Episode 13 Show Notes

What we're working on:

Ski Bunny Headband is finished! A quick knit, and it looks good, too!

Juggling Balls pattern from Lion Brand Yarn website. This was a quick knit. I'm on a roll with those quick knits!

We filled ours with fiberfill instead of the plastic pellets recommended in the directions.

The Laurelhurst Shell pattern is about to be frogged...

Taste of Home Fall Freezer Meals

$4.99 listed price

If you live in the greater Seattle area and would like to have gourmet meals but don't have the time to prepare them yourself, check out www.kitchendoormeals.com Hey, even if you don't live in the greater Seattle area, you should still check out the website! Their weekly menu will make your mouth water!

Movie Review:

Babies

We both liked this movie. There is no narration and little dialogue. The story follows four babies from four different places in the world, from birth to walking.

Grilled Chicken with Zesty Cracked Peppercorn Dressing

Eight chicken breasts, skinless and boned
1 bottle Zest Cracked Peppercorn Dressing
2 gallon-size freezer bags

Pound each chicken breast to desired thickness. Place four chicken breasts in one plastic bag. Pour half of the dressing on top of the chicken breasts. Close bag and knead the chicken breasts to disperse the dressing evenly. Place one bag in the refrigerator and marinade 1-2 hours. Place the other bag in the freezer for dinner another night. After marinading, grill on the bbq. Enjoy!

You can find the Zesty Cracked Peppercorn dressing on Tastefully Simple's website here.

We substituted Greek Yogurt for the butter in the baked mac and cheese recipe. Syd also used Irish Cheddar Cheese for the dish. Everyone loved the cheese. We will definitely try the greek yogurt again.

Episode 12

Syd's cardigan is finally complete!

Debbie Stoller Stitch Nation

Bamboo Ewe (Mermaid) and Alpaca Love

Stitch Nation Collection 1

Morning Frost Wrap

Left Bank Hat

Fostering update, starts 9:15 minutes into the podcast

On Arlene's wish list:
Vanna's Glamour

What Syd is reading (well, she will be when it arrives!):

Get Into Pharmacy School RX for Success

Movie Review:

It Happened One Night

Podcasts we mentioned:

Fiber Related:

Knitterwithcritters

knit Misadventures

Knit Obsession with Z Knits

Never Not Knitting

Savvy Girls Podcast

Unwound (this podcast does not appear to have any new episodes since 3/10)

Yarns From the Plain

Other:

Storynory

Jim Harold's Campfire

Website Review

If you love pancakes, and even if you don't, this is a great website to check out!

jimspancakes.com

Ham, Broccoli and Rice Skillet Dinner
2 teaspoons butter or margarine
1/2 cup chopped onion (1 medium)
1 package (4.3 oz) long grain and wild rice mix
1 2/3 cups water
2 cups Green Giant Select® frozen broccoli florets (from 14-oz bag)
1 1/2 cups cubed cooked ham

In 10-inch nonstick skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Add onion and rice from mix; cook and stir 1 to 2 minutes or until onion begins to cook. Stir in water and contents of seasoning packet from mix; heat to boiling. Reduce heat to medium-low; cover and cook 10 minutes.
Stir in broccoli and ham; return to boiling. Reduce heat to medium-low; cover and cook 10 to 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, until broccoli is crisp-tender and rice is tender.

Easy and Fast Chicken Salad

2 c. diced chicken

2 c. celery, diced

2 T green onion, chopped

2 T lemon juice

1 C. water chestnuts

1 c. mayonnaise
1 c. cheddar cheese, grated

Mix above ingredients together and place in an 8x8 baking dish. Spread 2 c. potato chips over top. Bake 15 minutes at 350 degrees.

Episode 11 of Sidders Knits Podcast

The State Fair 2010: Hearts Cardigan won 2nd place:

Movie Review:

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes

Sydnee likes it, Arlene has no opinion, and probably never will

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Podcast to check out: Stuff You Should Know

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Website to check out: Katie Brown.com. Recipes, tips, crafts and more.

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Fruit Leather

Click here to find the recipe

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Oh, and while you're reading this and on this page anyway, please sign our guestbook. We'd love to see the numbers get a little higher (enter shameless grovelling here).

Episode Ten is ready: www.siddersknits.libsyn.com
Show notes are in the works.

Episode Nine

Sydnee is doing the shownotes this time. Maybe I shouldn't be allowed to. Mom, I think you are better at this!


That top that I think looks like a maternity top and my mom thinks is cute? Well, how about you look at it and let us know what you think!
Here it is!

We're on the look out for some Viking inspired knits!

My FAVORITE handmade buttons from Tessa Ann. Check them out. They are so cute and amazing!

The purses we got are from Effie's Heart. Really nice clothing too.

