...W.I.P. Wednesday...on Thursday...again...

...before we get to the W.I.P....I thought I'd give you a little Kitten update...

...we've started calling her Floppy Kitten...because she will come into a room and just flop down on the floor...usually at your feet...but not always...

...she especially loves to flop down on the Man's feet...it's funny how much she loves him...as he's the one least likely to give her any attention...

...but the funniest thing she does is to roll over and sleep on her back with her feet up in the air...I've never seen a cat do this...maybe she learned it from Jack...dogs do sleep like that sometimes...

...I took a photo with a flash so you can see her position a little bit better...black cats are difficult to photograph...

...now on to the W.I.P...Kitten can't seem to keep off of any knitting that winds up on the floor...

...maybe I need to knit her a blanket of her own...

...anywhoo...the GREEN lapghan is almost finished...

...I just need to cast off and add the strip of grannies at the top...

...and I thought it was funny that my 'random' bits of colour in the field of dark green...don't really look so random after all...haha...

...and I'm kinda dreading all the weaving in that those random bits caused...

...but I'm happy to have used up a bunch of really old yarn from the N.O.A.H. closet...and I really do like how the blanket turned out...

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

~Have a lovely day!

...July 4th Eats...or W.I.A.Y. ...

...I hope you all enjoyed a nice 4th of July celebration with your families...(if you're in the US)...

...I thought I'd switch up W.I.A.Y. and show you what we ate on the 4th...

...we started the day (after sleeping a bit late)...with some cantaloupe...

...this is just a regular one from the grocery store...but we're looking forward to some homegrown ones soon...from our garden...wink/wink...

...it was nice and light and yummy...

...then for lunch...I had bought plantains (not something I normally buy)...for a specific recipe I'd seen...it's Guy Fieri's recipe for Plantain Pancakes...veganized...of course...

...the recipe calls for fresh ginger...and I usually just run it through my Mouli grater...as that gives a nice consistency...

...and we had to wait for the plantains to ripen to the black and soft stage...still they were much more difficult to peel than a banana...and I wound up using a knife...and then you just mash them with a potato masher...

...add the ginger...some green and some sweet onion...

...cornmeal...flour and the recipe calls for buttermilk...so I used some the vegan whey I have leftover from making soy yogurt...it gives a nice sour/buttermilk-y flavor...

...give that all a mix...

...this is the consistency...

...and I decided to make waffles instead of pancakes...because...waffles are better...

...all that crispy crust you know...

...meanwhile...I made some rainbow veggie bowls...corn...fresh (Foreman Grilled) green beans...beets...and carrots...(also Foreman Grilled)...

...added a few waffle triangles...

...and lunch was served...

...the verdict...the waffles were good...different from potato pancakes...but slightly like them too...they were sweet...and we all thought it was WAY too much ginger...so we'll be cutting that down quite a bit for next time...

...later in the afternoon...I made this...German Chocolate Cake...

...and then...this arrived...from "our" garden...haha...

...so I got shucking...

...and we'll have our first fresh corn of the season...

...a little while later...the Man fired up the grill...

...so we could have some delicious smokey grilled tofu...

...we had some more lettuce from "the garden"...wink...so I made some salads...

...the Man dressed up a can of Vegetarian Baked Beans with some onions and molasses...

...and I made some vegan potato salad...

..I added some fresh pear to my salad...no one else likes fruit with lettuce...I can't figure that out...

...fresh corn...

...my plate...

...I spooned over some of the Man's 'homemade' BBQ sauce...it's really just store bought (or boughten...if you prefer the ND word) sauce that he doctors up with some spice...

...and then ...there was cake for dessert...

...what did you eat yesterday?...were you celebrating the 4th?...

~Have a lovely day!

...Tuesdays with Julia...

...we made a VEGAN POUDING ALSACIEN...

...we had ours still warm from the oven...even though Julia said to wait until the next day...

...and it was delicious warm...

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

~Have a lovely day!

...Over the Weekend...

...it's BLUEBERRY Season here...

...so...I got out our berry basket...made by the Man's Mamaw many years ago...and I lined it with a grocery bag...so it wouldn't get stained...

...then we headed up the road (about a mile) to this farm...

...where the bushes were loaded with blueberries...or...'bloobs' as we like to call them...

...and I mean really loaded...with big fat juicy bloobs...

...that just jumped off the bush into our hands...

...and into our basket...

...so we almost filled it up...and toted it home...

...I froze about half...and we've been enjoying the rest fresh...in N'ice Cream...vegan probiotic yogurt...in pancakes...but most are just eaten out of hand...

...do you have a berry season where you live?...in North Dakota we had raspberry season in July...and growing up we had blackberry season in late summer...here too...so we've got that still to look forward to...

~Wishing you a lovely start to your week!

...Dinner and a Movie...

...well...after my bout of food poisoning caused by a portabella mushroom sandwich...it's been years since I've even entertained the idea of eating portabellas...but I managed to eat them successfully in a mix a couple of weeks ago...so...I thought I'd give them a try straight up...

...just grilled on the George Foreman grill of course...and a huge shout out to Maureen...who told me that she uses parchment paper instead of foil on her Foreman Grill...so I tried that and I definitely agree...much less sticking...and no oil needed...these mushrooms smelled so good...

...then when the mushrooms were done...I just dumped an entire bag of frozen green beans on the grill...

...and then arranged everything prettily in a BIG bowl...YUM!...I added some carrots...smoked tofu...and some quinoa/kale...

...and for the 'movie'...we're committed to another series...Doc Martin this time...Season 7...which is all that's available on Netflix...

...what are you watching?...

~Have a lovely day!