
End of the week, beginning of the month! Happy September! Got apples? I’ve got gallons and gallons. A few apple recipes will be coming your way!! You can PRINT the recipe for Autumn’s Caramel Apple Crisp from my Tasty Kitchen Recipe Box. Yum!
I had such a good laugh this week that I just have to share.
This little post was written on Facebook by my friend Dede, from Alliance, Nebraska. Dede and I go waaayyy back to the day we were both in nurse’s training. Oh my … I digress.
Dede writes:
Loving the cool breez
e. Was outside reading a magazine around 8… getting dark. Front door is open. Spot starts to bark. So I think someone is at the door. To the front door I go. It is dark. I think I see someone staring at me. I scream. Turns out it is my reflection in the glass of the door. I shut the door. No more barking and no more screaming .
I know I said NO MORE green tomato recipes and then look what pops up across my radar? Fried Green Tomatoes with Mozzarella! Now really, who can resist these? I am on the hunt for some more green tomatoes …. hmmm, wonder where my chief culinary consultant and gardener is hiding them??? Thank you Des at Life’s Ambrosia for sharing yet another fabulous green tomato recipe!

I posted this picture of my freezer corn on Facebook. My freezer is beginning to fill up with little packets of goodies like this frozen corn and I love it!

I haven’t actually taken time to blog about freezing corn but you can find the recipe in my Tasty Kitchen Recipe Box. We take the corn off the cob, cook for a bit with some sugar, salt, water, and butter. We absolutely love this corn and as the winter wears on we will begin to hoard it so it will last us until next summer
I think you will love it too!
A picture’s worth a thousand words … here are this week’s recipes!
It’s a long weekend as Labor Day approaches. How are you saying good-bye to summer this weekend? I do hope it will include some wonderful food - for the body and for the soul.
~Blessings, Catherine



as sugar in the raw. Since I bought this box I have tried it “here and there” with great success. When my friend Nancy was visiting from Colorado I thought it only fitting to serve a very southern pecan pie before she returned home.
The result is a pecan pie with a custard that resembles a beautifully rich caramel! I thought it would be good, but I sure didn’t know it would be GREAT! For me — the best of all worlds! If you like pecan pie — give this a try! It’s wonderful. Oh, and Nancy did love it also
I have heard about black bean brownies for several years. I’ve never had any interest in them at all. I’m not all that fond of chocolate and black beans … well truly, aren’t they meant to be eaten with a plateful of Mexican food? Yes, my black beans shall be served with 

The beans went into a strainer and were rinsed. Eggs, beans and melted butter were poured into a blender. At this point I am quite skeptical because I have never really had luck mixing batter in a blender.
ingredients went into the blender. I dissolved the coffee granules in a little water and added to the blender. Although the Godiva liqueur is optional, I highly recommend it or your favorite chocolate liqueur. It adds an outstanding richness to the brownies. I poured the batter into a 9″ x 13″ greased baking dish.
The brownies were baked for about 40 minutes. These brownies are very dense and can easily be cut with a cookie cutter. Once they were cool I started “playing” around with my cookie cutters.






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