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Showing posts with label Food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Food. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Wordless Wednesday: 4/4/2012 ~ Our Pantry After a Visit to @BJsWholesale
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Saturday, June 25, 2011
Friday Food Fight ~ Cinnamon Swirl Bread
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To join the weekly Friday Food Fight, post a picture of your favorite food, meal, snack or drink. Of course, you enjoying your tasty treat would be great, but you don’t need to be in the picture. Then on Friday, post your drool inducing photo and link up with Denise at RunDMT. That’s it!!
I made a cinnamon swirl bread the other day and it was SO delicious, Bill and I ate the whole thing in 3 days - we did have to share a little with the puppies. =)
I will be adding the recipe to my Thursday's Recipe Swap Meet on June 30th and wait until you see the inside....mmmmm! Hope you can join us with one of your favorite recipes.
To join the Friday Food Fight, head on over to RunDMT and link up to her blog, visit the other participants and leave a comment. Also head on over to Karen at If I Could Escape and Kirsten at Gone Bananas to see what they have on the table. While you're at it, how about grabbing Denise's Friday Food Fight Button on her site - I have it on my left side bar. I'd also like to thank Denise for always being supportive of me and my good friend Marie at XmasDolly of our memes on Monday and Thursday ~ she really is the true meaning of a bloggy friend - love ya, girlfriend!!
Happy eating and have a great weekend!
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To join the weekly Friday Food Fight, post a picture of your favorite food, meal, snack or drink. Of course, you enjoying your tasty treat would be great, but you don’t need to be in the picture. Then on Friday, post your drool inducing photo and link up with Denise at RunDMT. That’s it!!
I made a cinnamon swirl bread the other day and it was SO delicious, Bill and I ate the whole thing in 3 days - we did have to share a little with the puppies. =)
I will be adding the recipe to my Thursday's Recipe Swap Meet on June 30th and wait until you see the inside....mmmmm! Hope you can join us with one of your favorite recipes.
To join the Friday Food Fight, head on over to RunDMT and link up to her blog, visit the other participants and leave a comment. Also head on over to Karen at If I Could Escape and Kirsten at Gone Bananas to see what they have on the table. While you're at it, how about grabbing Denise's Friday Food Fight Button on her site - I have it on my left side bar. I'd also like to thank Denise for always being supportive of me and my good friend Marie at XmasDolly of our memes on Monday and Thursday ~ she really is the true meaning of a bloggy friend - love ya, girlfriend!!
Happy eating and have a great weekend!
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Thursday, June 16, 2011
Thursday Recipe Swap Meet ~ Pineapple Upside-Down Cake
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OK... we know you have all these recipes that you love to make. You got them from your mother, your grandmother, a magazine, or maybe you made it up, perhaps you don't even remember where the recipe came from. Well, how about sharing them with all of us? We are going to share ours with you every Thursday!
My good friend and (according to her husband) excellent cook, Dolly over at XmasDolly and I are now doing a recipe swap; we want to share ours with you and wold LOVE to get some of your favorites as well... So, Welcome to Thursday's Recipe Swap Meet, here is all you have to do:
Post a recipe on your blog, sign the linky on either blog (they will be linked), grab our new button - isn't she cute - hubby says she looks like me... TeeHee? (above, on my sidebar and on my Co-Chef Dolly's blog) and check out the recipes. Don't forget that each week you actually will be getting at least TWO for the price of ONE because both Dolly and I will post a recipe on each of our blogs. How simple is that??
Pineapple Upside-Down Cake
Cake Ingredients:
1 1/3 C All-purpose flour
2/3 C brown sugar
2 tsp. baking powder
2/3 C Whole milk
1/4 C Unsalted butter, softened
1 Large egg, room temp.
1 tsp. Vanilla
1/4 tsp. Princess cake & cookie flavoring (optional)
Additional Ingredients:
2 Tbls. Unsalted butter
1/3 C Packed brown sugar
8 oz. Can Sliced pineapple, drained
Maraschino cherries, as needed for center and around pineapple rings
~ Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
~ Melt 2 T. butter in 9 x 1 1/2" round baking (or saute pan, I have a fabulous 12" non-stick pan from Pampered Chef that I use every day to cook, fry, saute, and even bake in... it can go from the stove top to the oven up to 500 degrees, so I use this one. I LOVE this pan.); stir in 1/3 C brown sugar and 1 Tbls. water; mix until smooth and no lumps.
~ Arrange pineapples in circular pattern in pan on top of sugar mixture; add cherry to center of each pineapple ring and between rings if wanted.
~ Prepare cake batter as follows:
~ Combine flour, sugar, and baking powder; add milk, butter, egg, and flaorings. Beat on low speed until combined; then beat on medium speen for 1 minute.
~ Gently pour batter into pan, over pineapple and cherries, careful not to disturb arrangement.
~ Bake at 350 for 30 to 35 minutes, until toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean.
~ Cool on wire rack for 5 minutes then loosen sides with thin spatula and invert onto plate. (MAKE SURE PLATE IS AT LEAST an inch larger than baking dish/pan all the way around - otherwise you will have a mess - been there/done that!); Serve warm.... YUMMY!!!
