I can not remember if I have posted this recipe here on my blog or not so I thought I would write a quick post today. I know a lot of people are baking like crazy around the holidays. If you are in need of a quick and easy but SUPER YUMMY cookie recipe give this one a try.
Easy Chocolate Chip Cookies
1 cup brown sugar
1 stick of butter
1 egg
Blend together until smooth
Add 2 cups Bisquick ( you know, the pancake mix! )
Then add whatever goodies you want. I always add white chocolate chips or regular ones. My mom also adds walnuts but I don't like those so I skip them. These cookies are SUPER easy and SUPER yummy. The Bisquick gives it a great flavor and you only have to remember 4 ingredients. What is not to love about that? I also like to add flax seed because I like to add that into anything I think I can sneak it into. So give it a try. Let me know how you like them if you try them. Oh yeah and bake them at 350 for 10 to 12 minutes ( depending on how small or big you make them )
Oh and just a trick my mom taught us growing up that I LOVE to do is before you take them out of the oven, I cut open a brown paper bag ( I swear grocery stores STILL carry them, you usually just have to ask ) Lay the brown paper bag out flat on the counter and when the cookies are still hot transfer them onto the brown paper bag and it drawls out any of the extra oil and grease.
ENJOY and I will try and get some actual crafts up here soon.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Friday, December 9, 2011
Some Free Patterns
So I have been on the internet looking for different kinds of free crochet patterns. I am LOVING Youtube these days. I have never really used youtube before but when I started looking up crochet stuff I found someone who makes all kinds of crochet video's and I love all of her stuff. I have started a board on pinterest for all of the patterns I have been finding. I made a hat for me using a video but then I REALLY wanted to try and make a hat using a pattern. I haven't really been able to figure out the patterns yet. My mom helped me while I was in Utah for Thanksgiving and so I decided to go for it and try. I actually made a hat and it ACTUALLY turned out cute! It was supposed to be for me so it is a little long for Kayla but it was too tight and looked ridiculous on me. Mostly because I messed up my count and when I got done I realized that instead of there being 58 stitches I only had 40 something! haha Yeah, that could be it. :) Any ways here it is
Any ways. In case there are people out there wanting to make one too here is the free tutorial I found and used HERE
ENJOY! I'll be posting more as I find them and make stuff. I can't believe I got to post TWICE in the same day! WOO HOO Let's hope I can keep it up and get some more stuff up on here over the next week or so.
Any ways. In case there are people out there wanting to make one too here is the free tutorial I found and used HERE
ENJOY! I'll be posting more as I find them and make stuff. I can't believe I got to post TWICE in the same day! WOO HOO Let's hope I can keep it up and get some more stuff up on here over the next week or so.
A Soup Recipe JUST for You
Man has it been COLD here! The other day I went to take my son to school and I noticed that the water bottle in my car was frozen. It wasn't frozen solid but it was pretty close. My husband is one of those people who only enjoys soup when it's cold. I will eat it ANY time because, well, it's so yummy. Since it was cold I really wanted to make soup. I busted out a recipe and changed it up a bit. Want to have it? I thought so...
Potato Cheese Broccoli Soup
4 potatoes ( washed and peeled and cut up )
4 cups of water
1 onion OR onion powder
A can of cream of chicken soup
A head of broccoli
Carrots
A block of sharp cheddar cheese
Boil the 4 cups of water and cut up potatoes for 10 to 15 minutes. I stir occasionally so nothing sticks to the bottom. If you are an onion person add some chopped up onion now. I HATE onions so I opted for some onion powder. I put about one teaspoon or so into the pot.
Next you want to add a chopped up head of broccoli. The amount you put in is up to your person preference. I also take carrots and shred them straight into the soup with a cheese grater. You can also add celery if that sounds good but I usually don't do that. Add a can of cream of chicken soup. I couldn't find my recipe when I made it the other day so I added two small cans and it turned out super yummy. Next I shred up a block of sharp cheddar. THIS made a big difference for me. the recipe calls for half a block of velveeta which taste great BUT the soup never seems to heat up well. This time I did the REAL cheese and it heated up perfect. Again it is up to you though. keep stirring. If you like soft broccoli you might want to add the broccoli in towards the end of your 10 to 15 minutes of boiling the potatoes. This will help make them softer. Once everything feels soft you are done! I stir quite a bit at the end because if you don't it sticks to the bottom and then burns.
So how do you serve this? My FAVORITE way to serve this is with sour dough bread bowls. Let me tell you, I HATE soup dough. I don't like it at all but for some reason it rocks my world with this soup! I tried doing regular old french bread with it once and was so disappointed at how different it tasted. I like to cut off the top of the bread soup, scoop out the inside and then stick it in the oven with some butter and garlic salt sprinkled on. I even butter and sprinkle garlic salt on the lid and use that to scoop up soup. If you can not find bread bowls I sometimes just get the sough dough loaf and then cut it up into strips and butter and add the garlic salt to those.
Want to see the soup?
yeah, I forgot to take pictures. Trust me when I say it was fabulous! And here is what I did to the sough dough loaf to make it easier to dip in my soup ( and yummier! )
Potato Cheese Broccoli Soup
4 potatoes ( washed and peeled and cut up )
4 cups of water
1 onion OR onion powder
A can of cream of chicken soup
A head of broccoli
Carrots
A block of sharp cheddar cheese
Boil the 4 cups of water and cut up potatoes for 10 to 15 minutes. I stir occasionally so nothing sticks to the bottom. If you are an onion person add some chopped up onion now. I HATE onions so I opted for some onion powder. I put about one teaspoon or so into the pot.
