2 Cups Flour
3 Teaspoon Baking Powder
1/4 Teaspoon Salt
1 Tablespoon Turbinado Sugar *
1/4 Cup Margarine, Softened
3/4 - 1 Cup soy/rice/ etc. milk *
1 Cup Add-ins of Choice *
*What I used when I made them*
-doubled the recipe
-Sugar in the Raw
-Vanilla Soy Milk
-Raisins, dates, craisons, crushed hazelnuts (not measured, just as many as I wanted)
-A drop of almond extract
-Added cinnamon and cloves to taste
Directions:
Pre-heat oven to 450F. Mix dry ingredients together. Cut in margarine until crumbles form. Stir in milk and Toppings. Roll out your desired size for each sconeonto an ungreased baking sheet. (These do not expand, so the size you make is the size you get). Bake at 450F for about 10-12 minutes, or until just brown on top.
Preparation time: 10-15 min
This recipe is very easily changable to make your own creations!
Abbey Road
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Ketchup
I just realized it's been a while since I've posted. Sometimes life just zooms past you too fast!
The summer time has sprung off nicely this year. Jake and I have completed our landscaping (for now, anyway)and have just been doing maintenance (mowing) on the outside. I'm quite happy with my little yard! I should have some deck planters coming soon (today maybe?) in which I will plant herbs. The deck is just outside the kitchen, so that'll be real nice for cooking time. I ordered this planter, but in white to match the rail:
I want to start painting the inside this weekend. My first project will be the "nursery" upstairs. It's going to take a while because we have to prime the wood panel and then add two coats of paint. I think we're going to go with a sky blue on the walls and ceiling. That way when it comes time to paint a woodland mural on the walls we'll have a nice background! Then, once that room is done, we'll move our bedroom furniture into there and paint our room.
And now for something completely different:
The summer parties have kicked off too! We had our family installment of our housewarming parties May 17. That went really well. We did a potluck and a lot of Jake's family showed up. My parents and Jane and Arthur were there as well. It turned out to be a nice day weather-wise, so a lot of the party was outside. The kids enjoyed going to the park down the street.
Heather and Evan had their joint b-day party this past weekend. They did a tea party (drinking, not tossing)with finger foods. There were so many people there! We eventually moved the party outside for an impromptu game of Frisbee.
This coming weekend is Missy's graduation party. She also just got a job at Bridgewater! I'm excited. I'm sure I'll have more to report after that.
So, I'm just trying to keep my head up and focus on all these positives to try to offset the start of my summer mourning period.
Until then, I leave you with this:
The summer time has sprung off nicely this year. Jake and I have completed our landscaping (for now, anyway)and have just been doing maintenance (mowing) on the outside. I'm quite happy with my little yard! I should have some deck planters coming soon (today maybe?) in which I will plant herbs. The deck is just outside the kitchen, so that'll be real nice for cooking time. I ordered this planter, but in white to match the rail:
I want to start painting the inside this weekend. My first project will be the "nursery" upstairs. It's going to take a while because we have to prime the wood panel and then add two coats of paint. I think we're going to go with a sky blue on the walls and ceiling. That way when it comes time to paint a woodland mural on the walls we'll have a nice background! Then, once that room is done, we'll move our bedroom furniture into there and paint our room.
And now for something completely different:
The summer parties have kicked off too! We had our family installment of our housewarming parties May 17. That went really well. We did a potluck and a lot of Jake's family showed up. My parents and Jane and Arthur were there as well. It turned out to be a nice day weather-wise, so a lot of the party was outside. The kids enjoyed going to the park down the street.
Heather and Evan had their joint b-day party this past weekend. They did a tea party (drinking, not tossing)with finger foods. There were so many people there! We eventually moved the party outside for an impromptu game of Frisbee.
This coming weekend is Missy's graduation party. She also just got a job at Bridgewater! I'm excited. I'm sure I'll have more to report after that.
So, I'm just trying to keep my head up and focus on all these positives to try to offset the start of my summer mourning period.
Until then, I leave you with this:
Thursday, May 21, 2009
May Cool Cucumber Soup
Cool Cucumber Soup
Ingredients:
2 tsp vegetable oil
5 cucumbers, chopped
3 cloves garlic
2 onions, diced
2 1/2 cups vegetable broth
1/4 cup chopped fresh dill
pepper to taste
1 cup soy milk
Preparation:
In a large saucepan, heat the oil over medium heat and sautee the cucumbers, garlic, and onions until onions are transparent, about 6 minutes. Add the broth and simmer until the cucumber is soft, about 15 to 20 minutes.
Remove the soup from the heat and transfer to a blender or food processor and blend until smooth. While the mixture is still warm, stir in the dill and season with pepper.
Chill. Stir in the soy milk just before serving.
Ingredients:
2 tsp vegetable oil
5 cucumbers, chopped
3 cloves garlic
2 onions, diced
2 1/2 cups vegetable broth
1/4 cup chopped fresh dill
pepper to taste
1 cup soy milk
Preparation:
In a large saucepan, heat the oil over medium heat and sautee the cucumbers, garlic, and onions until onions are transparent, about 6 minutes. Add the broth and simmer until the cucumber is soft, about 15 to 20 minutes.
Remove the soup from the heat and transfer to a blender or food processor and blend until smooth. While the mixture is still warm, stir in the dill and season with pepper.
Chill. Stir in the soy milk just before serving.
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