Birthday Quilting blocks

Birthday blocks~2 on the left by a good friend,and the 5 blocks on the right made by Dil and Leah .    Altho my youngest did not make a block they added him name to one of the blocks !! He was busy in the kitchen helping his brother make the chocolate cake !!! Will post another block I received in the mail it is fabulous !!!

MY Birthday Cake

Isn't this an awesome cake made by my son Nicholas, his wife and good friend. Thanks son for an awesome cake to CUTE for words !!! It was spooktacular cake !!!!!!!

Buttermilk Fried Tofu

Take a container of firm Tofu drain liquid then place on a clean tea towel and press till all the water is out of Tofu. This step is important to have a good dry tofu when adding the cornstarch and batter.Cut Tofu into cubes and add to a bowl and add 1/3 cup of cornstarch and toss lightly. Set aside and make a batter of  1~ 1/2 cups of flour, one egg , 1/2 teaspoon baking powder,3/4 cup of buttermilk and mix. This batter will look like a pancake batter. Any left over batter I keep for the next day to use for other veggies.    NOTE~ I use egg beaters so I pour just enough egg to look like a yolk of one real egg,and then add the white of one egg. I never miss the yolk of the real egg.

Prepare a deep skillet with 1/4 cup of olive oil and 2 Tablespoons of vegetable oil,1 Tablespoon butter.
Heat on medium till hot and as your skillet heats ready a plate with paper towel to drain the tofu when you take them out of the hot skillet.

OK here we go ,your skillet is ready to go~ dip 7 top 8 pieces of tofu in your batter mix shake off excess batter and start placing  in the hot oil pan . Watch carefully as you cook,and do not over crowd your pan. I usually use two forks to turn the Tofu pieces as it is easier not to break up the Tofu as it cooks.

When finished cooking move the Tofu to a serving dish sprinkle with sea salt,and a dash of paprika on the hot tofu pieces. I usual serve with my favorite
 sweet and sour sauce or Indian chutney.
 For a kick it up a knotch my family likes for me to add pepper flakes to the batter for a spicey flavor.

When I make my Banana Donuts I use the same batter but I add the seeds of one vanilla bean~  Yumme !!!

Grilled Eggplant Casserole

Had a GREAT time cooking in the kitchen with my youngest son . We always serve english cucumbers with this dinner and french bread~

Cinnamon Banana donuts

Bananas dipped in a batter flavored with a vanilla bean ,and fried up with cinnamon sugar

Sweet Potato Ravoli With Mushrooms

family  enjoyed the homemade supper

Chocolate Cake with Peanut Butter Chocolate Icing

What can I say it was FABULOUS ~

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Love the melted chocolate and the pecans. Sometime I also use walnuts with butterscotch pieces  :0

Getting ready for Halloween

Table all set ,so I am ready for the festivities! All I have to do it get the yard ready , the day turns into night and the trick or treats arrive at the front door !

Pumpkin Son

What can I say ? He loves apples and has a bit of humor like his mom !!

Gravey & Biscuit

Oh my .......words cannot begin to tell you how good this was on the scale of 1 to 10 ! Lip smacking GOOD !

Birthday Breakfast

Thanks to my middle son for the great breakfast out a veggie omelette,home fries and gravy/biscuit!!!

Birthday Supper

Yumme. I always seem to get the salmon it was so good the whole meal !

Birthday Cake

3 ghost on top with chocolate trees decorated in red sugar and a caldron in the middle with a witches spoon stuck in the caldron . Too cute !! Mummy below peeking out from under his wrappings.

Birthday gifts from family

Food from Germany and Austria,rose soap and a herb soap from oldest son & family,candy corn candle from Leah and Ryan,tinker bell statue,beatle patches,hand cream,pop rocks and hot chocolate mix from middle son and his wife,younger son gift coming thru the mail,hubby gave me a D & B back pack, perfume,and sewing magazines,and face cream.

Mushroom / Eggplant Grill

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My Garden Helper

                                          I miss my gardener she had to go back home to get ready for school. !!!

Youngest granddaughter playing

                                                       Summer time Fun in the park

Sea Breeze Knitting

    Turquoise and white scarf I am trying to finish before cold weather sets! Love my wooden knitting needles!

Burger Time

                                           Wrap your energy around this for dinner time~

Sweet Potato's

A wonderful dessert of baked orange and white sweet potato's topped with a little brown sugar,ground ginger and cinnamon. Love sweet potato pie,just make a crust and add whip cream on top when serving ~Yumme

Where Are The Cobblers you ask?

Hey that's a great question!  Will post some next week some of my families favorite cobblers. My favorite is a blackberry or blueberry cobbler. Wait a minute I also like peach cobbler,and strawberry /rhubarb cobbler,or my mango/papaya cobbler.  Gosh I think I am hungry for a cobbler :) but tomorrow it is all about that Birthday cake LOL.

 ciao for now  time for Amazing Race tv show~

Knitting time

It is time for cold weather so back to knitting my scarves !!!!

My Charm dolls

You Go Girl

My granddaughter doing some rock climbing! This will give her confidence up thru out her life. Keep it up ,Mama is proud of you !!!

Vietnamese Lunch

Afternoon lunch...yumme!

Vegas Baby

Love going to Vegas just to see what is new,and the food is fabulous! I love going to the shows and the best is Marie & Donny ! Cozy and quaint atmosphere for the show!

All Dolled Up !!!

Here is a sweet doll I made and gave away! She is too cute so have to make more of them in different clothes. It was so much fun crafting her !!!

Almond Jell

2 cups of whole organic milk
1 cup boiling water
2 packages of unflavored gelatin
1 1/2 teaspoon almond flavoring

Dissolve gelatin in boiling water ,add milk and the almond flavoring.
Chill in a square pan until firm.

Remove from refrigerator, cut almond jell into squares add to a bowl.

Add Lychee nuts and syrup, mandarain oranges, maraschino cherries.
Top dessert with toasted almond slices. You can also use any fresh fruit that is in season. I used fresh peaches. Enjoy ~~

Happy Birthday to my good friend !!!

Supper time dinner made by my youngest son! It was soooooo good!