Monthly Archives: September 2016

Eight Red Peppers 

Yesterday we bought a dozen red peppers and managed to eat four of them.   Here are the other eight – roasted and ready to wait in the freezer for later use. They are three for a dollar for the … Continue reading

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Homestead, Florida to Huachuca City, Arizona

  Found this delightful truck ready to be converted into an RV!  The sign on the side says “Fuchs Baking Company, Est. 1912, Homestead, FL”. It was no doubt a very long and bumpy ride across the country for this … Continue reading

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Alpaca Excrement

This little guy was at the Farmers Market last week, surrounded by bags of Alpaca Fertilizer, touted to be good for everything that grows in the ground. 

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New Toy – Six-cup Nesco Slow Cooker

  I have been using a six-cup Rival slow cooker for a very long time – decades!  It does a wonderful job on small amounts of food, but it has only one control – the plug.  Either it is plugged … Continue reading

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New Mexico Green Chile Pork Stew

  About thirteen years ago, we spent nine months living in New Mexico in our motorhome.  Most of that time was in Santa Fe, but we moved down near the Bosque del Apache Preserve at the end of January when it got REALLY cold in Santa Fe. … Continue reading

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Red Beans and Rice, with Pork and Kale

  This was surprisingly good.  Somehow the kale played off nicely with the creaminess of the beans, and the pepper salsa accented the thin pork cutlet just right. Yes, that’s my dose of turmeric in the bright little pile on … Continue reading

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