food, crochet, merriment
about the glossy ads…
when you think no one is looking…
and you’re completely free to check out the bargains…
or nibble on them.
It’s just so hard to be patient and wait for all those sales…
especially when you’re really hungry right now…
and you still think no one is watching.
But Baby Chompy…here’s something you need to know.
Your good mama is always watching.
Ahhhhhh….don’t you just love having to eat your vegetables?
The original recipe called this “Bread.” Let’s be serious guys—this ain’t bread. Bread is lovely but it tries to behave itself. This little number is moist, chocolatey and positively wicked–with no shame whatsoever.
Cake I tell you…cake.
Now then—tell me again. How many servings of veggies are we suppose to have each and every day? I want to be sure to get them all in.
Heh, heh, heh.
Zucchini Cake
Ingredients
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups white sugar
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
4 eggs
1 1/2 cups softened butter
3 cups grated zucchini
3/4 cup chocolate chips
Instructions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9×13 inch baking pan.
2. In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Add the eggs and butter, mix well. Fold in the chips and zucchini until they are evenly distributed. Pour into the prepared pan.
3. Bake for 50 to 60 minutes in the preheated oven, until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool cake completely before frosting with your favorite frosting or sprinkle with chocolate chips.
There’s a magic feeling about…
pretty colored string.
a pile of it…
a spool of it…
or a carton of it.
Doesn’t really matter because it’s always the same with ambitious stuff like string.
It wants to do more than sit on the shelf or on the spool or in the box.
It wants to BE something…
or a lot of somethings.
Either way—I like to believe it’s the wish of all miller’s straw…
to be spun into gold.
peaceful looking baby you’ve got there ma’am.
hahaha…get it? Peace-ful baby. hahaha.
Ooooh…I crack myself up.
Simple? Fancy?
Simple? Fancy? Sounds like somebody needs to pick a lane here.
But wait.
You start with some pretty simple stuff…like basic, blank, boring wooden frames.
Choose some scrapbook paper that you really like.
Find scissors and dig out the Mod Podge.
You can trace around the frame if that floats your boat…
or you can just cut out enough to fit the frame, generally. Either way.
Paint on the Mod Podge. Have you noticed that it’s actually so much more fun to say, “Modge Podge?” I try very hard to say it just like that whenever the Bald Kid is around. It makes his eye twitch. That’s the goal.
Even out the gluey stuff. Press the paper onto the sticky surface–right side up…of course. Smooth it out so that there are no bubbles under the paper. We used the end of the paintbrush and a baking scrapper… but you could use a bone folder if you’re really prepared. Now this is important—be sure to let the glue dry.
Poke a hole in the middle and cut out the excess paper.
Cut just a bit closer to the frame than silly Lyndi…keep cutting you nut!
Now, take a file or emery board and sand the edges. It will cut the excess paper off in the process. If your paper and glue isn’t dry you run the risk of tearing the paper with the file. So again–be sure it’s all dry before you sand it.
Keep going.
Make sure to get all the edges…
inside and out.
Top coat it with another dose of “Modge Podge”… ha ha. There are eyes twitching behind me. Heh.
Let them dry. Let them dry. Let them dry.
Now—add the sparkly little doo-dads that make it fancy. Oh, I think this generation calls them “embellishments.” La-tee-da.
Whatever.
Now then–is this the cutest thing you’ve ever seen?
Simple? Check. Fancy? Check. Fabulous? Check.
Bingo.
Or–if you just want someone to do it all for you–check out Somebody’s Stuff. You’ll love it!
Happy Birthday my sweet Lyndi!
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