Hello, my name is Lisa

and I am an addict. Or a squirrel in a former life.

I don't know if was being gone for a week or the cold weather that has set in, but I can't stop cooking and canning food. I went full force all weekend and actually depleted my stash of empty mason jars in the process. I also roasted two chickens and 4 heads of garlic. Eating a roasting chicken on Sunday nights is a tradition for Ken and me in the fall/winter... nothing starts off a week like a good home-cooked meal. (Plus, that leaves lots of leftovers for easy weeknight meals). Ken made the gravy last night using the roux method, which turned out awesome, silkysmooth and lump-free -- easily his best gravy to date. He now wants to make the Thanksgiving gravy, which I'm quite excited about. When the cooking dust had settled, here's what we put away this weekend

Weekend Canning Insanity Totals:

5 cups roasted butternut squash soup

63 cups tomato sauce from the garden

16 cups potato leek soup

16 cups chicken stock (tonight)

Thanksgiving is tomorrow, right?