Author: Lisa

Blender – Applying The Scale

We were playing with Blender this evening to modify a 3d model to mount the mirror on our Ranger — it reminds me a lot of learning vim where there’s just a lot of hidden “type this character and it does magic stuff“. Which, ironically, I love vim because of this … however I’ve also been using vi and vim since 1994. So I know the random character to type. Blender … not so much yet.

Oddity of the day — after scaling an object, you need take an additional step otherwise it’s not really scaled and measurements show up with unexpected values. To reset the scale:

Hit Ctrl + A
Select Scale in Object Mode to apply the current dimensions as the new scale of 1

 

They call this applying the scale. Which … I expected it did when I entered the scale factor and stuff changed size on the screen. But now I know!

Iced Green Tea

I got some Sencha green tea that’s supposed to be very healthy for us, but steeping yielded heavy tannin taste. Using cooler hot water helped, but it still wasn’t something I’d look forward to drinking every day. So I tried cold extraction – a half gallon of cold water and about 1/4 cup of green tea in a large mason jar, set in the fridge for at least 12 hours. It’s quite good – light, refreshing, and there’s absolutely flavor there.

Lamb and Cauliflower Shepherd’s Pie

This dish has two components – the lamb mince and the cauliflower mash. For the mash, one large cauliflower was steamed with salted water until it was quite soft. I then chopped it into large chunks and placed it into the blender along with about 1/4c of cooking water and 1/4 of coconut milk.

Blended until it was smooth and creamy. Added salt, pepper, and garlic to taste.

The mince is ground lamb sauteed until it is cooked. Sliced onion and diced carrot were added and cooked. Bone broth gravy was added to coat the mixture. The mince was put into the bottom of single-serving pie plates

And it was topped with the cauliflower mash

Baked at 350 for 15 minutes, then broiled until browned

This was incredibly good – next time, I’ll brown the cauliflower mash more.

Coconut (Cauliflower) Rice

I made cauliflower coconut rice this afternoon – a 10oz package of the frozen cauliflower rice, heated in a little coconut oil until it was warm. Then added some garlic, salt, and black pepper. Finally stirred in about 1/4 cup of coconut milk and cooked until the liquid had boiled off.