house things

Pita bread.  As it turns out, flat bread works better for sandwiches here.  They crumble less and bake more quickly.  For the kids, it's the seeming lack of crust (of course, they are ALL crust, but it works). They get stale faster, though.  Unless I make with all white flour, in which case they are gone before I can make a sandwich. Last week I made some salty pita chips with the leftovers - those were nice.  Next up, two other daily-eaten foods here:  graham crackers and tortillas. Neither could possibly be difficult to bake.  Less packaging in my house, yea.

I was out of food coloring, so we dyed eggs with koolade this year. It worked out fine.

This pink waste basket used to be in my grandmother's pink bathroom. It had a wide black velvet ribbon.  I've updated it, here, although I'm not really satisfied with the ribbon, now that I see it on.

This, friends, is a clean kitchen.  It was clean last week for 7 days in a row. It's actually still fairly acceptable.  That floral curtain is a tablecloth that doesn't fit any of our tables.  I love those little IKEA hooks.  Also, I spy, with my little eye, homemade playdough, a very old intercom we never use, a broom we never use, and some lighter fluid my sweetheart has still not put up  high.

Basil, fossils, rocks lined up.

These are no ordinary tulips. These tulips' bulbs were planted in APRIL!!!  

I know!!

For about a decade I've been trying to get around to planting bulbs in the fall. It's probably never going to happen.  These sat in the garage, dark and cold, all winter. They had a little green sprouting right in the bag,  so I just planted them.  Three days, leaves, 7 days, bloom.  What is this fall nonsense, really?  Tell me, disciplined gardeners, is something awful going to happen to my red tulips because they didn't go into the dirt in autumn? Will they explode?

Comments

[stefaneener]

I can't wait for graham crackers. Do you make any others? I am SO TIRED of buying crackers, I can't tell you. And I never buy graham crackers, and I had an attack of conscience when I bought burger buns the other day. I said to myself, "You could make these" and then bought them anyway. When I'm not working, I promise. . .

I know nothing of tulips, but your basil looks great.

[Kim]

Here is a recipe for graham crackers that I found. I haven't made them yet, but will very soon. S'mores with homemade marshmallows and graham crackers will be delightful this summer!

[Kim]

oh duh! i forgot to add the link for the crackers! http://veganyumyum.com/2009/04/graham-crackers-and-dandies/