This received 6 out of 6 puppy tail wags for the batter and the cake, but 0 out of 6 for the cherries and the pineapple, oh well, that's OK, Bill and I love it and it is my oldest son Nik's favorite cake I make. He requests it every year for his birthday. I even sent him one when he was at Army Basic Training, but because of all the red tape to get the mail to him, it was partially moldy by the time he got it. He said that he and his roommates ate part of it anyway and it was still good: BOYS - OMG!!
So now all you have to do is sign our linky so we all can find your recipes. You check out all ours and we will check out all yours. If you don't want to write it all down and you know of one on line just post a link to it on your blog or leave it in a comment if you prefer!
For more recipes, head on over to Ms.BiBi at Daily Organized Chaos.
Let's get cooking..... Bon Appetit!
{Disclosure: I was not provided any compensation for this post, the links provided are just for my friends, the readers. I have found that these items work the best in my recipe and I wanted to share that information.}
OK... we know you have all these recipes that you love to make. You got them from your mother, your grandmother, a magazine, or maybe you made it up, perhaps you don't even remember where the recipe came from. Well, how about sharing them with all of us? We are going to share ours with you every Thursday!
My good friend and (according to her husband) excellent cook, Dolly over at XmasDolly and I are now doing a recipe swap; we want to share ours with you and wold LOVE to get some of your favorites as well... So, Welcome to Thursday's Recipe Swap Meet, here is all you have to do:
Post a recipe on your blog, sign the linky on either blog (they will be linked), grab our new button - isn't she cute - hubby says she looks like me... TeeHee? (above, on my sidebar and on my Co-Chef Dolly's blog) and check out the recipes. Don't forget that each week you actually will be getting at least TWO for the price of ONE because both Dolly and I will post a recipe on each of our blogs. How simple is that??
Pineapple Upside-Down Cake
Cake Ingredients:
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| I couldn't find my photos of the cake I made, so I "borrowed" this one from the internet. |
2/3 C brown sugar
2 tsp. baking powder
2/3 C Whole milk
1/4 C Unsalted butter, softened
1 Large egg, room temp.
1 tsp. Vanilla
1/4 tsp. Princess cake & cookie flavoring (optional)
Additional Ingredients:
2 Tbls. Unsalted butter
1/3 C Packed brown sugar
8 oz. Can Sliced pineapple, drained
Maraschino cherries, as needed for center and around pineapple rings
~ Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
~ Melt 2 T. butter in 9 x 1 1/2" round baking (or saute pan, I have a fabulous 12" non-stick pan from Pampered Chef that I use every day to cook, fry, saute, and even bake in... it can go from the stove top to the oven up to 500 degrees, so I use this one. I LOVE this pan.); stir in 1/3 C brown sugar and 1 Tbls. water; mix until smooth and no lumps.
~ Arrange pineapples in circular pattern in pan on top of sugar mixture; add cherry to center of each pineapple ring and between rings if wanted.
~ Prepare cake batter as follows:
~ Combine flour, sugar, and baking powder; add milk, butter, egg, and flaorings. Beat on low speed until combined; then beat on medium speen for 1 minute.
~ Gently pour batter into pan, over pineapple and cherries, careful not to disturb arrangement.
~ Bake at 350 for 30 to 35 minutes, until toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean.
~ Cool on wire rack for 5 minutes then loosen sides with thin spatula and invert onto plate. (MAKE SURE PLATE IS AT LEAST an inch larger than baking dish/pan all the way around - otherwise you will have a mess - been there/done that!); Serve warm.... YUMMY!!!
This received 6 out of 6 puppy tail wags for the batter and the cake, but 0 out of 6 for the cherries and the pineapple, oh well, that's OK, Bill and I love it and it is my oldest son Nik's favorite cake I make. He requests it every year for his birthday. I even sent him one when he was at Army Basic Training, but because of all the red tape to get the mail to him, it was partially moldy by the time he got it. He said that he and his roommates ate part of it anyway and it was still good: BOYS - OMG!!
So now all you have to do is sign our linky so we all can find your recipes. You check out all ours and we will check out all yours. If you don't want to write it all down and you know of one on line just post a link to it on your blog or leave it in a comment if you prefer!
For more recipes, head on over to Ms.BiBi at Daily Organized Chaos.
Let's get cooking..... Bon Appetit!
{Disclosure: I was not provided any compensation for this post, the links provided are just for my friends, the readers. I have found that these items work the best in my recipe and I wanted to share that information.}
Friday, June 3, 2011
Friday Food Fight ~ Banana Bread
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To join the weekly Friday Food Fight, post a picture of your favorite food, meal, snack or drink. Of course, you enjoying your tasty treat would be great, but you don’t need to be in the picture. Then on Friday, post your drool inducing photo and link up with Denise at RunDMT. That’s it!!
This is some banana bread that I made last week - I forgot to take a photo of it before we cut into it (oops!) but it still looks yummy! I actually made two cakes, one with chocolate chips that I gave to our neighbor. She is a widow that absolutely LOVES our doggie Nano and she is always giving him little treats for his birthday and for Christmas (and Nano gives her a Christmas gift).
The recipe for this bread will be on my Thursday's Recipe Swap Meet next week. How about you head on over and share your favorite recipe this week, I could really use some new ideas for dinner. =)
So head on over to RunDMT and link up to her blog, visit the other participants and leave a comment. While you're at it, how about grabbing Denise's Friday Food Fight Button on her site - I have it on my left side bar. I'd also like to thank Denise for always being supportive of me and my good friend Marie at XmasDolly of our memes on Monday and Thursday ~ she really is the true meaning of a bloggy friend - love ya, girlfriend!!
