Thank you for your prayers. We all seem to be recovered.

This past week we were given an opportunity to help a friend clean up her garden and came home with bushels of produce for our time. I have been blanching and freezing and canning - with more to come this week. This will definitely help us to eat well during the fall and winter, when not much locally raised produce is available, and will cut down on our grocery bill as well. Then, a friend from church said he'd picked up 15 gallons of plums from a farmer and asked if we wanted five gallons of them. We love plums, so we said yes. I'm hoping to get plum butter and plum jelly and plum preserves made this week. I'm also trying to use up as much of this good, fresh produce while we have it, too. So, this week's menu will reflect that.

A couple of our meals were shifted or changed last week, so I have a couple repeats this week.

• Sunday
  Breakfast: Oatmeal with Pears and Dried Cranberries Leftover from Michaelmas Dragon, Coffee and Milk
  Dinner: Grilled Chicken Sandwiches and Ham Sandwiches, Vegetables and Ranch Dressing, Watermelon, Cantaloupe, Plums
• Monday
  Breakfast: Autumn Latkes, Fried Eggs, Pears, Milk and Coffee
  Dinner: Pork Stir Fry, Fried Rice (with loads of vegetables), Plum Shortcake
• Tuesday
  Breakfast: Hard Boiled Eggs with Toast and Cream Gravy, Plums, Milk and Coffee
  Dinner: Indian Summer Gratin, Braised Cabbage, Watermelon
• Wednesday
  Breakfast: Feta, Tomatoes and Cucumbers with Za'atar and Olive Oil, Toast, Mint Tea with Honey
  Dinner: Tuna Bean Salad, Pane al'Olio, Fruit Plate
• Thursday
  Breakfast: Pumpkin Granola (using pumpkin seeds instead of flax and dried cranberries instead of raisins) with Yogurt and Honey, Mint Tea with Honey
  Dinner: Green Bean Soup, Whole Wheat Rolls, Watermelon
• Friday
  Breakfast: Organic Blueberry Poptarts, Milk and Coffee
  Dinner: Slow Cooker Ratatouille, Garlic Pasta, Fruit Plate
• Saturday
  Breakfast: Peanut Butter Baked Oatmeal, Plums, Milk and Coffee
  Dinner: Macaroni & Cheese, Broccoli-Bacon Slaw, Fruit Salad, Lemon Cake

What is on your menu this week? If you want a recipe, ask and I will provide it as soon as I can. If there are any starred recipes, I will follow up separately with a weekly recipe round up on Saturday.

Labels: Church Year, Family, Homemaking, Menu Plans, Michaelmas, Tales from the Kitchen