Omnium-Gatherum June 2012

So far in this gorgeous month of June:

I had a few recipes featured on a 'Canning / Food Preservation' site which makes me very happy!

My Spicy Brown Honey Mustard - http://cannedtime.blogspot.com/2012/05/whole-grain-spicy-brown-honey-mustard.html

Lemon Curd Jam w/ Hot Pepper Flakes - http://cannedtime.blogspot.com/2012/05/lemon-curd-jam-with-red-pepper-flakes.html

And a few more too:  You can find all of them here at the Canned Time page at Punk Domestics http://www.punkdomestics.com/users/canned-time

We took a ride over to 'Point of Rocks' train station just off the  Potomac river on a spring like June Sunday and took a few pics of the old architecture. 
This train station is where the tracks split to get to either

Washington DC or go north to Baltimore from Harpers Ferry WV.

This board was part of a door frame way up about 30 feet above our heads. 

Fields around the train station

I made a new discovery with my iron skillet, baking cakes on the stove top. 
This one was a gluten-free

apple berry cake that smelled and tasted heavenly!  Like autumn with all the cinnamon and apples cooking away.  YUM!

http://cannedtime.blogspot.com/2012/06/apple-berry-upside-down-cake-dairy-and.html

I spent one afternoon in Kensington, MD at the antique shops and found this beauty....

French porcelain.  Just waiting for some goodies to hide the flowers............

 Like maybe these little squares of
Vegan Caramel with Cocoa Nut Butter?

These were so good, healthy and easy to make I've already made another variation that uses my NuNaturals Fiber Blend Powder Stevia and lots of ground
flax seed.                                                       Except you can't taste the flax, just the caramel................

http://cannedtime.blogspot.com/2012/06/raw-vegan-caramels-with-chocolate-nut.html

Or some more of these Dandelion Root Powder Brownies would be fine on my new trivet as well:

http://cannedtime.blogspot.com/2012/06/chewy-dandelion-root-brownies-with.html

Dandelion Root is such a great detoxifier.  And when its inside of  this much sugar free goodness,

it's even better for your body and soul.

And I found these gorgeous canning jars at WECK Jars.

Really different for showing off some fruits or veggies you've canned.

Lots more to come this month on Canned Time. 

Like

Chocolate Cream Pie, Vegan

and a quick Homemade Sugar Scrub for your dry patches that smells FANTASTIC!

And hopefully more flowers of course.........

Almost forgot, Canned Time reached another milestone:  20,000 hits a few days ago.

Thanks everyone!

Anything you've got to share about your month yet?

I can't wait to have a few days off at month's end to work on some more recipes.

Let us know what's going on with your kitchen this month. 

Links and comments are always welcome!

Enjoy!

Omnium-Gatherum - May 2012

Summing up my month so far:

I saw a baby Praying Mantis looking for lunch while I was eating mine in Winchester VA.

I found out that Biscoff Spread is the tastiest stuff I've eaten in a long time:

http://cannedtime.blogspot.com/2012/05/dairy-free-biscoff-cookie-spread.html

A much quicker treat than cupcakes is just to spread it on a couple Granny Smith Apple slices.

Picked up stuff for work at Union Station in DC.

Snatched a picture of Mr. Butterfly spreading the pollen around in Kensington, MD

I made my first, and definitely not my last
batch of homemade brown sugar.
http://cannedtime.blogspot.com/2012/05/homemade-brown-sugar.html

Got lucky with my first Watermelon of the Summer and found a really sweet one! More details on a great Popsicle recipe with the rest of the Mellon coming up this month...............

 

Watched a few seconds of sunrise over Damascus, MD

Took a quick walk on Mother's Day to enjoy all the beautiful flowers out right now before

I drove down to see my Mom.

I took a walk around a Revolutionary War Memorial in Harper's Ferry WV

                                                                         Helped Floydy celebrate his 7th Birthday.......................

Found this beautiful little teapot at an Antique Shop downtown for just $5.
http://cannedtime.blogspot.com/2012/05/strawberry-honey-mustard-dipping-sauce.html

I created a Canned Time website at iHerb to get my readers $5 off on their first orders

http://www.iherb.com/mypage/Reviewer1728517

And today after I finished my work, I walked around some Antique Shops in an Old restored historical area south of DC called Occoquan and didn't buy a single thing!   Yea......

But I did get some great pics........for free.

The good news is I only have 4 more days of work today and I'll have 7 days off to rest and cook and whatever else suits my time.  Maybe not getting up at 4 am for a start, can't wait!

Anyone have anything different or fun going on in their life right now?

Anyone have time off coming up?  What time do you have to get up for work?

Thanks to all the Kindred Bliss Giveaway entries, contest ends tomorrow night.