...2.4...Tuesdays with Julia...

...we made the rather fancy VEGAN CHARLOTTE CHANTILLY, AUX FRAMBOISES...

...it's a really light and fluffy and delicious dessert...

...and all of the particulars are over at The Vegan Version...

~Have a lovely day!

...2.3...Over the Weekend...

...we started off the weekend with pancakes...

...but it was just a plain old weekend otherwise...nothing much of note happening...

...we did the weekly shopping...and also not much that is very interesting from the regular grocery store...

...not much at all as we didn't need much...

...but we did stop at the health food store...mostly because the Man prefers Miyoko's vegan butter...it's not my favorite (Earth Balance for me)...and they don't carry it at our regular grocery store...but we saw the babybels and I had to get them...they were really expensive though....this packet cost $5.99 and there are only five little babybels in it...still...it's a treat...

...I've been picking a salad a day from the winter garden...the french breakfast radishes are ready now too...

...and we ordered our seeds for this years 'garden'...and set up the camping table just to have a place to start the seeds...

...I made a zucchini bread using up some zucchini from the freezer...which we inventoried...we took everything out and made a categorized list of everything in there...so we can systematically use it up and not waste it...

...the bread was delicious...

...and we also went through the tea cabinet...and found this brick of tea...of course I posted about it...in 2010!!!...not to worry though...it doesn't go bad and some people 'age' it on purpose...haha...

...it was almost impossible to shave...I tried using a grater...and my pruning shears...and finally ended up using a chisel...haha...

~Wishing you a lovely start to your week!

...2.1...Dinner and movie...

...starting with some Blogger comments...

...to my sweet sissie Karen who blogs from her boat at McCraw Sails...Hey K...all of your hikes look wonderful...I know you're getting ready for your trip...and I'm looking forward to seeing it on the blog...Love, T

...to karen from Pumpkin Sunrise...Hi Karen...What a sweet kitty...and your Evergreen is so pretty...you're knitting it really quickly too...

...to Éphée from L'éphémère quotidienneté des repas et autres trucs de magie...Hi Éphée...the cabbage and beans look so good and comforting...

...to Penny from Snap That Penny...Hi Penny...that's true about the weekend...

...a few more Maupassant short stories...
Martine
All Over
The Parrot
The Piece of String
Toine
Madame Husson's 'Rosier'
The Adopted Son
Coward
Old Mongilet

...and for dinner the Man made his delicious marinara sauce...and we topped it wiht Impossible meatballs...

...and the Movie was another episode of Severance...it doesn't make much sense yet...but I guess that's the point...

...what have you been watching lately?...

~Have a lovely weekend!

...1.31...Friday Update...

...all of the little baby bonsais are up and growing...you don't really do anything to them now until they're about 2 years old...it's a slow process...

...one of my sweet little nieces asked me to show her how to knit at the Christmas party a few weeks ago...and I gave her a skein of yarn and a pair of needles to take home with her and practice...

...and her sweet parents sent me this pretty colourful set of needles to replace the set that I gave away...so nice...

...and I cast on for a quick pair of mittens for a lady in our neighborhood who walks past our house with her caregiver twice a day...I've spoken to them several times and it was so cold and the lady wasn't wearing any gloves...but her caregiver had them in her hand and said that she pulls them off and then she has to carry them...so I thought I'd make her a pair like I made for our grandbabes (bigger of course)...but on a cord that can go through her sleeves so she can't lose them and they'll be there if she wants to wear them...

...and I finally finished the $10 tan socks...haha...

~Have a lovely day!

...1.30...Delicious Vegan Food we ate...

...it was time to make Pick Up Limes' chow mein recipe later in the week...which has the pretty impressive title of "If I could make only 1 noodle dish for the rest of my life… "

...first I got everything chopped up...and made the sauce...

...cooked the noodles...which only took 3 minutes...

...stir fried the veg...

...added the noodles tofu and sauce...

...and plated up...it really was that delicious...

...what delicious food have you been eating lately?...

~Have a lovely day!

...1.29...W.I.P. Wednesday...

...I started...

...and finished a cute hat for Mom...

...it's the super soft and squishy Gia Chemo Hat...

...it was really easy...

...what's in your workbasket this week?...

~Have a lovely day!

...1.28...Tuesdays with Julia...

...we made a pretty 60s style recipe...VEGAN FOIES DE VOLAILLE EN ASPIC...

