Baking, Cooking, & Crafting Thread // July 2019

kagesstarshroom · July 2019

Starting a new one of these! Share your pictures (& recipes) here!

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kagesstarshroom · July 2019

... brought this one back, in truth, so I could share this w/ yall: a tart I made! It has a rosemary (from our garden!) spelt crust, orange creme filling, & is topped with local organic figs (from our friends' house in our town!) Made from scratch by Kages, despite a sweltering Louisiana July.

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[Deleted User] · July 2019

That looks gorgeous! @kagesstarshroom. I miss my fig trees... :cry:

shoogapoff · July 2019

@kagesstarshroom That looks and sounds divine!

mvt2003 · July 2019

Omg yaaaas @kagesstarshroom You are speaking to me today!!! Working on a blanket right now, will try to get a pic later because it's large and it lives at home on the couch!

bluetickgal · July 2019

@kagesstarshroom that looks beautiful and so yummy!

shamrocandroll · July 2019

@kagesstarshroom I need that in my life. Gorgeous!

kagesstarshroom · July 2019

@shamrocandroll @bluetickgal @mvt2003 @shoogapoff @BusinessWife Yall are so very kind!

mvt2003 · July 2019

Also @kagesstarshroom I would love for this to be a monthly thread! I have thrown myself into my hobbies to keep myself sane over the past year, and I love seeing what other people are working on!!

emeraldduchess · July 2019

I agree, @kagesstarshroom, I like the idea of this being a monthly thing! I'm all for recipe sharing, too.

I have some pictures of stuff I knit that I can post later on.

mvt2003 · July 2019

I decided to learn how to bake and decorate layer cakes this year, behold my Easter creation. It’s biscoff flavor!!!

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shamrocandroll · July 2019

@mvt2003 From someone who doesn't generally like cake... that looks delicious!!!!

mvt2003 · July 2019

Thanks @shamrocandroll! It's not great for my waistline (or my participation in the healthy habits thread LOL) but it's fun, it takes up a decent amount of time (less time to spend thinking about my temps, ovulation, etc.) and it tastes great. I use Cake By Courtney's recipes, they're always amazing!

kagesstarshroom · July 2019

@emeraldduchess Yay! I copied the idea from the one you'd made earlier in the year, but it felt weird to reply from it so far out? I'm glad people are on board with making it a monthly!

@mvt2003 Gorgeous--looks delish!!

mvt2003 · July 2019

Did a mini photo shoot this morning with the blanket I’m working on! It’s really thick yarn so it’s working up pretty quickly!

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bluetickgal · July 2019

@mvt2003 that cake looks wonderful! Very pretty blanket as well! Is that knitted or crocheted? My mom taught me to knit forever ago, and I really should try it again!

mvt2003 · July 2019

@bluetickgal Thank you!! The blanket is knit, it's a really thick yarn and I'm working in garter stitch so it's difficult to tell! I'd love another knitting buddy on the board along with @emeraldduchess !

jennifer_louise · July 2019

Ooh ooh @mvt2003 @bluetickgal @emeraldduchess I'm a knitter too!

I'm working on a massive blanket project and I'll try to remember to take pics tonight...

emeraldduchess · July 2019

Here are some baby blankets I recently made for friends/family. I'm mobile so I hope these aren't huge!

bluetickgal · July 2019

@emeraldduchess those are all so pretty!

mvt2003 · July 2019

@emeraldduchess I love them!!!!!!! Gorgeous colors and stitch patterns!

emeraldduchess · July 2019

I made this dark chocolate zucchini cake over the weekend and it was great! No pics, though.

I skipped making the ganache and just put some Cool Whip on top instead. If you have a ton of zucchini to get rid of and don't want to make zucchini bread, I highly recommend this!

https://www.butteryum.org/blog/2018/1/1/chocolate-zucchini-snack-cake

mvt2003 · July 2019

@emeraldduchess OMG droooling!

mvt2003 · July 2019

I'm feeling the urge to make a summer fruit galette, but I want the crust to be sugary - does anyone have a go-to recipe? I'm thinking peaches and blueberries (my local orchard opens for business this week!)

emeraldduchess · July 2019

I have never made a galette, but Sally's Baking Addiction blog might have a good recipe. Her site is my go-to for most baked goods! Her chewy chocolate chip cookies are amazing!

flowntheloop · July 2019

Y'all are making me hungry. T_T
My new recipe of the week: Fresh corn (cut off the cob), green beans, cherry tomatoes, all cooked in a basil butter/balsamic vinegar sauce. Tastes delicious cold or warm!

begging4abump · July 2019

@mvt2003 I didn’t even know what those desserts were called, but I do know that they are delicious! I hope you try out a good one so that you can share the photo and recipe!

