Sounds luxurious to consider all of those options, but it doesn't sound restful! Still, it should be quite satisfying!

I worked on the fridge, now Moby Dick naked in the corner. When I cleared out and rearranged the inside I realized I had to freeze more garden stuff, tomatoes and peppers today, and while I was at it I might as well make a batch of chicken stock with the carcass of the bird that was there for snacks.

Made enchiladas with the rest of the meat then boiled the skin and bones and drippings for stock (this will be great for making rice) and then I blanched tomatoes and used some in a batch of beans that I'll freeze in small jars. My shopping list is growing as I use up or weed out things.

The thing about gardening is that you have to use or preserve it all or there's no point in gardening. I have a recipe for salsa that I'm going to make and can after a trip to the store for pint jars. Garden tomatoes are perfect for this because they have the necessary acidity. (I feel like I eat cardboard tomatoes most of the year, until summer and my vine ripened crop comes in.)

I'm ready to knock off this kitchen activity for a while.

SRS