red, green and round all over

These are what I picked today. We are now saying goodbye to all our fresh backyard fruits, and very sad to do so. These will be the last of this season, or maybe one more batch that I will pick tomorow and let ripen under cover from the frost. Oh, those green ones up there are ripe, they are Green Zebras and don't turn red. They are just as yummy though!

Now you will see my failures, as well. The midget carrots! Yes, like an inch and and inch and a half! Oh, well....I think I just need to plant them earlier next year. We'll see.
me, trying to take these pictures. J couldn't figure out why I was laying on the ground, he kept asking me: are you okay? What are you doing? O comes out and says: oh, no mom! Its okay, just get up! (I think that is what I say to him when he gets hurt :) I am not hurt, no worries...just taking pictures.

pizza, it's what's for dinner!

Oh yes. PIZZA~!! I love making it. I have made the dough before, but lately I've been into these two I can buy from the local Co-op. They carry Big River wheat and white and Bread Stop wheat dough. I only buy the wheat. I have tried both and I think they are the same, except Bread stop is a dollar cheaper and smaller...so take your pick.


Since it has been cooling down at night, I am not avoiding my oven like the plague we now get pizza! I made this first pizza three nights ago. Here is what I did:

I used the Bread Stop dough. used pesto for the sauce. loaded on the mozzarella and parmesan cheese. sprinkled it with a tablespoon of minced garlic. tossed on some capers. backed the thing. cut up tons of tomatoes (since they are coming out our ears right now in the garden) ...I used earlies and green zebra (so excited to use the green zebra!!). put those on after the pizza came out so that they would not be soggy, but fresh. oh, if I could just give you a slice you'd be convinced. yum.


here is pizza numero dos. glory.


again Bread Stop wheat dough. pesto for sauce. motz and parmesan cheeses. put in oven. in a bread tin chop up produce I used squash, because that is what we had that needed to be used, but the more colour you add the better. this is a throwback to when I worked at cirello's pizza here in corvallis. it is known there as a roaster. they put red onion, squash, zucchini, into a "roaster" or bread pan. so that is what I did. I then added minced garlic and olive oil. put it in with the pizza. take them both out and throw the veggies on, and then I added tomatoes (again, we have to use them up!!!). oh sweetness. this was good.

first tomatoes.