"Eat, Drink, and Be Scary" is my new favorite Halloween catchphrase. For a cute FREE printable of this check out Craftily Ever After.
And Craftily Ever After did a "Keep Calm and Scary on" one as well.
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Berry Peach Crumble
I had peaches and some blueberries I coun't eat fast enough so I threw together this yummy dessert.
2 cups berries (I used 1 cup blueberries and 1 cup frozen raspberries)
1 cup fresh peaches, peeled and sliced (I used 2 large White peaches)
2 Tbsp. flour
2 Tbsp. Lemon juice
2/3 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup flour
2/3 cup oats
1/3 cup melted butter
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
Cook together berries, peaches, lemon juice and 2 Tbsp flour stirring constantly over medium heat in a sauce pan, until mixture boils and thickens.
* because I used raspberries this mixture was super tart so after I took it off the burner I stirred in 2 Tbsp powdered sugar.
Spread berries into an 8x8 pan. In a seperate bowl stir together brown sugar, flour, oats. Season with cinnamon and salt. With a fork toss mixture with melted butter to make a crumbly mixture.
Sprinkle topping over fruit. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes. Serve warm with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.
A tasty fall treat!
2 cups berries (I used 1 cup blueberries and 1 cup frozen raspberries)
1 cup fresh peaches, peeled and sliced (I used 2 large White peaches)
2 Tbsp. flour
2 Tbsp. Lemon juice
2/3 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup flour
2/3 cup oats
1/3 cup melted butter
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
Cook together berries, peaches, lemon juice and 2 Tbsp flour stirring constantly over medium heat in a sauce pan, until mixture boils and thickens.
* because I used raspberries this mixture was super tart so after I took it off the burner I stirred in 2 Tbsp powdered sugar.
*I read somewhere that is substituting frozen fruit for fresh to use 12 oz frozen berries per 2 cups of fresh and 8-10 oz frozen peaches to 1 cup of fresh.
Spread berries into an 8x8 pan. In a seperate bowl stir together brown sugar, flour, oats. Season with cinnamon and salt. With a fork toss mixture with melted butter to make a crumbly mixture.
Sprinkle topping over fruit. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes. Serve warm with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.
A tasty fall treat!
Friday, September 10, 2010
Indoor S'mores and some favorite new links.
It's bonfire season and I love some good old fashioned s'mores, but I love these even more because they come without the lingering smell of smoke when you get home.
1 12oz box Golden Graham cereal (8-9 cups)
1 12 oz bag chocolate chips (1 1/2 cups)
6 cups miniature marshmallows
5 Tbsp butter
1/4 cup karo syrup
1 tsp vanilla
Melt together 5 cups of marshmallows, the chocolate chips, butter, and karo syrup. Melt over low heat stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.
Pour over golden grahams cereal in large bowl. Stir until evenly coated, add in remaining 1 cup marshmallows.
Press into a greased 9x13 pan. Use a greased sheet of wax paper to press down evenly. As hard as it is, allow to cool for at least an hour before cutting for best results. Cuts into 24 bars.
Now onto some new favorite sites:
The Fat-free Vegan: Sinlessly Delicious. While I am neither vegan nor fat free there is actually some pretty tasty things and ideas on this blog.
The Creative Operation. This craft/scrapbook blog is by 2 OR nurses and boy do they have some beautiful stuff.
Scissors.Paper.Cake. This site is a visual gathering a party ideas. Total eye candy.
1 12oz box Golden Graham cereal (8-9 cups)
1 12 oz bag chocolate chips (1 1/2 cups)
6 cups miniature marshmallows
5 Tbsp butter
1/4 cup karo syrup
1 tsp vanilla
Melt together 5 cups of marshmallows, the chocolate chips, butter, and karo syrup. Melt over low heat stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.
Pour over golden grahams cereal in large bowl. Stir until evenly coated, add in remaining 1 cup marshmallows.
Press into a greased 9x13 pan. Use a greased sheet of wax paper to press down evenly. As hard as it is, allow to cool for at least an hour before cutting for best results. Cuts into 24 bars.
Now onto some new favorite sites:
The Fat-free Vegan: Sinlessly Delicious. While I am neither vegan nor fat free there is actually some pretty tasty things and ideas on this blog.
The Creative Operation. This craft/scrapbook blog is by 2 OR nurses and boy do they have some beautiful stuff.
