




GF (or not) Banana-Blueberry-Walnut muffins
I used four small ripe bananas, Egg Beaters, golden monkfruit, and Bob’s Red Mill 1:1 baking flour. Delicious. Recipe in photos, no link available.





I used four small ripe bananas, Egg Beaters, golden monkfruit, and Bob’s Red Mill 1:1 baking flour. Delicious. Recipe in photos, no link available.
I found these on my lawn for the first time. I did read that if they are puffballs, and completely white inside, they’re probably safe. But I want to be sure of the identification. Other puffballs posted here are all white on the outside. These have a pattern. Thank you!
She arrived today, with a little thank-you note! This is the café au lait color. I cannot believe how LIGHT she is, for her size. The straps don’t quite meet the buckle, unless you really scrunch the sides. The color is gorgeous as a Fall neutral. Great bag for the city, travel, shopping, or just schlepping.
She looks relaxed and a little worn-in already. The leather is soft, not stiff. She fits comfortably on my shoulder, although I haven’t loaded her up with plane crap yet. Big enough to hold MacBook, if needed, blanket, headphones, small purse, etc.
There’s one zippered interior pocket and two biggish pockets that could hold a phone and sunglasses.
Thanks to all the sleuths here who found this bag! I’m thrilled.
2013 RRS HSE Lux. My timing chain slipped and they want to replace the entire engine. They found a used engine with 58k miles for $3300. A brand-new engine from eBay is $11-12k with taxes. Labor is about $3000. I did get a second opinion and he confirmed the necessity of the engine replacement. Car has 79k miles.
So do I get the used one, and have a few years’ breathing room, or literally go broke for a while and get the new engine? I saw a 2018 Supercharged near me for $33k. But I can’t buy it any time soon, and I don’t think an inoperable RRS is worth anything beyond scrap. I love this car and prefer to keep it.
Had extra batter. I used GF flour and cut the sugar to 1/4 cup of monkfruit sweetener.
Recipe: https://taffeybakery.com/blueberry-cottage-cheese-muffins/#recipe
I’m going to reupholster the ottoman and make new curtains, but nearly all the books have been shelved. There’s a tea cart on the left.
I added crushed black walnuts. Delicious and not too sweet. Large muffins done in 25 minutes.
Recipe:
https://choosingchia.com/banana-cottage-cheese-muffins/#tasty-recipes-31955-jump-target
This guy has a bio, but it doesn’t say anything about “Bluesky team,” so maybe an imposter? The emojis seem to make it look scammy.
I didn’t find anything on Google about a badge giveaway. Did not open the link. Just curious. Has anyone else gotten this? What would they be trying to get? For context, I have almost 40k followers, including some high-profile accounts.
After 28 years of waiting, including nearly two months for some clown that kept not showing up, it’s finally finished! Missed the planting window for a lot of seeds, and have to hook up a power cord and the hose, plus add pavestones in the middle, but I am thrilled! Going to start adding plants today. Shipped a lemon tree from CO, hope that it survived.
Backyard Discovery Zalie greenhouse kit. Assembly (by a professional) took three days.
Last night I dreamed that I was in a van or a camper with my daughter and my crush (with whom I am not speaking.) My daughter and I were singing. I can’t remember the song. Something beautiful, like “Leather and Lace,” but that wasn’t it. Same era, though. We sounded like angels, which may not be accurate IRL.
Crush was driving. I don’t know where we were going, or why. Or why the van or camper. I do not like vans or camping. But I didn’t seem perturbed. All three of us were in the front seat. I was in the middle. We had apparently been on the road for a while. I have a son, too, but he wasn’t in the car. He’s older (26) than my daughter (22). Crush does not have kids.
I am in the process of moving back to NY. Daughter is planning to move to NY, too. Crush lives in a different coastal state. Maybe crush will move, as well? Sadly, I woke up too early. No idea of destination or even where we were. Maybe there were trees. Maybe a highway. Think it was dark-ish. Not sure.
Found Maria Cozzi GF pizza crust at Aldi! Naturally, it was about half the size of a “regular” ball of dough, but whatever.
I rolled it out, badly, and stuffed the misshapen edges with string cheese. I’ve never had a cheese-stuffed crust, so thought, why not?
Used tomato-olive pesto as a base because I didn’t have an open jar of tomato sauce. Added artichoke quarters and red onion, topped with thick-cut shredded mozzarella. Baked for 18 minutes. 16-17 would have been fine, too.
The crust was very thin and very crispy! I don’t know if a slightly shorter baking time would have resulted in a chewy crust. I rolled it out very thinly.
It was very yummy. One small slice put me in a cheese coma. I would buy this crust again, but probably combine two packages for a bigger pizza.
I moved from CO to NY, specifically Long Island. I adore our CM. He’s great! But too many of the Elite events are over a one-hour drive each way, which is a bit much. I’ll drive 30-40 minutes, but over an hour? Nah.
I called HQ and left a message asking if they would consider adding a second CM to Long Island. Like, say, Denver and Boulder. No callback. Is there someone specific to contact?
It just seems like the community, as well as many Yelpers, would be better served by more local events. Our CM is doing a great job, but many events are just too far for me and several others—Garden City, Mineola, etc. However, events further East—Riverhead, the Hamptons, etc—are a long drive for those west of Medford. It seems simple to give our CM the western half of the island, where he lives, and hire someone else to handle the eastern end. All events could be open for all island elites to attend if they wished, and just one Yelpies for both? Somewhere in the middle?
I don’t know if there are enough Elites on the east end to justify a second CM, to be fair, but they could certainly recruit from reviews.
Thoughts?