All shook up Thursday #494..

[Queen of Poop]

For those of us who need to be gluten free how about a gluten free peanut butter and banana sandwich on gluten free bread? Actually really, really good!

[Karen]

And I bet you can even deep-fry it is you so choose, though I never quite saw the appeal of that! HAve an extra for me, Gayle, I am probably still allergic to bananas, but use to LOVE peanut butter and banana sandwiches with crunchy peanut butter!

[Lady's Human]

Whew.

Barkeep, about a gallon of lemonade, please?

We HAD 2 evergreen shrubs at the entrance of the house. I've been meaning to get rid of them since we bought the place. I despise them. THey require a ton of maintenance, produce nothing, and are hidey holes for critters, most of which I don't want due to the veggie garden (the lone exception is the garter snakes, which eat bugs, and are therefore good critters).

Finally finished removing the buggers this morning. Did I add that they're a PITA to remove once you decide you don't want them anymore?

3 tow straps, 2 (okay, they were already headed for the scrap pile anyway) chains for the chainsaw, and about 4 gallons of sweat later, both they and their stumps are gone.

Finally got the impetus to remove them because my daughter wanted a garden for her birthday, and the best spot for another flower garden was the spot previously occupied by the shrubs.

DONE!

[Karen]

Congratulations on winning that battle! I know have some of your Swiss Chard in my freezer, I think swiss chard and some parmesan cheese mixed into bowl of pasta will be a yummy dinner!

[RICHARD]

For those of us who need to be gluten free how about a gluten free peanut butter and banana sandwich on gluten free bread? Actually really, really good!

Everything here at Thursday's is guilt and gluten free!

Double Done!

LH,

One gallon of lemonade.

I know the hazards of gardening with a purpose.

I took a pair of post hole diggers, went around the stumps then cut the roots out. It was time consuming, but I did get a little arm work out.

Have fun with planting!

DONE!

Karen.

I saw a guy on PBS make a soup out of chard and tomatoes.

Looked good.....The church across the street has a guy come in and give away veggie from his garden. On Saturday I ventured over and traded some cold sodas for a few tomatoes, zucchini and banana peppers.

I took the tomatoes and peppers put them thru the food processor and made a pot of chili with them.

Nothing beats the flavors of fresh produce when you cook!

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I put on Hounddog on the juke box and it seem to have woken up the neighborhood.

[Karen]

Yes, there's nothing like garden ripe produce, especially tomatoes! That most local of "buy local" movement that is now trendy!

[Lady's Human]

Did you have that chard? We haven't frozen it in a while, wanted to know how it survived.

This weekend I think we're pulling the chard and doing the lot of it.

[Karen]

Did you have that chard? We haven't frozen it in a while, wanted to know how it survived.

This weekend I think we're pulling the chard and doing the lot of it.

I haven't tried it yet, but will before the weekend, and will let you know how it goes!

[RICHARD]

Some good recipes..

http://www.yummly.com/recipes/swiss-chard-tomato-soup