Pot Roast Dinner

I've been experimenting with canning different foods and making meals with these canned foods. Last week I canned potatoes and carrots. These were not grown in my garden; I just bought them from the store.

Today, I tried to make a meal with the canned potatoes and carrots and a previously canned roast. It was very tasty and super easy to throw together. The canned roast had broth so I was able to make gravy. Adding some green beans and a salad would have made this perfect.

I learned some valuable lessons from this experiment. The potatoes need to be parboiled a couple more minutes before canning, and I need to cut the carrots into much larger pieces. 

All in all, though, I can foresee using this on busy days when I don't have time to cook. 

Torty

Torty woke up yesterday. He hibernates in our bedroom closet and usually gets up in May. I didn't hear him walking around but saw him at the back door trying to get out. He went outside and searched the yard for something to eat. He especially likes dandelion flowers.

He remembered where his water dish is and got a nice long drink.

After a couple of hours he decided that it was indeed too early to wake up and came back inside. Here he is sleeping under Paul's shoes.