1. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and add the
cauliflower.
2. Cook until soft.
3. Drain the water.
4. Heat up
butter and milk and pour the mixture into the cauliflower.
5. Using a masher, mash it smooth.
6. Season with salt and
pepper.
7. Drizzle with a little olive oil before serving.
Amaretto & Fig Cake
Serves 8
1 lb dried black mission figs
1⁄
2 cup amaretto
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups light brown sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
3 large eggs
3 cups plain flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1⁄
2 teaspoon salt
1⁄
2 teaspoon cinnamon
1⁄
2 teaspoon ginger
1 cup toasted walnuts
confectioners sugar
1. Preheat oven to 350ºF.
2. Place the figs and 2 cups water
in a saucepan and simmer until the figs are tender.
3. Place in a blender with amaretto and vanilla and blend
until smooth.
4. Beat together sugar, oil, and eggs until
smooth.
5. Add the figs and mix well.
6. Stir in flour, baking
powder, spices, and walnuts.
7. Pour batter into a well-greased and -floured bunt pan.
8. Bake for about 1 hour, or
until firm to the touch.
9. Cool on a wire rack and then turn
into a platter.
10. Mix confectioners sugar and water into a
smooth frosting and drip it over the cake.
Bow Tie Gifts
• The gifts are wrapped in leftover scraps of wool tartan
fabrics.
• I hot glued it in place on the back, then I collected a bunch
of bow ties from flea markets to use as ribbons.
Scotty Dog Ornaments
• Start by gluing scraps of wool tartan fabrics onto card
stock paper using paper glue.
• Once it’s dried you can cut out your dogs.
• There are a bunch of great templates online.
• Hot glue a string on the back.
Wreath
• Start by cutting the fabric into long strips about 11⁄
2 wide.
• Hot glue the end to a cardboard wreath and simple roll the
fabric around the wreath.
• Hot glue the end in place on the back.
• The rose is made of flower-shaped pieces of fabric in
different sizes sewn together and hot glued to the wreath.
Table Setting
• The table is set with a wool tartan tablecloth and napkins.
• The vases are small votive-like vases covered with
tartan fabrics.
• The great thing with tartans is that you can mix and mach,
it will never look wrong.
• On the table I placed some of my old bottle brush trees.
I just love them.
Top Hat Diorama
• I had this old top hat for a while and wanted to turn it into a
craft project.
• I cut out the front and placed some moss inside.
• Then I placed one of my old bottle brush trees and some
deer. Quite charming.
Tree
• I find christmas trees to be a bit overwhelming.
• I love smaller trees that you can place on a table or where
I simply put a branch on a dresser and used the Scotty
Dog Ornaments.
Stars
• Start by gluing scraps of wool tartan fabrics onto card
stock paper using paper glue.
• Once it’s dried you can cut out your stars.
• Glue a bamboo skewer on the back and stick the stars into
old thread spools like the ones here.
