Labor Day Weekend In The Kitchen

I had some pretty ambitious culinary plans for this three-day weekend which all started with my dropping about $50 with one of our favorite farmers.  I bought tomatoes, fifteen pounds of peaches, five pounds of plums, and some corn.  

When I came back home, the first thing I made was summer salsa, so it would have time to meld in the fridge until we were ready for snacking:

Next I made a plum cake, using my Oma's recipe.  No one makes it quite like she used to, but this was delicious and brought a smile to my face with so many childhood memories.  The cake didn't last 24 hours:

Then I went down to my garden and harvested lots of basil to make spicy pesto which we will keep in the fridge for the next few months.  Rex enjoyed a GFDF grilled cheese sandwich with pesto right away.  He's so got the opposite of a sweet tooth:

This morning I made a batch of peach jam:

And this afternoon a batch of peach-plum jamly.  I decided to call it that because it's kind of a mix between jam and jelly.  I didn't juice the fruits, but I did run them through the food processor to turn them into a puree before cooking:

Twelve jars of preserves for the winter along with two big bowls full of them in the fridge for immediate consumption:

Then I made 28 cubes of freezer peach sauce to enjoy with yogurt or icecream and last, a pot of Arborio rice cooked in coconut milk with fresh diced peaches.  I will divvy this up into portions and freeze it for Emilia who loves this rice and fruit concoction:

We still have plenty of peaches and some plums left to eat.  If we can't get through them quickly enough, I will make some kind of frozen peach treat for the kids to enjoy in the coming months.

And now I am spent.