Mountain Bluet Budding

[superbadgirl]

Happy Mother's Day to any mothers or grandmothers out there.

Productive day! I made whole wheat flour tortillas from scratch, then made them into bean and rice burritos to stash in the freezer for quick meal options later - added broccoli, cauliflower and carrots to beef up the vegetable content. The tortillas, by the way, are so easy to do. I don't generally buy them anyway, but now for sure I'll resist the urge. Fresh is best! Total aside, I read some stupid list online a while back about useless kitchen gadgets - on the list, food processor. La di da, said the list, who needs one of these when you have a Vitamix, thereby alienating people like me who can't afford to buy a damned Vitamix. With the food processor, the dough whipped together in under a minute...

Tangent! Anyway, after the tortillas, I made a batch of dog treats for the shelter dogs. Ground oats, olive oil, low sodium chicken broth. Voila! I'd like to do jerky, but, well. Meat's more expensive than stuff I already have on hand. LOL.

Then I did the dishes. Ugh.

Next, I dragged out the reel mower and mowed the lawn. I almost didn't do this, but figured it would be better to get it over with rather than wait for a truly sunny day. It took just over an hour to do my whole yard, and was quite the workout. I do think the reel mower was the right call for me. Is it a perfectly manicured lawn? No. But to be honest even with all the tools in the world, my yard is going to be the ugliest on the block. I did notice some rot along the lower edge of my siding. :(

I intended to follow all of this up with a walk up the hill to the column. I got halfway there, then decided to turn around. Bit by the lazy bug, I guess. Now I am resting with two cats sprawled on me, one next to me.

Comments

[khek]

I love this photo! It's almost like a little alien pod opening up. :D


Do you have a recipe for the dog treats? Maggie is up to 110 (yikes!) and the vet says she needs to lose weight. She suggested I start making treats instead of buying them. Exercise helps, but since we're kind of plodding along with her arthritic legs and spine, it's going to have to be mostly through diet.

[superbadgirl]

I really enjoy the mountain bluets - very interesting looking, from start to finish.

Hmm, confession: I found a recipe and then used it and then forgot where it was. I eyeballed these for a small batch. The neighbor dog seemed to enjoy them long enough to stop barking at me while he crunched through them. Haha.

1 cup whole wheat flour or oats ground into flour
3/4 cup chicken stock/broth (you could probably use beef, too)
2-3 TB olive oil

I basically tossed it all into the food processor and let it do its thing. I am sure you could use stand or hand mixer, or a spoon and a bowl. Roll out, cut and bake at 350 for 20 minutes or so, flipping them over halfway through the bake. Eyeball that, too - depends on how crunchy you want them.

I've see recipes for peanut butter treats, or adding carrots, pumpkin or sweet potato. They all seem pretty simple, and none of those scary ingredients you see on the cheap treats ingredients list or the scary price on the quality ones...