Author: Elaine

Crock Pot White Bean and Sausage Soup

For supper, I made  Crock Pot White Bean and Sausage Soup from the Year of Slow Cooking Cookbook.  I substituted a pound of bulk Italian Sausage (which I fried first) for the sausage and used black beans and kidney beans.  I had some frozen chopped green peppers and frozen chopped spinach which I defrosted before putting into the pot.  It turned out very well and has gone into the keeper recipes.

Slow Cooker Pork and Bread Machine Italian Bread

Inspired by $2 a pound pork loin roasts last week, I found this recipe for Slow Cooker Brown Sugar Pork Roast.  My usual method of cooking Pork Roast in a crock pot involves dumping a bottle of barbecue sauce over it, but I wanted to try something a little different this time. The pork roast turned out very well.    We had it with Italian Bread Using a Bread Machine that Jack made.  Last night, the Italian bread was starting to get a little dry, so I made it into french toast.  I was concerned that the slight garlic flavor of the bread might taste peculiar, but it actually blended quite well with the maple syrup.

Lily Mare

Friday, I moved Lily home from the barn where she had been boarded.  Although she lived at home for about a year some years ago, fourteen year old Lily looks quite astonished by the changes.  She joins Rags, Jack’s old Appaloosa, and Magic, the very old mare I board for a friend.  Fortunately, she had been turned out with both Rags and Magic previously.  The first couple of hours she was back was very excited, and tried very hard to get the older horses to play with her.  She finally settled down without laming herself or the others, and they all are getting along quite well now.