How did you make out on Challenge #4? I just dumped my tool tote. New smaller totes . . . one for markers and the other for my basic tools. Extra tools are in the two green totes. My stamps are in the wicker basket. One bin is for foam stamps and the other contains punches. I actually downsized my tool tote quite a bit. I guess I just stuff everything in there even if I just use it once a year. In fact, that is the secret to downsizing my readily-available-on-my-desk tote . . . everything that is only used once in a blue moon has been containerized. While it is all still available, it is out of the way until I need it . . . which will be when there is another blue moon. I was actually surprised at how few markers I threw out. I'm ready for Challenge #5: Stickers, diecuts, and rub-ons are some of the hardest things to organize because the different sizes and shapes pose many challenges. Rub-ons present their own challenges be...
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Recipe from Epicure website 460 CALORIES SPICY Here’s a gorgeous meal bursting with Tex-Mex flavours! GLUTEN FREE DAIRY FREE MAKES: 6 SERVINGS Ingredients 4 unpeeled sweet potatoes, cut into small cubes 1 Tbsp (15 ml) extra-virgin olive oil 1/2 C (125 ml) red bell pepper, chopped 1 Tbsp (15 ml) Toasted Onion 2 Tbsp (30 ml) brown sugar 2 Tbsp (30 ml) cider vinegar 6 (1 in/2.5 cm) boneless pork loin chops Sea Salt (Grinder) , to taste Black Pepper (Grinder) , to taste 1 can (15 oz/425 ml) black beans, rinsed and drained 1 can (15oz/425 ml)corn, drained 1 recipe prepared El Dorado Finishing Sauce Mix (we substituted Fajita Seasoning) Preparation Preheat oven to 375° F (190° C) if cooking in the oven. In a large mixing bowl, combine potatoes, oil, peppers, Toasted Onion, sugar, and vinegar. Set aside. Place pork chops in a slow cooker or baking dish and season with Sea Salt and Black Pepper. Pour potato mixture evenly over pork. Cook on high in a slow cooker or in the oven until pot...
I've finished Challenge #3. How about you? I've done the photo challenge so many times over the years and developed a system that works well for me. I always upload my photos to my favourite photo processing site as I go along but I wait for a sale and then order them to be printed. As soon as I pick them up from the store I pop them right into page kits. All done. How did you decide to sort and store your photos? If you are ready, here is Challenge #4 . . . Tools & Adhesives Gather together all of your tools and adhesives into a box and let's start S.P.A.C.E.ing them! Sort : one by one, put each item into piles: FAVOURITES, TRASH, TO SELL, STORE, DONATE. Purge : For the SELL pile: bag up and assign a price and your initials to tools/adhesives that you don't love/use anymore and put them in your garage sale box. Throw out the TRASH pile. Arrange pick-up or drop-off of the DONATE pile. Assign : Store your most used items in a basket or box or other syste...
https://www.soscuisine.com/recipe/baked-salmon-herbs Quantity : 4 servings Preparation : 5 min Cooking : 10 min 220 calories/serving Ingredients 600 g salmon fillet 2 tbsp olive oil 30 mL 2 tbsp dried oregano 4 g 1 pinch salt [optional] 0.1 g ground pepper to taste [optional] Before you start Keep the serving plates warm on the stove while you're preparing the dish. Method Preheat the oven to 215°C/425°F. Cut the salmon fillet into pieces of comparable size, as per the number of servings required. Put them on an oiled baking sheet and brush them with oil. Add salt and pepper, then cover with the oregano. Place in the middle of the oven and bake for about 10 min for a 2 to 2,5 cm thick fillet. Since the cooking time depends on the fillet thickness and the actual temperature of the oven, it is important to check with a fork to see if the fish is cooked through. Serve on the warmed plates.