Happy eating and have a great weekend!
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| Denise @ RunDMT |
This is some banana bread that I made last week - I forgot to take a photo of it before we cut into it (oops!) but it still looks yummy! I actually made two cakes, one with chocolate chips that I gave to our neighbor. She is a widow that absolutely LOVES our doggie Nano and she is always giving him little treats for his birthday and for Christmas (and Nano gives her a Christmas gift).
The recipe for this bread will be on my Thursday's Recipe Swap Meet next week. How about you head on over and share your favorite recipe this week, I could really use some new ideas for dinner. =)
So head on over to RunDMT and link up to her blog, visit the other participants and leave a comment. While you're at it, how about grabbing Denise's Friday Food Fight Button on her site - I have it on my left side bar. I'd also like to thank Denise for always being supportive of me and my good friend Marie at XmasDolly of our memes on Monday and Thursday ~ she really is the true meaning of a bloggy friend - love ya, girlfriend!!
Happy eating and have a great weekend!
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Thursday Recipe Swap Meet ~ Blueberry Bread Pudding
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OK... we know you have all these recipes that you love to make. You got them from your mother, your grandmother, a magazine, or maybe you made it up, perhaps you don't even remember where the recipe came from. Well, how about sharing them with all of us? We are going to share ours with you every Thursday!
My good friend and (according to her husband) excellent cook, Dolly over at XmasDolly and I are now doing a recipe swap; we want to share ours with you and wold LOVE to get some of your favorites as well... So, Welcome to Thursday's Recipe Swap Meet, here is all you have to do:
Post a recipe on your blog, sign the linky on either blog (they will be linked), grab our new button - isn't she cute - hubby says she looks like me... TeeHee? (above, on my sidebar and on my Co-Chef Dolly's blog) and check out the recipes. Don't forget that each week you actually will be getting at least TWO for the price of ONE because both Dolly and I will post a recipe on each of our blogs. How simple is that??
6-8 Slices white bread, crusts removed (I used butter bread from the German bakery)
1/2 Cup (1stick) unsalted butter, melted
3 Cups evaporated milk (you can also use buttermilk or half-and-half)
4 Large eggs
1/2 Cup granulated sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
2 Cups fresh blueberries (thawed frozen berries can be used if not in season)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Slice bread on the diagonal and brush both sides with the melted butter; put aside as you prepare the custard.
Beat together milk, eggs, sugar, and vanilla on medium speed until blended.
Pour some custard into an ungreased 2-quart baking dish and sprinkle 1/2 the blueberries over the custard.
Arrange the bread slices in dish, overlapping some on top of custard/blueberry layer, pushing down slightly to cover bread with custard.
Pour remaining custard over bread slices and sprinkle the rest of the blueberries on top.
Bake for 50 - 60 minutes.
Cool on a wire rack and dust with confectioners' sugar.
This recipe has a split review, the custard received 6 out of 6 puppy tail wags, but only 3 out of 6 for the blueberries. =) Hubby loves it, bread pudding is one of his favorites - mine, too.
So now all you have to do is sign our linky so we all can find your recipes. You check out all ours and we will check out all yours. If you don't want to write it all down and you know of one on line just post a link to it on your blog or leave it in a comment if you prefer!
For more recipes, head on over to Ms.BiBi at Daily Organized Chaos.
Let's get cooking..... Bon Appetit!
First I want to apologize for not getting over to everyone's posts last week to visit as I was without a computer. Second, I want to thank you all for your participation... Dolly and I would be NO where without your wonderful contributions. We love you all... HUGGLES!!
OK... we know you have all these recipes that you love to make. You got them from your mother, your grandmother, a magazine, or maybe you made it up, perhaps you don't even remember where the recipe came from. Well, how about sharing them with all of us? We are going to share ours with you every Thursday!
My good friend and (according to her husband) excellent cook, Dolly over at XmasDolly and I are now doing a recipe swap; we want to share ours with you and wold LOVE to get some of your favorites as well... So, Welcome to Thursday's Recipe Swap Meet, here is all you have to do:
Post a recipe on your blog, sign the linky on either blog (they will be linked), grab our new button - isn't she cute - hubby says she looks like me... TeeHee? (above, on my sidebar and on my Co-Chef Dolly's blog) and check out the recipes. Don't forget that each week you actually will be getting at least TWO for the price of ONE because both Dolly and I will post a recipe on each of our blogs. How simple is that??
On Saturday, we went to this amazing German bakery with our good friend Lynne, Yahala Bakery and purchased some delicious pastries and bread (plus had lunch there: bratwurst with sauerkraut on an awesome roll and beer). Right next to the bakery was a fruit stand with a blueberry patch in the back where you could pick your own blueberries, SO..... that is exactly what we did:
Blueberry Bread Pudding
6-8 Slices white bread, crusts removed (I used butter bread from the German bakery)
1/2 Cup (1stick) unsalted butter, melted
3 Cups evaporated milk (you can also use buttermilk or half-and-half)
4 Large eggs
1/2 Cup granulated sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
2 Cups fresh blueberries (thawed frozen berries can be used if not in season)
Slice bread on the diagonal and brush both sides with the melted butter; put aside as you prepare the custard.
