It could be male

 I was out weeding in the garden when the neighbour came out with the kids and gave me this large zucchini.  We have had a lot of rain this summer so the vegetables are growing fast and large.  It looks as if she had just plucked it out of the garden, it needs washing off.  They were off to give an even larger one to another neighbour up the street.  Apparently they have a large family so it would be put to good use.

The children told me they have a live quail.  It is a pet, given to them by a friend.  Their mom said they are excited, waiting for eggs, but she is now thinking it is male.  Oh well!

Black Kale Snack

 My friend S had given me some black kale from her sister's farm.  Regular kale is more green.  Anyway I decided to make some kale chips with them.  They were crispy and delicious at 425F for 15 minutes in my newer oven.  I just season with olive oil, salt, crushed red pepper, onion powder, garlic powder and fresh oregano from the garden.  It went well with some pineapple.  I think vitamin C releases extra nutrients from the kale.

Sunday Smiles

 Linking to Gillena's Sunday Smiles.

Dandelion Greens continued

 I decided to use this video to prepare the dandelion greens given to me recently by my friend S.  It showed me how to cut and prepare the dandelions.  From then it was a simple 4 minute stir-fry in olive oil, garlic, soy sauce and lemon juice.  

It was delicious, tasted like spinach actually and it reduces in volume similarly when cooked.  I have seen them for sale at the grocery store if you are interested in trying them.  The video says they are packed with nutrition.

Friday Art - Lion Cub

 Welcome to Friday Art!  This is my lion cub from last week coloured in with watercolour pencils.  It is an ACEO (2 1/2" x 3 1/2").  It is based on the 2023 Canadian Red Cross Baby Calendar, the July page.  

Linking to Nicole's Friday Face Off and to Gillena's Art For Fun Friday.

Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date - Tea Party and Whole Wheat Blueberry Muffins

Welcome to Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date! The theme is 'Tea Party'. Here is my ACEO (2 1/2" x 3 /12") in acrylic pen.

For the Dinner date,  I am sharing these whole wheat blueberry muffins I made.  Here is the easy recipe I found at inspiredtaste.net.

1 1/2 c whole wheat flour

3/4 c sugar

1/4 tsp salt

2 tsp baking powder

1/3 c canola oil

1 egg

1/3 - 1/2 c milk

1 c blueberries

1 1/2 tsp vanilla

Preheat oven to 400F

Mix dry ingred - flour sugar baking powder salt

Mix wet ingred - oil egg milk vanilla

Add wet to dry, fold in blueberries

bake 400F in lined tin, 15 -20 mins.

Makes 10 muffins 

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