Next you want to add a chopped up head of broccoli. The amount you put in is up to your person preference. I also take carrots and shred them straight into the soup with a cheese grater. You can also add celery if that sounds good but I usually don't do that. Add a can of cream of chicken soup. I couldn't find my recipe when I made it the other day so I added two small cans and it turned out super yummy. Next I shred up a block of sharp cheddar. THIS made a big difference for me. the recipe calls for half a block of velveeta which taste great BUT the soup never seems to heat up well. This time I did the REAL cheese and it heated up perfect. Again it is up to you though. keep stirring. If you like soft broccoli you might want to add the broccoli in towards the end of your 10 to 15 minutes of boiling the potatoes. This will help make them softer. Once everything feels soft you are done! I stir quite a bit at the end because if you don't it sticks to the bottom and then burns.
So how do you serve this? My FAVORITE way to serve this is with sour dough bread bowls. Let me tell you, I HATE soup dough. I don't like it at all but for some reason it rocks my world with this soup! I tried doing regular old french bread with it once and was so disappointed at how different it tasted. I like to cut off the top of the bread soup, scoop out the inside and then stick it in the oven with some butter and garlic salt sprinkled on. I even butter and sprinkle garlic salt on the lid and use that to scoop up soup. If you can not find bread bowls I sometimes just get the sough dough loaf and then cut it up into strips and butter and add the garlic salt to those.
Want to see the soup?
yeah, I forgot to take pictures. Trust me when I say it was fabulous! And here is what I did to the sough dough loaf to make it easier to dip in my soup ( and yummier! )
Sorry for the horrible pictures. I took them with my cell phone.
So don't think I am not posting because I have given up on blogging. I have not had much time and when I do have time and TRY to write a blog my internet quits working. It has been SUPER frustrating for me. Something got messed up between my lap top and our router and it kicks me off constantly but it NEVER kicks my husband off. So I could just use his lap top right? Not really because ALL of my pictures are on MY lap top. I am hoping to get this resolved at some point because it is driving me nuts. I have some projects to post and I am hoping to get some up right now since the internet seems to be working. Here's hoping...
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Birthday Boy
My son turned 6 this week! He is SO big! He REALLY wanted to have a Super Hero party, so while I was in Utah last week I started looking on pinterest and all over the web for ideas. I found some good stuff on line. I am telling you though that people spend an obscene amount on money on kids birthdays. When I was little we were allowed to have a party every other birthday and we were allowed to invite close friends. We had cake that my mom made and some simple games. When we were older my parents would take us toilet papering. haha Anyone else do that? I have been so many times I can't even count them. My husband NEVER went. I told him I would take him someday! haha
Any ways. We made some invitations and I wanted them to be really cute. So I took a bunch of pictures of my son in a cape and made him look like he was flying.
I then added the border and the POW WHAM on picnik.com
I think it turned out cute! We ended up having about 19 or 20 kids here and that is not included my kids. It was LOUD and the kids seemed to have lots of fun running all over the place, hitting each other with balloons and pretending to be super heros. Most kids wore costumes or capes and I also had some masks for those who didn't have anything. We had hot dogs, mac and cheese, sandwiches and snack food for everyone to eat. We also had cup cakes for the kids and cake for the adults. We also had some super hero pages for them to color, a pin the emblem on the super hero ( which was a picture of Tyler blown up huge ) and then we also did face painting. The face painting was a hit with everyone too. Unfortunately it ended up smeared on the carpet and on the couch! We washed it out though so no big deal. Tyler got a TON of presents. He also got a lot of money. He was lucky. We handed out little Batman gift bags to everyone too. It was fun and Kayla can't WAIT to have a princess party in January. Here are a few pictures.
I like Kayla peeking through behind Tyler in the last picture! haha It was a good time and after I was completely exhausted. The funny thing is when I went to bed I couldn't sleep. Maybe it was all the cake and frosting I ate. I LOVE frosting! ;)
Any ways. We made some invitations and I wanted them to be really cute. So I took a bunch of pictures of my son in a cape and made him look like he was flying.
I then added the border and the POW WHAM on picnik.com
I think it turned out cute! We ended up having about 19 or 20 kids here and that is not included my kids. It was LOUD and the kids seemed to have lots of fun running all over the place, hitting each other with balloons and pretending to be super heros. Most kids wore costumes or capes and I also had some masks for those who didn't have anything. We had hot dogs, mac and cheese, sandwiches and snack food for everyone to eat. We also had cup cakes for the kids and cake for the adults. We also had some super hero pages for them to color, a pin the emblem on the super hero ( which was a picture of Tyler blown up huge ) and then we also did face painting. The face painting was a hit with everyone too. Unfortunately it ended up smeared on the carpet and on the couch! We washed it out though so no big deal. Tyler got a TON of presents. He also got a lot of money. He was lucky. We handed out little Batman gift bags to everyone too. It was fun and Kayla can't WAIT to have a princess party in January. Here are a few pictures.
I like Kayla peeking through behind Tyler in the last picture! haha It was a good time and after I was completely exhausted. The funny thing is when I went to bed I couldn't sleep. Maybe it was all the cake and frosting I ate. I LOVE frosting! ;)
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