Paint Party Friday - Leaves

Welcome to Paint Party Friday! I took inspiration from this photography blog posting I happened upon. I hope you like it.

Let's go see what everyone else did today.

Jiffy Cinnamon Buns

K made this recipe at school and brought it home, so that we can make it. He says they are really good. We don't have a credit for the recipe unfortunately.

Ingredients

2 cups flour
2 tbs white sugar
4 tbs baking powder
1 tsp salt
1/4 c butter or margarine
1 c cold milk

1/3 c butter or margarine
1c brown sugar
3 tsp ground cinnamon


Directions:

1. measure flour, white sugar, baking powder and salt into a large bowl.
stir with a large spoon

2. cut 1/4 cup of butter or margarine into the dry ingredients

3. add cold milk and stir the mixture to form a soft dough

4. place the dough on a lightly floured surface and knead 10-12 times

5. use a rolling pin to roll the dough until it is approximately 12 x 12 inches

6. In another bowl, mix together 1/3 c of butter or margarine, the brown sugar
and ground cinnamon

7. spread this mixture evenly over the rolled dough

8. starting at one end, roll the dough and cinnamon/butter mixture up so that it
looks like a jelly roll.

9. slice into 1 inch slices

10. place each slice in a well-greased muffin tin with a cut side facing up

11. bake at 400F for 20-25 mins

yield 12 buns

Can you see the resemblance

My first thought was 'oh no'. But then a friend said it is obviously photoshopped, the colours have been altered and you can google 'Cinderella' to see the difference. Hmm.

Shayla's artwork and an inspiring story

Shayla sent me some of her lovely artwork. They look even better up close and in person. Thank you Shayla, it was very sweet of you.




This is an inspiring story from the newspaper yesterday:

Richmond Hill student, 16, discovers new hope for cystic fibrosis treatment

'Since winning the competition, Zhang says cystic fibrosis patients and their family members have been contacting him with stories of how the disease has affected their lives.

He said that one mother, whose 4-year-old daughter has cystic fibrosis, told him that up until now, none of the treatments has been effective.'

Vietnamese Lemongrass Baked Chicken

I wanted to try using lemongrass and found this tube of lemongrass paste in the supermarket which is great to have on hand.



We have fish sauce readily available in our supermarket, but you may have to go to an Asian grocery store to find it.



Then I located this delicious recipe on the internet which I simplified. I've already made it several times which must mean it's a keeper. I thought you might enjoy it too.

Vietnamese Lemon Grass Baked Chicken

10 chicken pieces (I use thighs)
1 tablespoon fish sauce
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 stalks lemon grass, bottom 6 inches only sliced diagonally (or 1 tbs lemongrass paste)
1 teaspoon granulated sugar
2 tbs dark soy sauce

In a baking dish lined with parchment paper, mix all ingredients together.
Bake in 350°F (175°C) oven about 30 minutes.



And here's a joke for the day:

Sunday Sketches - Conception Bay

Welcome to Sunday Sketches! I did a sketch of Brigus, Conception Bay, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada. I saw a lovely photo of it in the newspaper recently and hope you'll enjoy it as much as I did.

Let's go see what everyone else did today!

Sweet Saturday and the Unknown Tree

I bought a package of these 2 bite butter tarts at the supermarket. K loves them. So do I. Happy Sweet Saturday! Let's go see what everyone else did today.




This tree appeared in my side yard a few years ago, and grew quite quickly. I have never been able to identify it, I even bought a couple of tree books and pored through them. It has a soft bark and the tree looks tall and thin in shape.