Still working on the crazy living room boxes. While tidying I tossed Julia her doll. “Here’s your baby… catch!” “Ugh! Don’t hurt her!” she yelps. Which made me snicker because I thought about my BIL. He took his daughter’s doll and hung it with rope, got his wife to take the Polaroid, and left a [...]
Archive for July, 2009
Dolls
Posted in Life on July 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On nail clippers
Posted in Life, tagged conversation, Julia, kid on July 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Me: Can you get me the nail clippers. I have a weird hangnail thing… J: If I get them will you trim my toenails? Me: Sure. J: OK, then I will look in the bathroom. (runs back) Mommy! They aren’t there! Me: That’s ok. We can wait til later. J: (voice of doom) You don’t [...]
Sourdough Pancakes
Posted in Breakfast, tagged Breakfast, flapjack, pancake, sourdough, starter, Vegetarian on July 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
INGREDIENTS AND DIRECTIONS Night Before: Mix 1 cup of sourdough starter 1 1/2 cups water 2 1/2 cups flour Cover and leave out overnight. Next Day: 1 egg 2/3 cup milk 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons brown sugar 2 tablespoons vegetable oil Whisk into the mixture from the night before. Let [...]
Time for Low Key
Posted in Garden, Life, SFG, tagged Garden on July 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am resisting the urge to do anything housework-y right now. It’s 10:22 PM. What I ought to do is make myself some tea and think about doing something relaxing. I’m trying to learn not to be so Type A. Each and every summer day doesn’t have to be crammed full of things. This is [...]
Blueberry Grapfruit Smoothie
Posted in Cool Stuff, Drinks, Fast Food, tagged blueberry, cold. cool, drink, grapefruit, smoothie on July 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
1 grapefruit, juiced 1 cup blueberries I hand juiced the grapefruit and then whizzed it with 1 cup blueberries with the stick blender. I’ve had a headache all day and I’m trying to cut the brain fog. It helped somewhat.
Summer Squash Polenta Bake
Posted in Entree, Fast Food, Potluck, tagged crookneck, marinara, nava atlas, polenta, summer squash, zuchinni on July 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today’s dinner variaton was a Nava Atlas Zuchinni Polenta recipe from Vegan Express. She also has it posted on her blog. We adapted it somewhat so Julia could help make it and so I could use up some yellow squash though. INGREDIENTS One 17-ounce tube polenta 2 cups grated yellow crookneck squash One 28-ounce jar [...]
Tomato Egg Drop Soup
Posted in Fast Food, Soups, Vegetarian, tagged egg, Fast Food, soup, tomato on July 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A fast lunch fix. Julia had hers with goldfish crackers floating on it. Couldn’t really tell the egg was there — I think going vegan with it and using tofu would be better. Not bad, but needs a little work. Its main virtue is quickness — esp with impatient 5 year old around. I can [...]
Scallion Pancake
Posted in Fast Food, tagged chinese food, pancake, scallion, snack on July 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This can be made pretty quickly though I’ve seen recipes that include yeast and some rising time. I’m not that nice to my dough. I also sometimes prefer it more like crepes (variation below) This serves 4. 2 cups flour 3/4 cup water (boiling) 1 tsp salt 1 tbs oil Mix all those together in [...]
Apple Watercress Juice
Posted in Drinks on July 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes you win, sometimes you don’t. This was a don’t! Two green apples plus 1/2 bunch of watercress run through the juicer might look like a pretty green drink, but it isn’t enough apple to disguise the sharp, peppery taste of the watercress. I chugged it and vowed to never make it again. Oy!
Pecan Pinwheel Bread (Potica or Povatica)
Posted in Baking, Vegetarian, tagged bread, nut roll, pecan, pinwheel, potica, povatica, povatitsa, povatitza on July 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
It is funny how you stumble across memories you’d thought you’d forgotten. Mom was asking me the other day if I was ever going to make her that “Pinwheel Christmas Bread” again. She’d gone to Georgia on vacation and brought me a big bag of pecan meal. I had found a bread recipe somewhere and [...]