Beat together milk, eggs, sugar, and vanilla on medium speed until blended.
Bake for 50 - 60 minutes.
Cool on a wire rack and dust with confectioners' sugar.
So now all you have to do is sign our linky so we all can find your recipes. You check out all ours and we will check out all yours. If you don't want to write it all down and you know of one on line just post a link to it on your blog or leave it in a comment if you prefer!
For more recipes, head on over to Ms.BiBi at Daily Organized Chaos.
Let's get cooking..... Bon Appetit!
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Thursday's Recipe Swap Meet - Hamburger Stroganoff
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OK... we know you have all these recipes that you love to make. You got them from your mother, your grandmother, a magazine, or maybe you made it up, perhaps you don't even remember where the recipe came from. Well, how about sharing them with all of us? We are going to share ours with you every Thursday!
My good friend and (according to her husband) excellent cook, Dolly over at XmasDolly and I are now doing a recipe swap; we want to share ours with you and wold LOVE to get some of your favorites as well... So, Welcome to Thursday's Recipe Swap Meet, here is all you have to do:
Post a recipe on your blog, sign the linky on either blog (they will be linked), grab our new button - isn't she cute - hubby says she looks like me... TeeHee? (above, on my sidebar and on my Co-Chef Dolly's blog) and check out the recipes. Don't forget that each week you actually will be getting at least TWO for the price of ONE because both Dolly and I will post a recipe on each of our blogs. How simple is that??
Hamburger Stroganoff
Ingredients
8 oz. uncooked egg noodles (I like largest size)
1 tsp. EVOO
1 lb. extra lean ground beef (I use 10% fat)
2-3 cloves garlic minced or grated
2 Tbls. all-purpose flour
1 cup beef stock (you can also use broth if you want)
Salt & Pepper to taste
3/4 cup sour cream
2-3 Tbls. dry white wine
3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
~ Cook pasta according to package directions, without using any salt or butter/oil in the water; drain and rinse under cold water then drain completely.
~ Heat EVOO in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat, add beef until browned, stirring to crumble. Add garlic stirring frequently until garlic is clear; sprinkle with flour and cook 1 minute, stirring constantly (I use whisk to prevent lumps). Stir in broth and bring to a boil; reduce heat, and simmer 1 minute or until slightly thick. Stir in salt and pepper.
~ Remove from heat, stir in sour cream and wine. Serve over pasta. Sprinkle with parsley. (I have a parsley plant on my window sill that I am just waiting for it to grow big enough to use in my cooking. HaHa)
I forgot to take photos while I was cooking (I swear brain cells are leaking out of my ears) so I used the one above from the recipe - they use mushrooms but Bill doesn't eat mushrooms so I modified the recipe some. This recipe, because it has BEEF in it, received 6 out of 6 puppy tail wags and made enough for us to have two dinners.
So now all you have to do is sign our linky so we all can find your recipes. You check out all ours and we will check out all yours. If you don't want to write it all down and you know of one on line just post a link to it on your blog or leave it in a comment if you prefer!
For more recipes, head on over to Ms.BiBi at Daily Organized Chaos.
Let's get cooking..... Bon Appetit!
My good friend and (according to her husband) excellent cook, Dolly over at XmasDolly and I are now doing a recipe swap; we want to share ours with you and wold LOVE to get some of your favorites as well... So, Welcome to Thursday's Recipe Swap Meet, here is all you have to do:
Post a recipe on your blog, sign the linky on either blog (they will be linked), grab our new button - isn't she cute - hubby says she looks like me... TeeHee? (above, on my sidebar and on my Co-Chef Dolly's blog) and check out the recipes. Don't forget that each week you actually will be getting at least TWO for the price of ONE because both Dolly and I will post a recipe on each of our blogs. How simple is that??
Hamburger Stroganoff
Ingredients
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| Photo: Randy Mayor; Styling: Jan Gautro |
8 oz. uncooked egg noodles (I like largest size)
1 tsp. EVOO
1 lb. extra lean ground beef (I use 10% fat)
2-3 cloves garlic minced or grated
2 Tbls. all-purpose flour
1 cup beef stock (you can also use broth if you want)
Salt & Pepper to taste
3/4 cup sour cream
2-3 Tbls. dry white wine
3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
~ Cook pasta according to package directions, without using any salt or butter/oil in the water; drain and rinse under cold water then drain completely.
~ Heat EVOO in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat, add beef until browned, stirring to crumble. Add garlic stirring frequently until garlic is clear; sprinkle with flour and cook 1 minute, stirring constantly (I use whisk to prevent lumps). Stir in broth and bring to a boil; reduce heat, and simmer 1 minute or until slightly thick. Stir in salt and pepper.
~ Remove from heat, stir in sour cream and wine. Serve over pasta. Sprinkle with parsley. (I have a parsley plant on my window sill that I am just waiting for it to grow big enough to use in my cooking. HaHa)
I forgot to take photos while I was cooking (I swear brain cells are leaking out of my ears) so I used the one above from the recipe - they use mushrooms but Bill doesn't eat mushrooms so I modified the recipe some. This recipe, because it has BEEF in it, received 6 out of 6 puppy tail wags and made enough for us to have two dinners.
