Wednesday Memes

 Got the one above from Grannie Annie

Chia Seed Snack

This is my chia seed snack.  

3 1/2 tbs chia seeds

1 cup of milk

Add milk to the chia seeds, mix and store overnight in the fridge.  Add fruit to it in the morning and you have a quick breakfast (or snack).  You may want to add a bit of sweetener to your taste.

Chicken Big Mac

 And here is the new Chicken Big Mac, it may be in Canada only.  Daughter L brought some over when she was visiting recently.  It does have a Big Mac taste, just chicken instead of beef.

Parmigiano Reggiano Vs Grana Padano

 This is an interesting chart explaining the differences between Parmigiano Reggiano and Grana Padano.

I prefer Grana Padano, it seems it is a less intense flavour among other things.  The cattle diet also includes corn which Parmigiano Reggiano does not.  It is also produced in a larger area of Italy compared to Parmigiano Reggiano.

Whole Wheat Berry Pie from Scratch

 Proudly showing you my whole wheat berry pie from scratch!  This is the recipe I used.

The only difference is that I used frozen berries (blueberries, raspberries, blackberries).  I drained any liquid off after thawing.  I like that the recipe uses a whole wheat crust and less sugar and flour are added to the berries.

I will say that I enjoy baking bread more, making pie crusts is not fun for me, the process seems laborious.  I do prefer to cut the butter into the flour manually as opposed to using a food processor.  Then rolling out cold dough is the other thing.

But the pie is sooo delicious haha!

Friday Art - Deer in Snow

 Welcome to Friday Art!

Here is a Deer in Snow ACEO (2 1/2" x 3 1/2").  Linking to Nicole's Friday Face Off and to Gillena's Art For Fun Fridays.

These are my 'flower' cookies that I did for an Instagram flower challenge last month.

This is my 'snowdrop' that I did for an Instagram flower challenge last month

Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date - Cool Colours and Spaghetti Carbonara

Welcome to Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date! For the Cool Colours theme I decided to do a bowl of blueberries using blue, green and purple, the cool colours.

 For the dinner date portion, I made this amazing spaghetti carbonara based on this link.  I have to say it is restaurant quality, with bacon, eggs, cheese, what's not to love?

6 slices of bacon

3-4 tbs unsalted butter

2 cloves of garlic minced

1/4-1/2c parmesan cheese grated

1/4-1/2c pecorino cheese (I had some manchego cheese which I grated)

3 eggs beaten

350g (1/3 of a pack) of spaghetti

1 tbs salt

pepper (optional)

Boil pasta in salted water, drain and reserve a cup of the pasta water.

Cook bacon and cut 6 slices into bits (I bake my bacon).

In a saute pan, add butter and saute garlic, add bacon bits.

Lower the heat and mix in the pasta and pasta water.

Remove from heat, add cheeses, and the beaten eggs.  Keep turning until the eggs form a sauce. Pepper is optional.