Foodie Friday

 Last week was Pancake Day, Shrove Tuesday.  We don’t follow the religious background for the day but we did have pancakes for dinner.  When I was young my Mom used to make us banana fritters.  They are so delicious and as soon as I introduced them to the boys they became an instant favourite.  They ask for them all the time and are a great way to use up an aging banana.

We sprinkle a little lemon juice and sugar on them and they are a wonderful quick and easy treat to make!

I am obviously not the best food photographer but you get the idea.  I make fun tiny ones for the boys too.

 Banana Fritters

1 mashed banana

1/2 cup flour

1/2 cup sugar

1 egg

Heat oil in frying pan.  Test the heat of the oil with a little water.  If the water bounces off you know it’s hot enough. 

Combine all ingredients in a bowl.

Pour batter into pan to make pancakes.  Flip pancakes when the edges start to bubble and turn a little golden.  

Top with a little lemon juice and sugar and enjoy!

It's Here!!

This is so exciting!

The Mother's Day Sampler box

is ready for purchasing!! 

I only have one available in my shop!!

PURCHASE HERE

But when mine sells you will be able to see where you can purchase other boxes here, at the PCFTeam blog.  

These amazing boxes are full of wonderful samples from 9 different shops on Etsy. Each box is worth over $60 but are selling for just $20!!!

There are only a limited number of boxes available! 

DON'T WAIT

GET YOURS NOW!!

Sharing Sunday

Spring is just around the corner!!  I'm sure I can feel it!  We've had a really snowy and cold winter here this year.  There just doesn't seem to be an end in sight.  But, we've also had some wonderful sunny days this past week so I have to believe that Spring is on its way.

Here is my Sunday offering.  A group of beautiful and gentle work, by Canadian artists, to welcome Spring and hopefully encourage it to come a little sooner.  Links to the shops are below.

Centre:

RachelelAnneMiller from Ottawa, ON

Clockwise starting at top left:

FancyFontsEmbroidery from Halifax, NS

dellabellaBoutique from Paisley, ON

Siiso from Markham, ON

ShivversVintage from Montreal, QC

bannersforall from Richmond, BC

NellsEmbroidery from North Vancouver, BC

Creativecarmelina from Welland, ON

tooaquarius from Swift Current, SK

Foodie Friday

March Break has officially stared here!  The kids have today off in addition to all of next week.  Lucky guys!

In honour of the break from school I made some very delicious lemon cookies.  We had a couple of little friends over and discovered that these flavourful cookies are not in fact for everyone.  They are very, very lemony.  But they are a winner in our home and never last very long!

I didn't drizzle the icing so I needed a lot more than the recipe asked for.  This made them even more lemony!

Double Lemon Delights

2 1/4 cups flour

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1 cup butter, softened

3/4 cup sugar

1 egg

2 Tbsp grated lemon peel, divided

1 teaspoon vanilla

Additional sugar

1 cup icing sugar (powdered sugar)

4 - 5 tsp lemon juice (about one lemon)

Preheat oven to 375F

Combine flower, baking powder and salt in small bowl; set aside.  Beat butter and granulated sugar in large bowl and mix with electric mixer at medium speed until light and fluffy.  Beat in egg, 1 Tbsp lemon peel and vanilla until well blended.  Gradually beat in flower mixture on low speed until blended.

Drop dough by levee 1/4 cupfuls (this makes BIG cookies and you can decrease this if you want) onto ungreased cookie sheets, spacing 3 inches apart.  Flatten dough until 3 inches in diameter with bottom of glass that has been dipped in additional sugar.

Bake 12 - 14 minutes or until cookies are just set and edges are golden brown.  Cool on cookie sheets for 2 minutes; transfer to wire racks.  Cool completely.

Combine powdered sugar; lemon juice and remaining 1 Tbsp lemon peel in small bowl; drizzle mixture over cookies.  Let stand until icing is set.

Enjoy!

New pieces

I've got a few new pieces in my shop!  And I've still got lots of ideas for more items!

These are door hangers and can be customized any way you want. They can be one sided or two.  I will have some new styles available soon.

And this is a 9 piece celtic puzzle.  I can do almost any size square or rectangle puzzle you can think of and will hopefully be adding a few more designs to the shop soon.

Many more new and fun things coming so stay tuned!

Sharing Sunday

Today’s Sharing Sunday is all about the horoscope signs.  I found so many beautiful pieces of art to represent each sign.  This was definitely a fun collection to put together.  I hope you enjoy it!

All shops/artists are Canadian.  The links are below.

Clockwise starting from the top left:

Aries by DeepColouredWater from Vancouver, BC

Pisces by SassySmack from Vancouver, BC

Capricorn by CindersMcLeod from Toronto, ON

Taurus by PassionGiftStampArt from Vancouver, BC

Gemini by PaperChat from Toronto, ON

Leo by MumbleTease from Calgary, AB

Clockwise starting from the top left:

Cancer by SeeingStars from Halifax, NS

Libra by Kellysmagnets from Calgary, AB

Virgo by FolioCreations from Cornwall, PEI

Aquarius by Evesand from Vancouver, BC

Scorpio by Luminariumgraphics from Vancouver, BC

Sagittarius by TriciaODesign from Burlington, ON

Hope you enjoyed my sharing this week.  If you have a suggestion for a theme let me know.  I’d love to hear it.  Have a great week!

Healing Turmeric Tea

It’s Foodie Friday!!

I have been under the weather this week and so I thought it would be the perfect time to try turmeric tea.  Have you heard about it?  Lately, I’ve been hearing that turmeric is like the superhero of spices.  It has so many incredible qualities to help our bodies and one of them is to fight colds and flu.  Making the tea sounded easy enough so I thought I’d give it a go.  It smelled so amazing as it was simmering.  That alone started to make me feel better.

Here are the directions and I’ve included a link to the video that I learned from.  The only thing I found lacking in the video is what you do with the left over tea.  So I put it in a glass container and then stirred it and reheated it the next day.  And I can honestly say that the severity of my cold was lessened dramatically after the second day.

Like my Coach mug?  The tea is a bit of a funny colour and looks thick but it's good!

TURMERIC TEA

1.5 litres of water

3 tsp turmeric

1 tsp ground cloves

2 tsp ground ginger

2 tsp ground cinnamon

2 tsp ground cardamon

Add all ingredients to a sauce pan and bring to boil.  Turn down the heat and let simmer for 10 minutes.  

I then transferred it to a glass jug.  I strained it as I poured it into my mug. 

Since I don’t normally take honey or sugar in my tea so I thought it made sense to try it without.  And it was great!  It has a bit of a spiciness to it but it’s not overwhelming. 

The second day, after reheating just enough to fill a mug on the stove, I added a little bit of honey.  It cut down the spiciness a little bit but I don’t think it made a big difference on the overall taste.  

The woman in the video also added almond milk to hers but I haven't tried that yet so I can't comment on how it tastes. 

It was quick and easy and gives you enough to share or use for another day or two.  And it will help with so many things.  Here are just a few of the ones she mentions in the video, if you choose not to watch it…

~helps with the inflammation of osteo arthritis

~is a liver detoxifyer and helps clean the liver

~has antiseptic qualities

~is anitbacterial

~is anitinflammatory

~natural pain killer

~helps with weight loss as it aids in fat metabolism

~sooths upset tummy

~helps body absorb and digest protein

~helps fight against the flu

You can see the video HERE