Tomatoes..muffins..basil..repeat..

 

My daughter shared a lovely little roasted cherry tomato sauce with me..

I made it once..made 2 pots..

I made it again!

I did amend the recipe ..

I roasted a head of garlic and a few red pepper strips and  an onion with salt and pepper etc..roasted at 425F for twice the time.

In the sauce I added 3 large sun dried tomatoes..and again kept a chunky sauce..it just gets better and better when you adapt to your liking..added red pepper flakes and some sugar..

I  added a splah cream for a rosé sauce one night.

Again..let me tell you..homes smell amazing ..while the roasting is going on..

My basil is still lovely and strong.

I attribute it's health and happiness to almost no watering during growing season.

I asked J to leave it alone..as I remembered that both Septembers away..we came home to lush basil..no one watered it..

Last year he killed it w/ kindness:)

I love that you can share cherry tomatoes.

My neuro got some..  our fireplace men got some..my neighbour..

It's so rewarding to grow and offer.

I started saving seeds..tomatoes etc..

I made muffins and had one while sorting some..

It's my FAVE bran recipe..

From Café Sucre Farine.

One bowl..  you can glaze or not..you can use prunes instead of raisins.

So so good.

The perennials are sad and burnt.I cut dwn the little lampstandard bed by the road.UUUUGLY.

I'll get onto the other ones sooner than later.

But the New Guinea Impatiens are lovely.

So more next year.

I added miniature dwarf Irises♥

Have a good week:)

Requested recipe :)And of course chit chat~

 

The gardens are Septemberish yet not as rich as past years..so fried..  Impatiens are still lovely so more next year..sedum never disappoints nor any type of hydrangea.. The leaves have not moved too much color wise..here and there you see a tree with some color but nothing really yet.

When you are working in your gardens..you spot miracles..I know they like to eat parsley but isn't she pretty? I relocated her. 

I'm still painting Paris..Cannes..Provence..Antibes people and have but 5 blank sheets left in my third journal.

It's been fun attributing stories to them.

A few times I did giveaways and our friend Debbie won Mercedes with her son Charles-Antoine above.. I added little checks to match Debbies taste..before sending.She's a MC lover.You can tell right away by clicking on the link to her blog.A lovely group of friends collect the pieces..

Last yr I wasn't focused on Paris People and had fun painting different Provence things..:)

September in Provence is idyllic.I am extremely grateful we went when we did.

3 times..but twice for one month on our own.

I adored our pied-a -terre there.

If we could build a home for 2 in my small town here I would build this one.

Tip to toe front to back ..the land..  the interior..just heavenly.

More heavenly the first time:)

I'm waxing poetic..onto the real issue here:)

I found a Food blogger/radio personality who Tik Toks and Instagrams..

On Tik tok he was making this better than Starbucks..lemon loaf and he caught my attention..

with lemon yogurt being an ingredient:)

I like different.

Food La Bouffe

The recipe on his site differs a bit so I suggest you use the one I am posting..the Tik Tok one.

I have his permission:)

La Recette~

He used a whisk.I used my KA.

Pre heat oven at 350.

Prep your loaf pan accordingly.

I have IMHO the best loaf pan..A pullman from E Dehillerin in Paris..offered to me by Lee~Ann.Jon and Isobel many years ago♥.

I bake this loaf lid off of course.

3 eggs

1 cup of sugar

2 tbsps lemon rind

I rub my sugar with the lemon rind like Dorie Greenspan does..if you make your cake w/ a whisk you should do it too.I make my cake w/ my KA so I just mixed the rind with the sugar at the beginning to get that worked in.

1/2 cup neutral oil

 2 tsps Watkins lemon extract (I used a specialty Dr Oetker item)

but he swears by WATKINS so do it:)

1 cup LEMON yogurt.

 1 1/2  cups Cake and Pastry flour

 2 tsps baking powder.

Mix eggs with sugar(Rind already incorporated) yogurt,neutral oil,extract.

Sift flour and baking powder..

add

Pour in prepped pan..bake ap 50 mins..toothpick test it..

mix 3 tbsps lemon juice 1 cup sugar pour over cake..Refrigerate 1 hour.

Then I unmolded and found perfection;)

This croque-monsieur was a hit too! It's from  Tastesbetterfromscratch   and well worh it..crank up the Dijon;)

A treat..a little decadence once in a while is ok right? 

I hope you enjoy both recipes..

At this time of year..I look at my gardens and think..they all need an overhaul.

Goutweed prevails and that's a bad thing.

But we are crazies as gardeners..we always think..actually ..KNOW ..next year will be better.

Right..

Hope never dies in the heart of a gardener..

So Bulbs are bought..tulips..not planted yet ..I had to painstakingly remove hostas..THAT my friends is a JOB.

I am saving seeds..

And..

I planted these.. ♥The name alone♥

So life isn't what it was..and it's about to change again..

But what are the choices in life...

 As a young brilliant girl told me..

The only constant is change.

Take care..