THE END OF WINTER

It has been an interesting winter. A lot of it was spent on fun little projects. In my opinion you have to really focus on the fun to get through the dreary rainy PNW winter.  I try to follow my heart and do what feels good while not ignoring responsibilities... because in the end that doesn't feel good. 

We all seemed to have a cold with a never ending cough. Although, it made for an excellent excuse to stay home and catch up on me time. This called for lots hot beverages in my fancy gourd mug.

LEfse

Lefse is a family dish that I have made many times, but never really tried to master. We finally purchased our very own Bethany Heritage Griddle. When you don't have to borrow your mom's, making lefse one or two times a week becomes an attainable goal. The first time I made it, I ran out of steam after about 10. It is a long time standing tending the grill and rolling them out. So I put my leftover balls of potato dough in the refrigerator. When I came back 24 hours later, there were unpleasantly grayed and I had to add additional flour so that I could roll them out. I would say this is not ideal and probably why many directions say to add flour to a small portion at a time and then make them immediately. 
So I shrunk down the recipe and make just 8 lefse at a time. 

2 cups cooked potatoes super mashed (about 4 potatoes)

Add:
2 Tbsp butter
2 Tbsp half & half
1/4 Tbsp salt
1/4 Tsp baking powder

​Chill Completely


Add:
1 Cup flour

Turn on Griddle to about 425 degrees.

Divide dough into 8. Roll into tidy balls. Return to refrigerator and pull out one ball at a time to roll out.

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FASCINATORS

In preparation for a family baby shower with a garden tea party theme where fascinators or fancy hats are strongly encouraged, I tried my hand at millinery. I have some of the most entertaining cousins and they are very inspiring.

This was a pretty inexpensive craft for me. My mom had a huge stash of ribbon and double fold bias tape. Tulle netting is really inexpensive. All my curtains in my house are held up with IKEA curtain wire and the leftovers makes for an amazing substitute for hat wire. I did have to buy a few inexpensive headbands at the grocery store, but all the beads were just hanging around.

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