One pepper, two pepper, three pepper, four. As of today, four was the magic number until I came home today and realized that the fifth pepper was the latest victim. Victim of what, you ask? The victim of the Silly Lilly as shown earlier.
It started when the pepper season was beginning to bust. My jalepeno pepper crop abounded in a great wealth of peppers. Joel would pick them and wanting to be the happy gardener turned homegrown veggie lover, I put them all in the veggie/fruit bowl on the counter. We went to bed. The next morning, I found all but three on the floor. Not sure as to which kitty was the prepetrator, I picked them all up and put them back in the bowl. During that day, it happened again. Finally learning my leason, I put them in the fridge. Wierd, I know. But just wait. It gets wierder.
A couple of days later Joel happened to pick one of the small ones off the plants and threw it to Lilly knowing that she was most likely the wierd one in the bunch as Flal hasn’t done anything like this previously. Before we knew it, she was all over the place holding the pepper by the stem and tossing it up into the air. She had a blast. I’ve never seen a pepper with more than one or two tooth marks but that didn’t seem to stop her. Knowing she was happy, we left her to play with it while we went to bed. When I woke the next morning, it was no where to be found. Three more peppers have since become victims of Lilly’s play. I’ve looked under the couches, behind the doors, behind the t.v. I can’t find it anywhere. Today, a “red” green bell pepper was the victim. Smack in the middle of the living room. No teeth marks that I can see at this point. I don’t think she is eating them but then again, I can’t guarantee anything. After all, she has been known to be my little trash digger.
Speaking of peppers. The other day I tried a new recipe for Pepper Sandwiches. I was pretty leery of the idea as I’m not a bell pepper lover but I thought it would be something different and verify healthy. (The recipe is out of one of the Light and Tasty magazines.) It was a combination of red, orange, yellow, and green peppers with onions and mushrooms on a sesame seed bun. Talk about a pop of flavor! Oh was it good. It would probably be better if it was in a Pita Shoppe pita but seeing that I don’t have that, a bun will have to do. If you want the recipe, I’ll send it seperately. Joel liked it but said that he could eat it again as a side dish. HUH? I think he missed the point of eating light.
Tonight I tried another recipe including green peppers. This time it was Low carb spaghetti. Since growing bell peppers, I have included my peppers in the spaghetti sauce which has been something new for me. I also used an organic Prego sauce. To top that, I used spaghetti squash. I could’ve sworn my leg thumped a little on this one. Mind you, spaghetti squash can’t replace real spaghetti but boy it was good and easy.
Joel harvested more peppers tonight and I’m sure we’ll allow Lil to have another tonight. That is whether we want to or not. Somewhere in this house a pepper heaven exists. I just wish I knew where it was. Until I find it, I’ll just hope that the peppers are drying out and becoming shriveled and unattractive. Maybe the kids will be able to find them when they come for Thanksgiving. Or maybe, they will be resurrected at some point to fall victim to her again for some other weird playtime.
Who knew a cat would like peppers?
