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The Virtual Great American Bake Sale

Okay. Kate over at Cooking At Stolen Moments has partnered with Share Our Strength and their Great American Bake Sale for an Virtual Bake Sale to raise money for hungry kids in AMERICA. Now for those of you who have been reading here awhile know that a major pet peeve of mine is all the focus on the plight of kids EVERYWHERE ELSE but right here in the good ol' USA.

 

Well,  here's a chance for me to put my money where my mouth is as it were and participate in this. And I am.

From Kate's Virtual GABS page:

You can participate in one or all of the following ways:

• Submit a baking recipe to be included in the ebook(s). Submit a recipe before April 5th. The recipes will be compiled, and the ebook(s) will be available for purchase on April 13th. You can submit a recipe here or via email - virtualbakesale@gmail.com
• Spread the word! If you have a blog, ask your readers to submit a recipe for the ebook. The deadline for ebook recipe submissions is April 5th. Feel free to copy and paste any information in this post when you spread the word. Make sure you offer your readers either a link to this post or the email address, virtualbakesale@gmail.com, so they can submit their recipes.
• Tweet! Spread the word about ebook(s) and the Virtual Great American Bake Sale through twitter. Please use hashtag #vgabs.
• Participate in the Virtual Great American Bake Sale. If you have a recipe you’d like to share, write up a post, include a link to the ebook purchase page (the link will be available the 12th), and then send me the URL to your post by April 12th. I’ll post a master list of all the VGABS participants on April 13th.
• Add a button in your sidebar that links to the ebook purchase page.
• Spread the word about the ebook.

Timeline Synopsis

• April 5th - Deadline to submit recipes
• April 13th - Kick off of the Virtual Great American Bake Sale and launch of the ebook(s) sales.

So, how many of you are going to join us?

Thanks to Sue for the heads up!

NaBloPoMo #21 :: The First Five

Because I did a Domestic Goddess Extreme day, don't expect much.

Today my fat, crippled ass made 1 Yam Praline Casserole  from one of the Mutant Yams (low-carb), 1 Pumpkin Pie (low-carb), 1 batch of Stuffing (low-carb), 1 large bowl of fruit salad (low-carb friendly), 2 dozen Low-Carb Ginger Snaps (though they aren't very snappy). The photo proves it. Get over the dirty stove.  That's what happens when you cook and bake all day.   Heh...

And because I am such a big ol' copycat and stuff, I am snarfing this way cool thingy from Eden who snarfed it from Samantha: “By the end of the calendar year, I will send a tangible, physical gift to each of the first five people to comment here. The catch? Each person must make the same offer on her/his blog.” Evidently, Ruthie, Erin & and Jen all saw it too and decided to play.  I don't know them (yet) but I've been reading Eden for a few years now so I am sure they are terrific girlies.

So, y'all... the first 5  to comment here will get some kind of handmade thingamajig from me. Could be one of my soldered glass pendants, could be a small assemblage, could be a collage. Who knows?

Oh and if you want to exchange Solstice/Yule, Christmas/Xmas, Channukah, etc, etc, etc, etc, toss me an e-mail with the pertinent info and I will do the same. Have a nice Turkey Day tomorrow. Eat way too much. Heh...

NaBloPoMo #21 :: Mutant Yams

I know it's Wordless Wednesday but I could not resist adding words to this week' s entry!

While shopping for ingredients for the dishes I will be bringing to the Family Feast tomorrow, I decided to make a Yam/Sweet Potato Casserole. I could only find these:

:: click image to enlarge ::

These suckers weigh 4 pounds a piece and why I bought TWO of the damn things, I'll never know; I only need 3 pounds for the casserole!

Wanna Play? Check out Wordless Wednesday HQ!! 

NaBloPoMo #19 :: Today's Supper

Well, because I mentioned that I cook almost daily in yesterday's post, I got an e-mail asking what I cooked, especially since I need to watch the carbs as Manthing & I are both diabetic. So today, I figured I'd share my turkey burger concoction. I've tried several recipes but Manthing didn't care for any of them as much as the one I came up with on my own several years ago, off the cuff.

I was tired, hurting badly and I really just didn't give two shits. You know those nights when you think you are just throwing any kind of slop together to feed the hungry pieholes and they end up loving it and asking for more. Go figure...

Off-the-Cuff Turkey Burgers

2 pounds ground turkey
parmesan cheese*
garlic (fresh or powder)*
onion (fresh or powder)*
parsley (fresh or powder)*
2 eggs
Buns and fixings, if you desire.

There are no measurements or quantities beyond the ground turkey and eggs because I don't really use exact measurements for anything but baking. I just add enough spices and stuff in till it looks right to me.

Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl.  Form a ball about the size of a pool ball with the turkey mixture and flatten into a patty. Pan fry in a hot, shallow pan; 2 to 3 minutes on each side or until they are nicely browned. On the electric stove I am forced to cook on, I use the medium high setting.

I prefer these plain with a salad or a steamed vegetable but they'd probably be good with onion straws, fries or chips but that'd ruin the whole low-carb thing with this meal. Italian Green Beans are pictured above with the burgers.

Woo. Now I feel all Betty Crocker-ish. I need ruffled cobbler's apron.

If you make these, and you like them, let me know.
If you make these, and hate them, keep it to yourself.

Heh.