I wonder...

I wonder how many blogs there are that have one or two posts on them and then the blogger never blogged again? I hope mine will not be like that. I've made it to five!

Card making??

I love cards and real mail. I never get any but I sure send them. My mom made me send cards to everyone all the time as a kid. I did not like it much then, now I am a card-aholic. I've always wanted to make my own cards, stationary and other paper things, Etsy style. Unfortunately I am not creative, I have terrible handwriting, and I lack the much needed tools to make up for my short comings. So I got a box of cards and matching envelopes from Target 9 bucks for a zillion of them if a lovely array of colors. I got a stamp from the clearance section, some glitter and a few of those scissors that cut cool wavy crinkly lines and I got to work. Cut around the edges with wavy scissors, stamp the middle, pour glitter on top, dry, pour glitter back into glitter jar and you have got a pretty nice handmade card. Sign, seal, deliver.

German Roast

A hankering for Germany.

I lived in Germany for 3 years and I loved it. Fall and Winter just take me back. October in Texas though not as crisp and fall-like makes me remember the smells of the streets of Heidelberg. Roasting meats, hot apple strudel, potato pancakes and apple sauce, cabbage...the nose can take you back to anyplace for a second if you catch the right whiff! So I was ready to pack up Julianna and head out to The Bavarian Bakery and Cafe or to Greenwoods for lunch. Since we are trying not to spend every last penny I looked in the refrigerator and found a half a head of red cabbage (leftover from fish tacos) and a jar of unsweetened apple sauce and a jar of caraway seeds. Shredded the cabbage, added apple cider vinegar, sugar, salt, pepper, a little apple sauce and some caraway seeds to a giant pot. Boil, low heat 3 hours. Headed out to the market for a few more things to make my German masterpiece. Picked up a pork roast, some fat carrots, organic canned pumpkin (for a later treat), and a cute cardigan (hey it was Target). Ran home and in 10 minutes I threw 2 sliced onions, pork, 5 peeled and sliced carrots, salt, pepper, touch of olive oil over the top of the meat, splash of white wine, water, touch of milk, lots of caraway seeds, a chicken bouillon cube (no msg), in a roasting pan. Covered in the oven on 400. Then I dashed off to take Julianna to music class and I actually made it on time! When I came home the house smelled like a cool German evening with delicious swirling all around. Checked it, added a touch more water, and some apple sauce took the meat out and put it on a sheet pan to finish browning. Stirred rediculously good smelling red cabbage and whipped up a batch of instant mashed potatoes. I was planning on making homemade potato dumpling but there was no time and as my husband said while eating this dinner "Instant mashed potatoes are better than no mashed potatoes!" So we ate it and it was rad. We have leftovers, lots of leftovers so I might try making the dumplings with the leftovers. We have so much cabbage I don't know what to do!

What the Fluff?

My husband suggested I start a food blog. I love to cook, he likes what I cook. I might add other stuff too. I thought I would treat it more like a multimedia journal, I don't expect anyone but myself to read it. Here goes.