Friday Food Craft

Extra Chunky Apple Sauce

                                         You will need:

5 medium to large apples, any variety (I typically use at least 3 varieties of apples. For this apple sauce I used Granny Smith, Gala and Pink Lady)

2-4 Tbsp. apple cider or apple juice (you can use water, but I like to always add more flavor and depth)

The juice from one clementine (you may substitute lemon, lime or any other citrus type fruit. I like fresh juice and clementine's are what I had in the fridge)

2 Tbsp. Brown sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp. freshly grated nutmeg
1 tsp vanilla flavoring

To make your apple sauce, first peel and core your apples, then dice them up. I like my apple sauce extra chunky so I am not very concerned with the pieces being a uniform shape, some can be small, some can be much larger.

Place your apples in a pan. I use a small stock pot, about 5 quarts, as I like a large surface area to evenly distribute the apples over the heat. Add in all of the juices and flavorings and cook over medium heat for about 15 minutes (you may need less time if you cut smaller pieces of apple). After 15 minutes they should be fairly soft, at this point I use a potato masher and mash up the apples a bit to make more of a sauce. I then cook the sauce an additional 5-10 minutes, adding extra apple cider if necessary.

I like to serve this warm, and often times some vanilla ice cream manages to hop out of nowhere and perch itself on top. I really don't know how this happens, but it is too good for me to complain.

I've also been known to scoop a bit of apple sauce onto pork chops at dinner time.

A Crafty Contest: Derby Pillows!

You read that right! I am having a giveaway and you could be the winner!

Details:
The prize is a custom made Roller Derby Pin Up Pillow Case! That's right, custom! The winner will get to choose the color palette of their pillow case. Favorite derby team colors? Want it to match your home decor? You get to pick!  The Pillow case will measure 20"x20" (approx. 60cm x 60cm), and have a standard envelope closure on the back.  It fits a throw pillow form size 20" x 20".


To Win:
There are 3 ways to win:
1)You may enter here on The Craftinomicon blog simply by commenting on this post. Just answer the question: What was your favorite February craft?
2) and retweet my contest post!
3)Like me on Facebook and post a comment on my wall.
You may enter all 3 ways, but please limit your entries to once per method.

All entries must be submitted by 12am(midnight)Pacific Time Friday, March 11th.

A winner will be drawn at random on Saturday, March 12th. I will announce the winner that afternoon and they will have 48 hours to contact me with their custom colors.

This contest is sponsored fully by The Craftinomicon.

February Flashback

Whew! I made it through February unscathed (mostly). I have to say it is a bit of a relief to not be requiring myself to do a whole complete project every day this month, but don't think I will be slacking off too badly. I plan on finishing up a bunch of projects that were simply too big to complete in February, most of which are really awesome and I am very excited about.

Some of which are only fairly awesome, but maybe they will end up being the best projects yet? Also, I have started meeting up once a week with some of my crafty peers at local Happy Hours around town. If you are in the Portland, OR area I will be posting about some of these on my Twitter account. Come on down and enjoy some crafting, food and drinks with us!

Last but not least I am planning a giveaway shortly (or is it multiple giveaways?--we shall see). What will it be? How will you win? Details are all coming soon.

Rest assured that we will be seeing a great deal happening in the next few days. Also, the Friday Food Craft has been such a success I plan on it being an every Friday feature. Mark your calendars for deliciousness!


*Beautiful calendar image taken from Poppytalk