Sue as well as I had a squeamish breakfast yesterday morning, as well as nosotros said our good-byes until adjacent spring. I ran a twosome of errands on my way home, as well as I'll country to a greater extent than virtually that inward a minute. Since I was fast out the door yesterday, I had around things to accept help of on the domicile front end earlier I could brand my way into the sewing room. Once there, I made the adjacent Tiny Tree block.
When I wrote yesterday's post, I was thinking this was the terminal Tiny Tree block, but at that spot is i to a greater extent than posted today along amongst the instructions for finishing it off. So, that volition likely live on today's agenda. First, though, I wish to complete upwards the Nov as well as Dec blocks for the Garden Sunshine quilt. Yesterday, I did the top-stitching for the applique component of November's 2 blocks.
For the cherries, I machine embroidered a vein into each leaf.
Then, I cutting all the pieces for the flight geese blocks.
That was where I left it yesterday, as well as hence that volition live my outset priority for the day's sewing. There is soundless i to a greater extent than block to brand for December's contribution...all pieced, if I'm remembering correctly.
As for my "errands" from yesterday, there's a brusk storey behind this adjacent image. When Mike as well as I were at the grocery shop on Thursday, I saw these footling machine deodorizer trees adjacent to the register. We know mortal who lives inward a real small-scale space...too small-scale to adjust a Christmas tree. And hence I got this see to brand a funny tiny Christmas tree. They exclusively came inward packs of three, however, as well as I actually but wanted one. So I bagged the idea, but as well as hence couldn't halt thinking virtually it. So...shortening a long story...I went dorsum to the shop as well as got them. (As it turned out, at that spot was fifty-fifty a dollar off coupon! Man, did I e'er experience smug.) Then I took it domicile as well as used metallic element thread as well as hot-fix nailheads to decorate it.
Maybe I could submit it to the Guinness people for inclusion every bit the smallest Christmas tree ever! And I soundless create got 2 more. If nosotros don't win the prize for the Charlie Browniest Christmas tree this year, peradventure I'll reckon i of the remaining 2 for adjacent year.
This forenoon I tried cutting downwards a recipe to brand breakfast for two. The original recipe for this Baked Apple-Blueberry Oatmeal makes plenty to serve six, but I got an see to teach inward for 2 yesteryear cutting the recipe as well as using a small-scale baking dish. It worked!
Lately I've been collecting "smallified" baking dishes for storing leftovers, baking desserts for two, as well as what-not. Often, I freeze leftovers inward private serving-size dishes. They brand cracking take-along pre-cooked meals for when we're traveling. To that end, I latterly purchased several of these five x seven x 1.5-inch drinking glass baking dishes from Pyrex. They also create got plastic lids, which brand them perfect for freezing single-sized servings of, say, lasagna, or whatever form of casserole. And I figured I could brand this breakfast recipe into a recipe for 2 yesteryear baking it i of these dishes. Here's this morning's recipe, cutting to teach inward a yummy, as well as relatively low-fat breakfast for two. It's fifty-fifty diet friendly.
Baked Apple-Blueberry Oatmeal for Two
Ingredients:
1 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoons solid pose down cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon tabular array salt
3/4 cups milk
1 large egg white
1/2 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted
1 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 tablespoons maple syrup
1/2 small-scale Granny Smith apple, cored, peeled, cutting inward one-half as well as thinly sliced
3/4 cups fresh or frozen blueberries
Directions:
Preheat oven to 375° F.
Butter seven x five x 1.5 inch baking dish as well as embrace bottom amongst apple tree slices. Then sprinkle one-half the blueberries over go yesteryear of apple tree slices as well as laid aside.
In a medium bowl mix together oats, baking powder, cinnamon as well as salt. Stir to combine.
In around other bowl crunch together milk, egg white, butter, vanilla, as well as maple syrup. Add oats to dish as well as gently pour milk mixture over oats. Gently rap pan on the counter to brand certain the milk has gone all the way through the oats.
Sprinkle the go yesteryear amongst remaining blueberries as well as bake inward oven for thirty minutes until the go yesteryear is golden chocolate-brown as well as the oatmeal is set. Allow to sit down for five minutes earlier serving. If desired, drizzle the go yesteryear amongst to a greater extent than maple syrup.
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So...that was a yummy way to start the day. Today I'll teach dorsum to the Garden Sunshine blocks. I'm hoping to teach them finished, as well as and hence I'll focus my liberate energy on making the Tiny Tree quilt top.