March 4, 2022
BA’s Split Pea Soup RecipeEvery cook knows; every dish is only going to be as good as the ingredients that have been used! Hey, I’ve seen Chef’s Table!!! I joke but it is a rule I live by and it has proven me a winner time and time again and this BA’s Split Pea Soup recipe is no different!
February 4, 2022
The BA’s Beet Towers Recipe starts with, my friend Jonah Jay Jenkins roasted beet recipe. It’s unbelievably easy. I use both purple and gold organic beets. I love the color and I just think organic beets taste AMAZINGLY better than everything else!
Continue reading to make the towers..
January 31, 2022
The first words out of his mouth were
“Oh My God, Babe!!”
I will take that as five stars. Super easy to make, hearty and flavorful. I will for sure be making this again.
I cooked the brussel sprouts, sweet potatoes and carrots separately but I don’t see why you couldn’t throw them all in. I just choose not too because I’m not a fan over overcooked veggies and I like to give the dish a more complex flavor by seasoning them differently. Also,this was my first time cooking a roast like this in a crock pot. I cooked it for 8 hours on low, it could have cooked another two with no problem. So next time, I will put it in over night and let it cook.
Well, I wish I could tell you what type of meat I used but, I can’t. It was a really lean, inexpensive piece, so I might say a top round. In the end I guess it doesn’t matter and you can use whatever you like. This is what you will need to cook the beef in the crock pot;
♦◊♦ I will say, my next time I will also be adding portobello mushrooms.
January 22, 2022
To be exact, BA’s Boogeyman lives under her bed! It’s probably no surprise that I believe in the boogeyman. After all, I believe in; fairies, dinosaurs, bigfoot, aliens and good customer service too! To get more to the point, I am certain the boogie man has taken up residence under my very own bed. I am never more certain about this, than the time it takes me to walk the 15 steps between the light switch to the bed, late at night. My attempt at adulting and talking myself out of this fact in those 15 steps. are completely annihilated in the last three seconds it takes my feet leave the floor and get completely on the bed!
Well it has happened! My first interview ever. When I was hit up to do an interview with Voyage Atlanta Magazine, I was kind of surprised, John always snags the interviews in this house! It turns out several people recommended me and that makes me feel all warm and fuzzy. Thank you so much for your support.
This magazine’s background is really rather amazing. The dedication and personal stories of the two individuals that founded and run this magazine, are well worth the read. I appreciate and am thankful for their hard work on helping to share the interesting stories of other local artists and business men and women. I would hope that you would check them out too. You can nominate other folks if you like as well.
http://voyageatl.com/interview/meet-bethann-things-ba-art-woodstock/
Well there is plenty to read in the interview, I won’t blather on here. Thanks for stopping by to take a look at the website and be sure to wander over to my Shop, to see what is new. I also have been working super hard to build my YouTube Channel, it would be mighty awesome if you would subscribe to it. Have a great day.
Peace, love and Rocks, BA.
March 24, 2020
Seems just like yesterday. I was howling at the moon from my front porch, in celebration of the coming new year. 2019 was so shitty. Our whole entire year, delivered a steaming load of flaming crap at our front door, on a monthly basis. I tried my best to find the positive. I really worked hard at learning the lessons 2019 had to bestow, so that I could manifest 2020 to be so much better. Transitions are always so difficult. Growing pains mostly just suck but I know they are worth it in the end. I just felt a euphoric sense about 2020. It’s going to be magical, my year. Our year!! If we could just hold on and work our way through the crappy juju of 2019, we would reap the rewards. 2020 life would be great, maybe even relaxing.
I was ready and happy to shed the yuck of 2019. As I said, a euphoric feeling took over me that night. I felt that 2020 would be magical and that really wonderful things would happen. This is worth repeating, I had super high hopes and intentions for the coming year! Well, if I am completely honest and don’t rewrite history; I felt that way, as I was smudging all of the rooms of the house, before I walked out on to the porch to howl in the new year.
Cuban Coffee Espresso Cake with
Chocolate Espresso Buttercream Frosting by B.A.
The longest name in the world is meant to slow you down while you are eating it. The texture, the moistness, it will be half gone before you are done rolling your eyes in bliss.
A side note though; of course my mind is always set to morphing something. While I was eating this with my husband, I devised what I think would be an even better frosting to go with this cake. Honestly, this cake was created out of necessity . For my husband’s birthday, I had baked his favorite double chocolate espresso cake and had a ton of frosting leftover. I decided to create this recipe and use the remainder of the frosting. While this was fabulously decadent, I think the new improved frosting would be better. I will post both and you can pick and choose what one you would like to use. So without further adieu, let’s get cooking!
January 29, 2020
B.A.’s Coconut Cream Whip
yes, folks, this is a “Whole 30” compliant recipe.
No sugar, No Dairy & Gluten free!
You can use this in your coffee as a creamer replacement. You may use this as a topping for your fruit, sweet potatoes, beets or anything else you can think of, the sky’s the limit!
I hope in the future to create a tasty little desert with this but until that time arrives, let’s just keep it compliant.
4 chopped, pitted dates
1 can of coconut cream (not milk)
2 tablespoons of rx almond nut butter
cinnamon
a blender, hand held or counter top
medium sized bowl
Read on for more info. (more…)
September 21, 2019
DIY Penny Floor by BA.
The guest bathroom remodel. Aka, the penny floor. Also known as The Abe Room. Or better known as, my own personal hell. Last but not least, universally known as, the project that went on forever.
Well, I wished I had taken photos of the crappy bathroom before I started the make over. First step, pull trim out and strip the wallpaper. Second, scrape and sand popcorn ceiling. (ugh) Step three, pull out the toilet. Fourth step, apply plaster to walls. While that’s drying I took the opportunity to paint the toilet a copper color. Things are moving along rather well and problem free. The plaster was dry after two days and so the painting began. I put on about five coats of paint. The plaster really sucked it up but I’m very happy with the outcome. The walls have a leather look to them.
Now…. Now it’s time to tackle the penny floor.
March 20, 2019
As I diligently worked on building the Great Wall of B.A. today, I was reminded of, quite possibly, my funniest G-rated story to date, Little Nuggets of Revenge!
A while back, I had a problem with children walking through my herb garden. Every day a lady would come down the street in her minivan, turn around so that her minivan was ready for the direction that lead back to home and parked on the side of the street. That’s if I was lucky! Most of the time, she usually parked in my herb garden. The bus would arrive, the kiddies would hop off, running across the street in glee, jumping over the great wall of B.A and wreaking havoc all over my poor little plants.
Now the adult thing to do, would be to have a chat with this woman and I did. I made sure I was out gardening when she came down to park. The obligatory, manufactured, b.s., small chat was made and then I dived in;