I Remembered to Fertilize the Rose Bushes

Hi Kat. Happy Spring.

Yummy . . .

If anyone knows me, they know I watch FoodTV. It's the first channel I go to when I turn on the set. Yesterday, Natalie and I sat down to a show of Ham on the Street. The host of the show, George Duran, is continually challenging tradition with his "outside the box" recipes. This particular show he tried convincing his viewers that any choice of bread, cheese, and jelly would make a good tasting grilled sandwich by playing his invented game grilled cheese and jelly lotto where he had three tumbling machines full of lotto balls; one with balls listing different types of bread, one with cheeses and one with jellies. Passersby were asked to choose lotto balls from each machine, then George cooked them up a sandwich with the ingredients chosen. You can check out the FoodTV site to see the list of ingredients on the balls he had in his lotto machines. There was a rye, havarti and apricot sandwich made, a challah, brie and strawberry and a whole wheat, bleu cheese and hot pepper jelly during the show and the passersby were each thrilled with their uniquely different sandwich. So, today we tried our own version of the grilled cheese and jelly sandwich. We made swiss apricot, American strawberry, swiss strawberry and American apricot all on whole wheat. We all tried them and everyone said, "Mmmm good".

See for yourself, make one today.

No. 5

Robert Ernest Rice

John and I traveled to Minnesota last Tuesday. His grandfather, Robert Ernest Rice, died early Saturday morning after 98 years of joyous living. We went to join in celebrating his life, mourning our loss and catching up with family. We returned home Thursday afternoon.




Until we meet again, Grandpa Bob, in God's Kingdom.

This One Is For Erin

This one is for Erin. I was inspired when she told me she was remodeling her Airstream kitchen in turquoise.




Have fun in Florida Erin.

Black Bean Soup

Mary Anne from work gave me this recipe. It's easy and delicious.
Thanks Mary Anne!

Black Bean and Salsa Soup

Ingredients:
2 cans black beans, drained and rinsed
1 can vegetable broth (chicken will work too)
1 cup chunky salsa
1 cup corn (fresh, frozen or canned will work)
1 teaspoon ground cumin
maybe a little garlic
sour cream
green onion



Combine beans, broth, salsa and cumin. Blend until fairly smooth (I used a stick blender right in the pot, but a regular blender or food processor will work). Add corn, heat through. Ladle into bowls. Garnish with sour cream, chopped green onion and salsa if any is leftover.

TA-DA! I served mine with corn chips and sliced avocado. Yum!


Enjoy!

Are You Wearing Your Green Today?

No. 3

I'm obsessed.


This is the third and last designer dishcloth pattern out of the little pattern book I've been using. This pattern is knit 3 purl 1 to the end of the row, knit a row, repeat until the desired length is achieved.