Here's another link for you guys to check out: Sunday Baker
I've already used several of her recipes and they've worked out great! I love that she does more than just desserts, because it's sometimes hard to find good, family tested dinner recipes!
From now until Christmas she's going to be having giveaways, so make sure you check it out and enter your name!
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Saturday, November 08, 2008
New Toy
"hmm, what is this?"
"whoa, that was pretty cool..."
"this is fun!"
"holy cow, that's not fun, that's HYSTERICAL!"
"boys, do you SEE how crazy fun this is?!?!"
So she got her Christmas present a wee bit early, but do you blame us? She doesn't know what day it is (or isn't) anyway....
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Backtrack Post
I forgot to do these last month, so I'm filling in. From our Athens trip, these tow heads are R's cousin Missy's boys. They are both one year older than my two boys, respectively. It makes for some wild get togethers.
We have one ham (as usual)
one who is only thinking about going on the big slide again
and the other two were not very interested at all in being photographed. We had to do a fair amount of cajoling to even get them all together for this long.
B is saying, "I REALLY want to go back to the slide."
G is saying, "Hurry up because we're going to Dub's next."
C is saying, "Ahhh! I'm a dork!"
T is saying, "Cheese!" in the cheesiest way possible.
They were actually mimicking R and I making fun of this local portrait studio in town, because we always say that it looks like the place Deb from Napoleon Dynamite would get her picture taken. You have to watch the movie to get that one, sorry. And then we do the pose. So this one is our fault. LOL
We have one ham (as usual)
one who is only thinking about going on the big slide again
and the other two were not very interested at all in being photographed. We had to do a fair amount of cajoling to even get them all together for this long.
B is saying, "I REALLY want to go back to the slide."
G is saying, "Hurry up because we're going to Dub's next."
C is saying, "Ahhh! I'm a dork!"
T is saying, "Cheese!" in the cheesiest way possible.
They were actually mimicking R and I making fun of this local portrait studio in town, because we always say that it looks like the place Deb from Napoleon Dynamite would get her picture taken. You have to watch the movie to get that one, sorry. And then we do the pose. So this one is our fault. LOL
Monday, November 03, 2008
Saturday, November 01, 2008
Baking Yummy
How do we make Cake Truffles?
Take one mom and two helpers:
photo by C, my other helper
bake a cake from Betty Crocker and let it cool.
Now comes the fun part: break it up. Mix it with a can of frosting of your choice (we used vanilla buttercream, yum!)
then roll the mixture into little balls:
chill these little guys awhile in the fridge or a few minutes in the freezer to get them to harden a bit. We accidentally left ours in the freezer for a few hours but they were just fine. I let them thaw on the counter for 10 minutes before going on to the next phase:
coat the little guys in chocolate bark. this can get messy, especially with little helpers! melt a few pieces of the bark in a microwaveable bowl at a time, because it hardens quickly. and I suggest using clean bowls for each batch because sometimes little bits of cake get into your chocolate, which makes it not quite as smooth when it hardens (because of the crumbs). if you don't mind crumbs, then don't worry about it, they still taste AWESOME. oh and another note: if you don't get them completely covered in the chocolate, as you can see in some of ours, don't worry! just let it dry and then redunk in your chocolate bark. it'll be fine. then transfer to aluminum foil sheets or wax paper to dry a few minutes.
then spoon leftover frosting into ziploc bags and add food coloring. I only used 3/4 of the frosting can to mix with the cake. Maybe a bit more. That way I had some left over to make the pink and green. Snip off the corner and pipe on in cool designs. Store in an airtight container, or in your belly.
These are going to a neighborhood party tonight, but we've already sampled a few. Just the ugly ones! If the pretty ones are as tasty as the "ugly" ones, then we're in for a treat!
recipe from bakerella.blogspot.com, my new baking guru
Take one mom and two helpers:
photo by C, my other helper
bake a cake from Betty Crocker and let it cool.
Now comes the fun part: break it up. Mix it with a can of frosting of your choice (we used vanilla buttercream, yum!)
then roll the mixture into little balls:
chill these little guys awhile in the fridge or a few minutes in the freezer to get them to harden a bit. We accidentally left ours in the freezer for a few hours but they were just fine. I let them thaw on the counter for 10 minutes before going on to the next phase:
coat the little guys in chocolate bark. this can get messy, especially with little helpers! melt a few pieces of the bark in a microwaveable bowl at a time, because it hardens quickly. and I suggest using clean bowls for each batch because sometimes little bits of cake get into your chocolate, which makes it not quite as smooth when it hardens (because of the crumbs). if you don't mind crumbs, then don't worry about it, they still taste AWESOME. oh and another note: if you don't get them completely covered in the chocolate, as you can see in some of ours, don't worry! just let it dry and then redunk in your chocolate bark. it'll be fine. then transfer to aluminum foil sheets or wax paper to dry a few minutes.
then spoon leftover frosting into ziploc bags and add food coloring. I only used 3/4 of the frosting can to mix with the cake. Maybe a bit more. That way I had some left over to make the pink and green. Snip off the corner and pipe on in cool designs. Store in an airtight container, or in your belly.
These are going to a neighborhood party tonight, but we've already sampled a few. Just the ugly ones! If the pretty ones are as tasty as the "ugly" ones, then we're in for a treat!
recipe from bakerella.blogspot.com, my new baking guru
Halloween Night
Did you have a Happy Hallowe'en? We had a blast. T was, of course, a pirate. A blue-haired pirate at that. C was a motocross racer, complete with eye-poking helmet. Fun!
T showing off some blue streaks.
"Mom, when can we GET STARTED??"
We met up with some friends in the neighborhood while walking around, and this is the only good picture I got. Pushing a stroller full of crying baby and trying to adjust a camera to night time pictures is apparently out of my scope. I hate that the pictures of Molly, Victoria and Valerie didn't turn out, but here is one of C's best friends, Kaylen. Her mom made that costume!
A was most unimpressed by the night's festivities once she learned she would not be partaking in any of the candy eating later. Although plenty of people offered her sweets! I couldn't believe how many people tried to put suckers and things into her stroller! She was one cute kitty cat though, when she wasn't crying.
Afterwards, I settled into the cul de sac with the other neighbors to start handing out our treats. The boys joined the neighbor kids on the trailer to ride around the neighborhood and continue trick or treating. Fun!
Looking at their loot, I can't believe how generous people are these days! At least in our neighborhood! At least 20 houses gave out ziploc bags FULL of candy and treats like bubbles and whistles. Crazy!
T showing off some blue streaks.
"Mom, when can we GET STARTED??"
We met up with some friends in the neighborhood while walking around, and this is the only good picture I got. Pushing a stroller full of crying baby and trying to adjust a camera to night time pictures is apparently out of my scope. I hate that the pictures of Molly, Victoria and Valerie didn't turn out, but here is one of C's best friends, Kaylen. Her mom made that costume!
A was most unimpressed by the night's festivities once she learned she would not be partaking in any of the candy eating later. Although plenty of people offered her sweets! I couldn't believe how many people tried to put suckers and things into her stroller! She was one cute kitty cat though, when she wasn't crying.
Afterwards, I settled into the cul de sac with the other neighbors to start handing out our treats. The boys joined the neighbor kids on the trailer to ride around the neighborhood and continue trick or treating. Fun!
Looking at their loot, I can't believe how generous people are these days! At least in our neighborhood! At least 20 houses gave out ziploc bags FULL of candy and treats like bubbles and whistles. Crazy!
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