Preggo Slacker... and Printables

I've been slacking terribly at my blogging duties! I apologize but it is for a wonderful reason! I am happy to announce that after a lot of trying and waiting I am 9 weeks pregnant! But, along with that has come a lot of fatigue and morning/afternoon/evening sickness.. so I haven't been doing Anything lately....

I heard this quote in a lesson at church and I thought it was such a beautiful thought.  I decided to make a printable.  Here are two versions of it that you can print out and display if you would like.    Enjoy!

From printables

From printables

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I'm a chunky monkey.. So why not eat one?

Had the oppourtunity to go to a friends house this week to say goodbye to her daughter and son in law who are going to Kuwait.
I wanted to make a quick and yummy treat and this is what we ended up with. This is really a no measure snack. You make it to your taste.

I started with a bowl containing 2 sticks of cream cheese softened and added some honey peanut butter ( add as much or as little as you would like. )  Mix in 1 teaspoon of vanilla  Add 1/2 cup of powdered sugar to start with and continue adding until the desired sweetness is reached.

So these little rolled goodies are made with crescent rolls.  Separate each triangle from your tube and stretch them a little.  In the center of the large end of the triangle add a dollop of the cream cheese mixture, 3 chocolate chips and 2 slices of banana.

Roll them up and pinch all of the corners and openings.  Be careful not to overfill!
Once they are all rolled up sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar and cook until golden brown.

They went fast.... and none of us waited to eat them so we ended up with burnt tongues..   They aren't the most beautiful dessert but they taste delicious...    Enjoy!

Home Improvements and Lazy Dinners

We've been busy at the homestead... I haven't completed everything that I want to ... but we're getting there.
First project was to organize and prettify the kitchen. Got these awesome labels on etsy!

 Now we have a cabinet that is very wide and very deep and made me crazy because food would disappear! 

 I ordered these awesome expandable rolling shelves and installed them.  Still working on organizing the rest of the kitchen but a great start!

 This is the biggest project this week..  I didn't do anything but I am excited nonetheless.    We have a  PATIO!!!  My father in law and his amazing crew  laid a huge stamped slab and a walkway for us.  We are getting closer and closer to having a use able backyard!

We've been busy and I wasn't feeling like doing a lot.. Including shopping.... So what to make for dinner when there are no groceries and you're a lazy bum? 

Grilled Cheese and Avocado Sandwiches!

Take 2 slices of bread and smear cream cheese on one side.  The other side slice up 1/2 of an avocado and add salt ( do it!! it brings out the natural flavor)  add one slice of cheese (any kind is fine but we only had Kraft Singles and ...  they were delicious)   spray both sides with butter and cook like a regular grilled cheese.. 

We call this  GC x 3 & A

And for a little comic relief.......

Easy Peasy

I needed a super quick and easy dessert that people could just pick up with their hands. Here is a variation on a treat my mom used to make for us.

 All you need for this is a tube of biscuits, bowl of cinnamon and sugar mixed together and a bowl of melted butter.   I took the biscuits and ripped them in half and rolled them into balls.

Roll them in butter and then the cinnamon and sugar.   That's it!   place them in a pan and bake until cooked all of the way through.  This is a super yummy crowd pleaser...  You don't have to tell them it only took you 7 mins to prep : )

DE LUshious

So I've been working on the house and reading....  so I've been neglecting my posts...  Ummm..  The new Stephanie Plum book came out!

 One thing I did create was a new brownie trifle version of my Chocolate Haze Cake.

This is super simple and de lushious!!  not just delicious : ) 

Take 2 boxes of Betty Crocker Brownie mix ( i mixed one milk chocolate with one dark chocolate)  Follow directions on the box  EXCEPT: Replace the water with Hazelnut Coffee Creamer.  Spread the chocolaty goodness on a cookie (hotel) pan (with sides)  and sprinkle with Honey Almond (Almond Accents)  these are for salad but they are sweet almond slivers that taste delicious!

Bake until  chewy : )  Allow to cool completely.  When they have cooled.  Break them into little clumps and line a trifle dish or bowl.  You wont use all of the brownies but extra chocolate in our house is never turned down : )

Make your chocolate Hazelnut Mousse    1 pint of Whipping Cream with several heaping spoonfuls of nutella while blending.   Once light and fluffy spoon mixture over brownie layer.  Pour over one box of fresh raspberries and cover with another layer of brownies.   Spoon onto a plate or bowl and eat your heart out! 

This was a huge hit!  It was eaten up very quickly!!  So quickly I forgot to take a before picture!

Happy Birthday to You.. or Yppah if you prefer.

So...  For my girlies at work I like to make sure they get something super yummy for their birthdays.  We had two ladies this week with birthdays so I also wanted to make a cute bunting that I've been seeing all over the place.

 I got a killer groupon for fabric..  so I stocked up and used this fabric to make the bunting.  I found a template at Eventful Party Planning to use to cut the fabric.  I then glued on Letters that I had just printed off of the computer and cut out.  Then each pennant was glued onto ribbon.

Here's the problem... I sometimes stretch myself too thin... and do projects very late at night...  Here's what happens.....

Notice the spelling?????

Needless to say they thought it was cuter this way so we left it..  Not to bad for being misspelled and all...

YPPAH BIRTHDAY GIRLS!!

So...  something that came out better was the birthday cake.   I wanted to make something summery..  I reused the white cake recipe from 2 posts ago and filled the middle with a recipe from HERE.   Strawberry Mousse.

Remember when putting a gooey filling in between 2 round cakes it is best to use your pastry bag to make a barrier with icing to hold the filling in the middle.  Once that was done I lightly frosted the entire cake.  I used a large 1M star tip to zig zag up and down the sides of the cake.

Once that was complete around the whole cake I did little stars around the top border to clean up the look..  

I found a demo on how to make fondant flowers Here and then changed it up to be a little simpler...

I mixed red food gel into a ball of fondant and rolled it all out.  Using a round cookie cutters I cut out circles.

starting in the middle of the circle... Push down and pull with a spoon to soften edges and create a ruffled effect.

grabbing underneath pinch the middle and push up to create the look of a flower.

I made slight variations in the colors and covered the top of the cake with the flowers.

Enjoy!