@emeraldduchess & @mvt2003 those blankets are beautiful! I tried my hand at knitting a while back. My handiwork looked horrendous and tendinitis in my forearms flared up, so now I can better appreciate others’ talents for it!

Refinishing a door counts as crafting, right? This has taken me quite some time. Maybe 2 months? 3? I don’t really want to know. Just putting in a couple hours here and there really drags it out. No good before pictures unfortunately. Basically the door had super chunky spots of paint (red outside, white inside) because the previous owners never took the time to clean things off before painting. We had to replace the door knob maybe the third day after having bought the house, and the replacement didn’t match up, so that looked bad too. So I stripped all the paint and some unidentifiable white gunk underneath the paint (drywall mud maybe) and most of the SUPER dark stain that was apparently popular in the 70s, slapped on 4 coats of polyurethane to each side, and here she is! (Don’t mind the missing trim or the water stained wall or exposed light switches. We had a pipe burst in the soffit above the front door. We’ve repaired all the drywall and sanded down the dry wall mud to even out all the walls from having taken down wallpaper, and now we’re finally ready to prime & paint.)

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shamrocandroll · July 2019

@begging4abump That's gorgeous!!!

mvt2003 · July 2019

Holy moly @begging4abump that is gorgeous and you did a TON of work!! That totally counts!

@emeraldduchess thanks! I'll start hunting her site! I have a very specific vision, I'm hoping someone else had the same vision so I have to do less leg work on it

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whattheavocado · July 2019

@begging4abump I'm just here lurking at all the delicious cakes and then bam, at the bottom is that door 😍. My partner and I made a great attempt recently at repainting our house and then we came to a stall! All the doors need work but you have inspired me to get stuck into my bay windows, if they were stripped back to their original timber they would be so fab!

begging4abump · July 2019

@whattheavocado Good for you, painting everything! That’s no easy feat! We’re working room by room since everything is connected to each other, so four years in, we have three rooms completed...minus needing minor things like repairing a small patch on the ceiling and adding trim around one door. Hopefully in the next couple months we’ll have the front hallway/stairs completed. I love before and after photos if you have any—of the painting or if you take on those windows!! (We NEVER remember to take before photos. 🤷🏻‍♀️)

mvt2003 · July 2019

I just found this and holy crap do I want to make this now. https://www.shutterbean.com/2019/peanut-butter-smores-dip/

emeraldduchess · July 2019

@mvt2003 that looks amazing!

My FIL keeps giving us zucchini. There are 7 of them on my kitchen counter right now. I think we're in for a lot of zucchini bread, side dishes, and more bread.

begging4abump · July 2019

@emeraldduchess ha, my mom gave me a gigantic zucchini that I used maybe a third of. And then I forgot that it’s in the refrigerator...and bought a bunch more on clearance at the grocery store. I’ll include some savory recipes below in case you’re interested. The gyros are DELICIOUS, but I have eta: NOT tried the veggie sandwiches yet. I’ll probably try them this week though!

cmclaire · July 2019

Oh my goodness, you guys are so talented! That cake is gorgeous.

[Deleted User] · July 2019

Give me all the zucchini, pls!
@begging4abump that is a labor of love right there!

NYTino24 · July 2019

@begging4abump It looks great! What color are you going to paint the walls?

begging4abump · July 2019

@NYTino24 we just purchased “repose gray” from sherwin! Maybe in a month or so I can post updated photos. 🙂

mvt2003 · July 2019

@begging4abump we're also a Sherwin paint family!

My go-to gray is "knitting needles" shockingly enough.

begging4abump · July 2019

@mvt2003 ha, we must have left the store with about 20 different shades of grays. I’m not sure if we had knitting needles in our stack, but a quick google search makes it look like it would have been a quality contender!

emeraldduchess · July 2019

@begging4abump not 50 shades of gray? 🤣 (You walked right into that one!)

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