I finally joined in the fun and posted my default apps too 😄
I finally joined in the fun and posted my default apps too 😄
Tested out the refinished cast iron with cornbread – no sticking! I did use a generous coating of melted butter to make sure 😄
Turned out to be a very golden meal – I did make Brussels sprouts too but they finished 20 minutes early so they became an appetizer 😉
I’ve been jonesing for vanilla cake with chocolate frosting, so I made the buttermilk cake and cocoa buttercream frosting from the cookbook Snacking Cakes 😋 Probably one of the better yellow cakes I’ve made, nice light texture. Usually I just use a box mix but I’d make this again.
It was cold out so I thought it’d be a good day to refinish a flaking cast iron skillet. I got two coats in the oven; it’s improved, but will need more. What I didn’t consider was how it would trash the indoor air quality 😷 So I’m waiting for a day warm enough to open the window for more coats!
Got a lot done at IndieWeb Create Day today but my brain needs some extra fuel to make up for all that thinking 😂 Having post dinner oatmeal with persimmon and pecans.
We have salmon on Thanksgiving to honor Pacific Northwest heritage. I live on the traditional land of the Duwamish people, with whom the US has broken our treaties and who have been denied Federal recognition 😔 With gratitude, I honor the land itself and the Duwamish people, past and present.
I got a whole bag of (Fuyu) persimmons so I’m playing with ways to eat them! First up: French toast 😊 Added a subtle sweetness, would eat again 👍
Later I’m going to try a persimmon and paneer salad. I’m also intrigued by the suggestion to simply freeze one and eat it like sorbet 😃
She cannot resist the ladder.
Good news: my husband’s finally home from India 🥰 Bad news: he has cold-like symptoms 😞 Good news: the COVID test was negative 👍
I’m hanging out downstairs for now… I’m current on both flu shot and COVID booster so 🤞
Apparently I was so excited about this book about dust I preordered it twice 🤦♀️😂
(I read the email series it grew out of years ago and did find it seriously fascinating 🤷♀️)
Borrowed Greenfeast: autumn, winter from the library and looks like I’ll be buying a copy – I flagged nearly every recipe in the first half so I’m preserving my post-its 😂 Lots of slow cooked, roasted, hearty vegetarian comfort foods. Some look a bit simple for dinner but I’ll put an egg on it 😉
Watched this bud jump from the fence onto our fig tree, pluck a fig with its mouth, and scamper down the fence to gorge 😄 It didn’t look ripe to me but squirrel friend enjoyed it. Nearly ripe figs keep disappearing overnight – we’ve been wondering who’s eating them all! 😂
Got my COVID booster and flu shot! 🙌 💉 Our car is in the shop so we walked over in the rain 😐🌧️ A reminder I bought the stuff to rewaterproof my jacket but haven’t applied it yet lol
Dang it, I just noticed my couple All-Clad pans are losing finish at the lips – apparently there was a class action lawsuit I got one email about 11 months ago and missed the deadline for replacement 🤦♀️ Hoping they’ll help me out more than “sorry here’s a 15% off coupon”
My folks and I met up in Bremerton today, out on the Puget Sound. Between a big naval shipyard and the ferry was this rad fountain park where five or so of these chunky metal sculptures blasted bloops of water out their tops in synchrony. It made me laugh with delight every time they went off 😄
Today is my 20th anniversary of blogging! 😀 Here’s my first blog as it looked in 2007 – I don’t have a screenshot of what it looked like in 2003.
Today’s library haul has more “intense” books than I prefer to get at once – I had the holds paused but didn’t notice they all became active again till they were already en route 😂
We got out of town to the forest yesterday! A new-to-me trail with lots of cool old growth stumps probably logged in the 1920s or 30s. I love Pacific Northwest forests 💚
Brunch with a couple Middle Eastern inspired recipes from the cookbook New Feast, and leftover French fries 😉
Meanwhile, my cat is fishing in the recycle bin 🤦♀️
Finally got around to setting up the Instant Pot I bought early in the pandemic 😅 Cooked lentils for spicy lentil sloppy joes 🦾 Going to need to read some more instructions to feel like I know what I’m doing though.
Baked lemon blueberry “bread” (cake) for the second time. Recipe is vegan but I made it with butter and buttermilk. Didn’t have enough powdered sugar so the glaze is a bit thin (not shown) but still tastes good 😉 Baked 80 minutes.
I have a handful of Bluesky invites if anyone happens to be looking for one, apropos of recent events 😉
Made blueberry pancake cobbler from the latest Smitten Kitchen cookbook. I doubled it and added 50% extra blueberries. Good for dessert and breakfast! 😋
This morning we went to a u-pick blueberry farm with heirloom varietals, despite a bit of rain – I am pleased with the fruits of our labor 😉
