What a beautiful painting. Somehow, knowing that the scene was adjacent to a busy highway and abandoned store highlights that beauty can be found in many places if you look for it. I also like the fact that you used sugar packets from Dunks to sweeten your jam!
What a delicious-looking recipe, and since blackberries are one of my favorites, I have an idea to crush fresh blackberries into the yogurt for the marinade. It will be on my dinner table this weekend.
Funny, I wrote about those dystopian skies too. You found the beauty in them and the bonus of wild blackberries. You wrote a very heart satisfying post.
Cannot WAIT to try this recipe. Everything's already on hand as it happens. Have been itching to up my Indian food game, which currently resides at 0. XO
The scene along Route 31 does look bucolic in your painting, Vicki--no sense that traffic is droning anywhere nearby or smoke from Canadian wildfires is blocking the sun.
I do love the idea of picking a few wild blackberries to make breakfast jam, and I’ve got to try that tandoori chicken when we get home from our travels. I always thought you had to have a special tandoori oven, but the broiler version sounds delicious!
Not really, Vicki! There’s a lot of Indian food in our neighborhood, so we’ve ordered a lot of tandoori chicken, but I’ve never tried to make it. So now I will!🍗🤗
What a beautiful painting. Somehow, knowing that the scene was adjacent to a busy highway and abandoned store highlights that beauty can be found in many places if you look for it. I also like the fact that you used sugar packets from Dunks to sweeten your jam!
Thanks, Amy! I like your positive outlook.
What a delicious-looking recipe, and since blackberries are one of my favorites, I have an idea to crush fresh blackberries into the yogurt for the marinade. It will be on my dinner table this weekend.
Love your post and your painting!
Thanks so much, Sally! Let me know how the addition of blackberries works out. I like the idea!
4 packets of sugar from Dunkin’s. Who needs measuring spoons? And yes, I am definitely making this.
My son thought the mention of the sugar packets was tacky, but I thought it was resourceful!
Funny, I wrote about those dystopian skies too. You found the beauty in them and the bonus of wild blackberries. You wrote a very heart satisfying post.
Thanks, Bernadette. The haze was disturbing!
Cannot WAIT to try this recipe. Everything's already on hand as it happens. Have been itching to up my Indian food game, which currently resides at 0. XO
The marinade is what makes it. Enjoy, Jan.
The scene along Route 31 does look bucolic in your painting, Vicki--no sense that traffic is droning anywhere nearby or smoke from Canadian wildfires is blocking the sun.
I do love the idea of picking a few wild blackberries to make breakfast jam, and I’ve got to try that tandoori chicken when we get home from our travels. I always thought you had to have a special tandoori oven, but the broiler version sounds delicious!
Thanks, Ruth. You're much more sophisticated than I am, I had to look up a "tandoori oven"!
Not really, Vicki! There’s a lot of Indian food in our neighborhood, so we’ve ordered a lot of tandoori chicken, but I’ve never tried to make it. So now I will!🍗🤗
Where in upstate?!
Near Ballston Spa. I grew up not far from there.
Me too!!
I thought that you had mentioned upstate NY on your Substack.