Bugs in a jar

Not quite ~
More like fruits & veggies in a jar.

 When we were in WA I was lucky enough to have a quilt shop in our town, while on my many trips in I picked up a charm pack of fruits & veggies along with the pattern Bug Jar Quilt #238 Gee Gee's Quilting Inc. the pattern includes 2 sizes.

Finally a year or more later I worked this up.

I did add in an extra border to make it bigger. It would be great as a play-mat ISpy style or a fun wall hanging or heck why not a stroller/car-seat/baby lap quilt.

I did bind with the back again as well as label the binding- both tutorials from Sew BitterSweet Designs.

Tasty Tuesday

Caprese Burgers with oven roasted veggies

Take the yummy Caprese Salad from the island of Capri, add it to a fresh grilled Burger smear on a touch of Pesto and get ready for Super Yum!

Clean out the fridge- oven roasted veggies
tri colored gourmet potatoes (about 6)
string beans (a hand full)
bell peppers (1/2 of 3 different colors)
mushrooms (about 6)
chop whats needed to make roughly uniform sizes, mix in a bowl with a splash of oil and Italian seasoning, pour onto foil covered cookie sheet, cook on 400 for 30 mins

Slice Mozzarella ball and tomatoes to the same thickness,
clean and pick off a few Basil leaves,
use your favorite Pesto

smear both top and bottom bun with Pesto,
stack burger-cheese-basil-tomato

serve with veggies or not

Tasty Tuesday

Cooking on the grill tonight.
NY steak and veggies.
Seriously 20 min is all this took.
Turn on grill, med-low
Season steaks as you please, I used Montreal steak seasoning mix
Chop veggies, sprinkle with lemon juice, season to taste, I did fresh parsley salt pepper red pepper flakes. Toss and place on tinfoil, make a makeshift bowl/pan.
Take veggies and steaks to grill, place veggie bowl on top rack and steak on bottom, I like medium well so I set the timer for 4 1/2 mins, flip steaks set again 4 1/2 mins
Pull steaks off to sit and leave veggies on, set timer to 5 mins, pull off veggie bowl.
Dinner is done!
Now for the kids I did fry up French fries while cooking the meat and veggies, still took 20 mins.

Tasty Tuesday

Cooking for one tonight.
Chicken and veggies is what I'm having.
So simple any level of cook can do this.
In a small pan add a dash of your favorite cooking oil, turn stove on to medium.
Salt and pepper a boneless skinless chicken breast, place in warm pan.
Wash and chop veggies on hand, here I used 3 mushrooms, 1/2 a zucchini, 1/2 an eggplant.
Flip chicken breast and add veggies to pan, salt and pepper to taste, cover.
(I failed to watch the clock)
In a few minutes check chicken and veggies, if you need to slice into chicken to check its doneness, continue for a few more minutes if needed.
That's it, dinner for one.