TADD Thursday Art Dinner Date

 Hi Everyone!

Today is the first TADD with Rain. After being asked by Kathy, Rain took over Food Wednesday and combined it with TAD. Why not it's a good marriage. So let's have some fun with this.

First the art.

This is a WIP 

We finally have a date for our art show.

"Art on the yard" will be July 29-30th. 

That is if the weather and health holds. LOL

My friend, Cathy will be selling with me. It should be fun.

I am pricing and taking inventory.

Spirit dolls, Stickman dolls, leather faces, and sculpture art, and wall hangings.	All tag and yes bagged so the dust doesn't get to them.
A few of the clay totems	And a big case of clay faces and cabochons.

More to price this weekend and I will be making displays to hang art. In my bead art days Mr. M. and I traveled the US as vendors at art shows. It was so much fun back then.

I am hoping for the same here.

Now for some food. My garden is finally taking off. Pretty late in the year, so I am hoping for a long Indian summer to make up for it. I swear I can see the lettuce growing right in front of my eyes. We like salads but really not everyday. There has to be a way to store lettuce to last longer. In the past I have always cleaned and then wrapped it in paper towels. That works pretty well. But I have been experimenting with sealing lettuce and other greens in canning jars. IT WORKS!! This is not my idea. I saw it on one of my garden shows. All you need is lettuce store bought or from the garden. A Food Saver, and the attachments to seal canning jars. 

Of course canning jars and 

hurray reuse your canning lids.

Tear leaves from stem	I clean all my veggies in cold water, vinegar, baking soda and 1 drop of clear  Palmolive pure and clear dish soap.
clean lettuce.	drain
rinse thoroughly and drain again.	put it in a salad spinner to get as much water as possible off the lettuce.
I then spread it out on paper or T towels.	I also pat the lettuce dry. I do reuse the P.Ts.
Next I fill clean and sterilized mason jars with the lettuce.	For small mouth jars us 2 lids. The top lid will not seal. For some reason it just works better this way.
Put the sealer on and connect the hose. Then press the start button.	When removing the hose, start with the end connected to the jar.  You get a perfect seal.
My lettuce has been in the fridge 14 days.	I opened the butter lettuce because it is a fragile green. It is perfectly good and crisp.
If you don't have a food saver lettuce, celery and other greens will last longer wrapped in foil.	Looking at the photos and instructions seems like it takes a long time. Seriously 20 minutes tops.  These are the attachments. I swear by these. They are perfect for sealing so many things, especially leftovers. These do not take the place of regular canning.

And OMG good cookies. I make a lot of cookies. Mr. M. loves them at night. I make regular, healthy and made up recipes but I have never made cookies with cornstarch in them. Seriously good cookies.

This is the original recipe but it only make 1 dozen cookies. Of course I double it.

In a bowl mix 1C heaping APF,1/2t baking powder, 1/4t cornstrach, 1/4t salt. Set aside.

In mixing bowl add 1/2C softened butter, 1/2C sugar. Mix until fluffy. Add 1 egg and 2t vanilla extract. Mix until fluffy again. Add flour mixture a little at a time until all is combined. 

Prepare the cooking sheets with parchment or a bit of spray oil then wiped with a paper towel. Spoon dough onto sheets, wet your fingers and press dough down just a bit. At this point you can sprinkle sugar on top, then bake at 375°F for 10 minutes. Then, enjoy!

Be sure to stop by rains to see what she is up to and of course all of the participants in TADD.

 

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Have a great day!

Nicole