So now all you have to do is sign our linky so we all can find your recipes. You check out all ours and we will check out all yours. If you don't want to write it all down and you know of one on line just post a link to it on your blog or leave it in a comment if you prefer!
For more recipes, head on over to Ms.BiBi at Daily Organized Chaos.
Let's get cooking..... Bon Appetit!
Monday, May 23, 2011
Monday Mingle ~ May 23rd: Pets, Cartoons and Food
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"Welcome to Monday Mingle! Each week three questions are asked, and you can answer via a written post, or a vlog post. If you have always wanted to try vlogging, Monday Mingle vlog meme is a fun way to try vlogging. If you’d like to join in the fun, answer the 3 weekly questions in short vlog on your blog, or a written blog post, then link up over on Eighty MPH Mom in the linky. Please post the above button within your post and link to Eighty MPH Mom, so readers can easily find other participants. Visit the other participants, learn about them and have fun! It’s not too late you can link up anytime during the week."
Questions for the week of May 23, 2011:
1. What were your childhood pets and their names?
2. Favorite cartoon or comic as a kid? (I know y'all are thinking I'm going to say something Disney)
3. What is the weirdest thing you’ve ever eaten?
Well, that's it for this week, hope you all had a great weekend and you got to spend lots of time with the ones you love.
Now it's your turn - come on, want to get to know you better.... we won't bite. :) Don't forget to link up with Jen at Eighty MPH Mom. Please at least visit some of the other participants and leave a comment - we all love comments... :)
Plus, help us get more players... Tweet the meme by either hitting the retweet button or tweeting this phrase:
"Join Eighty MPH Mom for #mondaymingle- a fun meme to learn about you! http://eightymphmom.com"
Have a great week everyone!!
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Questions for the week of May 23, 2011:
1. What were your childhood pets and their names?
2. Favorite cartoon or comic as a kid? (I know y'all are thinking I'm going to say something Disney)
3. What is the weirdest thing you’ve ever eaten?
Well, that's it for this week, hope you all had a great weekend and you got to spend lots of time with the ones you love.
Now it's your turn - come on, want to get to know you better.... we won't bite. :) Don't forget to link up with Jen at Eighty MPH Mom. Please at least visit some of the other participants and leave a comment - we all love comments... :)
Plus, help us get more players... Tweet the meme by either hitting the retweet button or tweeting this phrase:
"Join Eighty MPH Mom for #mondaymingle- a fun meme to learn about you! http://eightymphmom.com"
Have a great week everyone!!
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Monday, May 9, 2011
Mommy and Me Monday ~ Mandie's Become a LITTLE Clingy
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Hosted by Krystyn at Really, Are You Serious?
Welcome to another edition to Mommy and Me Monday.....
Since I don't have any little ones in my house anymore, y'all know that I post photos of my fur-babies, I have discovered that both Mai-Li and Mandie enjoy being close to me as much as posible, Mandie especially.
Turns out that If I put Mandie inside the bib of my overall shorts of jeans, Mandie will stay there almost all day. She will stay there while I am on the computer, reading, and even while I am cooking. I think she is just so happy that she has found a house filled with love and wants to give love back. We are just so happy to have her in our little household as our baby, friend to the other doggies, and my protector - you should see her take on other dogs, no matter what size they are.
Look how comfy she is... So, if you have room in your home and in your heart, please adopt a pet. You can check with your local shelters, the Humane Society, or the ASPCA.... If you don't have room in you home, I'm sure any of these organizations would truly appreciate any contribution you could give.
If you'd like to participate in Mommy and Me Monday, here is all you need to do per Krystyn's blog:
"Pop out from behind that camera and capture yourself in action with your kids. Grab the button and link up. Make some new friends and visit some old ones, too. There really is only one requirement here, a picture of you and your baby or babies; your children, your “baby” (i.e. significant other) or even your fur babies."
So head on over, link up, visit the other participants, and don't forget to LEAVE A COMMENT, you love them so you know that other people will too!
Happy Monday, y'all.... :)
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Welcome to another edition to Mommy and Me Monday.....
Since I don't have any little ones in my house anymore, y'all know that I post photos of my fur-babies, I have discovered that both Mai-Li and Mandie enjoy being close to me as much as posible, Mandie especially.
Turns out that If I put Mandie inside the bib of my overall shorts of jeans, Mandie will stay there almost all day. She will stay there while I am on the computer, reading, and even while I am cooking. I think she is just so happy that she has found a house filled with love and wants to give love back. We are just so happy to have her in our little household as our baby, friend to the other doggies, and my protector - you should see her take on other dogs, no matter what size they are.
Look how comfy she is... So, if you have room in your home and in your heart, please adopt a pet. You can check with your local shelters, the Humane Society, or the ASPCA.... If you don't have room in you home, I'm sure any of these organizations would truly appreciate any contribution you could give.
If you'd like to participate in Mommy and Me Monday, here is all you need to do per Krystyn's blog:
"Pop out from behind that camera and capture yourself in action with your kids. Grab the button and link up. Make some new friends and visit some old ones, too. There really is only one requirement here, a picture of you and your baby or babies; your children, your “baby” (i.e. significant other) or even your fur babies."
