Marinated Mushrooms

I love having quick items to pull out of my fridge for a makeshift lunch. I often gather up small pieces of cheese, pickles, olives, crackers, turkey breast or whatever I think looks good. These marinated mushrooms are currently on the top of my lunch list, enjoy!

12oz cremini mushrooms, cleaned with stem ends removed

2T lemon juice
1T balsamic vinegar
1T brown rice vinegar
3T chopped fresh cilantro
1/2t minced garlic
1/2t salt
1/8t-1/4t ground black pepper

6T extra virgin olive oil

Place prepared mushrooms in a 8x8 dish so that all of the mushrooms lay flat.

In a glass bowl mix together lemon juice, vinegars, cilantro, garlic, salt, pepper and whisk until well combined. In a steady stream add the olive oil while whisking and continue whisking until all of the ingredients are emulsified.

Pour marinade over mushrooms and stir so they are all well coated. Let sit over night to absorb all flavors before eating.

Holidays at the lake

Chanukah

This is my boy helping to mix up the batter for our Hanukah jelly donuts. It was the first time I made them and it was a good experience.

Next year I will know to roll the dough even thinner. Althought the doughnuts tasted good they got a little over cooked simply becasue the dough was too thick and it took too long for the insdie to cook properly. Oh well, I'll try again next year.

A lovely latke image. Home made with local potaoes, eggs and onions. These are topped with applesauce and greek yogurt. Ususally I would have used sour cream but I find that the Fage brand 0% fat yogurt is a fantastic replacement and I even like the taste better than sour cream. Of course traditionally edamame are not eaten with latkes but I figured they were what I had avaialble and they were a protein to add to the meal.

Here's our menorah. We got a lot of enjoyment out of lighting it this year.

Flicker Holiday Market

Flicker Holiday Market


Date: Saturday, December 19, 2009

Time: 11:00am - 5:00pm

Location: Flicker Theatre and Bar

Description
hello all. flicker is holding its annual holiday market extravaganza with arts/crafts/foods! come get your last minute shopping on with locally- crafted goodies!some of our talented vendors include: thebeadtanicalgarden, purcell toys, mikulka polish foods, avid bookstore, jim wilson with pies, will eskridge, stephanie blair, don chambers with pies and fortune- telling bleigiessen, amy west, ryan admas, emily pitts with scarves, mary beths and emilys mommy, shes made well, chris creech and some new talents never seen before...

drink specials all day and hope for agoldensummer later in the evening!

Fröhliche Weihnachten und ein gutes neues Jahr!

Athens Locally Crafted

I just updated my membership and listings on the Athens Locally Crafted website. If you know about the Locally Grown movement, well this is pretty much the same idea. You can browse hand crafted items made in your local area (well in the Athens, GA area) but you dont have to live here to order. This is just another way to promote the local economy and get folks sharing their work with others. Check us out at

http://www.athens.locallycrafted.net/

You can find a great sampling of jewelery, holiday cards, soaps and candles, knitwear and a plethora of other items. Happy shopping.

Pumpkin Muffins

Pumpkin Muffins (11/2009)

Ingredients:

2C unbleached white flour
1 ½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
½ tsp cinnamon
¼ tsp ground ginger
Pinch of nutmeg

1/3 C canola oil
2/3 C maple syrup
1 egg
1T vanilla extract
1C cooked pumpkin
½ C Edensoy edenblend

Preheat the oven to 375

In a large bowl sift together dry ingredients.

In a blender add all the liquid ingredients and process until smooth.

Pour wet ingredients into dry and mix with a whisk just until all liquid is absorbed.

Lightly oil a muffin tin and fill each place about halfway.

Bake approximately 35 minutes or until just golden.

Getting ready for the holiday markets this past weekend. I soent many hours emersed in tiny Czech glass beads and wire. I loved it, staying up way too late, looking at all of the colors, imagining how they would all look when finished.


here's my work table as I begin to gather various items together.

my clips in drying mode

flowers and butterflies flow forth, bright vibrant colors, warm, inviting. I took part in two markets this weekend. Friday night at the Railroad Arts District and that was a total blast. Music, fires and a lot of folks. Of course at the end of the night I ran over a hidden railroad tie and blew a tire, exactly the kind of thing that would happen to me. I was glad that my mom was there and sne dout a big thanks to Will and Dan who changed the tire for me. Hoestly, I could have done it myslef, but since they offered...

Then on Saturday and Sunday I wa in the Athens Indie Craftstravaganza. It was downtown in and we had toms of folks on Saturday and yesterday was busy too. There were a lot of crafters there peddling their wares. Little man had a great time and is working on honing his bartering skills when seeing something he wants. I have now repeatedly heard him using the phrase, "My mom makes jewelery, would be interested in a trade?"