My very first selfie!!

Ds showed me how to take a selfie.  So I thought I'd try it out.  I think I forgot to suck my cheeks in though?

There is the fire pit somewhere under that snow where I put the ashes.

 When I took this photo the weather network said with the windchill it was minus 30 oC.

 Plenty of wood still to use, plus there is some around the corner, but can't get to it for the ice.

 I bring in around a dozen logs every day.  Here they are waiting to go inside.

Then here they are all the logs stacked up in front of the fireplace waiting to be used.  I got the other photo enlarged and back and it is also on top of the mantelpiece but no doubt will be moved when the home stager arrives!!

Happy Thanksgiving to all my fellow Canadians out there.....

It's Thanksgiving Day today in Canada.  We had a full turkey dinner yesterday as I know we are going to be busy with yard work today.

Dh suggested that we go out for a Thanksgiving meal, but that would have probably cost us $100.  Turkey's were on sale at No Frills for 95 cents per pound and they had small turkey's for a change so I picked up a 9 pounder.  Mind you they were utility turkeys so there may be a part missing!!!  In my case it was a leg; it cooked up lovely.

We had turkey, stuffing (recipe here), bacon rolls, mashed potatoes, carrot and turnip (or rutabaga) and gravy.  I didn't make bread sauce and I forgot the cranberry jelly in the fridge!!

It was really good, but honestly it takes a heck of a longer to tidy up than eat the meal!!  With the leftovers I put together two casseroles for the freezer.  I am freezing the one whole turkey breast.  There is a plate of sliced turkey, stuffing and bacon rolls for sandwiches and tonight's supper along with a bowl of potatoes.

For dessert we had apple crisp and ice cream and that too was really good.

I even used the dishwasher to wash up the dishes for me.  It was a cool day on Sunday, although we don't have the heating on we did have the fire on from first thing in the morning.  It is definitely getting cooler around here.  

Hope you have a lovely week; I have something on every day this week......no rest for the wicked as they say!!

Guess it had to happen at some point.........

After five days of rain it was a little cool today in the house, so we had the fire on before lunch:

We still don't have the heating on yet. Molly took advantage of the fire being on and lay down in front of it.

With it being cool and very windy I picked a number of tomatoes and peppers:

I plan on making some tomato sauce with them.

I have to travel back and forth to the city twice on Saturday, as dh was supposed to be getting work done on his work truck.  It is only a couple of months old and it is a big "L," lemon!!!!  It has to go back to the garage again, as a major electrical component in the truck needs to be replaced and of course they didn't have it in stock.  It caused all the windows to open on their own the other day....freaky or what!!!

Not sure if you are all familiar with WAGJAG it's a site where you can purchase items/services at discounts.  I took advantage of a coffee deal, but what a job I had trying to get it.  It turned out this lady had a web only business, and I was under the impression it was a cafe.  As she worked full time through the week, trying to get together for me to pick the coffee up was difficult, so this deal wasn't the best for me.  Have to say though I have had good luck with other deals. 

I purchased a couple of Groupon deals on Saturday as I have had good luck with that site as well.  I have only ever bought one deal off of Living Social and that was a magazine subscription.  Are you a fan of these discount deal sites?

Finally, in answer to your mushroom questions.  I knew it was okay to eat as I looked it up on the Internet and found a picture of the mushroom.  Also I figured it must be fine if the guy was picking them.  Also when we were growing up we used to eat field mushrooms, so are familiar with them. 

I would like to take a mushroom identification course though, as I am sure there are many more varieties that we could eat.

Very sad news just in; Betty from Coronation Street has died, I wonder how they are going to write her out of the series......

A frosty start to the day and a couple of recipes......

There was a hard frost on Wednesday morning.  I don't think I will be hanging out the washing anymore in just my nightie!!  It was cool enough that in the afternoon I put the fire on.  We still don't have the heating on.  The black container on the top of the fire is a cast iron pot that contains water; it's to keep moisture in the air, as the fire makes our skin dry.

For supper on Wednesday night I made Ham and Zucchini skillet with mashed potatoes.

To make the Ham and Zucchini Skillet you need the following:

2 Zucchini, sliced

1 Onion, sliced

1 -2 cups cooked ham, cubed

Salt and pepper

Garlic Powder

Olive Oil

Place the olive oil in a frying pan/skillet.  Add onion, zucchini, and seasonings, and fry over medium heat for around 10 minutes until veggies have softened.  Add the ham and cook for for another 5 minutes until the ham is warmed through.

This was enough for the two of us,  so adjust the quantities accordingly.  We had it with leftover mashed potatoes.

Shirley asked me for the Stuffed Chicken breast recipe that I posted about the other day on this post

Stuffed Chicken Breasts with cream cheese and spinach.

For each person you need:

Boneless, skinless chicken breast

2 slices bacon

1 tbsp cream cheese

spinach leaves

Flatten a chicken breast by putting it between two pieces of cling/plastic wrap and "whacking" it with a rolling pin, or with a wine bottle!!

When you have flattened it, spread one tablespoon of cream cheese, I used the chive and onion flavour, on one half of the chicken breast.  Add a couple of spinach leaves on top of that, and fold over the other half of the chicken breast on top of it.

Cut the slices of bacon in half and place on top of the chicken.  Place in a dish and bake uncovered in a 375 oF oven for around 40 minutes.

I don't have a photo, but it was really good.