The Joy of Peaches!

I am soooo lucky that God gave me the love of all the wonderful foods he put on this planet for our nutrition and the health to enjoy it in all its variety. The enjoyment of great food is the most important thing in my life after Jim and Mom and Dad of course. I am lucky that they encourage me in the preparation and consumption of great meals too!

 One of the blessings of living in the Okanagon Valley is the summer fruit season. The cherries were awesome this year, succulent and 25 – 30 mm across. They are nearly over now, but the peaches are amazing! Apricots and apples, organic Pink Lady is the variety we like most just now, are going strong too. It’s just fantastic to get peaches straight off the tree and ripe to eat! Lots of veggies are around too – asparagus, salad turnips, broad beans, cauliflower and loads more are just great right now.

 

The heat has been terrible here for the last two weeks. About 32C which I hate. I try to stay indoors as much as possible and I make up ice cold milk shakes to drink. I take a litre of cold milk, add about 4 scoops of ice cream, add some ice cream sauce to flavour it and mix it with a hand held electric mixer. That cools me down for a while at least.

 

More later!  Big Hugz! Katie