Crafting & Cooking...

This weekend, I've been determined to make the most of my time, so I've been working on Christmas gifts galore. In my family, we started a tradition years ago that we can do "made" gifts, or crafts. This year, I'm carrying through with this because I just love the idea of not just spending money, but also spending the time. Let's just say, if a burglar ever stole the presents under my tree, they would be highly disappointed because there are no electronics, but rather personalized handmade gifts that come from the heart.

This weekend, I started off Saturday with making a scarf for a friend (for purchase to give as a gift.) This is my first scarf that I am actually selling, so that is actually exciting. The funny thing is, as I was knitting, I made a mistake, and I quickly thought "Edit, Undo." It made me sad to think my brain automatically switch to "computer mode." Clearly, I work a job where things are easily reversed with the click of a mouse.

After knitting, I switched to cooking mode and tested out some next gadgets...

I made homemade hummus (recipe) with my new KitchenAid food processor, and I was super excited to try out using Tahini for the first time! I also picked up some other organics that have been on my "test" list - Coconut Palm Sugar and Coconut Oil.

I highly recommend checking out the blog, FoodBabe.

(This is where I got the ideas to switch to the Coconut Palm Sugar.) I am a clean eating fanatic, and I love her investigations & exposure of what is really in our food.

It's an eye opener.

I then tried out this fun little gadget, the Vegghetti, to make homemade Zucchini Bread. This thing is awesome, and seriously a reasonable purchase price for all the time it saves. Super easy to use.

I finished off the day working on some wood burning.

Since the weather will be decent today, I plan on attempting to stain this with various colors...with Q-tips to hopefully prevent the color from running...

We'll see how well this works, fingers crossed!

Hope you all had a great weekend!

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