Midnight Pie

Once or twice a year I make pie crust and then roll it to approximate size of a pie on parchment paper and place in the freezer.

Then when I decide at midnight (like last night) or some other time to bake a pie, I take it out, defrost, put in the pie dish and bake.  Instant pie!

This one is a coconut cream pie, and I browned the coconut at the same time as the pie was baking, and the filling was being made.

It was YUMMY!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Chocolate Apricots

Every time I start to recover from being ill the first thing I crave after eating toast is apricots and then chocolate.  It is must be some electrolyte thing - will have to ask the food scientists I work with...

I used my bagged apricots and then dipped them in my Lindt Piccoli Couverture Chocolate Buttons that up until recently I obtained from my friend.  As of this evening I have found out that the Lindt Factory Outlet at South Edmonton Common carries these!  SCORE!!!!

It was a wonderful trip to the store.

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Guest Bed Quilt

I made this quilt a few years ago.  Although it is not the prettiest quilt out there, I still like it as it is one of the first ones that I made.  I got the snowman fabric because I liked it, and then found colors that worked with it to make giant 9 patch squares.  It is a king sized quilt so it covers the guest bed nicely, and I think makes it look Christmasy!  The backing of course is a cozy snowman flannel, and makes the whole quilt super cuddly.  Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

What's for Breakfast???

So, apparently my son is tired of oatmeal for breakfast!  This morning he asked not to have it.  When I asked him what he wanted he reminded me of these things.

I have no idea what they are called, they are something that he ate at a restaurant in the honestly the middle of nowhere Arizona or New Mexico one day when we were on vacation down there and it was too hot to cook breakfast in the camper trailer.

They are basically two tortilla's with a layer of grated cheese between them, and a cut out for the fried egg.  

Fry in your frying pan, and serve with salsa, avocado, and a glass of milk and you have a complete breakfast!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

The Mysterious Peppermint Cupcakes....

After an entire weekend of having some kind of gastric "bug" I decided I wanted peppermint cupcakes!

This is the perfect time of year to make these.

I made a basic chocolate cupcake batter but added a teaspoon of peppermint extract.

I frosted these cupcakes with butter cream frosting, but used a few drops of peppermint extract in it also.

Crushed candy canes on top, and quite yummy to add to my diet of toast and Ginger Ale.

Here's hoping tomorrow is a better day.

Now, the mystery.... I went for my camera to take a picture of these and when I returned....22 cupcakes not 24!  Hmmmmm, would a little boy and a husband be the culprits????

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

 

Kathy

Christmas Rag Quilt

If you follow my blog ramblings at all you will know that I love rag quilts.  It is not just because they are really easy to make, and that they are made from flannel.  I love them because they are so cozy, seem so home like and provide comfort just like a bowl of grandma's chicken soup.  I don't think you can feel bad, if you are snuggled in a rag quilt!  I found this pack of fabrics a couple of years ago at Sew Divine and of course could not leave it behind.  Once I got it home, I figured I better put it to use, otherwise it would just become more fabric in the stash (fabric - not cookie).  So, the easiest thing to do is make a rag quilt and that is what I did and this is the end result.  Thought about giving it to my grandma for Christmas, but because it was flannel and cozy my son absorbed it into the quilt pile on his bed, alas, it never made it to grandma.  Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Snowman Pillowcase

I have some of this fabric left over from a quilt I am working on.  What to do with it???

Make a pillowcase of course.  

I love this fabric because it is green for Christmas, has snowmen, snowflakes and musical instruments on it!  It just makes me happy.

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy