This stuff is like liquid gold . . .
Use as a dipping oil for bread. Drizzle on pizza. Add a little when browning hamburger and onions for spaghetti sauce to give your sauce some extra flavor. You can use it anytime in place of olive oil when you want to add some spice. It is super simple to make and smells heavenly!
1/2 cup Olive Oil (any kind, does not need to be extra virgin)
2 teaspoons Paprika
2 teaspoons Red Pepper Flakes
2 cloves Garlic, coarsely chopped
1/4 teaspoon Salt
Bring all ingredients to a boil in a small saucepan over medium heat. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 10 minutes. Remove pan from heat and let cool for 30 minutes before using.
Store in a jar in the refrigerator. It will keep for 3 months. There will be some separation and the oil will thicken as it chills, so remove it from the refrigerator an hour or so before using and stir well.
Enjoy!
A long time ago I bought some "Fat Annie" roving (a Texel/Cotswold cross) from The Crazy Sheep Lady at Punkin's Patch. A lovely white roving. It never crossed my mind to take a picture (that's how long ago it was).
Some time ago I dyed the roving using Country Classic Dyes, some Saran Wrap and a large dye pot. It crossed my mind to take a picture, but it never happened.
Recently, I spun about 1 ounce of the green-dyed roving and 1 ounce of the blue/green-dyed roving and then made this 2-ply yarn (about 130 yards). The colors remind me of a peacock.
I wanted knit something simple and quick to see if I was on track with my dying and spinning skills (eek). So last month I picked the chevron and eyelet pattern from Vogue Knitting: The Ultimate Knitting Book, decided on a 4-stitch garter border to help it lie flat, grabbed my Size 7 DPN's and cast on. It ended up being 3 1/2 inches x 80 inches. I could not stop knitting this pattern over and over again! And now I have this scarf to keep me warm . . .
Ta-Da!
This was my perspective at 8:15 a.m. last Saturday morning while attending a Virginia Baptist Handbell Festival with the Brandermill Church Branderbell Ding-a-Lings Choir.
We put in lots of hard work and practice, and made some beautiful music. Did you know when you ring a bell, the sound comes out of the side of the casing not the top?
Our Branderbell Choir director gave us each a goodie bag like this . . .
Inside was a bottle of water for those rare breaks during practice, munchies to sustain us until lunch and something no goodie bag would be complete without -- chocolate! Thanks, Dawn!
Wait! Are those knitting needles in my lap? Well, of course. I will share more about that later.
So glad to finally be able to share these pictures...
A couple of weeks ago it was snowing at my house and I wanted to go outside. Five minutes later (after scarfing up all the cat food), I wanted to come back inside. While I stood at the back door with Friskies crumbs on my nose and the most pitiful look I could make, my dad took my picture. Now my dad is receiving hate mail. My mom said I had to apologize . . .
Sorry, Dad. *sigh*
Most days life is uneventful. Some days, however, life happens.
