The Accidental Boilermaker

remember those red onions?

Pat and Paul came down for the weekend. They brought a desk for Nate, taught us a new card game, and took us out to eat. It was lots of fun. I tried making spritz cookies for when they got in Friday night. The first batch turned out really well. The second batch not so much. The dough and cookie sheet got too warm. I guess that's why they are more a Christmas time treat. The second batch had a more tie-dye look because I had to keep putting the dough back in the cookie press. Tons of tomatoes! Not enough for pasta sauce yet though. I picked the rest of my red onions today.

Nate and I canned green beans last night. It was quite the process but it was fun. Heating up jars and lids Green beans ready to be cooked Jars lined up in the pressure canner The final product

Nate always gets me a giant cookie cake for my birthday. The more icing the better. And he bought me some beautiful yellow roses. We went to Arni's for dinner too. We ate a whole 14'' pizza. Our waitress said she's never seen two people finish one off entirely.

My first attempt at canning. It's not true canning because the jars are aren't boiled and sealed. The green beans will be ready in 4 days and will only last about a month. But you've got to start somewhere. Here's the link to the recipe.