Friday Art

 

This is a bighorn sheep ACEO (2 1/2" x 3 1/2") in watercolour pencil.  It showed up on my laptop screensaver and I wanted to draw those magnificent horns.

Linking to Nicole's Friday Face Off and to Gillena's Art For Fun Friday.

Cowboy Caviar

 

With Corn Chips

Nicole posted her Cowboy Caviar recipe recently.  I decided to try it and it is delicious as all Nicole's recipes are.  Thanks Nicole!

Wednesday Memes

 The flowers are finally blooming, lots of tulips, the cherry trees are blossoming.  It has been a cold spring so far.  Enjoy the memes!

Sheet pan Kebabs

 

I started out making hamburgers and then remembered I wanted to try making beef kebabs. The trick is to bake at 400 F for 20 mins, towel off any liquid, then broil for 5 minutes. Cut the kebabs apart as pictured. It was delicious.

2 lbs of lean ground beef

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp pepper

1 onion finely chopped

2 cloves garlic

1/2 tsp cumin

1/2 tsp ground coriander

1/2 tsp chili powder

1/2 tsp ginger

3 tbs lemon juice

1 egg

1/4 c milk

1/2 c breadcrumbs

400F

Spread beef mix in a flat layer in a sheet pan

Make cuts horizontally and vertically

Bake 20 min

Pour off fat (or use a paper towel to remove the liquid)

Broil 4-5 min until golden on top

Cut beef along horizontal lines to separate the kebabs

This is the recipe I intended to try: 

It was a blend 

from Kalejunkie (Instagram)

from Shezcooks (Instagram)

Ingredients:

1 kg mincemeat

1 lg onion chopped and squeezed

4-5 garlic cloves

Coriander

Spice mix:

2 tsp salt

2 tsp pepper

2 tsp cumin

2 tsp coriander

2 tsp garam masala

1 tsp chili powder

1 tsp ginger

Instructions:

375F

Spread beef mix in a flat layer in a sheet pan

Make cuts horizontally and vertically

Bake 20 min

Pour off fat (or use a paper towel to remove the liquid)

Broil 4-5 min until golden on top

Cut beef along horizontal lines to separate the kebabs

The first recipe seems to be more moist tasting.

A Positive Survival Drama

 I watched a true survival drama  'Society of the Snow' recently and was very impressed with this Netflix movie that has been remade a few times. It is not my favourite type of movie but it appeals to husband M and son K.  This article explains it well.

The plane crashed Oct 13 1972 in the Andes Mountains.

Warning there are spoilers ahead:

 12 died, 33 survived initially.  27 survivors left a week later. They resorted to cannibalism to stay alive. This movie was not made for the shock value, focussing instead on the human condition. There were 2 avalanches on Oct 29.  The survivors said keeping a sense of humour was invaluable.  When the weather began to thaw 2 of the survivors hiked a gruelling 38 miles for 10 days until they found a travelling horseman. They were rescued Dec 22 and 23.  There were 14 survivors still alive today and are in their 70's and 80's.

Is this something you would watch?

Sunday Smiles and SITAR - Ruby Ring and Happy Mother's Day

 

Today I am showing a Ruby ring ACEO (2 1/2" x 3 1/2") in watercolour pencil and acrylic pen.

Linking to Gillena's Sunday Smiles and to Nicole's SITAR.

Happy Mother's Day!

Trout and Shrimp lunch

 

I baked some trout and some shrimp the other day.  I paired it with a salad topped with sliced almonds.  It was perfect with rice and my red onion gravy.  I haven't been putting salt in many of our dishes for when Grandson C is over, but I did add salt to the seafood that day.  It did add extra taste to the dishes of course.