Harvest time in farm country….

It’s a lovely, warm, fall Sunday evening and the harvester just arrived to do the soy bean field.

No need to worry about closing the windows to keep out the dust – we’ve been enduring an invasion of Asian Lady Bugs so we can’t have windows open anyway.

And last night when I opened the door to let the dogs out I stepped on a big, fat toad nestled up against the threshold.

The dogs didn’t see it of course…. It wasn’t moving.

Oh yes – and the stink bugs are everywhere.

Fall is still my favorite season – I just have to remind myself more often at the moment.

On another note – I’m eating potatoes again, as well as pasta and rice and barley and quinoa.

When I learned that I was ‘fat in France’ I decided to lose weight. One of the ways I did that was to quit eating potatoes.

Last year I decided to cut back on dairy. In addition to stopping the incessant cheese nibbling I started drinking my coffee and tea black.

I started losing weight again….. So I started eating potatoes again.

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I used these cute little covered baking dishes:

They are slightly different than my ramekins (on the left).

To give you an idea of size: the ramekin holds about 7/8th cup (7oz, 210ml) of water and the covered dish is just slightly larger. The ramekin fits inside.

The recipe would not have fit into the my ramekins so I would suggest 8oz ramekins or equivalent.

Or use whatever baking dish you have in whatever size you have for 1 or 2 or more.

This is cooking…. not rocket science.

I’m going outside to help the dogs watch the harvester. It’s very important work.