Mary Poppins Cookies

People ask me why these are called Mary Poppins Cookies - I don't know, that's the name on the recipe card!  I know we got this recipe from someone in Osceola, IA, but don't know from whom.

 

Ingredients - yes, Gulf Wax is an ingredient!

peanut butter
rice crispies
powdered sugar
melted butter
vanilla
salt
chocolate chips
gulf wax

 

 

MMMMM, look at that yummy deliciousness inside; makes me think about making these again!

Chinese Dumplings (Potstickers)

Chinese dumplings

 

We made a bunch of these and froze them.

 

I combined two recipes for this; a home made dough recipe for the wrappers (we can't find the right wrappers at any of our grocery stores).  Plus a recipe from Test Kitchen for the filling.

 

Filling recipe:  Pork and Cabbage Dumplings

Dough recipe:  Hot Water Dough

 

 



 

Chiles Rellenos Casserole

I've not been blogging much at all, so I thought I'd get caught up with some of the pictures (and food) that we've done over the last couple of months.

This is a Chiles Rellenos Casserole , recipe is from Cooks Country.

More to come!

Squam Arts Workshops

Wow, what a weekend!  Here are some pictures from Squam Arts Workshops Spring 2014.

Getting ready to leave:

My Cabin:



View from the Lake



View from the Lake, on our private dock.



One of the two twin bedrooms.  There was also a single room in the cabin as well, sleeping 5.



Cabin's private dock



Cabin Living Room



Me and my cabin mates.  From the left:
Me, Carolyn, Jill, Pat, Martina

Yarn Bombing is when yarn-related items are used in unusual ways, like to wrap around ordinary objects, such as canoes - here is a Canoe Cosy:

More Yarn Bombing scattered all around camp.



I made these owls and added them to someone else's beautiful scene; I hope they weren't too upset, but Squam is all about mellow.



The beautiful sunlight scene that I added the owls to.

I had a class with Franklin Habit; I took his picture, but I don't know if he'd be OK with me posting it or not, so I'll wait until I can ask if it's OK. 

I loved his class, and here's an example of what we accomplished in the morning - Mosaic Knitting.

I was so busy with homework for my Nancy Bush class that I didn't get a chance to take a picture with her.  I'm sorry about that, but I really enjoyed her class (even with the homework), and look forward to taking another class with her again.


There was lots of contemplation around the lake.  If you recognize yourself in any of these pictures (hello you from Greenwood Lodge), please contact me via Ravlery and I can get you a high quality image file.

People stood in line waiting for the Art Fair to open.

Sadly, it had to end

Now tomorrow, it's back to work!

Lunch for the week, 3/30/14

Tim was going to be gone all last week, so last weekend I made Baked Chicken Parmesan (which he hates, he can't stand the smell of the Parmesan cheese).

Here are ingredients:

• Boneless skinless chicken breasts
• butter
• garlic
• dry mustard
• Worcestershire sauce
• Italian bread crumbs
• Parmesan cheese 

 

It's not terribly pretty going into the oven.

And not much prettier coming out of the oven, but it sure is delicious.  As you can see, I have my lunch containers for the week all set up and ready to fill.  I also made Rice Pilaf to go with the chicken. 

This was too much chicken for the week, I ended up having to throw some out, I couldn't finish it.

And here are some cute cat pictures I can't resist adding.

Patch is a good jumper, he jumps from the desk, and doesn't knock anything down (most times). 

 

 


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They both love bags, Oscar loves to snuggle inside any bag he can find.





Nap time for three kitties!

Patch loves catnip, he likes to roll in it (see all the flakes around his face).
 

Patch is my buddy, he likes to snuggle when I get home from work.
 

 



 

He's too big, but Oscar still likes to get as high as possible (he's over a door next to the ceiling).
 

And Oscar likes the Christmas tree!

We will be making seafood casserole for dinners next week; will try to get pictures up of that.