You know we're all virtually "edgycashun" hither at the Three Cats Ranch, too therefore I idea I'd portion with y'all Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for today:
Since some of y'all possess got been telling me virtually the oestrus inwards your areas for the yesteryear calendar week or so, I idea you'd desire to know this word. Stroll into your quilt social club coming together too nation something similar this:
"It's turning out to live a canicular July!"
And therefore sentinel all their jaws drib inwards awe at your brilliance. You'll live the life of the political party at your Fourth of July get-together. It's simply ane to a greater extent than argue ground to stick with me for all things intelligent. You're welcome.
In less cerebral matters...
Block vii for Heart too Home is finished now. It took me longer than I idea it would, but I got 'er done. This ane is called "Welcome Friends & Family."
After that, I traced out the adjacent block for the Snow Globes quilt. This ane is called "Woodland Snowman." This volition live the eighth of 12, too I'll larn started on it this morning.
Since we're into a novel month, I decided to stitch out the adjacent quilt store names for Row 4 of the Shop Hop quilt equally well. I'll start stitching on them next. Rows 4 too five of this quilt volition possess got a double-sized block inwards the middle. My regional fabrics are a larger scale, too therefore I desire to give them a footling to a greater extent than room.
That agency I needed a long narrow piece. It needs to live eighteen inches wide, patch the ones higher upwardly are 8-1/2 inches.
Then it was fourth dimension to larn started on my Spicy Dilled Carrot Spears. These are therefore slow too quick. Mine were all done inwards less than an hour. I'll in all probability exercise ane to a greater extent than batch earlier summertime is over because the kids gobble them up. Yesterday's yield was 4 12-oz. jars. You tin give notice uncovering the recipe for these right here.
And then...finally...time for some sewing. I fused the pieces for June's Tuxedo Tales block.
And since I'm going to exercise July's block equally well, it made sense to exercise the fusing for it too. There's quite a fleck of top-stitching on these, too it'll involve less thread changes if I exercise them both at the same time.
Also, both blocks possess got a lot of buttons this fourth dimension around. Here's how June's volition await when all the buttons are sewn on.
July's has fifty-fifty to a greater extent than buttons, too therefore I didn't accept the fourth dimension to lay them out. You tin give notice live surprised when I present y'all the finished block.
By that time, I was getting form of tired of working on them, too therefore I took a stroll outside. The ane ripening cherry tomato plant is getting oh, therefore close. I'm hoping the others volition follow rapidly because I possess got some neat recipes I desire to make.
Also, the majestic hydrangea is almost fully opened now. This constitute is doing really well, too it is covered with flowers. This is simply the get-go ane to open.
Also, I'm feeling amend virtually my Irish Gaelic poppies. There are 3 clusters similar this one, too they are getting a footling larger. Mae too I were discussing the fact that poppies are inwards bloom now, too mine aren't anywhere close beingness cook to bloom. I was worrying that they wouldn't come upwardly dorsum adjacent yr if they don't bloom this year. She told me she idea hers had come upwardly dorsum afterward the get-go year, fifty-fifty though they hadn't bloomed. And that got me thinking...are these biennials? As it turns out, some are. It volition accept them 2 seasons to bloom the get-go time, too therefore I believe all is well.
I possess got to a greater extent than seeds for these, too therefore I'll in all probability start some to a greater extent than adjacent yr for blooms every year. Isn't gardening fun? Yes...except for the weeding part, but we'll ignore that for now.
Okay, therefore it was getting on to dinner fourth dimension yesteryear then, too I was looking to dispense with some CSA veggies. First kohlrabi fritters. These are surprisingly good. We aren't specially familiar with kohlrabi around here, too upwardly until lastly year, we've been suspicious of its motives. Just what is it anyway? Is it a turnip? Is it cabbage? Something to a greater extent than sinister? Well. We tried this recipe for the fritters lastly year, too it turned out to live a delicious way to consume them. You tin give notice uncovering the recipe for the Kohlrabi Fritters with Lemon Dill Yogurt Sauce right here. They aren't hard to brand since y'all tin give notice grate the kohlrabi too onion inwards a nutrient processor inwards virtually 2 seconds. The surreptitious to success is to squelch equally much H2O from the vegetables equally y'all can. I purpose 2 layers of cheesecloth, get together it together, too therefore squelch it for all its worth.
And this went good amongst my favorite former recipe from my master copy Betty Crocker Microwave Cookbook, from when I got my really get-go microwave oven sometime during the 14th Century. Oh wait...I don't recall microwaves came along until the 15th Century, but who's counting?
So anyway...these dispensed with some carrots (always on the "dispense-with" list) too some cauliflower. And again, these are super unproblematic if y'all grate the carrots inwards your nutrient processor. You tin give notice purpose zucchini inwards identify of the carrots if y'all like. I've never made them with zucchini, but I dear them with carrots. There's plenty leftover for luncheon today too.
I idea I'd posted the recipe for these somewhere along the way, but I can't uncovering it, therefore hither y'all go:
Swiss Cheese Veggie Sandwiches
from Betty Crocker's Microwave Cookbook
1 Cup Shredded Swiss Cheese (about 4 oz.)
1 Cup Shredded Zucchini or Carrots (about 1 small)
1/2 Cup Chopped Tomato (about 1 medium)
1/2 Cup Thinly Sliced Small Cauliflowerets
2 Tablespoons Mayonnaise
1/2 Teaspoon Salt
1/2 Teaspoon Dried Dill Weed
3 English linguistic communication Muffins cutting into halves too toasted
Mix cheese, zucchini (or carrot), tomato, cauliflower, mayonnaise, tabular array salt too dill weed; spread evenly over muffin halves. Arrange on microwave rack inwards baking dish. Microwave uncovered on high (100%) until hot too bubbly, 3-4 minutes.
Finally, I never reported dorsum to y'all virtually the Pink Pickled Turnips I made lastly Saturday. Remember these?
Well, I'll acknowledge I've been tasting them all week. They aren't bad. I'm form of fond of something similar this for snacking on because they possess got almost naught calories, lots of flavor, too a skillful crunch. So a calendar week has passed now, too I tried them ane time to a greater extent than yesterday. They aren't ever going to supercede the spicy dilled carrot spears equally the nutrient dear of my life, but they aren't one-half bad. If you're trying to larn rid of some turnips too beets, therefore these are your go-to way to exercise it.
In illustration y'all missed it the get-go fourth dimension around, y'all tin give notice uncovering the recipe for these correct here.
Today I'm getting my monthly pedicure, too therefore I take away to brand a quick trip to the grocery store. Since I wasn't certain I'd possess got cherries on my lastly trip, I withal take away a few things to brand the sugariness cherry barbecue sauce when I larn home. Someone has already requested the recipe for that, too therefore I'll simply give it to y'all right here. I'm hoping I'll possess got some fourth dimension to proceed working on the Tuxedo Tales blocks today, but that mightiness live pushing it. We'll see.