I owe you some pictures...here's a few from the past couple of months.

These first few pics are from when I was making butter chicken. There are a few friends who are trying to do a regular dinner party with a different country as the theme each time. First theme--India. So I made my no fail butter chicken which failed. LOL...which is why there are no end pictures. I tried an actual recipe this time and that was likely my first mistake. My second mistake was using black cardamon. The smell is very intense. Smoky and earthy all at the same time. It wasn't a mistake to use it, it was a mistake to use 3. 3 green cardamon seeds is one thing, 3 much larger black ones is another. Lesson learned. What I did do and will try again is leaving the cinnamon whole. I hate trying to grind cinnamon and the whole sticks leave the same flavor with no effort.



Using my new mortar and pestle. Thing of beauty.

The start of the butter chicken.

Mmmms, spices. My kitchen smelled so good.

Remember this? My fugly telephone table. I bought it in August at the Restore and had high hopes for it...and it turned out awesome. Of course I had nothing to do with turning it into this thing of beauty other than being lucky enough to win a contest. After some time I received it back and am so happy with the look...except that it is covered with a blanket most of the time as the cats feel it would make a good scratching post.

This may look disgusting but I can assure you it was very tasty. I had whipped mashed potatoes at a friends house a few weeks ago and have been whipping my potatoes ever since. So much yummier than dry mashed potatoes.

For those of you who have never experienced the blue potato they are a thing of beauty. :)Often more purple than blue, but the name blue remains. These are small blue potatoes that are blue all the way through, not like the blues I remember from my youth which just had blue veins around the edges. I like to leave the skin on--tastier and more fibre.

And on a totally different lane of thought...

My drive to work one day...

And my drive home the same day....yes it doesn't take long to have a change in the weather conditions. This was from late February.

And back to food projects that didn't work out...grrr. Next time I photograph my cooking I think having someone to take the photos would be helpful. I can't stir/whip/fry while also taking photos.

This is the making of a green cake.

Blending in of the food colouring...note the not smooth cake mix.

 One of my always helpful helpers--Tundra.

 Cake balls. Finally. Wanted to try this in the fall and ran out of time for the party...then again over holidays but the last thing anyone needs is more sweets. So in honour of St. Paddy's day I made green cake balls. They tasted good but I would recommend when making cake balls from a light coloured cake to cut off the browned edges as they show up in the balls.

Waiting for the chocolate.

 The chocolate that went from solid form to burnt. It never fully melted in the pot which is why the 'balls' never got coated in chocolate and brought into work.

Apparently on Saturday night the moon was closer to the earth than normal. Here's proof...

I was lazy and took this from inside my apartment...but in my defense it was late and I already had my jammies on. I think the image turned out pretty good. What is amazing to me is that we were able to see it that night...cause tonight...no moon visible.

Hope your weekend was as relaxing as mine...but I also hope you finished washing your dishes...I didn't get mine finished. Oh well.