...things is aspic definitely went out of style didn't they?...

...all of the particulars are over at The Vegan Version...

~Have a lovely day!

...1.27...Over the Weekend...

...it was just a quiet weekend at home...

...we had toasted vegan croissants for breakfast...we had brought two packages of these vegan croissants back from our trip to the mountains...they have them in the bakery section of a grocery store there that we don't have here...so I always try to get them when we're there...and then I freeze them and portion them out until they're all gone...

...we did the weekly house cleaning chores...the Man did all of the vacuuming...

...and I followed up with the mopping...

...everything nice and spruce...we headed out to do the weekly shop...

...and got a LOT of stuff...

...all of this is for a Pick Up Limes chow mein recipe later in the week...which has the pretty impressive title of "If I could make only 1 noodle dish for the rest of my life… "

...I got these little stretchy silicone covers...the Man sometimes makes cold brew coffee in our French Press coffee maker...but the lid on that doesn't have a very good seal...I actually thought these would seal better than they actually do...

...but a rubber band holds it in place quite well...the spout makes it difficult to seal...

...and I found another use for my recycled cartons...the silicone lids cling to the carton really well...and it makes them easy to store in my tupperware bins...

...soaking the non-organic fruit in baking soda and water...

...grapes...

...and blueberries...

...and the Man wanted to try these Cara-Cara oranges...so I searched the interwebs when I got home to see what's different about them...and it's fascinating that they are a natural mutation from a single parent tree...

...our Christmas Amarylis is blooming...

...greens from the garden cooking in the 'outdoor kitchen'...alongside an instant pot full of white beans...

...and speaking of the garden...everything made it through the storm and the temps in the teens...about 13° F here (-11° C)...

...I've been picking a few lettuce leaves for salads...

...and lots of greens...you think there are a lot but when you pick a whole potfull then they cook to just two servings...

...and I've also been plucking a couple of beautiful (and not too spicy) radishes for our salads every day...

...and I ended the weekend with a nice long soak in the tub...which is something that I don't do nearly often enough...

~Wishing you a lovely start to your week!

....1.25...Dinner and a Movie...

...starting with some Blogger comments...because my blog has just been crazy the last couple of weeks...

...to my sweet sissie Karen who blogs from her boat at McCraw Sails...Hey K...your hikes look great...I love hiking in the wintertime because you can see things so much better...in the summer you're much more closed in...I felt bad for you staying in the airport overnight...I just thought it would have been so cold...crazy about seeing an actual working phone...great cardinal photo...and I loved the photo of you and Rob...Love, T...

...to karen from Pumpkin Sunrise...Hi Karen...your sister's Evergreen is going to be so pretty...and your snow is beautiful...

...to Éphée from L'éphémère quotidienneté des repas et autres trucs de magie...Hi Éphée...your lentil ragout looks delicious...such a nice combination of flavors...and those dogs...they will make their bed anywhere won't they...

...to Penny from Snap That Penny...Hi Penny...I loved seeing your city Christmas lights...it's so much driving or walking around with all the festive lights...

...to Beth from BLD IN MT : LIVING A SIMPLE LIFE IN THIS INTERCONNECTED WORLD...Hi Beth...your German inspired dinner looks great...

...I took a little break from Maupassant to read Diary of a Nobody because I'd never heard of it before...kind of like a comedy (and much shorter) version of Pepys' Diary...we were watching an interview with Patricia Rutledge on PBS and she mentioned that she and her costar Clive Smith were the principal characters in a stage version of it...it was pretty good...

...and then back to Maupassant...

The Test
Found on a Drowned Man
The Orphan
The Beggar
The Rabbit
His Avenger
My Uncle Jules
The Model
A Vagabond
The Fishing Hole
The Spasm
In the Wood

...dinner was a delicious one of the Man's creations...a greek inspired black olive and tomato pasta dish...

...and the movie was Black Narcissus...recommended by a friend...I'd never even heard of it before...it's about a group of nuns who set up a school in the Himalayan mountains...it's classed as a psychological drama...it is, of course, a movie about some people...I may circle back and read the 1939 book...

...what have you been watching lately?...

~Have a lovely weekend!

...1.24...Friday Update...

...there's not a lot going on here...the birds are loving the feeder...they line up on the fence for their turn at the feeder...there are actually 4 birds there...but I couldn't get them all in the frame...

...and we are making slow progress painting the guest room...

~Have a lovely day!