Pancake Breakfast Sandwich

It's Earth Hour today.  So at 8.30 pm we are being asked worldwide to turn all our lights off and not to use any electricity where possible.

So have you ever had a pancake breakfast sandwich? A local gas station had a coupon offering these for free with the purchase of a coffee, so I dropped by there one morning. It was pretty good and so was the coffee. They have these restaurants on premises called 'Neighbours'. I thought I might as well gas up while I was there, so I guess it did bring people in for a good reason!  It's a sandwich, but instead of bread, they use pancakes as pictured.

Pancake Breakfast Sandwich

Paint Party Friday - The View

It's time for Paint Party Friday! Please visit some of the other participants in this fun art co-op!  Can you believe it's almost the end of March?

This acrylic ACEO is called 'The View'.  I had to paint over this one so many times, until I was finally happy with the look. 

A Walk

I went for a morning walk this past weekend. Here are a few photos I took on this overcast morning.  It seems the willow trees are the first to start sprouting new leaves. The sun came out in the afternoon.  I plucked a few weeds out of the garden, those are early too!

At The Pond

The Forsythias are one of the first flowering shrubs.  The pretty yellow colour doesn't last very long, sort of like  cherry blossoms.

Forsythia

Brown Rice Crisps

I bought these brown rice crisps recently and we loved them. They would be especially good for people with wheat allergies. We had them with salsa sauce as they tasted very much like tortilla chips but they were crisp and delicious eaten plain.

L saw the new movie 'The Hunger Games' with her boyfriend on the weekend.  She loved it.  I don't think it's my kind of movie, it sounds very stressful. Although my sister says it has a strong female lead, so I might see it.  Are you going to see it? It sounds like a hit movie.

This article was in the newspaper a few days ago and I subscribed to this man's newsletter:

Cape Breton man’s daily sunrise photos emailed around world

Creative Tuesdays - April Showers

Welcome to MMm's Creative Tuesdays' 'April Showers' theme!

Here is my 'April showers' interpretation in an acrylic ACEO. Please stop by the other talented participants and join in the fun!

And I happened upon PJ's blog last night and she had found a marriage test from the 1950's. Times have changed for sure!

Spam Adventures

This past Saturday morning, I decided it was time to use my can of Spam Light. The English Kitchen posted a warm potato salad with ham recipe and it inspired me to make something similar.  I think she mentioned the mustard dressing being lighter than using mayonnaise.  Here's my recipe and some photos.

Warm Potato Salad with  Mustard Dressing

2 cups of  new potatoes

1/2 to 1 cup of chopped ham (or spam light)

2 cups of frozen mixed vegetables

Mustard dressing 

2 tbs apple cider vinegar

1 tsp dijon mustard

2 tbs olive oil

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp pepper

1/2 tsp garlic powder

1/2 tsp onion powder

Bring potatoes to a boil in lightly salted water.

After about 10 minutes, add frozen vegetables.

Once it has come to a boil, simmer for a further 3 to 5 minutes and drain

Meanwhile, mix dressing and then combine it with the drained vegetables in a bowl.

Mustard Dressing, chopped Spam, frozen vegetables

boiled new potatoes and mixed vegetables

add mustard dressing

Warm Potato Salad

I then mixed a couple of chopped spam slices into a scrambled egg mixture
and made Spam Light with Scrambled Eggs.  It would've also made a good omelette.

Spam Scrambled Eggs

Finally, I pan fried the remaining spam slices in a few tablespoons of olive oil and these were the best of all!

Pan Fried Spam

Here is my brunch platter!

spam brunch

Sunday Sketches - Spider Chrysanthemum

It's time for Sunday Sketches! Please stop by and visit everyone in this fun art co-op!

This acrylic ACEO is of a spider chrysanthemum flower. I love these, they make me think of 'bad hair days', wild and untamed but somehow appealing. I had a bit of trouble getting the proportions right, then I ended up lightening the green shade of the flower until it finally looked 'presentable'.  The beauty of acrylics is that you just paint over what you don't like and keep trying!