I found the onions....

Hello there!!!

I am writing to you from the big city (Montreal) we finally left the burbs (Ile Perrot) .

We are really happy to be here. There is still a lot of unpacking to do....

                                             So many boxes!!!

                                             Our first comfort breakfast . Homefries, bacon and an over easy egg

 The view from the dining room

 As you can see Bandito is settling in just fine...

The first day we wanted a cup of coffee but we couldn't find the mugs.

Then we couldn't find spoons....the next day I couldn't find knives....

Yesterday,  I wanted to make chili for lunch...I couldn't find

oregano and onions....Thank God the downstairs neighbor (Dad) is really nice and

friendly.....

I was really excited to unpack the Pyrex....

This was the saddest box so far!

I lost the Utility Lime Green lasagna dish, a Lime Green pie plate,

a Desert Dawn pink round cake dish and a Flamingo round cake dish.

So 4 pieces in one box....so far the only casualties but sad never the less!

Earlier this afternoon, I found the onions....so all is fine and dandy in our

new home!

Sleep tight!

Cheesy Goodness (in PYREX)

Once in a while a recipe catches my eye and the other when Dan dumped a little booklet on the dining room table with the words : Hey I found those recipes, you might like them....

Those were Easter type recipes and we don't do Easter (we celebrate the holiday, we pray and we usually eat some ham but that is about it)  .

The recipe that really caught my eye was the Cheesy Baked Quinoa.

Here goes

3 tbsp butter divided 
8 cups baby spinach,kale or augula leaves (I used about half a bunch of kale and after I threw in some thawed frozen squeezed dry spinach)
1 leek white part only finely chopped (used an onion here)
1 1/2 cups whole grain quinoa insed and drained.
2 1/2 cups educed sodium chicken broth,divided
1/2 cup 36% whipping cream
2 tbsp Dijon mustard
1/4 tsp ground pepper
2 cups grated medium old cheddar cheese (I used Kraft Cracker Barrel orange medium old cheddar because I want FLAVOUR not just gooyee cheese)

Preheat oven to 350F (180 C)

Heat 1 tbsp butter in a large ovenproof skillet over medium heat. add kale or spinach and saute 2 tp 3 minutes or until just wilted, transfer to a boel and set aside.
Add remaining butter and leek or onion and saute for 4 o 5 minutes until golden.
Stir in quinoa until well coated. Aad 2 cups chicken broth. Cover and cook 10 minutes or until most of the fluid is absorbed. This took me more like 15 ish 20 minutes.
Whisk remaining both with cream, mustard and pepper. Stir in quinoa mixture along with reserved kale or spinach and 1 cup cheese. Pour in Pyrex dish if desired.
Smooth top.
Bake, uncovered for  15 minutes and sprinkle with remaining cheese and bake another 15 minutes until bubbly.
Makes 6 to 8 servings.

                                It made quite a lot and was delicious! No, really...
                                it was even good room temp!

                                I will freeze this dish for another day....

                                Oh and the bonus is it is gluten free.
                               I serve it with leftove fish but they mention it would be great with chicken or ham

                              Enjoy!

Balls of meat

Yes ok that is a strange title and could generate improper thoughts....

As usual every year around this time I make Tourtiere; the traditionnal french canadian meat pie.

The dough was ready and so was the meat...

When I realized that I had no small aluminum foil plates left.....

I had a couple of large ones...but no small. I then remembered that last year I ran out and had to use Pyrex Pixies to make the pies.

So I used my large foil plates then the Pyrex Pixies....By then I still had meat and dough!

That is when I came up with balls of meat!

Actually tourtiere meat encased in pie crust.

       They were delicious! That is thrifty ingenuity incarnate, yep!

       Today I went to the dollar store and picked up 16 small aluminum foil pie plates, I like to be prepared....But Dan doubts I will remember where I stashed them next December!

We will see. I will surely do another meat pie post....and I will make some french canadian balles of meat for sure!

Be well, be safe and be thrifty!

Longing for Spring

I was blessed by this sight a couple of nights ago

 

Yoda enjoying the cat grass

 

 

 

She misses the outside grass so  much that she takes over this grass and

just sleeps on it.

(Notice the Pyrex Flamingo Utility Dish and the striped one as well)

 

Be well and enjoy the weekend!

 

 

Baking with Pyrex & Finds

I'm on vacation this week and it's a staycation or should I say paintcation?

When we painted the living room last year we never finished the second floor mezzanine. Since it's all connected it needs to flow no?

So we 're donating a lot of VHS tapes and CDs from the 90's. Does anyone remember Columbia House? How about Soundgarden? Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians

I also decided to get rid of all my Stephen King paperbacks (I'm sorry Stephen, you're still my fave author, I kept all the hardcovers, hugs Miss V :) )

And Dan got rid of all the Agatha Christie books...

 

My cocooning fall genes also kicked in big time!

I'm saving seeds, preserving foods and yearning of baked goods....

 

Speaking of baked goods; I really wanted a pumpkin bread and since there's big time calorie counting at Vonlipi' House of Pyrex....that is for another post, I turned to the internet for a recipe.

 

I got my recipe from Splenda's web site.

 

Now there are rumours on the blogosphere that I have every Pyrex known to men....That is simply not true! LOL

These are the only loaf pans I own; for now! I would very much love a Spring Flower Green one...sigh.

making the batter...

 

Just out of the oven....Pipin' hot

 

It was okay tasting....but I can't really judge the recipe because I just realized I made a major mistake!

 

I switched baking soda for baking powder!

 

So I can taste the soda!

 

I'll have to retry the recipe to give it a real chance....

 

Here's the link just in case...

 

Pumpkin Loaf

 

Now for some thrifting....

 

 

Now, now don't gasp!

I didn't find Pyrex casseroles.

I found cradles!

 

A small and a medium one (50 cents and 99 cents respectively).

They fit those utility dishes just fine but I'm wondering if they're really meant for each other....

 

Any ideas?

  

 

Let me know! Have a great night!

I hope I don't dream of paint, gutters and mactack!