Welcoming in September-Pumpkin Bread & Football

   I have been soooo ready for September and hopefully cooler weather.

     We do still have high humidity, no rain-it passed on by-so the 80's still feel very warm here at the lake.

To welcome in September I made gluten free pumpkin bread. I had found a recipe online that I double so I can use up the whole small can of pumpkin to make two loaves.

  I grabbed the gluten free baking pans I bought several years ago from King Arthur. These are tall and more narrow for a better gluten free bake. I have also learned to grab the instant read thermometer to know they are baked through. That was a game change when I read about this online: needs to read 195-205 degrees F I usually aim for 200 F Even with the gluten free recipes the bake needs 10 to 15 minutes more to be baked in the middle  In the past I have tossed so many breads cause they were raw in the middle.

Once the loaves are cool, I cut them in half and freeze all but one.

I added in dried tart cherries that I found at Sam's club-these are large and moist

   Being someone that loves to watch sports on the tv-I found the season opener game for Notre Dame. I grew up near Notre Dame University in South Bend Indiana-and was my introduction to football as a kid. I was the only one in the family that watched it   They played Texas A&M What a very loud and packed stadium-They screamed loudly-over 100 thousand there. I have never seen anything like it.  Exciting to the end and Notre Dame won. I was exhausted after watching the game lol Really something else.  I was glad I could find the game here in Missouri hopefully I can watch most of their games like I was able to last year.

  I made Larry homemade blueberry pancakes-with real maple syrup. He would eat these several times a week but I limit all these sugars to once a week for him.

  I will be making baby back ribs today-there will be leftovers for tomorrow. Not sure what the sides will be-thinking to keep it simple with less carbs and perhaps simmer up some cabbage.

 Starting Tuesday most of the summer lake homes will be locked up til Memorial Day. The Lake will be more peaceful-mostly fisherman, and all the water fowl will be returning too Looking forward to that and hopefully this high humidity will go away too.

Happy September!