Summer Pizza

Started today at the gym, but soon visited the Woodstock Farmers' Market with best friend RvH.

 

Which transated into tonight's dinner...

 

We've been making Naan bread pizzas all summer. Quick. Easy. Delicious.

Brush Naan with either olive oil or low-fat mayo. Top with grated quesadilla cheese and favorite ingredients, i,e., heirloom cocktail tomatoes. To-die-for sweet and delicious. Each color has a unique flavor.

 

Bake for 10 minutes at 450 degrees.

Grind a bit of pepper, drizzle on balsamic reduction sauce, sprinkle top with julienned fresh basil.

 

Absolutely delicious. Somewhere between dinner and dessert.

 

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Monkeys

 

 

This was somewhere on the Internet recently. Just seems to be a quote to remember.

 

How Does My Garden Grow?

 

The Mouse Ears Hosta is holding its own for a second year. For some reason one has tripled in size while the second is healthy, but just a tiny bit larger than springtime.

 

The Colimbine Leaf Miner disease, or powdery mildew, persists. And, I persist in dead-heading the affected leaves.

Jacob's Ladder. A new perennial this year. We had a large plant at our old house. In honor of my maiden name: Jacobs.

The Caladium thrives in a favorite pot. The leaves are more faded--I guess due to a bit much sun. Still, I like it there.

 

In a Jam

 

 

Yep! We made jam today. Lots of jam, and 9 quarts of sliced and frozen peaches. We tossed the slices with lemon juice, a bit of Fruit Fresh, and a splash of orange juice. If these turn brown, I give up.

 

We're replacing the 6 quarts we lost when one of the Fun Kids (we think) left the freezer door ajar. Our fault. The door locks, but we never thought to secure it.

 

And, we made 8 1/2 pints (8 oz. jars) of blackberry-blueberry jam thanks to my brother PJ's generosity. He wants his jam runny. I decided he can microwave it a few seconds as I have scruples against deliberately making runny jam.

 

We followed the Sure Jell recipe for cooked jams. For the blackberry-blueberry, we compromised between the sugar allotment for blackberry and the variant amount (much less) for blueberry, leaning more toward the blackberry amount as there was a 3:2 or 5:3 ratio between the two berries. Blackberries need way more sugar. Tastes divine!