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I have the whole evolution set! The sizes are a little off though. Marshtomp and Swampert are Japanese, and Mudkip is Australian.
Or 'artery-clogging bacon bombs':
Filling is the scooped zucchini mixed with panko, 1 beaten egg, salt, pepper, cooked bacon, and good parmesan, sauteed in a bit of butter, stuffed into slightly pre-baked hollowed zucchini until golden.
Served as a side to chicken breast with a dijon-tarragon cream sauce, and steamed purple beans (which just turned green anyway).
A new experiment for me, stuffed portobello mushrooms! It seemed such a good idea, with ingredients like mushrooms, rice, spinach, and cheese, how could it possibly taste bad? Indeed, it was impossible! One of the more delightful dishes I've made, I must say, and one I'll certainly be making again (maybe when portobello are in season and don't cost $10 for 4!). First we brushed the mushrooms with olive oil and put them in the oven to cook for 20 minutes at 415 degrees. The "stuffed" part consists of long grain gluten-free wild brown rice (cooked in a rice cooker), an onion, a few cloves of garlic, a whole bunch of spinach, artichoke hearts, light feta (at 17% it's barely light, but it's still technically "lighter") and light cream cheese. Very simple to make, and it tastes great!
© Diana Brennan
Available as a print in my Etsy shop: dsbrennan.etsy.com
Photograph taken courtesy of the Museum of Natural History and Planetarium, Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI.
Here's a detail of the giraffe's face.
for those interested in construction nitty-gritty:
The non-giraffe (a.k.a. sky) is a cotton/lycra jersey from my stash. I knew I had an odd-shaped piece of that stuff left, and lo! saving scraps is good. Don't let your partner/roommate convince you othrwise.
The giraffe is made of a brown rayon-blend jersey. I "painted" the pattern with bleach.
The hair, tail tassel and horn pom-poms are Lamb's Pride worsted. Useful stuff, that.
The horns are stuffed with little tiny pieces of wool batting I couldn't bear to throw away. Again, pack-rat-ness has it's virtues!
The face is topstitched to the sleeve, and lightly stuffed with poly cluster fiber.
The eyeballs are a handmade felt ball cut in half, with lace trim for eyelashes, and an upside-down button for irises. It's fun to make felt balls. You should try it.
I couldn't resist th elittle cloud insterted in the front yoke seam. I needed that seam for fit purposes, but why not make it a fun seam, too?
From Yoko. This is a couscous recipe my boss gave me. It was her idea to stuff squash with it. I don't remember where she got the original recipe, but I've altered it slightly.
Ingredients:
2 T olive oil
1 small onion, diced
1 medium carrot, diced
1 medium zucchini, diced
1 10.5 oz. garbanzo beans, drained
1/2 c raisins
1/4 t turmeric
1/4 t cinnamon
1/4 t ground ginger
1/4 t nutmeg
2 cups vegetable or chicken stock*
1 box Near East couscous*
Directions:
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Cut acorn squash in half, remove seeds and pulp. Place cut side up in a roasting pan and bake for about 1 hour, or until tender.
In the meantime, heat oil in a saucepan under medium heat. Saute onion until translucent. Add carrot and zucchini and saute for a couple minutes.
Add garbanzo beans, raisins, spices, and stock and bring to a boil. Add couscous, turn off heat, and cover for about 5 minutes. Let cool slightly.
When the squash is done, set on plates and fill with couscous mixture.
*In the photo above, I used acini di pepe, which is a small pasta. If using this, increase stock to 2 1/4-2 1/2 cups. Add pasta with the other ingredients before adding stock, then let boil until stock is completely absorbed, stirring frequently.
This stuff ended up on a roll while walking from Citizens Photo in its new home on Sandy Blvd to Burnside to catch the bus to school.
Random stuff from the lot.
The weights are too big for Sindy's or Barbie's hands. Maybe they're for Ken or an action figure? Good sturdy Sindy clothes hanger with room for a whole suit, some sort of Hornby Flower Fairy mount I haven't been able to identify (did the dolls have holes in the soles of their feet?), plus something that looks like two pieces of grey straw but probably used to be part of some kind of playset/furniture/structure/thingy. Makes me wonder whether there was originally more to this lot and someone plundered it before I got there, but missed a piece (all part of the charm of thrifting!).
It may have been a little wet but the didn't dampen any of the members of this Adventurists Mongol Rally Team - Band of Brothers all powered by the lovely Sofas & Stuff
The first cup of tea out of many with Charlie the Chair providing a comfy spot for Chris to relax
For more info:
www.sofasandstuff.com/mongol-rally
Made up of:
Charles Montier
Alex Montier
Chris Prud'homme
Ed Prud'homme
Charlie The Chair