Movies!

Crazy Dave's Kid Show

Episode Eight

We did knit these past two weeks - really!


Brick Dishcloth (Michael's pattern)


Second dishcloth for June's swap


Twilight Saga - Eclipse, the movie


We both liked it, thought it was the best movie of the three. Would we let our 11 year old watch this movie? We both agreed that we would not. What's your opinion?



Syd's book review:

Physic Book of Deliverance Daine by Catherine Howe

Podcasts to check out:

The High Fiber Diet Podcast

She-Knits

Stitch It

Sticks and String

Yarn Website to check out

Mango Moon Yarns

Creamy Pot Roast

1 boneless roast (rump, chuck, or other pot roast cut)
salt and pepper
garlic powder
4 or more medium potatoes, peeled and diced (I used only four, and didn't peel them)
16 oz. baby carrots (using a 5 lb. bag I wasn't going to actually weight them; I guesstimated)
1 large onion, cut in large pieces
2 cans cream of celery soup
1/2 c. sour cream
1/2 c. milk

Place roast in bottom of crock pot; sprinkle with salt, pepper and garlic powder. Add potatoes, carrots and onions. Pour both cans of soup over onion layer. cover and cook on LOW for 8 to 10 hours. Combine sour cream and milk; stir into the juices and continue cooking for 20 minutes, until heated through.

Episode 7

On our needles:

Shell Baby Afghan - Finished!

Groovy Socks - only half a sock to go

dishcloth (May 2010 KAL from Rachel's Knitting Room - a Yahoo group)

knit change purse

Wool website

Kev-Lis.com

Movie Review

Princess and the Frog - we both liked it

Nine - Syd saw this, it was just ok

Smile - Arlene saw, thought it was a movie worth checking out

Book Review

Haunting of Hill House - Syd's review: This is a rather slow moving book, but the excitement is building up in the end

Podcast

Life as a Nuurdy Girl - worth checking out

Website

Rachel's Knitting Room - a Yahoo group

Recipe

Call your favorite local pizza place and order away!

Syd's car did get filled up with gas! She was even given money with a "PLEASE go get your car washed!" to go with it.

Episode Six Show Notes

Current Projects:

Shell Stitch Baby Blanket

Groovy Socks

Space Invaders Scarf

Does this not look like serious fun?!!!

Warner Mountain Weavers in Cedarville, California

We're hoping to make it to the Valhalla Renaissance Faire this weekend (June 12-13).

Mark your calendars for

Cupcake Wars on
the Food Network Channel

June 15, 2010

Movie review:

Letters to Juliet

We both liked it, but the drive-in and dead battery experience made us miss out on the last ten or fifteen minutes! At least it makes for a good story, right?!

Book Review

Mysteries and Legends of Nevada

A podcast worth checking out:

Stuff You Missed in History Class

by
howstuffworks.com

Yarn website we've been referred to:

http://www.smileysyarns.com/

Freezer Meal Recipe:

Chicken Sonora:

3 lbs. chicken breasts, baked and chunked
1 doz. flour tortillas, torn in quarters

1/2 lb. Monterey Jack cheese, shredded

1/2 lb. cheddar, shredded

Sauce:

1/2 cup taco sauce
1 can cream of mushroom soup

1 can cream of chicken soup

1 can chili without beans

1/2 c. milk

1 sm. can chopped green chili peppers

1 sm. onion, chopped

Mix all sauce ingredients together. These ingredients will give you a bit more than you need. Use your best judgment when building this casserole so that it doesn't overfill your pan. Layer in 9x12 inch ungreased pan: 1/2 the chicken, 1/2 the tortillas, 1/2 the sauce and 1/2 of each cheese. Repeat layers. Cover with plastic wrap, then foil, and label. On baking day thaw. bake at 350 for 40-60 minutes until it bubbles.

This recipe came from the Dining with Donny cookbook. It's a must have for all Donny Osmond die-hard fans, because, really, who cares what the recipes are like if there are pictures of Donny (and his family) in it! I have made quite a few recipes from this cookbook, and have received mixed reviews on them. This particular recipe was rated high with the family.

You can find us on Ravelry as

Stitchnscrap and Syderad.

Episode Five is up!

Uploaded Episode Five. Click here to download.

By the way, what's up with itunes' explicit rating on episode five?!?! Seems itunes decided to insert that on their own. I even went back and made sure that we checked it was a clean podcast!

Just some of the yummy yarn found at

Pioneer Yarn in Minden, NV.

Enjoying a delicious lunch at

Russell's Mercantile Bakery and Cafe

Hwy. 395, Minden, NV

Fiber purchases:

Noro Iro

Shale Loop-d-Loop

Movie Reviews:

Arlene really liked it, loved the visual effects

Sydnee liked it, but not her all-time favorite

Arlene and Sydnee really liked it, definitely a feel-good movie

Arlene and Sydnee really liked it. Love Amy Adams!

