bee creative

for baby

Blanket used as packaging. 

I included diapers, wipes, and balm.

Blanket unfolded. 

Good thing Mama-to-be doesn't need straight lines.  

I'm incapable of making them...

leftovers

Carrots left from last week and one orange beet cooked until soft.

A pinch of salt.

Pureed.

Topped with caramelized onions.

Gift for baby shower.

Mostly scraps leftover from other projects.

Leftovers are always useful.

cooking with quince

Those of us that have cooked with quince will appreciate this trick (I realize we are few). 

Cut quince into chunks and place in water, bring to a boil and simmer until a fork can pierce the fruit but not so long that it gets mushy.

Cool.  Strain and reserve cooking water. Peel and Core, save all parts.

Add peeled fruit back to the cooking water and continue.

In my case, I was making quince paste. This is the tiny bit I scrapped out of the pot to put on a piece of french bread toasted with cheddar cheese. 

What happened to the peels and cores? They went back in the pot with more water and were cooked until the water thickened due to the remaining pectin and turned pinkish.  Quince are very high in pectin.  The fluid was strained from the pulp and reserved as a "nectar." I added a bit of honey for sweetener.  Perfect for a sore throat. The tip about making nectar is from Deborah Madison's cookbook, Local Flavors. 

soup weather but I'm eating salad

It's soup weather but I'm eating salad...

Chicory + beets + cucumber.  The cucumber and beets were run through a spiralizer. 

I also added apple and walnuts. 

Olive oil, apple cider vinegar and honey for dressing. 

A little more stitching using some reclaimed wool yarn.

wool weather

This morning sunshine... The moon on the horizon. 

Tonight, heavy rain. Very unlikely to see the moon in the sky or stars to wish on. 

A zero waste project. 

The top layer is the batting from a wool comforter that felted beyond practical use as a blanket.  It was a gift from Mom and Dad probably 25-30 years ago. 

The next layer wool from Jude.

And then a bottom layer of wool I felted. 

After it's dry there will be more stitching and then...

well that's to be continued.