Sewing to sink

Very interesting use of an old sewing machine.



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Apple Cakes

Apple cake made it to all the holiday parties hosted at our place this year. I found it on SmittenKitchen and was totally smitten by it. Tried it on Thanks giving, then again for another party and in mini cup cake form for the New years.



This is one of those recipies that would not go wrong however you mix them as long as the proportions are correct.

I adjusted the proportions to my pan size.
For 9" circular pan used
3 apples, I used Gala
1 tbs cinnamon
5 tbs sugar

1.5 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
0.5 tsp salt
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 cup sugar
2/3 cup orange juice
1 tsp vanilla
2 eggs

Method as described in SmittenKitchen

Smell of cinnamon and sugar hmmmmmm....

Kara Weaves

While searching for home decor in Kerala I came across this very interesting venture 'Kara Weaves'.
Very traditional yet modern in design.


I am considering these curtains already for the new apt. in TVM. Also happy to know they have an online store.



Image Source: Kara Weaves

Rideable strollers

I think this is a pretty neat invention. I was reminded of Taga while in Mackinac, it would have been nice to have taga's for families with young children.

Mackinac Island

A place in motor state with no motor vehicles except for the ambulances. It was nice to see this small island somewhat imaginary with only horses and bicycles. And of course with horse comes dung and associated smell. I wonder how it would have been if there were no motored vehicles. Maybe we would have had dung disposal areas and water stands for horses.




Mackinac Island was another place to visit this year after reading the Legend of Mackinac Island by Kathy-Jo Wargin. It was such a pleasure to go back to Mackinac after some 7 years.


Arch Rock

Stuffed Celery Sticks for the 'CLICK' event

This is the first time I'm sending to any blog events. Though not a great shot just for the fun of it this shot of stuffed celery sticks goes to the July '09 CLICK event hosted by Jugalbandi.

This picture is from my earlier post "Cooking with my daughter"

Raining blue berries

Blue berries are in season. I have used blue berries in pancake's, waffle's, buckle, muffin's, salad's and cobbler. Then it was my daughter who came up with the idea of adding blue berries to cookies. Actually it was not a bad idea. So just turned the oatmeal raisin cookie to oatmeal blue berry cookies.



Ingredients:
1 cup flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp powdered cinnamon
1-1/2 cups oats
1/2 cup butter (1 stick)
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 egg
2 tbsp honey
1/2 cup blue berries
Preheat oven to 350C.
First mix all dry ingredients. Cream butter and sugar then add egg and honey. Mix thoroughly. Slowly stir in the dry ingredients followed by blue berries. Spoon cookie dough to the cookie sheet leaving enough space for cookies to melt. Bake for about 8 to 10 mins. The cookies should be of chewy consistency and not crispy. Cool them on a cooling rack.

Another blue berry dish!
Blue Berry Cobbler, great with ice cream.


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Blue Berry Buckle