Playing Around

I've been channeling the talented Juanita Yeager and painting on soybean-soaked fabric (thanks, Rene'!). I'm not much of an illustrator, but it was fun to try. I'm going to use these to practice free motion quilting and maybe a little thread painting.

These fun Little Monkey blocks are from the Quiltville site. Bonnie has tons of interesting quilt and block patterns using scraps.

This little guy has been on my back porch a while. He's catching gnats, so I guess I'll let him hang out for Halloween.

Check out my Caveman Pops. Now I won't have to go to Disney World just for the turkey legs. They were really good too. First time I've made them in the oven. I usually grill them.

French lentils I can only get at Whole Foods. They are so good! My French grandmother always served lentils with turkey. The regular brown lentils you can buy at the grocery store are also good, but these green French lentils are the bomb. I like lots of garlic in my lentils. Bacon doesn't hurt either.

How about some sauteed spinach too? There's garlic, onion and a bit of olive oil underneath.

Here I am making vegetables unhealthy again. Creamed spinach is yummy. I just splashed a bit of cream in at the last minute. If you want a really decadent creamed spinach recipe, try this one. It's so rich, but totally worth it. Now I'm hungry again. There's leftover lentils and spinach for breakfast. Yum!