Well the meatballs are made, the sauces have been cooking for two hours, the red peppers are ready to grill...I have 10 minutes to spare..

Hey! All you who were envious of the hot spell we had up here in August??? IT'S SNOWING OUT!!!

The ground was covered with snow this morning, it melted and then twice again it's poured down, this most recent gale coming in at a weird angle and a mix of snow/rain/ice...good thing I grabbed my herbs (parsely, oregano, basil) earlier. Can't believe the parsely and oregano are doing fine! (basil not so much).

Had a very busy day, school work, Sept's finances, and then started in on the sauce. I decided to not only do my zucchini red sauce (yes, zuch's from the garden too ) but also the whole BIG load of traditional red sauce that I need for my much beloved 6-cheese stuffed jumbo pasta shells. It's a Thanksgiving MUST!


And no, I'm not THAT crazy...Thanksgiving here is in less than two weeks, Oct 15th. Ours is always on a Monday...hence a long weekend to prepare! Tell me something my U.S. pals, why is Thanksgiving so late for you? It's sooo close to Christmas!

Well given my weather report today, you KNOW why ours is so early....winter's around the corner.

But as for yours....why is it on a Thursday??? Do you all have to work on the Friday??

Just curious!


Did up 55 large meatballs too (does anyone else put freshly grated parmesan in theirs?)...always nice to have those banked in the freezer for those days when we're too wiped to cook.

Can you tell I haven't eaten since breakfast at 11:00 and the smell in here is DIVINE?

Okay, gotta go stir!

Shiny

P.S. rolling perfect meatballs CAN be used as a meditation!