Recycled Window Boxes

M was on a mission this past weekend. Aside from cleaning up the yard and tidying around the house, he wanted to make more planters. At some point in our house’s past, the living room windows had window boxes. There were no signs of them when we moved in, so either it’s been a very long time since the last installation or the former owners took them when they left.

The wood came from a pallet we got from our neighbors. I was thinking they would be a bit deeper, but boards weren’t wide enough. Not complaining though, because I think he did a pretty good job on them. Now I just have to figure out what to plan in them. Something with shallow roots… herbs perhaps?

Ice Cold Tofu

Here's the thing with posting pictures from my phone via email - I can send a picture and give the post a title, but I can't put content. So that means having to pull it up on my computer/tablet and working on it... when I get the chance to do so. And lately that has been a trickle.

But comments help. And Jon, thanks to your comment, here's the update.

Not too long ago, tofu was on sale at Chopper. Two for four, something along those lines, so I grabbed a bunch. This is the silken tofu, which I have only seen used for this. You can cut it up to look pretty, or you can be in nom nom mode and just cut it loose from its container and plop it on a plate. A splash of soy sauce, a little dribble of sesame seed oil, and a grind of pepper and you are set. This was M's vegetarian version, to mine I added some minced scallion and a generous helping of bonito flakes. 

Extremely easy to make, and perhaps the perfect snack when the weather is like this.

Go. Try it. You can thank me later.

Don't Eat This!

Not a food recipe, but something I'm working on for the holidays! You can find it here.

Wintergreen's Tub Truffles
makes about 48 quarter-ounce truffles

Ingredients:

5.2 oz natural (chocolate-scented) cocoa butter (you can sub 1 oz shea or mango butter for 1 oz of the cocoa butter)

4 oz citric acid, sifted

2.5 oz baking soda, sifted

EO or FO