I made sweet rolls with the sourdough starter I have going. They turned out great except that the brown sugar didn't caramelize. It stayed course and if anything, got more crunchy. Not sure why. But anyway, they were still delicious.
I also painted the cut peonies you may have seen my previous post. I love these peonies because of the tinge of pink on the white petals. SO pretty. Also, it's hard to capture the fuscia pinks in oil paint. They have a transparent quality that glows and is really hard. I worked with effort to get that punch of color without overpowering the whole painting.
WIth the daylight savings change and longer days, I've been excited to get ready for spring. Here are some pussy willow branches I got at the grocers that have held up well in my room for a month. The buds have gone from tight and fuzzy to fat with yellow blossoms. Sometimes they are so heavy they fall off. Soon we will have these outside too. I made some homemade graham crackers also. They are delicious plain or with dark chocolate or lemon curd on top. They are not so sweet but have small amounts of sugar and honey and are low fat. They have whole grain flour also. I used a spelt flour. I got the recipe from...
Today I made pizza with my homemade sourdough starter. I first made the dough. Then grated two kinds of mozzerella, whole milk and low fat. Sauteed and cooked the sauce. Then I added fresh basil and sautéed green pepper slices.
My second pizza attempt turned out a better shape (circle). But I noticed all the green peppers are scrunched in the center. At first I think they slid there while baking. But then I remembered I had just dumped them on and forgot to spread them out. Oh well. We'll just pretend I'm being artistic. :D
Some of my artist friends invited me to visit their friend who moved to the country - about an hour from Chicago. She has a beautiful wooded property with land, animals, and a barn turned studio as well as an artist retreat cottage.
We had lunch of homemade lentil soup and various snacks, talked, visited, did art, quilting, knitting, and walked in the wooded property visiting with ducks and other animals.
I worked on this upside down sketch project. It was a really nice day and I feel inspired to create!