So head on over, link up, visit the other participants, and don't forget to LEAVE A COMMENT, you love them so you know that other people will too!
Happy Monday, y'all.... :)
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Friday, May 6, 2011
Friday Food Fight:
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To join the weekly Friday Food Fight, post a picture of your favorite food, meal, snack or drink. Of course, you enjoying your tasty treat would be great, but you don’t need to be in the picture. Then on Friday, post your drool inducing photo and link up with Denise at RunDMT. That’s it!!
It was such a beautiful day last Saturday, that I was craving a nice fresh salad for dinner, so that is what I made myself for dinner... that and a nice glass of wine.
So head on over to RunDMT and link up to her blog, visit the other participants and leave a comment. While you're at it, how about grabbing Denise's Friday Food Fight Button on her site - I have it on my left side bar. I'd also like to thank Denise for always being supportive of me and my good friend Marie at XmasDolly of our memes on Monday and Thursday ~ she really is the true meaning of a bloggy friend - love ya, girlfriend!!
Happy eating and have a great weekend!
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| Denise @ RunDMT |
To join the weekly Friday Food Fight, post a picture of your favorite food, meal, snack or drink. Of course, you enjoying your tasty treat would be great, but you don’t need to be in the picture. Then on Friday, post your drool inducing photo and link up with Denise at RunDMT. That’s it!!
It was such a beautiful day last Saturday, that I was craving a nice fresh salad for dinner, so that is what I made myself for dinner... that and a nice glass of wine.
Happy eating and have a great weekend!
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Thursday, May 5, 2011
Thursday's Recipe Swap Meet ~ Blushing Apples
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OK... we know you have all these recipes that you love to make. You got them from your mother, your grandmother, a magazine, or maybe you made it up, perhaps you don't even remember where the recipe came from. Well, how about sharing them with all of us? We are going to share ours with you every Thursday!
My good friend and (according to her husband) excellent cook, Dolly over at XmasDolly and I are now doing a recipe swap; we want to share ours with you and wold LOVE to get some of your favorites as well... So welcome to Thursday's Recipe Swap Meet, here is all you have to do:
Post a recipe on your blog, sign the linky on either blog (they will be linked), grab our new button - isn't she cute - hubby says she looks like me... TeeHee? (above, on my sidebar and on my Co-Chef Dolly's blog) and check out the recipes. Don't forget that each week you actually will be getting at least TWO for the price of ONE because both Dolly and I will post a recipe on each of our blogs. How simple is that??
Today I chose a really simple dessert recipe (but forgot to take photos... DOH!!)
Blushing Apples
2 pkg. (4 serving size) cherry gelatin (I recommend Jell-O brand) - you could also use your favorite flavor
1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
4 cups water
4 medium Granny Smith apple (you can also use McIntosh or your favorite apple)
1/2 c whipped cream (I like to make my own homemade, but you can use your favorite)
~ Combine dry gelatin mix and cinnamon in saucepan. Add water, bring to boil on medium-high heat stirring frequently until gelatin is completely dissolved.
~ Peel and core apples. Add to gelatin mixture in saucepan, PARTIALLY cover pan with lid and return to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer 10-15 minutes gently turning apples every 5 minutes. Remove apples from liquid.
~ Serve apples either warm or cold with fresh whipped cream.
This recipe only received 1 out of 6 puppy tail wags... but that's because my babies are really carnivores and Mumbo will eat just about anything. =)
So now all you have to do is sign our linky so we all can find your recipes. You check out all ours and we will check out all yours. If you don't want to write it all down and you know of one on line just post a link to it on your blog or leave it in a comment if you prefer!
For more recipes, head on over to Ms.BiBi at Daily Organized Chaos.
Let's get cooking..... Bon Appetit!
OK... we know you have all these recipes that you love to make. You got them from your mother, your grandmother, a magazine, or maybe you made it up, perhaps you don't even remember where the recipe came from. Well, how about sharing them with all of us? We are going to share ours with you every Thursday!
My good friend and (according to her husband) excellent cook, Dolly over at XmasDolly and I are now doing a recipe swap; we want to share ours with you and wold LOVE to get some of your favorites as well... So welcome to Thursday's Recipe Swap Meet, here is all you have to do:
Post a recipe on your blog, sign the linky on either blog (they will be linked), grab our new button - isn't she cute - hubby says she looks like me... TeeHee? (above, on my sidebar and on my Co-Chef Dolly's blog) and check out the recipes. Don't forget that each week you actually will be getting at least TWO for the price of ONE because both Dolly and I will post a recipe on each of our blogs. How simple is that??
Today I chose a really simple dessert recipe (but forgot to take photos... DOH!!)
Blushing Apples
2 pkg. (4 serving size) cherry gelatin (I recommend Jell-O brand) - you could also use your favorite flavor
1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
4 cups water
4 medium Granny Smith apple (you can also use McIntosh or your favorite apple)
1/2 c whipped cream (I like to make my own homemade, but you can use your favorite)
~ Combine dry gelatin mix and cinnamon in saucepan. Add water, bring to boil on medium-high heat stirring frequently until gelatin is completely dissolved.
~ Peel and core apples. Add to gelatin mixture in saucepan, PARTIALLY cover pan with lid and return to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer 10-15 minutes gently turning apples every 5 minutes. Remove apples from liquid.
