Olive Oil Mayonnaise

I  love olive oil mayo! I ran out in the middle of a yucky rainy day and decided to make my own, instead of going out in the damp. I looked through a few different cookbooks and took the best of each to come up with this recipe.

1 whole egg, 1/2 tsp. salt, 1/2 tsp. sugar, dash of Old Bay Seasoning, 

2 TBSP vinegar or lemon juice, 1/2 cup vegetable oil and 1/2 cup olive oil in one measuring cup.

In blender add egg, salt, sugar, seasoning, vinegar and 2 TBSP of the oil. 

Pulse 5 or 6 times to blend smooth.

On the "blend" speed, SLOWLY DRIZZLE oil until thick and creamy.

You may have to stop and scrape, once, when it gets thick, 

so it will blend the rest of the oil.

Spoon into a jar and refrigerate immediately. It makes a little more than a cup. I don't know how long it will last, because we go through it in a week. 

I have made this every Saturday afternoon, lately. 

Sew Many Projects

Busy hands...

Dish cloths 

(had to do something with all the scraps from the rag quilt)

 Fall quilt top for DD

(She chose the fabric and helped cut)

 Rag bag for the garage

(DH loved this and worked on organizing the garage for a whole day)

 Rag quilt finally finished!

(I am still finding strings in the washer)

I have a few Christmas projects on the sewing table and will post about them when I can get DD to get the pics off my phone. The phone and my dinosaur laptop are nowhere near compatible...LOL! 

Have a great week!

Stashbuster Potholder

Just a quick little job to use up some leftover terrycloth from the rag quilt project, that I am procrastinating on finishing. This was my inspiration.

My DH is home for a week's worth of vacation, so I doubt much will get done around here...LOL!

Have a great week!

Breaking Needles

This is what I have broken a rotary blade and 4 needles on...

I should have it finished and ready to show early next week.

Green Tomato Strawberry Jam

This is a quick recipe and it really is good. I have the bread machine running and the family is excited to have this jam on toast for breakfast.


5 cups green tomatoes, cored and diced in blender
4 cups sugar
1 lg. package Strawberry Jello


Boil tomatoes and sugar in large sauce pan for 20-30 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in Jello for 3 minutes. Put in hot jars or freezer containers and refrigerate or freeze. 
Note: I used all the green tomatoes I picked that were too small to fry and a bunch of green cherry tomatoes. This was a great way to use the last of the harvest instead of wasting them.

Enjoy!

Banana Yummies

I don't know what else to call these...lol...I just had to use the bananas, so I made this up as I went along. The family isn't thrilled with muffins and they are sick of bread. I am out of baking powder, so cake is out. After these came out of the oven, DD ate them warm with butter and DH ate his as a platform for ice cream. I just ate two squares by themselves and was very happy...lol! Pictures then recipe...

1/4 cup milk

3 eggs, beaten

3 bananas, mashed

2 TBSP syrup 

1 tsp vanilla

2 cups flour

1 tsp salt

1/2 cup sugar

1 tsp baking soda

1 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped

cinnamon sugar

Preheat oven to 350. Line jelly roll pan with parchment paper and grease lightly or just well grease the pan. 

Mix wet ingredients together in medium bowl.

Sift dry ingredients together in large bowl. Add nuts and stir until coated.

Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix well, like a batter.

Spread in pan and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar, to taste.

Bake for 15 minutes, let cool 1 minute, cut in pan with pizza cutter.

Eat and Enjoy!

Friday Night Fun

We went to the music store for another 5 guitar rack and I found out I like the bass guitar.

After getting the rack, 4 straps, a  new guitar for DH, I was surprised to find him putting the bass and an amp on the counter! I can't wait to learn how to play! It looks good on my sofa. 

I will post some pics and maybe a video as soon as I won't embarrass myself...LOL! I think I will sew a dust cover for it.

Have A Great Weekend!

Fabulous Prizes, Painting, Stash Buster and the Garden

Here are the pics of the prizes that were here when I came home!
This came from Janet at I Heart My Glue Gun, it is hanging above our vanity as a great reminder for each day.

This bag was from Alaundra at create., I took it to the Styx concert and it held our blanket, water, wallets, purse stuff, cellphones and concert crap without straining it's seams!

These magnets and pins are from Jamie at Day & Age Design. They have helped me start organizing the fridge door!

I painted the chairs, but we are still deciding which of the two colors to paint the table. In the meantime, I found a tablecloth and a couple matching bucket candles at the dollar store. 

I cut some fish and bubbles out of this flannel and then let DD play with sewing them on a pillow front. She had fun and it got her a little more familiar with the machine. She prefers hand sewing. I finished it up and she is using it as a book rest as I type...LOL!

This groundhog, affectionately named "Paulie", is trying to put on his winter weight in the garden. 

Coming out of his grocery store...

Bok choy before...

Bok choy after...

Happily I had cut about half the bok choy the day before, so we did get to enjoy some of it...LOL!

How was everyone else's week?

My New Toy!

This is my new toy! I will be doing a real post later, I just wanted to show everyone how much fun I am having, instead of sewing or cleaning or laundry or anything else I should be doing...LOL!

Have a great weekend!

Zucchini Orange Bread

This comes from my well-worn, duct-taped 1989 Pillsbury Cook Book.  I use this book almost as much as my 1965 Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book and my 1956 Betty Crocker's Picture Cook Book.


Ingredients:

4 eggs, 1 1/2 cups sugar, 3/4 cup oil, 2/3 cup orange juice, 2 cups lightly packed shredded zucchini, 3 1/4 cups flour, 1 1/2 tsp baking powder, 1 1/2 tsp baking soda, 1 tsp salt, grated peel of 1 orange, 2 1/2 tsp cinnamon, 1/2 tsp ground cloves.


Utensils:

Grease and flour bottoms only of 2 loaf pans.

Heat oven to 350.


In small bowl, sift dry ingredients, except sugar.

In large bowl, beat eggs until thick and lemon colored; gradually beat in sugar.

Mix in oil, orange juice, orange peel and zucchini.

Stir in contents of small bowl and mix well.

It should be smooth like cake batter with shredded veggies clinging to your spoon.


Divide evenly between pans.

Bake for 45 to 55 minutes or until toothpick comes out of center clean. 


Cool on rack 10 minutes.

Remove from pan and cool slightly. Wrap tightly and store in fridge.