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Giveaway!

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That’s right, folks, it’s time for another giveaway. And wouldn’t you know it, I’m doing another kid sweater! This one, however is gender neutral! I am totally in love with this sweater, it’s pretty darn cute, if I may say so!

If it wins and it’s going to a little girl, I might even be inclined to knit up a little rosette or something to go on it, so it might seem a little more feminine.

The sweater is approximately 18m-24m size, although it’s a stretchy knit, so it is kind of hard to tell. And, it’s machine washable! That’s always a plus with kids clothes, I hear.

RULES:

So you know the rules- you can enter by:
1. Leaving a comment, telling me how much you want this!!
2. Putting a link to it on your blog
3. Putting a link onto your Facebook

So, you’ve got 3 chances to get entries into this Giveaway!

But remember, if you put it on your blog, please leave a second (or third!) comment letting me know you’ve done so, so you can get your second (or third!) entry. If you don’t leave a second comment you WON’T get your second (or third!) entry, so make sure to do that!

So go get your comment in to win this sweater, the contest is open until Tuesday at 6:00pm!

Comments are now closed, Valerie of Darling Dori won!

What we did with all those peppers…

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Thanks, you guys! I never knew that having a blog could be so helpful. Got lots of ideas on how to prepare and eat up those yummy peppers! We still have a few more, and farmers market is only 3 days away, so I will definitely be buying more to try some more of your recipes!

We ended up making Quinoa Stuffed Peppers (yum!)

Uh, this looks kind of gross, but it wasn’t. It’s a super-duper easy recipe.
Saute 2 stalks celery and 1 medium onion in olive oil for about 5 min
Add 1 can of drained black beans (or any kind of beans, really, I suppose)
1 large diced tomato
Add 2 cups water and 3/4 cup quinoa (or you could substitute rice, couscous, even groundbeef or sausage, but if you add meat don’t add the water)
Bring to boil, let simmer for 20 minutes, or until quinoa is soft and most of the water is absorbed

Then, gut your peppers! The poor yellow one had to go sideways because he was not able to stand on his own.

Then, stuff them! I used a ladle to get it in there, but I did end up spilling all over the edges…

Then add some shredded cheese to the top, if you want. (Cheese is always a yes in this household)

Then bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour. (I cheated and baked them at 375 for 45 minutes, we were starving at that point since we didn’t start making it until around 5:30, and it was bordering 7:00pm….)

They weren’t super filling, so next time I might add more quinoa, or possibly some ground beef (that might make the husband happy) just to make them stick with you a bit longer. But I thought they were really, really tasty!

Help!

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Ok, so we eat lots of onions and bell peppers in this house. We have fajita’s like twice a week. But my question is, what else is good to make with bell peppers?

Check out these colorful beauties I got at the Farmer’s Market this morning:

Seriously, we got orange, red, purple, green, yellow. So tasty, too, but I  am just looking for another thing to do. Maybe stuffed peppers?

And just because these were pretty too… apples!

These babies are huge.

I am planning on making apple cobbler for Sabbath Lunch tomorrow. We’re having Paul’s mother join us for lunch. Making a pork loin roast. Mmmmmm.

Succulent Update

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Oh, I do love my Saturdays. They are usually pretty productive and fun.

I’ve added a few to my succulent garden! I got a another Jade tree.

I also got something called a Guido Aloe? Strange, but pretty. (It’s the one on the far left)

It’s got these orange blossoms on the shoots coming out the top, which were too tall to make it into the picture. The shoots coming out of the top are like 2 feet tall.

So, here is my garden!

Hooray. I love my little porch. It’s so nice to sit out on our bench and look at my lovely succulents.

And just a picture of my last weeks bouquet, but I took out all the dead flowers and rearranged all the ones that were still alive.

Another iPod cozy

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I made this one for a girl at work, I made this one out of cotton, so it will be a bit more durable

I call it “Bubblegum”

Pattern:

Cast on 28 stitches
Split onto 3 DPN’s
Knit in the round until it’s about 1/4 inch longer than your iPod (or iPhone)
Bind off 14 stitches.
On remaining 14 stitches knit 4 rows stockinette stitch
K2t on each end on every knit row for 3 rows (you should have 8 stitches)
Knit in stockinette stitch for 6 rows
Knit 3, bind of 2 stitches, knit 3
Purl 3, add 2, knit 3
Knit these 8 stitches in stockinette stitch for 4 more rows.
Bind off all stitches, weave in loose ends.
On bottom, sew together the open bottom end of the iPod cozy.

-Tip: While knitting in the round, feel free to switch colors as often as you want. I don’t cut and attach the yarn when I do stripes, I just pull it behind my knitting and let it lay there while I am doing another color, this saves a LOT of time, and it is a big ugly on the inside, but there are alot less ends to tie in, plus less knots to tie!

-Tip: If you want to do it ribbed just k2P2 the entire pattern, swapping colors as wanted.

On the pink and blue one I used Peaches and Cream, just because I had it on hand, but the cotton seems to work really well for this sort of thing, and holds up well to frequent use!

Button shirt

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I bought this button shirt from my good friend Alexis at a craft fair this weekend.

It’s a terrible picture, but what can you do when you have short arms and need a self portrait?

iPod Cozy

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I accidentally spilled Kung Pao Chicken on my other iPod cover (Don’t ask, it was a bad day) so I had to make another.

It’s crappy quality picture because it’s dark in my house and there’s no overhead lighting in the living room and I was too lazy to get off the couch to take a picture of it, yes, that’s how lame I am.