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Piccata and popsicles. I really can't stop eating these popsicles. They're not paying me, but I wish they would, in product.

I was seriously craving some chicken piccata, Cheesecake Factory style, because I'm classy like that, so I made some for lunch. No one else in my house will touch a lemony sauce, so Rick and the kids ate their chicken and angel hair with marinara sauce.

I didn't really use a recipe, but this one is pretty close.

The key is pounding your chicken, seasoning it, and then dredging with flour. It seals in the juices of the chicken, and also add some flour to your pan, which will thicken your sauce. I also cut up the lemon rind and simmer it in the sauce, to add a deeper lemon flavor. The recipe linked calls for some cream, I skipped that part, but only because I forgot. It was still delicious.

I'm taking a break from mask making for a little while. Charlie wants to work on his 4H vest project, and I wanted him to have a clear space to work in. On…

For my birthday this year I treated myself to a package of undyed micro-skeins from Wool2Dye4. I bought the Sheila's Gold yarn, which is a 2 ply socks, yarn, and I was not disappointed. I dyed it up with various Dharma acid dye colors, and then magic knotted the skeins together into a cake. I also overdyed some clearance Cloudborn yarn, which was a relatively unattractive bright purple, and is now really dark, and multi-tonal.


 I'm now using my rainbow cake, and my moody purple yarn to knit up an ADVENTuresome Wrap, and I'm loving it. I'll post a progress pic soon, and I'm also planning on posting some tutorials/walkthroughs of how I dye yarn and fiber. It's a lot easier than you think, not very messy, and doesn't require a ton of equipment.

It's really nice to settle down with my knitting in the evening, especially such a colorful project. The last few days haven't been great, and having a routine, and being gentle with myself makes a huge differ…

I just want to preface this by saying that I don't cook like this every day, certainly not now that we're in this weird emotional state. I have plenty of days when my biggest accomplishments are making myself coffee, and getting up to pee in the toilet and not in my bed. So if you don't feel like cooking, if you don't have the energy to eat anything other than cereal, if you're too exhausted to even chew anything at all, I feel you. Reading this post isn't meant to make you feel bad, or inadequate, or like you're not doing enough. It's just how I coped with today.



There are no decent Chinese restaurants in our neck of the woods. I would even say that there are no mediocre Chinese restaurants here, and as is common knowledge, Jews love to eat Chinese food, so I have to make my own.


I used this recipe for the wontons (minus the shrimp). This time I also used leftover broth from when I made matzah balls. I sliced up some napa cabbage, mushrooms, and green…

Proof I have lost my damn mind.

This has been one of my favorite stress bakes. It's a really simple banana bread recipe from 300 Best Comfort Food Recipes by Johanna Burkhard. I originally found the book at my library, and then ordered a use copy from Amazon. The book is no longer in print, but she does have an updated version available. I'm not someone who buys a lot of cookbooks, but I highly recommend this one.
Banana Nut Bread 1 3/4 c. flour1 tsp. baking soda1/2 tsp. salt2 eggs1 c. mashed bananas (about 3)1/3 c. vegetable oil1/2 c. honey1/3 c. packed brown sugar1/2 c. chopped walnuts Preheat oven to 325. Grease a loaf pan. Mix all of the wet ingredients. I also like to add 2 tsp. of vanilla. mix dry ingredients. Mix dry into wet. Pour into pan, and bake for 1.25 hours, or until done.



I also set aside my current sweater project, because I needed something relatively mindless. This is Joji Locatelli's Odyssey Shawl. I'm using two colors of solid scandinaviu sock yarn, and a yarn that I hand dyed mys…

Now that I finished my second batch of masks (there will likely be a third batch, because I feel compelled, but I am burned out AF right now), I also finished up The Ugliest Apron Ever™. It's a very comfortable apron, because there is nothing pulling on your neck. It did require quite a lot of bias tape, and I had a ton of vintage tape from some thrift haul or freecycle, I don't remember any more. I feel like Edith Bunker when I have it on. Did I mention it also has deep pockets? It's perfect.
Other than that, I'm really fucking down today. I can barely keep my eyes open. All I want to do is sleep. It'll go away, I know it will, but in the mean time it sucks. Hang on out there.