It happens every year, but it still feels immeasurably better to have more daylight. Even better than that, we’ve been seeing sunny days! Some time has been spent picking up sticks and dried plant material that is blowing around. Things related to growing and planting are coming along. Spreadsheets for seeds and plants are made and the final details have been rattling around in my head for a week or more. Most of the details have fallen into place and just need to be put in the sheets.
To be honest, there has been some boredom over here with bitter days, clouds, and not much to do other than clean (which is the last thing I want to do). Are you interested in any baked goods? Jams? Chai latte? Scrubs? Pillow sprays? Lotion bars? Rollerballs? Something else??
Here’s what I have on hand right now:
1 Full batch of Cardamom cookies $15
2 Bags of Cardamom cookies $3 each
1 Bag of Banana Bread Granola $5 each (Vegan, GF, No refined sugar)
Lots of Chai latte mix refills $5 each
4 Spicy seasoned salt $4 per jar
2 Instant potato soup mix $5 per 2 cups
1 Dark cocoa mix $5 per 2 cups
Jam (low sugar): 1 Black raspberry, 7 Blackberry, 4 Blueberry, 1 Pear butter, 1 Red raspberry
Regular Jam: 7 Peach jalapeno, 3 Plum butter, 1 Raspberry apple, 5 Raspberry jalapeno, 6 SBR, 3 Spiced plum, 7 Strawberry rhubarb, 4 Holiday jam, 2 Cranberry mustard
Can be made for Friday afternoon or Saturday pick-up:
Italian Focaccia bread $7.50 each
French Bread $4 per loaf
Apricot & cranberry breads $4 per mini loaf (or most sweet breads)
Biscotti, dark chocolate, orange/cranberry or almond
Applesauce muffins with crumb topping $2 each (Vegan, No refined sugar)
Almond shortbread cookies $3 per 6 cookies (Vegan, GF, No refined sugar)
Maple Pecan Granola (Vegan, GF, No refined sugar)
Cherry crisps, single serve – if we can get at least 10 sold
Cream of Anything soup mix $5 per 2 cup dry mix
Regular seasoned salt $4 per jar
Sugar scrubs: lemon, lime, grapefruit, orange, lavender, coffee, jasmine, orange vanilla, cinnamon $6 ea
Peppermint foot soak $5 or Peppermint foot scrub $6
Rollerballs: headache relief, congestion relief, calming blend, hippie chick, flower power $5
Pillow sprays: lavender, sweet dreams, stop snoring $4
Bath salts: my aching back, sweet dreams, calming blend, lavender, or congestion relief (for bath, foot soak or steaming over a bathroom sink) $5
If there’s something else that you want, send me your request!
As you can see, there are several new recipes that were tested this winter. The vegan options use Zulka raw sugar, maple syrup, and applesauce as the primary sweeteners and many use coconut or olive oil as a liquid and source of tenderness. The almond shortbread cookies are made with almond flour, coconut oil, maple syrup, vanilla and topped with raw sugar infused with lemon zest. These are so good! Not a low calorie food, but packed with flavor and a decent amount of protein per cookie.
As always, we hope that you and your family are well and enjoying some sunshiny days! If you ever want something, please reach out and I’ll be happy to help. And, if you have empty jars, let me know! Here’s to some great days before spring actually gets here!