Portion size: 8 servings Credits : Canadian Living Magazine: October 2010 INGREDIENTS 1/3 cup butter 1/4 cup pine nut 12 fresh sage leaves Gnocchi: 2 cups roasted pumpkin purée OR 2 cups roasted squash purée 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese 1 egg 1 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg 3 cups all-purpose flour (approx) METHOD Gnocchi: In large bowl, stir together pumpkin purée, Parmesan cheese, egg, salt and nutmeg. Using wooden spoon, stir in 2 cups (500 mL) of the flour. Stir in enough of the remaining flour, 1/4 cup (60 mL) at a time, to make soft, sticky dough that pulls away from bowl but still sticks to spoon and fingers. On well-floured surface and with floured hands, roll dough into log; divide into quarters. Gently roll and shape each quarter into 3/4-inch (2 cm) diameter rope. With sharp knife, cut each rope diagonally into 3/4-inch (2 cm) pieces. In large pot of boiling salted water, cook gnocchi, in 2 batches ...
Ingredients 2 tablespoons unflavored powdered gelatin water 2 cups heavy whipping cream 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 2 tablespoons pomegranate, the seeds fresh mint (optional) Instructions Soak the gelatin (sheets) for 5-10 minutes in cold water. If you use powdered gelatin, mix it with cold water. (Typically about 1 tablespoon water per teaspoon gelatin powder, but check the instructions for your specific brand.) Set aside. Add cream and vanilla extract to a sauce pan and bring to a boil. Lower the heat and let simmer for a couple of minutes on medium-low heat until the cream begins to thicken. Remove the cream from the heat and add the gelatin. If you’re using sheets, be sure to squeeze as much water out of them as possible before adding to the cream. Stir until the gelatin has dissolved completely. Pour the cream into serving glasses. Allow to cool completely before covering with plastic wrap and placing in the fridge for two to three hours or overnight. Take the pannacotta out of t...
Challenge #3 So, your paper is beautifully organized, your scraps carefully stashed or purged, and your desk is gleaming! I've posted photos in our Facebook group but you are also welcome to post links to your challenge photos as a comment here. Scrap paper and extra cardstock I don't save any scraps smaller than 4 x 6" My patterned papers and cardstocks are the basis for my page kits. Photos, ephemera, embellishments, sketch ideas are added to the page kits so when I get a chance to scrapbook I am ready to go. More page kits Even the photos are in the kits, ready to scrap. More page kits. I haven't had a lot of time to scrapbook yet this summer. This is actually just one page kit. We took a lovely tour up to Manitoulin Island in June and made many many many stops along the way and took a ridiculous number of photos. It is a really beautiful part of the world. I need lots of Christmas and sports...
Before we move on to the second challenge I'd like to share a few before and after work space photos posted for challenge #1 . . . Dawn's before photo Helen's before photo Teena's before photo Dawn's after photo Helen's after photo Teena's after photo How did you make out on the first challenge? It's not too late to share your photos Doesn't it feel great to start the new year with a clean work surface? Let's move on to the next challenge . . . Challenge #2 Here is this week's challenge: Your challenge this week is to S.P.A.C.E. your paper - - and I mean ALL of your paper: cardstock, patterned paper, specialty papers, and all those SCRAPS! SORT : Bring all of your paper to one area. Sort it all into piles: KEEP, SELL, DONATE, TRASH PURGE : bag up, and assign a price to paper bundles that you want to SELL at a garage sale or online, and put the bags in the garage sale box....
I think my youngest son and his new wife like their wedding present. I picked up the blocks a couple of years ago when Mary Maxim opened in London. It took quite a while to make and I enjoyed every moment . . . except for an incident with some mixed media which meant they didn't get their wedding gift until a month after the Big Day. My sister sends me projects. This particular project came as a BIG ziploc full of little blocks which I spent the past year piecing together. Even my dear hubby got into the action by sandwiching and pinning the quilts, and tying them. Apparently he quite enjoyed himself . . . calling the whole process relaxing. Each member of my oldest son's family received one of the quilts. I actually have enough left to make a lap quilt at some point in the future . . . or maybe pillows.