It's Been a Green Month

So I touched the cupboard with my bumper a little bit.

Shit!  Double Shit!

Doesn't look that bad....Bad.....but not that bad.

Thank God for having a neighbor who is willing to help me out.

Not bad ..............until you look on the other side of the wall

Adam says this looks like America

You'd never think one little stud  could  cause this much damage.

Holy Shit!

The hole isn't big enough.....gotta meet the studs.

 

 Finally Done

And of course there has to be an electrical plug in the way

And look at what lies behind your drywall with crooked studs

So much for inspections when houses are built.

Where is Mike Holmes?

 New Stud in Little Hole

New Drywall

Tape and Mud

It's a really bad way, but a fast way to get your garage cleaned out and painted.

Fast...only if you know people who can do this work.

I drove thru drywall and made my dills in the same month

Bitchin' Stitchin

One gir'ls "garbage" can become another ones" fashion statement".

One of my clients came in today with this  purse crocheted out of plastic yarn from

 "Giant Tiger plastic bags"

 to match her yellow outfit. 

 Unbelievable!!!

My Jesse Jeans

These will be great with fall boots. The black "Kiss Me Jegging "jeans are really great too.

Can throw out my leggings.

Who'da thought????

And they are made in Jordan.

Baba's best Banana Blueberry Muffins with Crumb Tops, Evah!

Best Banana Blueberry Muffins Evah!

I know that everyone can make blueberry or banana muffins but these are the best because I just whipped up this little idea of my own.

I hate dry muffins. I hate heavy muffins. Sometimes there is no butter and your muffin is too dry.  Sometimes the muffin is just too bland. Sometimes they are too sweet and sometimes too crumbly.  Now the stores are full of reasonably priced gorgeous, humungus blueberries( but they are still tarty).  And bananas...what the hell is with the bananas?  They turn brown in 3 days.

So try this.

1 ¾ cups flour

1 tsp. baking soda

¼ tsp. salt

½ cup soft butter

1 cup sugar

2 eggs

¼ cup sour cream

1 ½ cups mashed bananas( 3 bananas are just a smidge over)

Crumb Topping

I make mine in advance and keep in the fridge so it remains crumby.

1/3 cup brown sugar

2 tbsp. flour

1/8 tsp. cinnamon

1 tbsp. cold butter cut in (make sure your butter is cold)

Mix flour, soda and salt in bowl. In another bowl mix butter, sugar, eggs, mashed bananas,and sour cream.  Mix in flour and gently fold in blueberries.  Fresh blueberries won’t turn your batter blue like frozen ones but you still have to be gentle because they are so big and juicy. Put your batter in muffin liners with an ice cream scooper and if some look like they’re screamin’ for another blueberry...press a few more inside batter. Sprinkle topping on each muffin and bake at 375 for 20-25 minutes. Let cool in muffin tins. 12 big muffins. When muffins are cool, store in an airtight plastic container.  This also keeps the crumb topping moist and they are a delight to eat because you're not wearing the crumbs.  Great lunch muffins and great with coffee.

See in above picture how moist the crumb topping is from last night.

Glampingbaba's Slowcooker Borsch

Glampingbaba's Slowcooker Borsch 

3 raw chicken legs

4 cups diced raw beets

2 cups diced new potatoes

1 cup diced new carrots

1 can( 19 oz.) Diced Tomatoes

1 ½ cups finely shredded new cabbage

2 small new onions diced

3 cloves garlic chopped up

8 cups water or enough to cover

1 tbsp. Fresh chopped dill

1 tsp. salt

Pepper

1 tbsp. Parsley

3 tbsp. butter

3 tbsp. Vinegar

Sour cream or whipping cream

A loaf of unsliced white bread and butter.

Best way is to cut up your veggies the night before with a nice glass of cold wine...or a can of frosty beer if you’re really into chopping. 

Dicers drink wine...Choppers drink beer.

 Put everything in the fridge so it’s ready the next day just to pop in your slow cooker. Put on some Polish ( Ukrainian)music ......a must. Your borsch won’t have that authentic taste unless your veggies are prepared or simmered against the proper background.

Or you can be a true cook and do everything all at once.  You choose.

Dice or chop up all the veggies.

Fry diced onion and garlic in 3 tbsp. butter until nicely sautéed.  Adds to the aroma of the procedure.

Put all veggies in your slow cooker, add diced tomatoes, sautéed onion and garlic, and all the rest, lay chicken legs on top, add dill, parsley, salt and pepper, vinegar and enough water to cover everything.

Simmer on High for 4 hours.......I simmered on High for 3 and 1 hour on Low.

Or you can chop and dice the night before, get tipsy...turn your Crockpot to Low for 8 hours, while you sleep.

When borsch is ready you can remove chicken drumsticks and cut up small pieces of meat for your soup or discard it....but that would be a shame.

 

Add a bit of sour cream or sweet whipping cream to the hot mixture just to turn it a bit creamy.  Butter a slice of bread and you have an authentic borsch dish.

If this is too much.... cut your recipe veggies in half and use 1 drumstick....just for a nicer flavour.

Gorgeous Eye Candy for Feet

Oh to be young .....and have the legs and feet to wear these shoes.....and the $2800 to buy them by designer Gianmarco Lorenzi. In  my next life I want  to wear these....as I am sure I wore them in my last life.