Leftovers? Easy way I put mine to work!

First, prepare a piroshki dough you make the night before.  Don't have a good recipe?  Email me and I'll send one to you....Check my profile for that.

Then chop up your leftover turkey and place in one bowl, stuffing and mashed potatoes in another bowl, vegetable of your choice and some grated cheese.

 The assembly line is ready!

Filled pastries are ready for their egg wash.

I used parchment paper for easy clean up.

Last time I used the piroshki dough recipe, I used cooked sausage and scrambled eggs for the filling.  It's a great way to start the day by taking one out of the freezer and placing in the microwave for only 30-45 seconds.  Yum!

Tat, dig, weave and eat

 August Be-Stitched pattern.  I suggested a 2 round square pattern that can be tatted into a tablecloth and this is what Nancy Tracy came up with.  

I used Baroque Thread.

 Not a good year for the garden....only a little over 2 1/2 pounds from 6 seed potatoes.

 This is a cotton blanket I wove for my son and sewed a blanket binding on.  Just look at those mitered corners!

Breakfast.  Two poached eggs from the chickens on my homemade sourdough bread lightly toasted.  Yes......I like pepper.  :)

More No-Knead Bread.......and Pickled Eggs

 This No-Knead Bread is 1/2 wheat flour and 1/2 all purpose with 3 Tablespoons Black Strap Molasses added and a couple other things.  It is a beautiful dark bread.

 Left over pickled beet juice is perfect for boiled eggs!  Just look at that color!

This is what it looks like opened up.

La Chickens (aka: The Girls)

 Their new home.

 One came down the ladder wayyyy before the other 3.

 "What is that noise beneath us?  It sounds like something is eating and drinking!"

No-Knead Bread

So you see.....There's more going on than knitting, lately.

Chicken Soup, Tatting and something else

 My mom worked as the Head Cook for a lady, and her family, in England over 70 years ago.  She is considered a gourmet cook and taught me to cook like her.

Nothing goes better with this soup than Sage Dumplings.  Yum.

 This Glass Mat Spinning Wheel finished at 5 inches.  I used sz 20 Lizbeth thread in...black and I want to make many more of this lovely design by Mary Konior.

 We should all hold hands like this......

Now I wonder what I'm going to be making out of those letters, that apostrophe and the fabric peeking out underneath them....;)

Tasty Salad....and a new pet

Cauliflower, carrots, plumped raisins, spring onions/scallions, lemon juice, olive oil, little bit of honey/sugar...

and then lastly chopped cilantro.  Mmmm, mmmm! 

Finally!  A pet that is quiet, feeds himself and isn't a pest for affection!

;o)

Two of the saddest things I know......

.....when my needles finished the last round of knitted lace on this delightful-to-knit Herbert Niebling design,

.......and when my spoon got to the bottom of this super delicious Bengal Chutney made by Julie.

Smoked Salmon..........the best!

On September 26th I watched the Foodnetwork channel with The Neely's. They were in Montana, visiting a gal that takes Salmon to a whole new level!!

Her business, Montana Mountain Smoked, is one place I knew I had to look at! She not only smokes the wild sockeye, she makes a salmon dip that you could eat like ice cream!

My mother LOVES smoked salmon [and that's an understatement!] so I ordered the biggest package they had - for her birthday.

I wish I had a picture of my mom digging through the box that she said she thought didn't have a bottom! It was HUGE!Needless to say, my mom is in salmon heaven!

I will be ordering some for my college son during finals week in December. A smaller gift package of smoked salmon and salmon dip should feed his brain!

Excuse me while I go and order some for me!

Fresh Corn Tortillas

Well, there's the assembly line to make corn tortillas.
Masa, a little salt and water make up what's in the bowl covered by a damp towel. The damp towel keeps the mixture moist.
Then to the right of the bowl is my press. I place about a tablespoon of the dough, slightly flattened, between a Ziploc bag with 3 sides cut off. I have my cast iron pan, hot with low-medium heat and use a metal spatula to turn them.


This picture shows what it looks like when it's flattened. It comes off the plastic bag real easy.








I melted cheese on the corn tortillas and ate them with my own salsa.

I have a feeling I might wake myself up in the night with garlic/onion breath.....but ohhhh, it was worth it!