Ideas For You
My 30 days of creative endeavors will be committing to a journal that I got at a Japanese Dollar Store. Here is day one and the cover.
Cover
30 Days of Creativity is a global social initiative encouraging people to create stuff (anything) every day for 30 days in June. 2012 is the 3rd year. Your brain is like a muscle. When you exercise it, it gets stronger.
Summer has arrived in Arizona with a force! With a high of 113 degrees today I had to start the warm weather drinks with a delicious punch. I created it by blending strawberries, which seem to be on sale everywhere right now, with lemons and adding Stevia to sweeten. It can be enjoyed as is for the young or a touch of grown up cocktail juice such as vodka can be splashed in! Serve over ice and enjoy!
The Hunger Games Unofficial Cookbook is now available. After seeing this I knew I needed to whip up something to honor the opening of the movie tonight at midnight. I haven’t bought the cookbook but having read all the books and having tickets in hand to see the midnight showing I was inspired to make a Hunger Games snack. So I came up with Katniss Herb Spread with Peeta Bread, that makes me smile every time I say it!
Here is the snack:
Here is the recipe:
Katniss Herb Spread with Peeta Bread
Ingredients:
2 teaspoons oregano
2 teaspoons basil
2 tablespoons ground thyme
1 teaspoon whole thyme
2 teaspoons savory
2 teaspoons ground marjoram
1/2 teaspoons whole dry marjoram
(Any green herbs or spices that are on their last legs)
1-2 tablespoons ground sumac
1/4-1/2 cup unhulled, toasted sesame seeds, ground
1 1/2 teaspoons salt (or to taste)
1 tablespoon dried ground lemon peel or zest of two lemons
Preparation:
1. Grab a medium to large bowl. Dump in all of your dried green herbs and spices that have reached their life cycle. The varied amounts are fine. Just mix them all together.
2. Grab a cookie sheet, cover it with sesame seeds, toast them in the over on 350 degrees until lightly brown.
3. Remove from oven, cool the crush sesame seeds with a pestle in a small bowl.
4. Combine with green herbs.
5. Add in olive oil, enough to create a paste out of the herbs. It shouldn’t be dry.
6. Sprinkle on a tsp of sumac if you have some on hand
7. Add lemon zest to bowl
8.Spread on pita or ‘Peeta’ bread and bake or broil until heated through (350 degrees for 6 to 9 minutes)
Or download it here: Katniss Herb Spread with Peeta Bread
