Food, Crafts and Fun
Does this scream yum or what? When I was flipping through my cookbooks in search of something delicious and not everywhere in blog land to make I knew this was it. It was just what my taste buds were craving. And I’m oh so glad I made it too. Talk about deliciously delicious! This recipe […]
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Would you be surprised if I said “I was craving something sweet earlier today”? You shouldn’t be. I’m in love with sweets. We have a great relationship. I make them, then eat them and they make me happy. See how that works? =o) I wanted something yummy so I went flipping through my “I need […]
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A friend at work turned 30 this year. 30! That feels like forever ago. But she was kind of stressing that she was getting so old. It just made me laugh =o) This is what we made her for her birthday. Cute, right? I found this idea over on the Cricut website. I just love […]
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This is what we do when we are bored. It’s free and totally entertaining. Yep, we take weird and goofy pictures of ourselves and laugh until we cry. Seriously, how could we not after looking at these. We took them in Photo Booth. Do you have that program? I’m not sure if it’s a PC […]
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I love Beef Stroganoff. It’s comfort food for me. And for some strange reason I am craving comfort food right now. So when I saw this recipe it spoke to me! I mean really. Just look at it! How could it not be love at first sight?!?! Ingredients: 1 lb stewing beef (or steak) 1 […]
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My daughter’s request for Valentine’s Day was sugar cookies. My son’s? Chocolate chip cookies. Not very Valentiney sounding right? Well, if only my children’s requests were simple =o) No way, not in our house. His actual request was “chocolate chip cookies with red dough shaped like hearts.” When I just stared at him he then […]
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Do you or your kids drink Horizon Organic Products? My kids love it! The first time they tried the vanilla milk was at Starbucks. I paid a fortune for it there but did because it was a treat. Of course they loved it. They always love things that cost a ton of money. =o) The […]
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My daughter requested that I make her more sugar cookies. She ate all the ones that we made and has decided they are now her favorite cookie. Her request… “heart shaped cookies with pink frosting and sprinkles”. So…. we made more sugar cookies with Sue’s amazing sugar cookie dough recipe. (Now my most favorite sugar […]
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I figured I should take a Valentine break to post something Super Bowly. Not that we are much into football, mind you. But doesn’t this just scream Super Bowl? I made it for a co-worker who was retiring last June. Here‘s how I made it.
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In December I made a batch of White Chocolate Peppermint Fudge. I make a ton of things around the holidays. Well, maybe all the time. But the great things about it is the freezing. I freeze about half of everything I bake so that I can take it out later and either take it to […]
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I remember making this years and years ago for a friend’s children. It was pretty cool (I thought) so my kids and I thought we would make it again for some friends. It’s super easy and it’s fun to do! What you will need: * any kind of clear bowl. We used a fish bowl […]
Oh, the pressure. My son’s request to make “fun food” every Saturday night for dinner is already getting to me. How do people come up with all these ideas??? Well, however they do it, I’m just grateful they do. That way I can copy them and my kids think I’m amazing =o) Jill over at […]
My daughter saw these wonderful looking treats in her Fancy Nancy Tea Parties book. (Did I mention we LOVE Fancy Nancy?!) Her books are stupendous (that’s fancy for great!) I did an earlier post from this book as well. Click here to see it. So Ellie saw these and said to me “oh, let’s make […]
Magic banana? Yep, magic banana. Well, magic banana trick maybe. I guess the banana itself isn’t magic. Or maybe it is. Either way, your kids will think you are magic! Are you ready??? Your going to give your kids bananas and say “abracadabra” and then poof – their banana will be already sliced inside the […]
Halloween means fun food, right? At least in our house it does. I have to spice it up a little for my kids. So how could I not make these bloody band aide cookies??!! I saw these over on Pinterest (who got them from Katherine Marie Photography.) Do you pin? If not, you are so […]
I have a confession to make. You know those little recipe books that you always see in the check out stand? They are usually themed – Halloween, Christmas, cookies, crockpot recipes. You know the ones. I am addicted to them. Yep, I said it out loud. I love them. I love looking through them and […]
I can’t believe it’s October 10th and this is only our first Halloween post. Eeeee gads! I’m behind! I need to get my behind in gear and Halloween it up. So, to kick off one of the greatest Holidays known to man…. here are our Sugar Wafer Monsters. If you haven’t checked out Sugar Swings! […]
I saw this “recipe” in the Family Fun magazine while at the Doctor’s office and thought I’d give it a try. Anything to make dinner time fun, right? My kids LOVED it! And it was easy to make. I took hot dogs and cut them into 4 pieces. Then I took raw spaghetti noodles and […]