~ Serve apples either warm or cold with fresh whipped cream.
This recipe only received 1 out of 6 puppy tail wags... but that's because my babies are really carnivores and Mumbo will eat just about anything. =)
So now all you have to do is sign our linky so we all can find your recipes. You check out all ours and we will check out all yours. If you don't want to write it all down and you know of one on line just post a link to it on your blog or leave it in a comment if you prefer!
For more recipes, head on over to Ms.BiBi at Daily Organized Chaos.
Let's get cooking..... Bon Appetit!
By the way, everyone.... don't forget to check out Dolly's new blog design - it is beautiful!!
Plus grab her new button... it's right on her sidebar.
Friday, April 22, 2011
Friday Food Fight: Homemade Mocha Coffee
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To join the weekly Friday Food Fight, post a picture of your favorite food, meal, snack or drink. Of course, you enjoying your tasty treat would be great, but you don’t need to be in the picture. Then on Friday, post your drool inducing photo and link up with Denise at RunDMT. That’s it!!
This is a new treat I have discovered. I love having mocha coffee, but I refuse to pay those ridiculous prices at the coffee shops so I have found that if I just drop a small square of fudge in the bottom of my coffee cup before making the coffee, it adds just the right amount of chocolate and sweetness to my coffee that I am looking for without adding too many callories. Besides, I don't do it too often. =)
So head on over to RunDMT and link up to her blog, visit the other participants and leave a comment. While you're at it, how about grabbing Denise's Friday Food Fight Button on her site - I have it on my left side bar. I'd also like to thank Denise for always being supportive of me and my friend Marie at XmasDolly of our memes on Monday and Thursday ~ she really is the true meaning of a bloggy friend - love ya, girlfriend!!
Happy eating and have a great weekend!
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| Denise @ RunDMT |
To join the weekly Friday Food Fight, post a picture of your favorite food, meal, snack or drink. Of course, you enjoying your tasty treat would be great, but you don’t need to be in the picture. Then on Friday, post your drool inducing photo and link up with Denise at RunDMT. That’s it!!
This is a new treat I have discovered. I love having mocha coffee, but I refuse to pay those ridiculous prices at the coffee shops so I have found that if I just drop a small square of fudge in the bottom of my coffee cup before making the coffee, it adds just the right amount of chocolate and sweetness to my coffee that I am looking for without adding too many callories. Besides, I don't do it too often. =)
So head on over to RunDMT and link up to her blog, visit the other participants and leave a comment. While you're at it, how about grabbing Denise's Friday Food Fight Button on her site - I have it on my left side bar. I'd also like to thank Denise for always being supportive of me and my friend Marie at XmasDolly of our memes on Monday and Thursday ~ she really is the true meaning of a bloggy friend - love ya, girlfriend!!
Happy eating and have a great weekend!
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Thursday's Recipe Swap Meet - Chicken Noodle Casserole
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OK... we know you have all these recipes that you love to make. You got them from your mother, your grandmother, a magazine, or maybe you made it up, perhaps you don't even remember where the recipe came from. Well, how about sharing them with all of us? We are going to share ours with you every Thursday!
My good friend and (according to her husband) excellent cook, Dolly over at XmasDolly and I are now doing a recipe swap; we want to share ours with you and wold LOVE to get some of your favorites as well... So welcome to Thursday's Recipe Swap Meet, here is all you have to do:
Post a recipe on your blog, sign the linky on either blog (they will be linked), grab our new button - isn't she cute - hubby says she looks like me... TeeHee? (above, on my sidebar and on my Co-Chef Dolly's blog) and check out the recipes. Don't forget that each week you actually will be getting at least TWO for the price of ONE because both Dolly and I will post a recipe on each of our blogs. How simple is that???
Chicken Noodle Casserole
Egg Noodles cooked according to pkg. directions
Cooked chicken cut into bite size pieces (I used the leftovers from a roasted chicken we had the day before)
1 Can cream of potato soup (you can also use cream of chicken if you like)
3/4 can dry Vermouth (or dry white wine)
Garlic salt
Ground rosemary
Black pepper
EVOO
~ Saute' chicken in EVOO with garlic salt, rosemary, and pepper until warmed through.
~ Add soup and vermouth and heat thoroughly.
~ Let flavors combine while noodles are cooking (if you need more liquid, you can add chicken stock)
~ Once noodles are cooked, drain and combine all ingredients; serve with salad.
I'm sorry I forgot to take pictures, I wasn't even thinking about a post, I was just trying to figure out what to make for dinner. HaHa
This also received 6 out of 6 puppy tail wags :) ... It was also really good the next day.
So now all you have to do is sign our linky so we all can find your recipes. You check out all ours and we will check out all yours. If you don't want to write it all down and you know of one on line just post a link to it on your blog or leave it in a comment if you prefer!
For more recipes, head on over to Ms.BiBi at Daily Organized Chaos.
Let's get cooking..... Bon Appetit!
OK... we know you have all these recipes that you love to make. You got them from your mother, your grandmother, a magazine, or maybe you made it up, perhaps you don't even remember where the recipe came from. Well, how about sharing them with all of us? We are going to share ours with you every Thursday!
