I made this washable DIY Mask with filter pocket last week. I will cut the filters from a vacuum bag. Here is the video I chose to use. It is simple enough that I could hand sew the mask as I never learned to use a sewing machine. Fortunately I can hand sew a bit.
Tuesday, April 7, 2020
My DIY Mask with filter pocket
I made this washable DIY Mask with filter pocket last week. I will cut the filters from a vacuum bag. Here is the video I chose to use. It is simple enough that I could hand sew the mask as I never learned to use a sewing machine. Fortunately I can hand sew a bit.
Monday, April 6, 2020
Sunday, April 5, 2020
Banana Oat Muffins
I made these banana oat muffins from an allrecipes recipe with whole wheat flour and oats. It made the perfect breakfast for me with a cup of coffee for many mornings. It was very good for my husband too. Son K likes sweeter pastries.
My sister in California was running low on groceries the other day and only had one banana left. She found this one banana banana bread recipe which I thought might be useful to keep. Although most of us make banana bread when we have too many ripe ones left over.
Saturday, April 4, 2020
Farinata
Haven't we all been taking stock of our food supplies lately? I remembered I have had this chickpea flour in my pantry for years and years, never used after one failed recipe. It was perfectly ok, so I found this Farinata chickpea flour bread recipe on Allrecipes. Here are my adjustments, it came out even better the second time around (photos above). I found this really easy to make so I will probably do this again, I have lots of chickpea flour left!
Ingredients:
1 1/2 c chickpea flour
2 c lukewarm water
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
1 tsp dried rosemary
1/2 onion finely chopped
5-6 tbs olive oil divided
Instructions:
Whisk flour, water in a bowl. Rest 2-6 hours covered with plastic wrap. At this point, preheat the oven 450F. Skim any foam off the top of the flour mix. In a frying pan, cook onions in 2-3 tbs olive oil with rosemary, salt, and pepper. When onions start to brown, scrape everything into the bowl including the oil.
Meanwhile, in an oven proof skillet, heat 3 tbs oil. Add the flour mix to this skillet. Place the skillet into the oven 18-20 mins until the farinata is golden brown. Slice into wedges and serve hot.
Friday, April 3, 2020
Paint Party Friday - Tea and Cake
Welcome to Paint Party Friday! These Tea and Cake ACEOs (2 1/2" x 3 1/2") were inspired by a post Jan of The Low Carb Diabetic made the other day. Please enjoy!
Thursday, April 2, 2020
Rain's Thursday Art Date - Stencil Art
Welcome to Rain's Thursday Art Date. Her theme is 'stencil art' this week. I am not really a crafter but I made a simple dragonfly stencil, cut it out with an exacto knife as pictured below, and used my Sharpie oil paint pens with the stencil to create the above on chocolate brown cardstock. I suffered some (paint) bleeding on the blue dragonfly so I stencilled in a white one next to it to cover that up. I am pleased with the effect. Thanks for inspiring my creativity with stencils today Rain!
Wednesday, April 1, 2020
My April 2020 Calendar Page
My adult children both have April birthdays, so I am celebrating them this month with a birthday cake on my April calendar page!
The quote from Shakespeare reads 'April hath put a spring of youth in everything'. My first crocus bloomed in the garden around March 19th, how timely.
We got our first online grocery delivery yesterday and were quite happy with it. The problem is to get another delivery slot in the near future. They are super busy these days.
The quote from Shakespeare reads 'April hath put a spring of youth in everything'. My first crocus bloomed in the garden around March 19th, how timely.
We got our first online grocery delivery yesterday and were quite happy with it. The problem is to get another delivery slot in the near future. They are super busy these days.
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