Sunday Food and Pets

Hello Friends :)

How is your Sunday? Mine is quiet. It's raining cats and dogs so the weekenders are all gone, it's bliss! :) I've been making cheese again, this time I made a really nice goat cheese. It was delicious! It's a lot milder than the store-bought goat cheese. I'm definitely going to make this again! (I'll post the recipe in the next week or so on Rainy Day Cheese Making!)

Speaking of cats and dogs, look what I stumbled on one morning! Baby Oscar and Leo are getting some sun while I do my yoga!

I haven't been posting too much about food lately, so I thought I'd do that today.  I've been really busy re-doing my recipe page. I decided to make printable recipes available - like this one. It's a big undertaking but I think it'll keep me busy during the long winter months!! My recipe page is under construction, it's available but lots of recipes are missing, so if you're looking for something, please contact me! (I have a contact form on the right side bar!)

I made a really nice Oatmeal Maple Bread from a cookbook called The New Enchanted Broccoli Forest.

I told my friend Joyce that I was in desperate need of vegetarian recipes and she sent me this cookbook. Along with so many very nice gifts, my favourite are these:

She is such a sweet woman, go check out her blog Octoberfarm. She has so many delicious recipes on there and writes about her life and her two cute Chow Chow dogs Winnie and Willie! Thanks so much Joyce! 💛

Alex ordered his dream guitar a few months ago. He's been waiting for it to be shipped from California and it's been a long wait for him. We are supposed to get a phone call next week so we can go to the music store and pick it up. In the meantime I decided to make him a guitar cake.

Be gentle with your comments please lol...this was my first attempt at any kind of designer-ish cake! I made it with my Carrot Cake recipe and frosted it with my Brown Sugar and Cream Cheese Frosting. My hands were pretty shaky when I made the shapes - just out of melted chocolate. The strings are licorice. I think next time (and there WILL be a next time!) I make a designer cake, I'll use  a butter based frosting and I'll practice first! Alex loved it!

We had the cake with a few cocktails. A Vanilla Flip (made with brandy, an egg white and sugar) and an Old Fashioned (made with bourbon, simple syrup and some spices).

A few nights ago, I had pent up energy (it's all gone now!) so I made a Chinese food dinner. Sweet and Sour Cauliflower, Garlic Noodles and Stir Fried Rice. There were plenty of leftovers!

We have basically switched our diet to a vegetarian one with the occasional meat products like broths and some sauces. A great vegetarian meal is Mashed Potato Quesadillas.

Look at that potato and cheese all melty and yummy! :) I served this with my Homemade Salsa and Homemade Sour Cream.

And what food post would be complete without my Poutine? :) It's all about the cheese my friends!

My sciatica and piriformis pain flared up a little this week so I spent a few days in bed to recover. I get up for two minutes to get a snack and look what I come back to!!

I harvested my garlic yesterday. It's sitting outside curing for a few weeks. The harvest was quite poor this summer, but that's life! Speaking of Harvest, that's the theme for this Thursday's art date! See you then!