Slow Cooker Split Pea Sausage Soup

"What's for dinner" is a question that is often asked around my house.  Well, yesterday I decided to be proactive in regards to this question.  While rummaging (yes, I do that) in my cupboard I found a good Saskatchewan staple - yellow split peas and red lentils!  Not quite enough for any particular recipe, but if I combined them (oh what a pun! - okay outsiders will not get it, but it is funny), I could make soup.  

A quick look in the other cupboard for my Pulses Cooking with beans, peas, lentils and chickpeas booklet and dinner is served.  I of course substituted the smoked sausage with some turkey sausage that I found at Safeway, and topped it off with cheese just before presentation on the dinner table.

My son loved it and ate it all, and even my husband had a second serving!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Oh S"crap"! It's Monday...

Well, it's that time of week again, time to use up some scraps!

Of course last night it was also time to make muffins for lunches so I got out my Mostly Muffins cook book and made the Basic Oatmeal Muffins.

However, there was this bag of left over wild blueberries sitting ever close to the precipice of the refrigerator freezer and rather than have a casualty with my accident prone brother I added the blueberries to the muffin batch.

Fresh from the oven, these muffins taste just like a bowl of warm oatmeal!

Hope this inspires your own creativity....

Kathy

Blush Table Runner

I finally finished my Blush Table Runner last night.  I got this kit last spring from The Quilt Patch, and after numerous "starts" I finally got it done.

The top piecing came along easily enough, it was the quilting that got me stuck.

Last week I finally just decided that I would free motion quilt it myself, and I did.  By the time I was done, I was quite proud of myself because I did an all over stitch between the flowers, and then outlined, and highlighted all of the flower parts.  It turned out to be quite fun, and when we were in Canmore last week, I spied the new toy that I want:  HQ Sweet Sixteen!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Knitting in the Toyota (again/still)

I'm knitting in the Toyota (either still, or again)!

It's Thursday and of course that means my son has riding lessons.  While my son rides, I knit.  Now, I am not a bad parent for knitting in the car while he rides, I simply have to do this as I am VERY asthmatic to horses.  I have tried wearing the N 95 Respirator, however, it frightens the horses as well as the other parents who think I am contagious.
While in Canmore last week of course I went to Knit and Caboodle to look at all the pretty yarns.  Of course I took home a few, but this one in particular I thought was extra FUN.
This yarn is made by Biscotte & Cie.  It is a company based out of Quebec so of course the web page is en francais.  The laugh here is that "Mon français n'est pas très bon", and I attempted for quite some time to read the web page and even navigate the blog until my son asked my why I did not push the ENGLISH link in the upper right hand corner of the page!  DUH.....
The name of this yarn is: CUPCAKE!  See, why I love it?
I started a pair of socks with it on the way home from Canmore, however, I fell asleep between Cochrane and Red Deer, so not much was done until today.
This is a picture of my son and the ducks that gathered around him by Spring Creek.  He is such a gentle soul...

 Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

I'm Bored

Yesterday evening while waiting for my son's school uniform pants to dry (at 2300 hours), I decided to play with my new Stampin Up toys that arrived last week.

The Winter Memories stamp set was a must for me as it reminds me of this old sled we had found in an old barn at one time, and my brother and I played on it until I think it just dissolved (or however wood matter just disappears with age).

I also loved the Woodgrain embossing folder, well, just because.

I stamped the image and colored it with my Stampin' Write markers.  I used Dazzling Details in clear and Cherry Cobbler colors because everything is better with rainbows and lollipops and unicorns and GLITTER, and finally a brad in the middle of the big bow to make it BIG.

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Quinoa Burgers

I bought a really big bag of Quinoa at Costco recently.

What to do with it?  Make burgers!

For dinner last night we had Quinoa burgers with Tzatziki Sauce, and a pepper/cucumber salad.

I think it was delicious!

Here's how to make Quinoa Burgers:

2 cups of cooked Quinoa

3 eggs,

1/2 cup cottage cheese

1 cup shredded cheese

green onion chopped

1 small shredded carrot

1 tbsp ground flax seeds
3 tbsp flour
1 tbsp sugar
salt/pepper/garlic powder to taste

Mix all ingredients together.  Drop by ice cream scoop into hot frying pan with 1 tbsp canola oil.  Cook for about 5 minutes on each side on medium heat.

Serve with Tzatziki Sauce and enjoy!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Knitting in the Toyota (again)

This weekend while en route to Canmore I finished an Estelle Yarn Frill Seeker scarf!

I had actually picked up the yarn almost a year ago at River City Yarns when they had a BIG shipment of this yarn come in.

It took a few attempts to start on this, but after a few trials I got it!  This is definitely not a beginner project.

I actually plan to give this one away to a friend.  Hope she likes it.

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy