still autumn ...

Vremuri de economie...vremuri in care invatam sa ne gospodarim la maximum din ce avem , cu ce avem...sa economisim, sa luam de nou ce e vechi si sa extragem din tot esenta.

Unii zimbesc si merg mai departe, altii se acresc...altii devin "green" :))) click pe imagine ca sa intelegeti ;)

Hard time...times when we learn to manage with what we had at disposal...to make economies, to consider as new all that is old, to extract the essence of what life has better....

Some people smile and go on, other become bitter....or some become "green" :))) click on the image to understand. ;)

Plimbarile prin gradina ofera atit clipe de relaxare ( cita poate sa existe in tot acest zgomot continuu si praf interminabil ) cit si recolte ...mici, mari, dupa cum e ziua.... din aceasta ladita aproape plina cu piersici de gradina, albe-amarui dar foarte parfumate :

The wanderings on the garden offer both relaxing moments ( as much as it can exist here in this continuous noise and endless dust ) and crops...small or big depending the day.... from this box almost full of bitter-white garden peaches -but very perfumed :

..am intentionat sa fac gem. Mi-am dat seama cu stupoare ca...nu mai am borcane !! toate sunt pline cu ceva : gem de visine, compot de cirese, gem de gutui, magiun, etc... Deci am facut gem doar pentru borcanele vacante iar restul de piersici pregatite ( depielitate prin blanshare ) au luat directia congelatorului. La iarna cind afara zapada va fi pina la geam si fulgii vor cadea ca o perdea alba, in casa va mirosi a gem de piersici proaspat fiert ;). Si a mere coapte ...si a cozonac cu nuca..si ...iarasi visez !

....I intended to make jam. I realized - shocked - that I don't have any emtpy jars!! all are full with something : sour-cherry jam, cherry compote, quince membrillo, plum jam, etc. ...So I made jam only for the few vacancy jars and the rest of it goes straight in the freezer ( they are already peeled by blanching). In the winter, when the snow will be like window high and the snowflakes will fall down like a curtain, my home will smell of fresh boiled peaches jam ;). And of baked apples...and sweet nutt-roll bread...and....I'm dreaming again !

So here are the jam and the freezer portions

Apoi am pus un butoias micut cu varza la murat...salata de varza acra in miezul iernii e o minunatie...linga cartofi copti in jaratic pe care se topeste de placere cite o bucatica de unt adevarat...

Then I set a small recipient with cabbages...sour cabbage salad in winter is quite a pleasure...beside fire heat baked potatoes on which some real butter melts down of pleasure....

Si apoi am facut o reteta noua : salata de noodles cu legume si calamari grill-uiti. Mmmm.... trebuie neaparat repetata cit de curind. Spanac din gradina, fasole galbena, ceapa rosie,ciupercute si alte cele legume...ce bogatie !

And I made a new recipe : noodles salad with vegetable and grilled calamari. Mmmmm...must be repetead as soon as possible...spinach from the garden , yellow bean, red onion, mushrooms, plus others... what a bounty !

O alta zi de dimineata , incepind cu niste rosii.

Another day in the morning, starting with some tomatoes.

Stoarse... gramada din stinga merge in mini-ferma de rime ( ah sa nu uit , neaparat sa va povestesc mai multe despre ea in alt post) iar sucul din dreapta s-a transformat in :

Pressed, squeezed....the pile in the left goes in the mini-worm-farm ( to not forget : I must tell the interesting story of it in some other post ) and the juice from the right transformed in :

asta :

this :

Evident ca in fiecare zi e nevoie de mincare....nu ? ;) gratar de vitel cu unt alaturi de fasole cu usturoi si ciupercute cu patrunjel verde. Yummy... sau cum spune Melody : Yumamente! :)

Obviously, every day we need some food...don't we ? veal steak with butter, beside curly beans with garlic and mushrooms with parsley. Yummy.... or as Melody says : Yumamente ! :)

munca - mincare, munca-mincare....nu e cazul si pentru niste distractie ??

work-food, work-food....when come the time for some fun ??