Monday

Violet was away this weekend and it made me pretty sad.  I missed her dearly.  Good news though, she had a great time.  She is so funny and fun and has such a sparkle, everyone wants to spend time with her.  I guess I have to share sometimes.

Here seen with a new toy set my 'rents bought at her visit.

Grammy breakfast: fruit salad. That's my girl.

Catching salamanders with Grampy.

While Violet was away, I spent some time in the kitchen trying out a couple of new recipes.

The first one was not good.  I tried to make a pesto sauce for warmed cauliflower and sweet peas, found on the amazing site, Addicted to Veggies.   I used WAY too much garlic and it was gross.  I should know by now that I need to use less garlic than called for in recipes as a rule.  This particular time, I used a little too much (by accident) and ruined everything.

I threw the pesto mess away, sadly, as I knew I would not eat it.  It always kills me to waste food like that too considering how much it costs to prepare such things from scratch.

I have been meaning to make a lot of the recipes featured on Addicted to Veggies for some time now.  A lot of them require "staple" ingredients, like certain sauces.  Raw vegan sour cream is one of them.  So I whipped up a batch and was pleasantly suprised how easy and great the finished cream came out.  I will now use this staple to create other sauces, spreads and breads.  Next on my list, Tarts!

My ATV Sour Cream.  It came out really great.