Market Day

Last Saturday we woke up real early to Pick up my Dad and go to Jean-Talon Market.

Jean-Talon Market is one of Montreal's oldest public market , it was opened in 1933. It is also one of the largest public market in North America.

You can find a very large variety of fruits, vegetables, flowers, meat, artisanal products ....and bread!!! How can I forget the bread!

                                          I couldn't believe the mushroom selection!

                                 Flowers....I didn't linger because I couldn't buy anything since we are moving....

                                          I got lovely fresh peas, zucchinis and fresh figs....

With the zucchinis I made a lovely grilled zucchini with lemon salt recipe from The Pioneer Woman.
I didn't have time to make the lemon salt but the marinade was very very good and lemony. I will make this recipe again for sure but I will let it marinate longer, like maybe an hour...

Yes that is my Pyrex Red Kettle platter....And I was so in awe of the bakery that I didn't take any pictures,,,

Wee Update

As for the cement , no we are not make stepping stones (which would be fab) but we need to deal with a pesky crack in the basement....

But we did not whip up a batch of cement.... we watched TV! Viva Vacation!

 So I successfully canned a jar of pickled garlic for the winter.

 

 The new veggie garden is 2/3 done

 

                                              I am waiting for a pool tech to change the filter....

fingers crossed I want to swim before the vacation is over...

 

 This is the MVP (Most Valuable Pyrex) this week!

My Red Kettle serving plater ; I used it everyday this week

 

And since we ae working out side a lot, we need a lot of refreshments....

And I made giant ice cubes in sillicone cupcake liners with cranberries, lemons and limes.

 

So refreshing!

 

I hope to be back soon with more updates!

 

Be well



Funny Food

To tell the truth I had no idea how to title this post.

The jist of it is that on the looooonnnnnggggg Easter weekend we don't have a lot of people over, we renovate!!!

This year's project was to replace the walk-in closet's old carpet and to clean it out!

Mission accomplished! We brought 4 large garbage bags to the church basement, removed the carpet, installed vinyl flooring, painted the molding, reinstalled said molding and cleaned the house.

Being Easter Dan had to open his big ol' mouth and invite his daughter for Easter supper....

So I kept it simple

                                                Olives and lupimis in sidedish Pyrex restaurant ware (of course)

                               I took this appetizer idea from the Rachael Ray show where they would stuff
                               mini bell peppers with refried beans. So I made a batch of hummus, stuffed it
                               in a zipper bag and used it to pipe the hummus in the veggies.

                              Some of it looks like diarrea! Really! we laughed so much! But it was served in a Red Kettle serving Pyrex plate so that makes it alllllll better!!!
                             

                                I made a beautiful bone-in ham but did nor think of taking pictures.

                               As for the dessert.....I decided to make a lemon meringue pie from a mix, because
                                that is the tradition. For some reason, I didn't get enough meringue and my oven turned it greyish instead of browned, but it tasted beautiful!

                                 Thank God for Easter miracles!

                                 Be well my thrifty friends!

Trades going well

I'm really happy the way the trades are turning out! I sent 2 boxes today....I have 2 other in the works.

If you wrote me or commented and haven't has a reply don't worry, I want to be fair and treat trade requests as a first come first served basis and basically I want to trade .

Getting money doesn't advance my collection, but it's not out of the question. So be patient and I will get back to you soon. The most popular items are fridgies! I'm not really surprised, but I got other cool stuff leftover! What about those fab platters ?

 They are still looking for a good home!

I still have tons of culling to do.... I predict some Flameware and Citrus bowls for trade....Stay tuned!

I have high levels of stress at work and the situation should be back to semi-normal by next week. Let,s just say that choices will have to be made; by me and by the powers that be because we all know we ain't in this playground by ourselves...

Be well and sleep tight my friends and may the thrifting be plentiful!