My good friend and (according to her husband) excellent cook, Dolly over at XmasDolly and I are now doing a recipe swap; we want to share ours with you and wold LOVE to get some of your favorites as well... So welcome to Thursday's Recipe Swap Meet, here is all you have to do:
Post a recipe on your blog, sign the linky on either blog (they will be linked), grab our new button - isn't she cute - hubby says she looks like me... TeeHee? (above, on my sidebar and on my Co-Chef Dolly's blog) and check out the recipes. Don't forget that each week you actually will be getting at least TWO for the price of ONE because both Dolly and I will post a recipe on each of our blogs. How simple is that???
Chicken Noodle Casserole
Egg Noodles cooked according to pkg. directions
Cooked chicken cut into bite size pieces (I used the leftovers from a roasted chicken we had the day before)
1 Can cream of potato soup (you can also use cream of chicken if you like)
3/4 can dry Vermouth (or dry white wine)
Garlic salt
Ground rosemary
Black pepper
EVOO
~ Saute' chicken in EVOO with garlic salt, rosemary, and pepper until warmed through.
~ Add soup and vermouth and heat thoroughly.
~ Let flavors combine while noodles are cooking (if you need more liquid, you can add chicken stock)
~ Once noodles are cooked, drain and combine all ingredients; serve with salad.
I'm sorry I forgot to take pictures, I wasn't even thinking about a post, I was just trying to figure out what to make for dinner. HaHa
This also received 6 out of 6 puppy tail wags :) ... It was also really good the next day.
So now all you have to do is sign our linky so we all can find your recipes. You check out all ours and we will check out all yours. If you don't want to write it all down and you know of one on line just post a link to it on your blog or leave it in a comment if you prefer!
For more recipes, head on over to Ms.BiBi at Daily Organized Chaos.
Let's get cooking..... Bon Appetit!
Friday, April 8, 2011
Friday Food Fight: Disney Desserts
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To join the weekly Friday Food Fight, post a picture of your favorite food, meal, snack or drink. Of course, you enjoying your tasty treat would be great, but you don’t need to be in the picture. Then on Friday, post your drool inducing photo and link up with Denise at RunDMT. That’s it!!
So again, this week is a couple of photos from the Disney Social Media Moms Conference. The desserts after our first dinner were delicious. We were so full from the excellent dinner that we only took a few and shared them. What really impressed me was the attention to detail that the chefs exhibited.
So head on over to RunDMT and link up to her blog, visit the other participants and leave a comment. While you're at it, how about grabbing Denise's Friday Food Fight Button on her site - I have it on my left side bar.
Happy eating and have a great weekend!
.
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| Denise @ RunDMT |
To join the weekly Friday Food Fight, post a picture of your favorite food, meal, snack or drink. Of course, you enjoying your tasty treat would be great, but you don’t need to be in the picture. Then on Friday, post your drool inducing photo and link up with Denise at RunDMT. That’s it!!
So again, this week is a couple of photos from the Disney Social Media Moms Conference. The desserts after our first dinner were delicious. We were so full from the excellent dinner that we only took a few and shared them. What really impressed me was the attention to detail that the chefs exhibited.
So head on over to RunDMT and link up to her blog, visit the other participants and leave a comment. While you're at it, how about grabbing Denise's Friday Food Fight Button on her site - I have it on my left side bar.
Happy eating and have a great weekend!
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Thursday, April 7, 2011
Thursday's Recipe Swap Meet ~ Slow Cook Pork Tenderloin
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First of all, let me apologize for how late I am posting this... I was thinking today was Wednesday ~ DOH!!
I hope it hasn't inconvenienced anyone... Please link up your recipes with us so we can all share your delicious food...
OK... we know you have all these recipes that you love to make. You got them from your mother, your grandmother, a magazine, or maybe you made it up, perhaps you don't even remember where the recipe came from. Well, how about sharing them with all of us? We are going to share ours with you every Thursday!
My good friend and (according to her husband) excellent cook, Dolly over at XmasDolly and I are now doing a recipe swap; we want to share ours with you and wold LOVE to get some of your favorites as well... So welcome to Thursday's Recipe Swap Meet, here is all you have to do:
Post a recipe on your blog, sign the linky on either blog (they will be linked), grab our new button - isn't she cute - hubby says she looks like me... TeeHee? (above, on my sidebar and on my Co-Chef Dolly's blog) and check out the recipes. Don't forget that each week you actually will be getting at least TWO for the price of ONE because both Dolly and I will post a recipe on each of our blogs. How simple is that???
Slow Cook Pork Tenderloin
When done, serve with veggie and either noodles, rice or potatoes. The juice can be poured over the meat and the starch. The left over meat can be used for the following.....
BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwiches
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| Bargetto Winery |
When heated through, serve on your favorite bread or rolls.... that's a great way to get two meals out of one 2 lb. pork tenderloin. Both these meals also got 6 out of 6 puppy tail wags. :)
So now all you have to do is sign our linky so we all can find your recipes. You check out all ours and we will check out all yours. If you don't want to write it all down and you know of one on line just post a link to it on your blog or leave it in a comment if you prefer!
For more recipes, head on over to Ms.BiBi at Daily Organized Chaos.
Let's get cooking..... Bon Appetit!
{Disclosure: I received no compensation for this post. Any link or reference to a specific company is purely because I find that the products mentioned are the ones that work best in my experience. The links included are just to help my friends out.}
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