Kitchen, phase 3

You may remember that Bob has been busy working on a kitchen project at Heather's house.  It's not a quick project. He's been working on it in phases. That way the whole thing isn't torn up at once and they can still use it. Here's a few pictures to show you what's been done so far.

This was phase 1; the upper cabinets on one wall. The old cabinets were torn out along with the bulkhead and the new cabinets that Bob built were installed.

Phase 2: Lower cabinets removed. New cabinets, dishwasher, sink and countertops installed.

And now on to phase 3.

This phase started with the removing of most of the wall between the kitchen and dining room. This would let everything be more open, and give space for a tall pantry to be added.  It was a messy job!

Ready for installation!  I was following Bob to Heather and Andew's house. He had the pantry pieces in the back of his truck.

You can see where the wall was removed and where the pantry was going.

And here it is, all installed!

This is what's inside; on the bottom is trash and recycling, in the middle is something on the door for wraps, bags and foils.  There's a deep drawer for utensils and some shelves. The top is lots of shelves for storage!

Everyone was hard at work on the little details.

Cassie loves to help!

This is where we're at right now.  The trim has to be finished, a tile backsplash will go up and the window needs to be trimmed out. Then new flooring will go in, and work will start on the other side of the room. It's already so much better and Heather has lots more storage than she started with.

Friday Funny

 

Cooking Thursday

Our church has a table set up from mid-summer to Fall with produce people bring from their garden to share.  Last week someone brought a large amount of different types of peppers. There were still quite a few left after church and the family that brought them told me to take them home and make stuffed peppers.  They also said we had to try the banana peppers and promised they weren't too hot!  I've never had them before, but decided this was the time to try them.  I used the banana peppers, but also a few regular green peppers and some mini sweet peppers.  This recipe isn't the typical red sauce stuffed peppers, but uses cream cheese and makes a cheesy, creamy filling.
They were really good and the leftovers heated up well too. The recipe said the filling froze nicely, so I froze half and will be having stuffed peppers again.

Cheesy Stuffed Banana Peppers

1 pound Italian sausage, browned and drained
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
2 cups shredded, cheddar cheese
salt, pepper, garlic powder to taste
banana peppers  (I also used green peppers and mini sweet peppers - use whatever you have)

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Slice peppers in half and remove seeds and membrane.  If you are using small peppers, just core and remove seeds.
Brown sausage and drain, stir in cream cheese, cheddar cheese and seasoning.
Lay peppers in a row and fill or stuff each pepper.
Place peppers on a baking sheet or pan, bake for 25-30 minutes until slightly browned or pepper is soft.

*If you have leftover filling, it freezes well. Just remove and thaw when you have more peppers to use.