Upcoming Em-i-lis Canning Seminars

If you couldn't attend last month's canning seminar, several more are on the horizon, and registration (free but suggested) is now open for all. Sat, 8/25, 9:00am at Strosniders' Silver Spring store: www.strosniders.com.

Sat, 9/15, 9:30am at Twins Ace Hardware in Fairfax, VA: http://www.twinsacehardware.com/sales-and-events.html

Sat, 10/27, 9:00am at Strosniders' Bethesda store: www.strosniders.com. We'll be making my family cranberry sauce at this event. Get ready for Thanksgiving!!

Additional information can be obtained by clicking on my event calendar.

Blueberry burst muffins, the boys are coming!

Y'all, these muffins are so good! An entire cup of huge, fresh blueberries plus lemon zest, cinnamon and peaches, and just a sprinkling of demerara sugar on top. Aah! The boys are coming home today, and I can't wait to see them. I'm not sure they've missed us much, and really, I might try to subtly shift the glom-dynamic towards one a little less so. If they can go a whole week with just an aggregate of 20 minutes of talking to me on the phone, then I definitely don't think they need to follow me to the bathroom and ask me to watch everything they do. I'm going to turn the tables on you little ones. Heh!

Tofu burritos, pizza Sunday

After a productive detour through a Baltimore Home Depot this afternoon, we headed home, did a little bit more work on the now officially awesome playhouse and then I headed to the market. My only disappointment about the fabulous past two weekends I've had is that I've missed the farmers market both times. Withdrawal! So, to the market. I knew we were grooving on a pizza night so picked up some good cheese and such, but in preparation for Meatless Monday, I made some tofu burritos. These also freeze well, which is what I'll do with most of them. Without the avocados of course. Pretty, eh? Quick quote from 30 Rock rerun:

Liz: "the gala's not tonight? why are you in a tux?" Jack: "it's after 6:00p, what am I a farmer?"

Hah!