from my garden in my next post)

Well, I never had until last night. Somehow the thought occurred in my mind to sample it, so I did. The flavor is surprisingly sweet and not bad at all. A little slimy, but that's the makeup of okra. Take a look at my okra photos.















I grew a row in my garden, and have been enjoying the few that did produce. Last night I made black eyed peas, and used the ones in the photos in the peas. I've always loved peas with okra. Some of my family doesn't like it that way because the slimminess is more pronounced than when okra is fried.















Can you spot the okra in the photo below ??















What's the red in the photo? Try taking a guess.















Whole okra, and headless/tail-less okra. My family always cuts the heads and tips before cooking. You've probably noticed that the store packs usually contain the heads and tails (well the packs that I've purchased does).