Scissors.Paper.Cake. This site is a visual gathering a party ideas. Total eye candy.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
fun for fall and all for fun
Here are some fun fall craft/party ideas I have stumbled across and would love to use.
Martha's Pumpkin Balloon game.
Halloween Roundup at One Pretty thing has lots of different links for craft ideas.
Acorn Dough Nuts. These were in family fun and were so stinking cute I could hardly stand it!
Another Family Fun snack is to make a "salsa" of apples and use cinnamon tortilla chips to dip. Add some variety on the chips by cookie-cutting them into fall/halloween shapes before baking. Apple dip recipe is found here.
Hopefully these are a few ideas to get the creative juices flowing as we approach fall. I know I have some ideas and need to get some doughnuts stat.
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Spice Pear Cake
Here is a little something I made up...
2-3 pears, peeled and chopped
3/4 cup white sugar
1 cup white flour
1/2 cup wheat flour
1/3 cup applesauce
2 egg whites
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp ground cloves
Stir together sugar and pears and set aside. Beat egg whites with applesauce, then stir in pear mixture. Add salt, baking soda, and spices. Sift in flour.
Mix all together and pour into greased pan (I used a 8 inch bundt pan, but this would make good muffins or 1 loaf in a bread pan). Bake at 325 degrees for 30-45 minutes (depends on pan type, just bake until brown and springing to touch).
At 8 servings this recipe is 3 Weight-watchers points/serving.
2-3 pears, peeled and chopped
3/4 cup white sugar
1 cup white flour
1/2 cup wheat flour
1/3 cup applesauce
2 egg whites
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp ground cloves
Stir together sugar and pears and set aside. Beat egg whites with applesauce, then stir in pear mixture. Add salt, baking soda, and spices. Sift in flour.
Mix all together and pour into greased pan (I used a 8 inch bundt pan, but this would make good muffins or 1 loaf in a bread pan). Bake at 325 degrees for 30-45 minutes (depends on pan type, just bake until brown and springing to touch).
At 8 servings this recipe is 3 Weight-watchers points/serving.
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Project: Scrap
It's Project Runway season again some of you may remember that I once did Project:Project a little scrap challenge each week inspired by that weeks episode of project runway. Well in the name of good creative fun I decided to do my own this season.
So for Project: Scrap Week 1-- take someone elses sketch that is SO not your style and Make It Work!
On project runway they had to take a piece of clothing of their own and pass it down to the next person to incorporate into a design. So I looked at Pencil Lines Sketches and found one that I really didn't like because it's SO not my style and designed a page incorporating that style...making it work for me.
Here is the sketch:
And here is my creation:
I don't generally like using 1 photo much less 1 that small and in a corner. I have had this photo for awhile (it's from 2007) and I love it and I also love the new Delovely line from Cosmo Cricket so this is what I came up with.
So for Project: Scrap Week 1-- take someone elses sketch that is SO not your style and Make It Work!
On project runway they had to take a piece of clothing of their own and pass it down to the next person to incorporate into a design. So I looked at Pencil Lines Sketches and found one that I really didn't like because it's SO not my style and designed a page incorporating that style...making it work for me.
Here is the sketch:
And here is my creation:
I don't generally like using 1 photo much less 1 that small and in a corner. I have had this photo for awhile (it's from 2007) and I love it and I also love the new Delovely line from Cosmo Cricket so this is what I came up with.
oven roasted and baked
Something I have been eating a lot of lately is Oven Roasted corn. I hated corn on the cob until about a year ago and now I have eaten it almost every day...
Stick ears of corn in the oven (husks and silk still on) and roast for 30 minutes at 375. Peel off husk, and silk comes off super easy. Season and eat eat eat!
Another quick thing I have made a lot of is talapia fish. I take some fish fillets and lay them in a greased baking dish. Seasoned with dill, paprika, and garlic salt. Cut little bits of butter over top and then squeezed in some lemon juice over it all. Baked at 350 for 20 minutes... it's pretty good and super easy.
Stick ears of corn in the oven (husks and silk still on) and roast for 30 minutes at 375. Peel off husk, and silk comes off super easy. Season and eat eat eat!
Another quick thing I have made a lot of is talapia fish. I take some fish fillets and lay them in a greased baking dish. Seasoned with dill, paprika, and garlic salt. Cut little bits of butter over top and then squeezed in some lemon juice over it all. Baked at 350 for 20 minutes... it's pretty good and super easy.
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