Mariannes Motifs

Silhouette Mint Stamp

I recently treated myself to a new crafty toy - the Silhouette Mint rubber stamp making machine. I did a dragonfky, a Minecraft inspired dragon for my 11 year old, and this Think Good Thoughts stamp. What fun!

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Easy Peasy Turnip Green Soup

easy peasy turnip green soup.

Start with 1 small onion chopped, sauteed in olive oil. Add 1 package frozen turnip greens, 1 can black eyed peas, 1 can chopped tomatoes, and 1 tetra pack of chicken stock. Season with Tabasco and garlic powder.

 

Self portrait

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Crock Pot Bain Marie Overnight Steel Cut Oats

I've been admiring people who make steel cut oatmeal overnight in their crockpot.  My mom and brother both have small crock pots they use primarily for oatmeal.  Since I don't have a small crock pot I never tried doing it.

Then last night @smartbitches posted on Twitter a link to a method I'd not heard of before - using a bowl inside the crock pot for the oatmeal and putting it in a water bath (bain marie in French culinary terms).  So I promptly followed the bain marie overnight oatmeal instructions from Ann Kroeker and went to bed.

This morning we had lovely creamy chewy oatmeal that the kids and I ate up.  (Hubster hates oatmeal so we left him alone).  It was delicious, easy, and the bowl didn't even have stuck on oatmeal to clean off.

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Some art from my 8 year old, Adam.

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Download Adams Notes - Page 27.pdf

Insomnia

The Galaxy Note tablet with the pressure sensative pen makes a nice doodle pad . This was done with Autodesk Sketchbook Pro.

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Cucumber Kim Chi

Look at this beauty!
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Ginger-V Juice

Today's juice has double ginger and double turmeric root. Very lovely spicy taste.

1 beet
2 apples
2 large handfulls Kale
1 bunch spinach leaves
6 pieces celery
1/2 a lemon
2 knobs ginger root
2 knobs turmeric root

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Thrift Shop Find

I went to the local Goodwill with my Mother in Law and the kods. This pressed glass stand/bowl was my favorite find. Then there were the Japanese wooden bobble head dolls.

I'll post a picture of those later.

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Best Juice Yet

This one comes out red, and has a nice sweet/spicy taste.  It is delicious!  I have to write it down so I can do it again.  This made two glasses worth in my Breville Juice Fountain Plus.

Best Juice Yet

big handful collard greens
batch of beet tops
1 small cucumber
1 radish
4 carrots
1 beet
2 Apples
1 lemon with peel removed
1 knob ginger
1 knob turmeric root