Sock Wars is over (for me anyways- there are loads of lucky warriors still knitting!). My target died the day before I died- so all in all it was a resounding success. My wrist starting aching from something or other about 3 days in forcing me to take a couple of days off… so I’m [...]
Archive > May 2009
Snuffkin
My ‘vegan swap’ swap partner has a ton of gorgeous hats in her ravelry projects list, including a mad hatter hat, which I just need an excuse to try and mimic (halloween anyone?). Her hats inspired me to dig out a picture and share this knit. A couple of summers ago I spent about a [...]
Black Bean & Sweet Corn Quesadillas
This is one of my favourite quick and cheap dishes. We threw it together last night because just happened to have all of the ingredients on hand (another reason I love it so much!). 1 Large Spanish Onion (roughly chopped) 2 Tomatoes (roughly chopped) Spices to taste (paprika, cayenne pepper, chili powder, etc.) 1 Can [...]
Planting Time Approaches
The days are getting longer and (mostly) warmer, meaning it’s almost time to plant the garden! We haven’t finalized what veg we plan on planting this year, but it’s definitely going to include some tomatoes, cucumber, peppers (all colours!) and lots and lots of herbs. My sister and I went to an organic gardening seminar [...]
Rainbow Lasagna – The Current Disaster in My Kitchen
Although it’s over a week late- Rainbow Food Day (week?) is here! It started last year, in an attempt to gobble down as much fresh veg in a day that we could. Now we’re revisiting it, as a belated Beltane celebration. Today’s rainbow meal is a yummy sloppy lasagna. It started out as a nice [...]
