Make It-Bake It

 I've been making a lot  of washcloths lately. Mostly crochet but one knitted. I am thinking of attaching them together to make a throw blanket. Love the soft cotton yarn and the colors. 

I copied the style of a 1950's clothespin holder that had been my mother's and  used upcycled fabric from an old skirt and trim from rummage sales. I used the hanger from the original clothespin bag but a new one could easily be made.

Here's just two photos what I've been baking

Pizza!

Bread

Really hot here

My Huskies are really feeling the hot weather. They have two fans going which they love to lay in front of. They also have a swimming pool which they wil not go in but think of as their giant water bowl! Olivia and Daisy...

I made them some frozen "pup-scicles" which they loved.
I used silicone cupcake cups but anything will do that will hold the mixture -like empty yogurt cups. I had these ingredients on hand so this is what I used but lots of substitutions can be made or fruits added, like blueberries, bananas ec. I was thinking of trying canned pumpkin and canned salmon next!

Ingredients:

One container of fruited yogurt mixed with a small amount of water

Milk bone - for center stick

Small spoons of peanut butter

You can add stuff like blueberries and peanuts too

spoon in a layer of yogurt, add milk bone treat standing in center

add small dollops of peanut butter

More yogurt to fill up

Put in freezer. 

If using silicone cups.

You will need to place them in a container 

so they to hold their shape in the freezer.

Hope your doggies enjoy!

what the eff?

A tasty summer treat for these hot summer days for the doggie girls!

These are the picture steps:

Waiting...waiting...waiting..OK where are they already?

March 24-28

Scenes of the week

Queen Catherine Falls in Montour Falls, NY

There actually wasn't any mud where the dogs were running. Or I should say that I didn't see any. Somehow Daisy found a little wet spot in this weird red dirt and just dug herself a hole so that she could get herself wedged down in there real good.She was so covered in every spot of her

 Moroccan Casserole with Green Olives

Tons of spices and lemon

Strata

Strata 

one box fresh wilted spinach

one layer hash browns or cooked potato slices

3/4 pkg deli ham

feta 1/2 c

cheddar 1/2-3/4 cup

3 slices 1" cubes bread

5 eggs whisked

3/4 c milk

nutmeg

pepper

chives parsley

350-375

casserole dish

about 50 min

Always a new project

Cranberry Chutney and Candied Ginger

I wake up every morning with a list of new things to do or try each day. It really gets exhausting. The grocery store had a lot of bags of organic cranberries at a cheap price so I got a lot of them. I made loads of cranberry nut bread until now I am getting a little sick of it. So I thought I would try a cranberry chutney. Watching the Great British Bake Off so many times made me wonder about the ginger that they seem to use in tons of recipes. I looked it up to see what our equivalent was to the names they kept calling it. It seems that it is a candied or crystallized ginger. In the grocery store it was more money than I wanted to pay for it so I said to myself "why don't I just make it!" 

Candied Ginger

So I got a ginger root, sliced it up, boiled it in a sugar syrup few a long time. And the result was amazing! Totally scrumptious. I never had anything like it. Especially with the syrup.

Cranberry Chutney

When I made the chutney, I used the cranberries, apple, orange juice, raisins and the amazing ginger diced up. The recipe was loosely based on this one - Orange Cranberry Chutney from Taste of Home

My Recipe for Cranberry Chutney

fresh cranberries

an apple

1/4 c juice of one orange

some raisins

candied ginger plus a little of the syrup

apple cider vinegar

honey

Just put everything in a saucepan and cook together then let cool.

I want cake!

I want to be sitting here eating this dessert right now. 

What's for dinner?

Yum yum burritos. Shrimp, corn and avocado in whole wheat tortillas. 

Super easy and super tasty

Shrimp, corn and avocado Burritos

[Ingredients]

shell on frozen shrimp 1 lb
12 oz bag frozen corn
avocado, sliced
a lime
fresh cilantro, chopped
cheddar cheese, grated
sour cream (I used light)
pico de gallo or jar salsa
Package of large burrito size whole wheat flour tortillas

Steam shrimp in small amount of water with 1/2 juice of the lime
Steam frozen corn
Lightly brown tortilla but still keep it soft enough to roll
flip tortilla to other side and add cheese to melt
Remove tortilla from pan and fill with shrimp cut in big pieces, corn, avocado, cilantro, salsa, sour cream. Sprinkle with lime juice.

I like to cut in half so that the burrito can be picked up

Food update

Salad with the buttermilk ranch dressing - lots of vegetables and romain lettuce

Pork with pineapple BBQ sauce and cornbread-apple-cranberry stuffing