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Cool Brews with B.A.

January 22, 2024

BAs Cool Brews Cool Brews with B.A.

Ahh, coffee! I am not sure if I am into the actual taste of coffee or if I am just in to the ceremony of it all. The standing around waiting for it to brew. Getting my cup prepared; rationing out my sugar, getting the cream out and in the winter, so my brew doesn’t turn ice cold when it is poured, I will warm my cup up. Then, there’s that moment of the pouring from the pot to the cup. That sound, with all of its anticipation, coupled along with the steam rising and the savory aroma, mmmm. What a divine moment. It does it’s very best to beckon me to come to and join the day.

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BA’s Basic Basil Pesto Recipe

October 16, 2023

I have fallen in love with this Basic Basil Pesto Recipe. I made a huge batch and have been pulling it out of the freezer over the year. It is simply wonderful.

Basic Basil Pesto Ingredients

2 cups packed fresh basil leaves (place in processor)
1/2 cup toasted pine nuts (or walnuts) (place in processor)
4 cloves of garlic, minced (place in processor)
1/2 cup grated high quality parmesan cheese (preferably parmigiana -Reggiano) (place in processor)
1/2 teaspoon of salt (yep, place in processor)
1/2 teaspoon of freshly ground pepper (again, place in processor)

process away, then add 2/3 cup of extra virgin olive oil till mixture becomes a paste. Makes two cups.
If you are not going to use right away cover entire surface of pesto with a thin coat of olive oil to prevent discoloring. Will keep in refrigerator several weeks and will freeze up to two months.
FOR ADDED WAPOW….. add two tablespoons of tomato paste!

FOR XXX WAPOW THEN ADD HOT PEPPER FLAKES. It’s holy cow good!

Thank you so much for taking the time to check out my B.A.’s Basic Basil Pesto Recipe. If you used it, I hope you enjoyed it. Did you make changes to it? Please leave a comment and let me know. If you liked this recipe, you may want to look at my LAVENDER & LEMON COOKIES, You can check out my other recipes on my blog; COOKING ON THE FLY WITH BA. My recipes are super simple and really deliver in taste. Also, please take a min to peruse my STOREFRONT. I’m actually an artist, who loves cooking. Finally, I would love to see you on my FB PAGE. Feel free to reach out and join me there.

Have a splendid day in the kitchen!!

Peace, Love and Rocks

B.A.

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Hibiscus Bliss Cake Recipe

August 31, 2023

Hibiscus Bliss Cake, Cooking On The Fly With B.A.

Hibiscus Bliss Cake Recipe with

Cranberry Buttercream Frosting by B.A.

The neighborhood and the household have spoken! This Hibiscus Bliss Cake Recipe, hands down, surpasses all cakes I have ever made. The texture, the moistness, it will be half gone before you are done rolling your eyes in bliss.

A side note; if you are watching your sugar intake, this cake is so amazing, you don’t need the icing. The icing will blow your mind but the cake can stand on its own, it is that amazing. Cranberry Recipe , Cooking On The Fly With B.A.

The more important side note is; you will need my family cranberry sauce recipe for the frosting. And… I have not posted it yet. OOPS, sorry about that. Honestly, even if I did have it posted, you would be hard pressed to find cranberries this time of year (August). The only reason I have it made is, every year I freeze a batch or two. I have a fix though! All you have to do is take a favorite marmalade and use it in its place. The cranberry recipe will be up very soon.

What you will need for the Hibiscus Bliss Cake ( frosting instructions will come later)

2 cups of sugar (I use turbinado)
1 1/2 teaspoons of baking soda
2 cups of all purpose flour
1 teaspoon of salt
2 teaspoons of crushed dried hibiscus flowers
2 teaspoons of baking powder
1 cup of milk
1/2 cup of canola oil
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
1 cup of tea (I used a cranberry based tea. Pick something in the family of… NOT peppermint. You get the idea.

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A Safe Spot, The Hilarity I Call Me by BA

March 19, 2023

A Safe Spot, The Hilarity I Call Me by BA

I was going through some old stories I have written and I found this one from October 22, 2008.
I’m thinking Patrick might think it’s funny, maybe Sue too. I am known for my “This is A Safe Spot” and this is a perfect example of my unbelievable gift for hiding things, even to myself!

An unusual thing has happened at my place.

Some of you may have noticed, I spent a lot of time traveling around last September. Well, I had this friend of mine stay at the house, to look after my dog Willow. My friend has a bit of a drinking issue and just to make sure my house didn’t burn down, I left plenty of beer for him and I took the liberty of putting my liquor in a ” a safe place”.

Well, NOW, I can’t seem to find the safe place. What the SHUCKS? That must be some safe place! Also, my Vampire teeth are missing ( I distinctly remember putting those in a safe place too! I said, yes, this is a safe place and put them there) and my bubble bath products. Where are my bubble bath products? I mean, I left the soapy bubbly stuff out by the tub and it’s still there. But it seems, I put my lush bubble products (the most excellent stuff ever!) in yet another safe place. I mean, I know my house is big but seriously, how many safe places can one place have?

So, that’s it. I have no teeth, no liquor and no bubble bath.

But, it seems, I have many safe places. Well, thank god for that, I guess.

On November 29, 2008 I wrote…

hahahaha, well today I found the “safe place”. It only took me a little over a month and let me tell you it was a damn good hiding space too. I will have to remember it for the next time I’m playing hide and go seek. Now I’m going to fix a cocktail

*** For those of you thinking the above friend was MIGHTY during his hay day, it was not. ***

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Thank you so much for visiting my website,

Peace, Love and Rocks,

BA.

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BA’s Boogeyman

January 22, 2022

BA’s Boogeyman Lives

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!

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The Flaming, Steamer on Our Doorsteps, 2020

March 24, 2020

A selection of hand painted artwork done on tiles — A selection of original artwork done on tiles

2020, The Flaming Steamer On Our Doorstep by B.A.

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.

Back to the porch and that moment.

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.

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B.A.’s Coconut Cream Whip

January 29, 2020

Whole 30 compliant coffee creamer recipe 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.

What you will need;

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

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Little Nuggets of Revenge, A “G” Rated Blog by BA

March 20, 2019

Little Nuggets of Revenge, A “G” Rated Blog by BA

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.

The Adult Thing To Do

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;

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