The Mad Scientist

I don't know about you but I am loving this cool August weather. I get to turn my oven on! Yesterday I attempted whole wheat biscuits with Ashley's all natural stone ground flour. If you haven't gotten it by now, I am by no means a talented cook, nor do I know what ingredients are supposed to do what beyond "soda spreads, powder puffs". But I love to experiment. My Boy gets a kick out of his mom rubbing her hands together like the mad scientist over a mixing bowl saying "let's see what this will taste like mooohaaahaahaa!"

 
Yesterday's biscuits were not a total loss, even though in an attempt to solve the hamburger bun dilemna I smashed them flat before baking, so the result was a cookie shaped grainy mix. It was baked all the way through, so in my opinion, it's edible. I've found when I really screw up a recipe I usually have something else lying around the pantry to rescue it from an epic fail. Turns out those grainy biscuits are the perfect complement to the Wilson Creek Garden's apple pie jam that I found too sweet for my regular toast. I also discovered Jilbert's butter will work just as good as shortening in greasing a baking sheet.
I also had a cracked egg (thanks to the Boy) to use up so I fried it over some Swiss chard which ended up smelling like burnt popcorn but after 4 days I was eager for a fried egg to dip some bread into. I am throwing Swiss chard or kale onto everything I cook with the hope that I find a recipe I love. I will get back to you on that....
Yesterday's menu:
Breakfast: scrambled eggs (no pepper jelly anywhere! I'm stocking up next time)
Lunch: experiments, see above
Dinner : now this was a treat! Burgers and T bone steaks from Wilson Creek Gardens, grilled baby reds from Slagle's with green onions and fresh green beans and more of that great white bread from Pleasant View Orchards. I treated the family and our dinner guest to a dessert homemade of no bake cheese cake. None for me, but my dessert was narrating where all this food came from and soaking up all the compliments for a great meal served.

Nom Nom Nom! Baby girl loves her bitesized T -bone steak.