(Note to self: Leap Year, not Leap Day!)

Many flower (and greenery) patterns in this book,

with beautiful photographs of each one.

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Podcasts to check out:

This Week In Science

Foster Parenting Podcast

Daily Bread

(Found the folding biscuit dough tip on this podcast)

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Chicken Cordon Bleu

A Freezer Meal Recipe

Cooking Day Ingredients:
1. 2 lb. boneless skinless chicken breasts.
2. 1 lb. sliced ham
3. 1 lb. sliced Swiss cheese
4. 1 cup Italian bread crumbs
5. ½ cup flour
6. 1 egg, beaten
7. Toothpicks
Cooking Day Instructions:
1. Using a mallet, flatten each breast to about ½”.
2. Divide up ham and Swiss cheese slices evenly among each piece of
chicken.
3. Layer each piece of chicken with ham and Swiss cheese.
4. Roll up the chicken and secure with toothpicks.
5. Dip each chicken piece in flour, then in egg, then in breadcrumbs.
6. Flash freeze chicken and transfer to freezer bag.
Serving Day Ingredients:
1. Cooking oil
2. ½ cup chicken broth
3. 1 cup heavy cream
4. Salt, pepper & garlic to taste
5. Butter (1 T for every piece of chicken)
Serving Day Instructions:
1. Defrost chicken.
2. In skillet heat oil. Lightly brown the chicken breasts on both sides.
3. Transfer chicken to baking dish.
4. Place 1 T of butter on each piece of chicken and cook for 30 minutes at 350
degrees or until chicken is fully cooked.
5. While chicken is cooking, combine broth and heavy cream and
seasonings.
6. Simmer the sauce on low until it is thickened.
7. Serve chicken with sauce spooned over each piece.

****Although I did make the cream sauce, it didn't thicken up so I didn't use it, and the chicken was wonderful without it. Saved on some calories that way, too.

You can find us on Ravelry as Stitchnscrap and Syderad.

Episode four (4) Show Notes

On our needles:

Little Guy Cardigan - the back, front and one sleeve are finished. Still have half of the other sleeves and the edge ribbing to knit.

Socks

Baby Janes

Kaia Baby Doll

Harmonic Mosaic Dishcloth

Anything Ghost podcast. Host Lex Wahl reads ghost stories that readers submit.

For unique gifts and home decor, check out
Linley Arts

Sydnee visited Textbook Brokers recently. A good place to buy college books, and take your books in for cash/credit.

Speaking of college, the required books to read for Syd's college English class, Women in Literature are (in case you want to read along): Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, Haunting of Hill House, by Shirley Jackson, Penguin Book of Vampire Stories, by Alan Ryan, Goblin Market by Christina Georgina Rossetti, and Physick Book of Deliverance Dane, by Katherine Howe

Book review: Beyond Human: Living with Robots and Cyborgs, by Gregory Benford and Elisabeth Malartre.

Cookbook review: Cookout USA. We made the grilled Sweet Potato recipe last week, and plan to try more of the recipes. In addition to the main dishes for grilling, the book also contains side dish recipes.

The Reno Raunch-0-Rama is coming up June 12, 2010, and will be held at

Deer Park, Sparks, NV.

Look closely for Sydnee's name to see what she'll be doing at this event!

Just a few of the vintage patterns that were handed down to us:

Find us on Ravelry

- Stitchnscrap and Syderad

Episode Three - A little of a lot of everything and nothing

We have been to Lincoln City, Oregon a few times, and love it. The yarn store we mentioned in Lincoln City is Nestucca Bay Yarns. A must see when traveling up the Oregon coast. We stay at the Ester Lee. These cottages are older and a little dated, but for the price and the view, you can't beat it.

The view from our cottage

If you'd like to find out more about geocaching, visit their website here

Denio's Farmers Market is in Roseville, California. This is where we bought the blueberry and peach pepper jelly. They are great over cream cheese served with crackers. I also want to try the recipe idea they gave us when we bought them - mixing some of the jelly with Italian dressing to use in a salad.


Currently on our needles:

Boy's Striped Cardigan. I am using two different colors of the Cascade 220 Superwash.



Baby Janes baby shoes This pattern is a download through Ravelry.


If you're looking for a new videocast, check out Cooking With Butler. You can find the Olive Salad recipe on his website, as well as on Itunes. The votes in our family for the olive salad went from um, it's ok, to this is good! We ate it with crackers, and also tried it with grilled chicken, which I liked both ways.


Great info on American history on Mr. Shocket's blog here.


Our mini book review:

Creepy Cute Crochet, by Christen Haden