Good Morning! It's time for I like Thursdays hosted by our friend LeeAnna at Not Afraid of Color, please visit other positive posts at her blog here!
Scout likes her new turtle toy. It's been pretty hot and she needed a new indoor toy to play with and this has lots of squeakers.
I like some new recipes we've been trying. Our favorite right now is "canned salad"; I saw the recipe on the Food Network show The Kitchen and it's been a big hit with us. My mom liked it but doesn't eat beans so she substituted pasta for the beans and loved the results. It's a nice base recipe that you can alter as you like. We used Olive Garden light salad dressing instead of the oil and vinegar and my husband (who loves that dressing) went nuts for this. It's very refreshing these days!
Here's where you can find the recipe:
We visited Beth and Bob last weekend and she made a wonderful treat for my husband, who is gluten intolerant. Triple Berry Crumb Bars was a wonderful recipe for him, he misses pies this time of year and it was a fantastic dessert for him. Recipe here:
https://iowagirleats.com/2018/05/11/triple-berry-crumb-bars/
Our new climbing roses bloomed this past week and were lovely before the Japanese beetles ate them!
One of my favorite novelty fabrics:
Which brings me to my next question--have you seen a lot of ladybugs in your garden? I haven't seen any this year which is somewhat bizarre considering past years and how much time I've been working outside. Perhaps this is why the pests are so bad this year. Have you seen in a lot--or any--in your garden? I have seen one preying mantis so that is a good thing. I'm just wondering how things are in your garden...
Well Scout and I are off to take our morning jaunt before the heat gets worse! Have a wonderful day!
No ladybugs in my garden either. Those pesky Japanese beetle devoured my basil before I could make pesto this year.
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