Mmmmmmm...Butter!

Here is one of my favorite things to have in my fridge...fresh, homemade butter....

Ingredients:
Heavy Cream (preferably organic)
Sea Salt (optional)

Pour the cream into the bowl of a mixer (or food processor)....

...turn the mixer on medium low and beat until cream starts to thicken...

...turn speed up to high and beat until buttermilk starts to separate...scrape down sides of bowl as needed....

I cover my mixer with a towel at this point so it doesn't throw buttermilk all over the kitchen...it's going to start sloshing soon....

When you hear a lot of sloshing and the butter is glommed on to the beater...it's done...

Scoop the butter into a sieve and press with a spatula to remove the remaining buttermilk (you can mix in a little salt at this point if desired)....

Store the butter in a small bowl...and don't forget to to save the buttermilk!  It's great for baking (especially biscuits...but that's another post :)

Enjoy!

Deb

Marissa's Jewels....

For the Bride....

For the Bridesmaids...

For the Moms...

Enjoy!
Deb

Marissa's Jewels Continued....

Coming back to jewelry making after a two year sabbatical has been an experience!  Everything takes twice as long as I think it should...I promise I'll be the most organized jewelry artist on the planet before this is done...since I have to search and find everything I need and I'm labeling all my drawers and boxes as I go along...I spent an hour this  morning looking for my 3mm bezel cups!!  I bet they heard me snarling all the way to Seattle...

I've almost finished Marissa's pendant and earrings...a little more sanding to go and a couple of bezel cups to add...I hope to fire them tomorrow and then on to the enameling....

Enjoy!

Deb

Eat Local...Another Option....

It is November and out little local produce stand has closed for the season....and it's Olympia Local Foods to the rescue! This is the brilliant brain child of Tom and Celia Husman, owners of Tachira Farm ...easy, one stop shopping for local produce, dairy, meats and many more goodies!  It almost seems too easy.  I place my order online between Friday morning and Tuesday morning and pick up my order on Thursday afternoon.  And every week my order seems to get a little bigger as I try new products...

This is the order we picked up yesterday.  I love knowing that my cage free, organic eggs came from Yelm, the carrots from Shelton and the squash from Olympia ...all of my order was from a less than 50 mile radius of our home!


Last night I made a stir fry of chicken, peppers, onions and kale...tonight a bean soup with chard and carrots...

Enjoy!