homemade peach salsa

mom and i made peach salsa. we used the same recipe as last year but this time we made the full recipe, not half.

red onion.


cilantro is SO DAMN STINKY!


cilantro in the pot


jalapenos


my mom chopped these up


jalapeno bits


red peppers


i was brave enough to chop these up


itty bitty pepper bits


peaches. picked up 8 at the farmers market


to go with the 8 my mom had at home on her counter


blanching and peeling peaches. mom just sliced up a lemon and dropped it in the water to prevent browning.


peaches in the pot


goodies for the compost bin (peels and pits)


pretty peach salsa


cooking it down


ladling it into jars


dropping the jars into the canner


more pretty salsa in the jars, funny short and squat little jars


the recipe came out of the ball canning book http://www.amazon.com/Ball-Complete-Book-Home-Preserving/dp/0778801314

peach salsa recipe
1/2 cup white vinegar
6 cups chopped pitted peeled peaches
1 1/3 cup chopped red onion
4 jalapeno peppers finely chopped
1 red bell pepper seeded and chopped
1/2 cup loosely packed finely chopped cilantro
2 tablespoons liquid honey
1 clove garlic finely chopped
1 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper

9 jars of salsa

zucchini pizza crust

zucchini pizza crust recipe

4 cups shredded zucchini
1/2 cup shredded mozzarella
1/2 cup shredded parmesan
1 egg
oregano or italian seasoning
salt

drain and squeeze excess moisture from zucchini
mix everything up
lay out parchment paper on a pan
dump it out on the parchment paper and flatten into a pizza shape. thinner is better, especially in the center, but dont make the edges too thin.
heat oven to 400
bake 30 minutes

add toppings, bake for 10 more minutes

various recipes said 450 for 10-15 minutes, or 350 for 25 minutes. when i was patting the 'dough' out into a pizza shape, it was still rather moist and squishy. so i lowered the temperature and went for a longer time. also, my oven seems to run just a little cooler, it usually takes things longer to cook in my oven.

i probably added more cheese than it says. i like cheese.

i think i should have done more to remove moisture from the zucchini. this was suggested in one recipe: -Microwave zucchini on high for 6 minutes, let cool and then squeeze out as much moisture as possible


mixing up for zucchini pizza crust


spread out on the pan. at this point i realized it was too wet.


par-baked, with cheese added


you can see here how um, squishy it is. its not crust like at all. it did set up better as it cooled, but was still quite limp. tasted good tho. i'd make it again, but do more to get rid of all the moisture.


all cooked, with bacon added. bacon makes everything better.

garden photos

leaf damage on the beans from japanese beetles


beans, in all their glory


tomatoes!


peanuts. not sure if they're going to produce anything, not sure if the season is long enough.


spaghetti squash #1


spaghetti squash #2


here you can see the squash vines turning yellow. i'd left the hose on for 4 hours and thought that was why they were turning yellow. instead squash bugs and squash vine borer was killing the vines.


black eyed peas, going wild!


blackeyed pea pod, a big one!


its flowers are an orangey yellow. the vines are woven all topsy turvy around the trellis.


some of its leaves are weird tho. i've never seen this before


this is a normal leaf


watermelon vines


watermelon vines, with a blurry grasshopper in the center


watermelon!


leaving the rye stalks on the ground seems to be working decently to keep weeds down in this area


starting at the bottom, two peanut plants, broccoli in the middle, sunflowers in back, cauliflower, back right is brussels sprouts.


cabbage in front, brussels sprouts in back

sunflowers

fat fuzzy bumble bee on a beautiful sunflower


another fuzzy bee and pretty flower


the birds have been at this one, pulling out petals and pecking the petals. but the bees are still here, the seeds arent ready for the birds yet


impatient birds, ruining the beauty of the sunflower before its ready for them.


there ended up being 7 heads on this monster, not counting all the buds for more heads that i pulled off


durango bee marigold


safari red marigold