Hand quilting done.... now to the binding.

With another 2 hour meeting this morning I was able to finish stitching the border on this wall hanging.

I just need to trim it up and make and attach a red binding. It is looking really good for meeting my November OMG goal. Here is a shot of the back where you can see the hand quilting a little bit better.
 

Emily is finishing my Mom's orange salad. She requested homemade chocolate cake for dessert tomorrow so we are on tap to make that next. 

Last night we did make a veggie lo mein recipe that the chef at school made the last block days before break. (both kids are in culinary this semester) It was mostly to demonstrate knife skills and different preps of food. Emily wrote down the recipe as he was cooking it and we tried it last night. A few went back for seconds and it was deemed 'add to rotation' by all of us! It took me about 50 minutes from start to finish making it in the wok. I did let the kids do a little of the cutting.

I added the recipe to my recipe tab at the bottom but here it is if you are looking for something different to try. I forgot to get zucchini and had to try 3 stores to find the bok choi. You really could adjust and modify the veggies as you see fit.

Chef's Lo Mein recipe: (He used this to demonstrate knife skills)

I medium onion - chopped.

2 carrots - cut on the diagonal in slices.

2 green peppers - julienned

2 zucchini - julienned and diced (1/2 and half)

8 -12 ounces of baby bella mushrooms - sliced

1/4 of a cabbage - (chopped like grass)

2-3 leaves of bok choi - dice the white part and chiffionade the green part

1 clove of garlic, minced

fresh ginger - diced (I did a little over a tablespoon)

2 eggs

1 pound spaghetti

Kosher salt

Canola oil

soy sauce

honey

saracha

sesame oil

Prep all veggies first (chef put them all on a baking sheet). I used our wok - on 375 for temp. Medium high heat if using a skillet.

Once heated - add some oil to the pan. Add a pinch of salt with each veggie addition! Add each of the veggies in this order one at a time - Onion, carrot, pepper, zucchini, mushrooms, cabbage, bok choi, then the garlic and ginger until fragrent. Add 2 eggs and toss everything around. Add the cooked spaghetti and separate it. Add soy sauce just until the pasta starts to turn a light brown. Add a little honey (a couple of tablespoons) and mix it. Add a little Saracha (the kids added a few tablespoons before I stopped them from adding more!), toss, then turn off heat and add a little sesame oil.