Entries Tagged as 'Food'

the easiest homemade ice cream ever!

September 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · DIY Projects, Food, things i like

i haven’t made this yet, i just read about it. but believe me, i’m out the door right now to head to the store. it’s the easiest ice cream to make because evidently, there’s only one ingredient and you don’t even need an ice cream maker!! all you need is a banana and a food [...]

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my very first fabric food!

September 1st, 2009 · 1 Comment · Crafts, DIY Projects, Food

i’m SO excited i can hardly breath. i just finished my first fabric fortune cookie! i found a real simple and easy tutorial, by Liz Harvatine, on making this cute little cookie earlier today. (i think Lady Harvatine’s blog might be my new favorite crafty blog…) i was feeling crafty (and, erica and i are [...]

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tuesday morning breakfast

September 1st, 2009 · No Comments · Food

yum. nothing like simple eggs (with fancy english cheddar cheese) and toast (with hawaiian strawberry-guava jam). YUM!

and some homemade passionfruit juice!

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wishlist – felt food

August 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Food

i am in love! but first, let me first make a confession… i have a secret love for fake food. especially fruits and vegetables, like those glass grapes or the fake, plastic banana or best of all the wooden squash shaker! and! guess what!! i just stumbled across the greatest thing ever! this site, bugga [...]

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different shades of grape.

August 26th, 2009 · No Comments · Food, our house

it’s grape time! we finally gave in and picked all the grapes last night! we have SO many. it’s retard. the bucket is full, the large bucket is full and a large milk crate is full.

we made the BEST grape juice with the grapes we got last year. so this year, we wanted to [...]

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modrian cake!

August 24th, 2009 · No Comments · Food

this is SO cool!! i actually said “whoa, that’s so cool!” out loud when i saw it.

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passion fruit in a jar?

August 19th, 2009 · No Comments · Food, our house

last night we canned our first passionfruit!!! first we cut the fruits in half. then we scooped out the saucey insides into a bowl.

we are saving the shells. evidently, there’s pectin in the rinds and if you soak the shells over night in water, you can peel the skin off easily and use the rinds [...]

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our search for jars

August 18th, 2009 · No Comments · Food, our garden, our house

the passion fruit are starting to drop off the vine by the dozens. it’s literally sprinkling passionfruits over here! it’s great but we need to start canning them before they go bad. we started our long and arduous task of looking for mason jars. and we finally found them! who’d thunk that it would be [...]

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passiflora edulis

August 10th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Food, our garden, our house

it’s the beginning of passionfruit season! this is the first year that we’ve gotten any fruit. with the last weeks’ heat, tons of them have ripened and are now falling off the vine. soon we’re going to have to break out our canning gear!

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make your place sustainable

July 26th, 2009 · No Comments · Food, Inspiring Design, our house, things i like

i got my new favorite book in the mail the other day. it’s called Make Your Place: Affordable, Sustainable Nesting Skills by Raleigh Briggs. i brought my little book with me on my trip to seattle and have been reading it every chance i get! i haven’t gotten through the whole book yet. but so [...]

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