Funnies

Sharing some "mature" funnies with you today among others:

 

I got the following from Cathy:

A bird story

 A few weeks ago husband M and I had just awoken, he looked out the bedroom window and said there was a red finch singing high atop the tree.  I said 'red finch? Finches aren't red.'  So I went to have a look and was able to zoom in to take this photo.  I said 'that's a cardinal silly!'  However, isn't that a great way to start your day?  M says the birds always wake him up these days, I hear nothing through the closed windows.

Happy 106th

 

The newspaper featured a story on the front page a few weeks ago that said this wonderful lady was turning 106 soon and they asked the public to mail her a birthday card to help her celebrate.  I immediately complied, thinking it was a lovely idea.  I hope Mary receives many cards to celebrate her special day.  It seems she even survived Covid last July at the home where she lives.

Paint Party Friday - Trees

 Welcome to Paint Party Friday kindly hosted by Kristin and Eva.

I did a 'Trees' ACEO (2 1/2" x 3 1/2") in alcohol ink on poster paper cut to size.  The trees are dotted with a white PITT artist pen.

Rain's Thursday Art Date - Space

 Here is my 'space' piece for Rain's Thursday Art Date!

Winter Vegetable Soup with Cheese Dumplings

This yummy soup was inspired by the English Kitchen.

Here is my perhaps simplified version:

3 tbs olive oil

1 340g tin of canned ham diced

1 tbs brown sugar

1 onion chopped

2 cloves garlic minced

2 gr onions chopped

1 900 ml box of broth (approx 4 c)

3 c water

1/2 tsp black pepper

1 tbs white wine vinegar

1/2 med cabbage shredded (I substituted kale stems cut into 2" lengths, cauliflower cut into small florets is also an option, even celery)

1 med potato cut into chunks

1 sweet potato cut into chunks

For the dumplings:

2 c self raising flour (to make self raising flour, add 1 1/2 tsp baking powder, 1/4 tsp salt per cup of flour)

2 tbs butter cut into small pieces

1/2 c grated cheddar

1/2 tsp dried thyme

3/4 c water

To make the dumplings:

Stir the self raising flour into a bowl, rub butter in with fingertips until crumbly, stir in cheese and thyme. Add

water gradually to bind the mix together. Cover with plastic wrap and set aside

Start the soup:

Heat olive oil, saute onions. Add garlic, ham, sugar, pepper.

Next, add stock, water, potatoes, kale stems (or cabbage or cauliflower, or celery), wine vinegar. Simmer 20 mins until the vegetables are fork tender. You can form small dumplings about the size of a heaping TBS, drop into the hot soup for 8-10 mins along with the green onions.

I would half the dumpling recipe in future, it makes a lot of dumplings and we do watch our carbs.

Low Carb Chili Dog Casserole

 I had some hot dogs and found this low carb chili dog casserole recipe.  It was so good.  Because I had a can of chili it seemed easier to use that for the recipe.  Towards the end of baking, the onions seemed to need moisturizing.  I had a tablespoon of butter at room temperature.  I decided to melt it in the microwave and brush it on top of the onions.  When I make this again, I will cut the hot dogs into bite-sized pieces, this dish is a winner.  It was good with tortilla chips as pictured above.  As an afterthought some  sourcream would be a great topping.  Of course it would be worth making your own chili as described in the recipe too.

The reason I was bringing that tablespoon of  butter to room temperature was that we read they are now feeding dairy cows palm oil.  The butter doesn't become soft anymore, it stays solid at room temperature.  Surely this is not a good thing.  Have you noticed this?  It seems a Dairy Farmers lobbying group are asking them to stop feeding palm oil to the cows.  The whole investigation is being called 'Buttergate'.

1 can chili

1/2 onion sliced

1 tbs butter melted

8 hot dogs cut into bite-sized pieces

1 c grated cheddar cheese

in a casserole dish lined with parchment paper

spread hot dogs on the bottom

top evenly with can of chili

spread grated cheese evenly

spread onion slices over top

brush onions with melted butter

bake 350F for 20 mins