T Stands for This That and the Other

 Hi Everyone!

Today is the T-Party over at 

Bluebeard and Elizabeth's. The other day I posted a spider and wrote that it has a cat-like face. Elizabeth mentioned I may have upset Bluebeard, so my apologies. giggle. Seriously head over to see what cleaver art everyone is showing today.

One day last week we had our trip to Salem. I wait in the car while Mr. M. goes in to see the doctor. I always bring art paper and pencils. The art doesn't always come out the way I see it in my head. This is one of them. I see all of the mistakes and overworked areas. However, art is a learning experience, every mistake is a lesson learned.  I should stick to alien creatures when I am drawing in the car. :)

We also got our grocery shopping done. A store we have here in Oregon ( I think it's a PNW chain) is called WinCo. The best prices of any store and they even put the comparison prices of other stores. The best thing about Winco is their produce. It sells so fast that it is displayed in the boxes they came in and NOOOO icky water being sprayed on them.

I don't know what store this is. I got the photo from google. But this is how the produce is displayed.
 

Fresh fruit is a biggy for me. Trying to buy it here in Florence, you would need a bank loan.

I can eat me some watermelon

I got 4 lbs of ripe strawberries for $3.95. Oh the the fruit is from Calif not some country I have never heard of before.

I also got some beautiful portabella mushrooms. I had other photos but lost them.

I finely chopped onion, celery, broccoli, squash, and cabbage and sauteed for about 2 minutes. I removed the gills and stems and sponge cleaned the mushroom. I had some left over spaghetti sauce that I ladled into the bottom of a baking dish. Then I filled the mushroom with the veggies, topped with more sauce and baked at 350°F for about 20 minutes. Top it with cheese and it's dinner time.

Lets go back to the strawberries. How about Strawberry cake? I made a simple white cake with some changes.  The night before I cut up strawberries, placed them in a bowl with about 2 T sugar and some cranapple juice. Cover and refrigerate. The next day, cream 1/2 cup butter and 3/4C sugar. Add 2 eggs, 2t vanilla extract and blend together. Add 1/2 C milk, 1 3/4 t baking powder then gradually add 1 1/2 C of APF. The dough will be very thick. Remove the strawberries and add enough of the juice to make a nice cake batter. Drain the strawberries and then combine them into the batter. Prepare a cake pan then bake at 350°F for about 30 minutes. 

It's a dense cake

Make a butter frosting and add some of the berry juice. The photo doesn't show it but the frosting is very pink.

Now to get into the T-Party I have to show a drink. These are hard ciders. I love the cans. Not in my budget though.

Be sure to stop by Elizabeth's. Wishing all of you a great day.

Nicole