Delicious Lenten Supper

Yesterday was Friday, which meant meatless meals throughout the day. I'm not much of a meateater anyway, so I kind of like Friday's during lent!
For lunch, I made Creamy Vegetable Soup. Although I've made vegetable soup many times before, this was the first time I made it creamed. I got the idea from Elizabeth . It was really good and my girls loved it. I'll definitely be making it again.
For supper I made Kartoffelpuffer, which are basically potato pancakes. Again, I've made potato pancakes many times but this particular recipe is a keeper. They held together much better than the ones I've made in the past. I think keeping the onion and potato separate and squeezing out the juices separately before mixing them together is the secret. Whatever it was, they were very good and I'll make them again.
To round out the meal, I made zucchini and onion sauteed in olive oil with salt and pepper for seasoning, and a green salad. I made a light pound cake for dessert with a spoonful of left over Layered Fruit Salad (see post below) from the communion.
What is your favorite meatless meal?

Hot Cross Buns

Blessed Triduum to you and yours!
Hot Cross Buns was on my To-Do List today. I wanted to make sure they were all set to go tomorrow morning for breakfast. They're fresh out of the oven... and of course, I had to try one. They are G-O-O-D! I will heat them up in the morning and me and the fam will enjoy them with a cup of tea. The recipe comes from the Urban Homemaker. Once I learn how to highlight to a web-site things will be much more efficient. I've gotta learn how to do that.

Happy Spring and More Embroidery

Happy Spring! How do the robins know it's the first day of spring? We noticed them just this morning! What a wonderful sight to wake up to.
I've been busy with a bit more embroidery. Take a peek...

Well, obviously this one isn't embroidery, but I thought Caressa looked cute all dressed up and no where to go... so I put her on here :) Anyway, on to the embroidery...

This is the third in the A Christmas Wish BOM as mentioned in my earlier post.

This little guy is from Animals in Aprons, which is a pattern that has seven vintage designs. It's a free download from Vicki Haninger. I don't have the URL, but just google it in and I'm sure you'll find it.

I plan on making four of these blocks with the fifth block Cassidy's birth information. I never made her a birth sampler either, and hope to have it finished by her (gulp) ninth birthday in July. I'm a little behind, huh?

This is the third block. I bought a very pretty pink and white check gingham fabric when the quilt store had a sale. I got 3/4 of a yard for $5.00! I think the pink and white will off-set it very nicely. I used 1930's prints for the aprons. These have been a lot of fun stitching up. The up-side to doing it when Cassidy is older as opposed to when she was a baby is that she was able to pick out the pattern she wanted and also the blocks she liked the best. It was a hard choice for sure, as all the blocks are so cute. I have one or two other embroidery projects I'm working on and will post on those soon. I'm also going to try to do a tutorial on how to make a French Knot. Oh, and before I forget, here is my meatless menu for today:
Breakfast:
Oatmeal, yogurt and peaches
Lunch:
Egg and cheese sandwich on a toasted bagel, carrots and celery sticks
Dinner:
Fettuccini Alfredo
Kale and apple salad
Fresh, home-made bread

Wednesday's Meatless Menu

Well, I did take pictures of a couple meals today, but for some reason I can't find them on the camera. So no pics... but I'll tell you the menu, anyway.
Breakfast
Oatmeal, yogurt and peaches
Lunch
Homemade Vegetable Soup and Buttermilk Baking Soda Bisquits
Dinner
Homemade Cheese Pizza
I haven't been on much at all this week, even to read blogs, but I'm going to catch up... I've missed reading my blog roll...

A(nother) Day Without Meat

I decided that for Lent this year, I would not eat meat on Wednesdays or Fridays. I got the notion from my friend and fellow blogger Wendy, over at Pine Needle Garden (see side-bar) and also from the Granny Miller blog. Now, I won't fast, as fasting makes me feel NOT good. I don't know if it's a blood-sugar thing or what, but I can not eat meat with no ill-effects. So I plan on sharing my Wednesday and Friday menus with y'all. Most things will not be anything out of the ordinary but thought I'd share, anyway. So here's what was on for today:
...Breakfast...
Poached egg on toast
Banana, peach, yogurt smootie
...Lunch...
Tuna sandwich
raw carrots
...Snack...
Apple
Cup of Coffee
...Dinner...
Cream of Cauliflower Soup with cheese
Garden salad
Pumpkin/chocolate chip bread, grilled
...Snack...
Mixed berries, partially frozen w/dollop of fresh whipped cream
Coffee or tea
If you'd like the recipes for anything you see here or in the coming posts, let me know and I'll add it in.