Good bye summer

As Labor Day weekend closes the official feel of summer ends too.  I have been busy taking care of produce.

Such as Green Chilies from New Mexico.  Something this Midwestern girl did not know, the skins are not to be eaten. To store, one must first roast the chilies to get the skin peeled off.  I either did not roast them long enough, or it was too long, or just some tough chilies since no matter how much I wrestled, I could not get the skins to peel right off.  They are frozen for future use with the note, to not actually eat them, just use them for season.

I tried my hand at a berry pie. Homemade crust and all.  Not the prettiest, but there was nothing left!

 And I made pesto, and he was my good helper! A wonderful neighbor was pulling up her garden and shared some fresh basil with us.  We'll use the batch in the jar this week, the rest was frozen for future yummy meals.

I also did up another big batch of freezer corn and to keep everything in balance made a batch of cookies somewhere in there as well.

I hope your summer was filled with adventures. We ended with a trip to the local water park. The kids earned free passes through the summer library reading program and it was the last weekend they were open.  We all had a blast and want to go again. Hopefully Daddy can go next time since I think there are a couple of girls eyeing the really big water slides!