Saturday, February 14, 2009
Thursday, February 5, 2009
8 Dozen. In Keith's Face.
Or just one. I've been looking forward to making more of these all week. More to come.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Yum-Ditty-Yum-Yum
I haven't decided what to call these little bundles of biscuit-wrapped-potatoes / carb-delight yet. But they are good.
Make them and taste for yourself.
Ingredients:
1 tube of pre-made biscuit dough
2 small to medium-ish baked potatoes
1/3 cup plain yogurt
1/2 tbsp olive oil
1 clove garlic, crushed
1 green onion, chopped
a few pinches of Parmesan cheese
1/3 cup (or so) grated cheddar cheese
salt and pepper to taste
1. Preheat oven to 400
2. Add oil olive and yogurt to a medium sized bowl with potatoes, mash them up
3. Mix in garlic and green onion, add cheese
4. Salt and pepper to taste
It looks like this:
Next, pop open the tube of dough.
1. smoosh out the little biscuits flat
2. put a dollop of potatoes in the middle
3. wrap the biscuit up tight around the potatoes
4. plop the biscuits in a muffin pan
5. bake for 11 mins
6. get 'em out of the rack to cool
Make them and taste for yourself.
Ingredients:
1 tube of pre-made biscuit dough
2 small to medium-ish baked potatoes
1/3 cup plain yogurt
1/2 tbsp olive oil
1 clove garlic, crushed
1 green onion, chopped
a few pinches of Parmesan cheese
1/3 cup (or so) grated cheddar cheese
salt and pepper to taste
1. Preheat oven to 400
2. Add oil olive and yogurt to a medium sized bowl with potatoes, mash them up
3. Mix in garlic and green onion, add cheese
4. Salt and pepper to taste
It looks like this:
Next, pop open the tube of dough.
1. smoosh out the little biscuits flat
2. put a dollop of potatoes in the middle
3. wrap the biscuit up tight around the potatoes
4. plop the biscuits in a muffin pan
5. bake for 11 mins
6. get 'em out of the rack to cool
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Birds for Dickey
It's pretty easy to form a friendship in high school with someone when both your last names are phallic references. It takes a little more work to keep the friendship alive when one of you uproots and resettles states away.
I made these little twirly bird tea towels for a friend to complement her (what I imagine to be) darling 1920s studio apartment. I stitched the birds facing opposite directions so they can look at each other and chat while hanging. I also had to free hand much of the purple bird. That led to slight wonkiness, but overall, not bad. Pattern here.
Happy Birthday, Dickey!
I made these little twirly bird tea towels for a friend to complement her (what I imagine to be) darling 1920s studio apartment. I stitched the birds facing opposite directions so they can look at each other and chat while hanging. I also had to free hand much of the purple bird. That led to slight wonkiness, but overall, not bad. Pattern here.
Happy Birthday, Dickey!
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Friday, January 23, 2009
MLK Jr Loved Homemade Bread
I can't say that definitively, but most people do, so I feel like it's a safe assertion. Naturally, I spent the MLK Jr holiday in my kitchen baking bread and making soup.
It was my first bread attempt aside from a failed batch of pita bread several years ago. I had it in my head that bread was hard, but this bread... pretty easy. I followed this basic recipe from justpeace.org. I liked the way it turned out but I think I'll try for something more savory next time. It was really good slathered with homemade pesto.
Now the soup! I followed this celery soup recipe from 101 Cookbooks. It was good at the time but I can hardly bear to look at it now. I added a few noodles because I saw someone else do it... mistake. Kinda gluey after awhile. Plus, it makes a lot.
It was my first bread attempt aside from a failed batch of pita bread several years ago. I had it in my head that bread was hard, but this bread... pretty easy. I followed this basic recipe from justpeace.org. I liked the way it turned out but I think I'll try for something more savory next time. It was really good slathered with homemade pesto.
Now the soup! I followed this celery soup recipe from 101 Cookbooks. It was good at the time but I can hardly bear to look at it now. I added a few noodles because I saw someone else do it... mistake. Kinda gluey after awhile. Plus, it makes a lot.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Gnomes
All of my dishtowel embroidery gifting left me with a single dishtowel left over. I was planning on stashing it with all my crafting supplies when I realized that I could make myself something! I came across a cute little pattern of a gnome from Badbird's. I figured I needed about four of them to be truly happy.
My dishtowel is now a little gnome village.
My dishtowel is now a little gnome village.
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