Catching Up...

 

All I have left to do is the binding and my guild competition quilt will be finished. I spent all day yesterday doing the surface quilting, but ran out of gas (and thumbs) before I could finish the hand sewing for the binding.  I'll take a couple Aleve™ and finish it today.

Do you think I should show you a picture of the whole thing before the competition or would you rather wait til after the judging? I can go either way on that. Just let me know what you think.

I did manage to make a batch (6) of Revolution Rolls to try out, too. (Two might have been consumed with dinner last night.) I was tickled that they looked just like Sandy's photos! They were pretty good - especially when you consider that there are only a few ingredients: cream cheese, eggs, cream of tartar and Splenda™. (Note: you can click on the italicized name of these rolls above for the link to the recipe.)

I'm going to take the the rest of them and actually make sandwiches today. (You use two to make a sandwich, as they're too thin to split.) I'm thinking tuna fish might be good. I love that stuff, and can't tell you how sick I get of using lettuce leaves instead of rolls. Now, I can use these rolls and actually put lettuce inside. Brilliant!

I've got inspiration lined up in the studio that I can't wait to tackle. Next will be a project for my brother, followed by a quilt repair task that I'll be sharing with you as I work on it. I'm also fitting in projects for my new product line launch. I'll tell you all about it in mid-November. I hope you will be excited about it as I am.

What do you have planned for today?

It's Not Bread, But It's Not Bad...

I love bread. Any kind of bread. Hot, fresh out of the oven, crusty outside bread is my favorite. It makes me happy...and it travels straight to my hips. Gaaahhh!

Over the four months we spent in the Flying Cloud, I managed to gain eighteen pounds. I didn't see it coming. I just knew that I had to buy a couple new pairs of shorts before we headed home...in a larger size. When I got home and weighed myself, I went into mild shock.

The reason I'm telling you this is so that you now know that I didn't eat any candy corn (my favorite) this Halloween. I'm gettin' up close and personal with Dr. Atkins. I've already lost the weight (over the past three weeks) that I gained on our trip and now I'm going for more. But I miss bread. (Aren't you proud of me that our girlfriend's group meets every Tuesday night at Paneras and I haven't been eating bread?)

My friend, Tammy is also on a weight loss regimen that shares some of the same features of the Atkins Diet, and she told me about a few recipes for bread substitues. I was particularly interested in the "bread" recipes. One was for Cauliflower Pizza Crust and another for Cauliflower "Bread" Sticks. I was intrigued.

Yesterday afternoon, I took a break from working on my guild competition quilt so Handsome and I could make the Bread Stick recipe. The main ingredients are cauliflower, mozzarella cheese and egg. I'm not going to go into the details of the recipe here, but I am sharing this link to Sandy's Kitchen blog so you can print out your own copy. (I took these photos after our baking adventure today.)

The Cauliflower Bread Sticks came out of the oven with a nice, crispy texture and were a great substitute for a real bread snack.

After further exploration on her blog, I found that Sandy also has a recipe for Revolution Rolls that I can't wait to try. (It's so hard to make a sandwich without bread, and I'm a little tired of using lettuce as the support for the rest of my sandwich ingredients.) We were actually quite pleased with the flavor of our bread stick substitute, and look forward to making the rolls. I promise to come back and tell you what I think of them after I make them this week!

REMINDER: In case you missed it, I'm celebrating my 900th Post with a giveaway. You'll need to leave a comment here to enter. Just my way of saying "thank you" to my friends for joining me on my blog. You have until November 4th to enter.