Happy Halloween!!

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Pumpkin Seeds 2018

I am getting read to put them in the oven right now! 

2018 Pumpkin Heads

Yum!

Random October Photos

More September Animals, not all mine

FO: Aunt Karen's wash cloths

September 2018 Chet

FO: Dom's Classic Ripple Blanket, #4

FO: Colin's Aspen Ripple Blanket, #3

FO: Calvin's Hydrangea Stripe Blanket, #2

FO: Brittney's Neat Ripple Mirage Afghan, #1

#24-Pressure cooker/IP Cheesy Goulash 8/13/18, #4 PC recipe

Cheesy Goulash

#23- Pressure Cooker/IP Pork Chop 8/13/18, #3 new PC recipe

Cheesy Pork Chops

FO: Baby Blanket- Gabe

Third Baby blanket for work, this one is for this month. 

#22-Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Overnight Oats, 7/18/18

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After:

Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Overnight Oats

Ingredients

• 1 medium banana(s), halved
• 1/3 cup(s) uncooked old fashioned oats
• 1/2 cup(s) unsweetened chocolate almond milk
• 2 Tbsp chocolate peanut butter powder
• 1 pinch table salt
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• I imagine you have plenty of options with this recipe: Using Protein Powder, Regular Milk or Regular peanut butter. But this is a Weight Watchers recipe so they are just trying to make this healthier I suppose. I made it as the recipe calls for- I have made it 3-4 times already for when I have to report to the building and it's great. 
• Instructions
  Mash half of banana in a medium jar or large glass; chop other banana half and add to jar with remaining ingredients. Stir, cover and refrigerate overnight; serve (garnished with fresh banana, optional).

Happy Labor Day 2018!

#21- Bacon cheeseburger pasta skillet, 7/17/18

#20- Flourless Banana Protein Pancakes, 7/15/18

I liked them and would make them again.

July Cats

I don't know about this kid... lol

Alpacas, 8/11/18 at West Side Flea with Lisa

This is  Killian’s Irish Red, the new baby. He was so soft!

FO: Granny Baby Blanket Becky

FO: Granny Baby Blanket- Ashley

#19 Pork Ramen Stir Fry, 6/26/18

Easy Pork Skillet, Betty Crocker

#18 Lemon Orzo Chicken casserole, 6/12/18

I saw this made on Food Network a while back.  I make other versions of lemon chicken so I thought I would give it a try.

#17 Rhubarb Breakfast Cake, 5/30/18

We harvested 10 cups of rhubarb this year from our plants. We probably would have had even more if I would have went out regularly and harvested them. =)

#16 PC Western Ribs, 5/29/18, #2 PC recipe

I thought I made western ribs in the pressure cooker but if I did I can't find the post.

They are so tender in the pressure cooker. Hubby sears them on the grill first then I toss them in, but that isn't a requirement to the recipe.

FO: Liz's Hot Grips

Liz's 2nd birthday gift

FO: Liz's Elmer washcloth

Liz had a birthday so I made her a few gifts!

Here is the 1st item:

#15 Mini Key Lime Pie, 4/13/18

I had a request to make Key Lime pie- and since I have never made it I thought why not?

#14 Italian Easter Meat Pie, 3/31/18

I decided to google traditional Easter recipes and found this interesting looking one for an Italian meat pie. I also decided to make lemon cookies so those pictures are scattered in too. 

Burger Weekends- Wahalburgers and Shake Shack

First we visited Wahlburgers Downtown and walked around a little.

The burger was great and the tots extra crisp!

As we were walking we heard clomping- and this walked past 

Then the following weekend we visited the Shake Shack in Pinecrest. It's the first and only one currently in Ohio. That was also yum. There was a line but they get you in and out fast. 

Lakeview Cemetery , 4/22/18

Lake View Cemetery

Rockefeller Park Greenhouse Photos, 4/22/18

Rockefeller Park Greenhouse

#13 Apple Pancakes, 3/25/18

Since I like to make pancakes for work some weeks, Hubby found me a Pancake Dispenser to make it easier. Last time we went to see Q, we stopped in Ashland and I picked up this fun pancake mix:

#12 Traditional Irish Soda Bread , 3/14/18

In another attempt to make something traditional to the holiday I googled recipes for Irish Soda Bread. This was the most basic version I found. We enjoyed it, straight out of the oven.

I would make this again.

FO: Camo Blankie

I had all of these random balls of yarn I wanted to get used up so I made a bunch of squares to sew together for a small blanket.

I got this peg board to help keep track of the pieces

#11 Chocolate Shortbread, 3/10/18

Shortbread #2 

#10 Lemon Short Bread, 3/10/18

I had been seeing this pan for a while and thought I would buy it for St. Patrick's Day!

Irish Lace Ceramic Shortbread pan

FO: Noel Elmer square

Started: Feb 13 2018

Finished: Feb 19 2018

Yarn: Scrap cotton

Hook: H

Pattern: Elmer Square

Happy 4th of July!!

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#9 Riced Potatoes, 2/25/18

So I don't know if this really counts as a recipe but it's new to me so I'm going with it.

My 9th new recipe of the year is Riced Potatoes.

FO: Noel Sedge washcloth

Started: Feb 19 2018

Finished: Feb 20 2018

Yarn: Scrap Cotton

Hook: H

Pattern: Lulu B's Sedge- now not existent on the web...

3 Cats and a Dog- May/June photos

Pup-sitting

FO: Textured dish cloth

Started: March 1 2018
Finished: March 5 2018
Yarn: Scrap cotton
Hook: H
Pattern: From Corrine

FO: March Elmer square dish cloth

I should have taken a better photo lol =)

Started: March 5th 

Finished: March 7th

Yarn: Scrap Cotton

Hook: H

Pattern: Little Tin Bird Blog

St Patrick's 2018

We cooked 14 lbs of corned beef in 2 pressure cookers! 

FO: Feb Dish Sponges (10)

February was Dish sponge month =)  I get requests for them so I wanted to be ready just in case. 

Happy St Patrick's Day

#8 -Lemon Raspberry muffins 2/18/18

Lemon Raspberry Muffin Recipe

I had old frozen raspberries I wanted to get used up so I googled recipes until I found one with ingredients I had on hand. These were so good! I froze some of them- I couldn't kill them all by myself!

For your viewing pleasure

This kid...

#7- Flourless Chocolate Cake 2/15/18

This is actually called the "But it's not Valentine's day anymore chocolate cake"  because I ran out of time on Valentine's day to make it for Hubby. So when I told him it was for Valentine's day....

Cannoli Cake for Q

I made this last year for his birthday and it was such a hit I thought I would do it again. 

When Hubby pulled the cake out for them- almost in stereo it was "CANNOLI CAKE!!!!"

Safe to say I think I made the right decision. 

#5 AND #6- New sugar cookies

I had been wanting to try a new icing recipe for Sugar Cookies to see if I like what I currently use or  if there might be one that had a better finish.