I have been knitting.

The adventures in knitting have been chronicled here.

I have also been designing.

Specifically, I have been designing a number of things for Woolgirl to include in her sock club and themed kits. Only two have been released so far.

They are: Kansas sock for her Wizard of Oz Club:

Oblique Scarf for the Queen of Hearts Kit, Alice in Wonderland Club:

This morning I released my first self-published pattern: Feisty Socks!

Yay!

But the ribs and blueberry crisp were much, much better.

There is no real recipe, but this is what I did, the amounts are estimates because I kept tasting and adding more of this or that:

Fresh lime juice (from 3 medium/large limes)
~1/4 cup soy-based sauce (I used a combination of Maggi Seasoning, Hoison Sauce, and Kikkoman)
~ just less than a 1/4 cup of canola oil
~2-3 TBS brown sugar
~3-4 cloves garlic, minced finely
~2-3 TBS fresh minced ginger
~2 TBS Chili-garlic sauce
Freshly ground pepper

In a gallon size zip bag I dropped the flank steak and half of the marinade/sauce. I let it sit in the fridge for at least 12 hours. An hour or so before grilling, I popped the pork tenderloins in the bag and let it all rest on the kitchen counter (in the bag) to come to room temperature.

The marinade and sauce are the same; however, I did not use the left-over marinade, but discarded it and used what I had saved to finish the dish.

The husband grilled them on his Big Green Egg.

Maybe, he will chime in with the grilling directions.

Once grilled, he sliced them thinly across the grain and we served it on a bed of rice and red leaf lettuce with some of the sauce over the top. The only thing missing were sliced home grown tomatoes!

Just enough of a tail to send to Locks of Love. And, yes, there are a few gray hairs in there, too. I have earned them.

Please don’t laugh at my pictures, it is hard trying to capture a self portrait of the back of your head, especially when holding the camera over your head.

It is only Wednesday, but I managed to serve homemade yeast rolls and seafood gumbo tonight!

Yay!

After the fire, the lovely Phoenix graciously sent me her KitchenAid mixer, as she was upgrading to a new one. To be perfectly honest, I had never owned one before, but immediately fell in love with it the very first time I used it. Phoenix has no idea how much joy she has given me this machine or how many times and I have thanked and blessed her over it.

That mixer and I have made countless sweets in the past few years, as well as learned how to make homemade pasta.

While it still motors on, it has become tired with the gears straining under my constant demands. So much so, I finally decided that I, too, needed to upgrade to a little stronger machine (575 watts, instead of 300) with a larger capacity (6 quarts to 4 1/2 quarts).

The husband came through and this is my Mother’s Day/early Birthday gift!

Of course, my mother has already called dibs on the old one and it is going to a very good home.