ggsimplyme: Spring again

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Pumpkin Bread
3 C sugar 1 C oil 4 beaten eggs 1 can (lb) pumpkin 2/3 C water 3-1/3 C flour 2 t soda 2 t salt 1 t baking powder 1 t nutmeg 1 t allspice 1 t cinnamon 1/2 t cloves walnuts raisins Cream sugar & oil. Add eggs & pumpkin, mix well. Add dry ingredients alternating with water. Pour into 2 greased/floured 9x5 loaf pans. Bake 350, 1-1/2 hrs. Let stand 10 mins. remove from pans to cool.
Zucchini Chocolate Cake
This is from my friend Laurie B. grease & flour 9x13 pan. Oven 350- 40-45 mins. 1 C butter 1-1/3 C sugar 2 eggs 1 t vanilla 1/2 C sour milk 1/4 C Hershey's cocoa 2-1/2 C flour 1.2 t baking powder 1 t soda 1 t salt 2 C grated zucchini walnuts Mix altogether & bake then sprinkle w/choc. chips, let melt and spread, or sprinkle with powdered sugar.
Chinese Chicken Salad
2 chicken breasts,cooked and cubed 1 bag cole slaw mix 4 green onions chopped 2 T sesame seeds 1/2 C almonds Top Ramen noodles -crushed 1 small can mandarin oranges DRESSING: 2 T sugar 3 T cider vinegar 1 pkg flavor mix from Top Ramen 1/2 C olive oil Mix or shake well and sitr into other ingredients. Yum-enjoy

April 11, 2009

Spring again

I guess it is time to update, only been a year :). Spring is here or at least the daffodils think so, even if it is cold and rainy.
My flowerbeds are full of them. Rhubarb and peonies also coming up and all the fruit trees are budding.

I am hoping to be heading to Idaho Falls, ID in May to the Stillwater Mansion Tea Room to teach a week of workshops in altered books and Victorian ribbonwork (my ultimate corsage class). My dear friend Tonia Burgess (the proprietress of the mansion) whom I hadn't heard from in years called me out of the blue to see if I was still teaching. She had taken the ribbonwork classes from me some twenty years ago. So very glad to hear from her. I am so looking forward to these workshops, time away, change of scenery and a wonderful visit with my friend.