Archive for March, 2010

Spring Garden Work

Saturday, March 20th, 2010

We’ve had a couple of beautiful days this last week so I’ve been out puttering around the yard. I moved one of our raised beds to another location to get more sun, moved our compost bins to tidy up the back yard and make room for another bed for tomatoes and basil (Bruschetta yum-yum), and cut down some decorative grass that I need to figure out how to get to go away permanently. I hope we can squeeze another 2×16′ bed along the side of the house for cucumbers and dill.

I actually got a light sunburn on my neck today. It was absolutely gorgeous out there. I believe the weather man was calling for 65° today and I wouldn’t doubt that we made it.

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Making Whole Wheat Hamburger Buns

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

Venison Burgers on Home-made Whole Wheat Buns.

Amy’s dad gave us some venison that I’ve been wanting to put to use. I thought I’d make myself a venison burger for lunch a few days ago but didn’t really fancy it on Wheat or Italian bread. Our new KitchenAid mixer has us looking for every opportunity to put it to use so I looked up a recipe for home-made hamburger buns. My simple lunch turned into a very large dinner hours later.

We generally eat whole wheat bread much more often than white bread, so I altered the recipe and used mostly whole wheat flour. I thought I’d write a little more about this experience instead of just posting my results as working with whole wheat has been a little difficult and I’d like to share what has worked for us.

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