Ethiopia: Meal #32

The savory dishes in this meal were based off of recipes from www.food.com/recipes/ethiopian ("Ethiopian-style Lentils With Yams") and Dabo Kolo from www.africa.upenn.edu/Cookbook/Ethiopia.html



For the fruit salad I just tried to use fuits that they would/might eat in Ethiopia. (I'm not an expert. :) I used grapes, mandarin oranges, and grapefruit slices. It was tasty anyway. :)

Native American: Meal #31

This meal was based off of recipes from http://www.ocbtracker.com/ladypixel/natrec1.html and http://baking.food.com/recipe/choctaw-pumpkin-cake-68765 exluding the vanilla whipped cream for the cake. :)

"Pojoaque Cream Soup" and "Brown Bread"



"Choctaw Pumpkin Cake" (This cake was so simple to make.)

Valentine's Day

My mummy gave me chocolates for Valentine's Day. :) From the ones I've tried they are delicious!

Artwork: Jonathan Hansen

Jonathan and his wife, Jessica, own a coffee shop in town.

Artwork: Rachel Silhouette

My friend Rachel (and her baby :).

Artwork: Rachel and a song

Artwork: Little Rachel

Baby Shoes

I hand sewed these little baby shoes for my friend Rachel. She had a shower recently and will be having her baby soon. :)

I used upcycled wool for the body of the shoe. I also did some blanket stitching in grey and purple on some of the seems, used snap closures, and stitched sweet little black-and-white bows onto them.

France the 2nd: Meal #30

This meal was the first one I did in February. I haven't done one since it; but I plan to! The recipes were based off of ones from "Cooking the French Way" by Lynne Marie Waldee.

Potato-and-Leek soup (I used green onion) and Croque Monsieur (One way to describe the latter would be French toast sanwiches with white sauce.)


Chocolate Mousse topped with homemade whipped cream and semi-sweet chocolate

Denmark the 2nd: Meal #29

This meal was also served in January. These are my "versions" of recipes from http://www.mindspring.com/~cborgnaes/ The one towards the top of the plate is a hash; but I threw everything in the crockpot. :) The lower one is "Grandmother's Sweet-Sour Cabbage - Mormors Hvidkål". It was buttery and yummy. :)

For dessert we had "Quick Coffee Cake with Fresh Fruit - Galop Kaffekage"; which I made with frozen blueberries and served with vanilla ice cream. The word "quick" was attractive to me. :)

Iceland: Meal #28

This meal was mainly based off recipes from http://www.simnet.is/gullis/jo/ I made it in January.

Peas, a dish with bacon-and-mushrooms-and-things called "Boneless Birds" (which by the way contains no bird), and homemade rhubarb jam to go with the Boneless Birds

We had vanilla ice cream for dessert and I believe at least a couple of us had the jam with it; but I had had enough of it with my meal that I just wanted plain ice cream. :) It went well with the main dish though.