I hosted book club at my house last evening. I decided to do fall themed food as the weather was cool. On top of caramel cashew pretzels; meat, cheese and crackers; and baked brie bites (another Pinned it, Did it for later) I chose to try making mini caramel apple bites. I found them on Pinterest but it was only a photo, it did not link to a website. How hard could they be to make based on the photo?? Um, yeah, don't let the photo above fool you...I'm bad at making regular caramel apples, let alone mini caramel apples! I got out my melon ball scoop and began to scoop out the apple. This part wasn't so bad and was actually kinda fun. Tottie tried to do one but it was too hard for her. The caramel part is where I had problems and thus have no photos. I thought you simply melted the caramel and then dipped the apple pieces in. Well, I tried that and the caramel was too think so I had to mold the caramel over each piece of apple (the above photo … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2013
Mix of the Month- Pancake
It's back to the grind and back to school time so I thought I'd share my favorite pancake mix with you! These are great for a Saturday morning or even a weeknight dinner. Here is what you will need to make your own pancake mix: (Remember you can always divide this in 1/2 or into 1/4 of the recipe depending on your needs) 12 Cups Unbleached flour 3/4 Cups sugar 1 1/2 Cups dry buttermilk powder 4 tsp salt 4 Tablespoons baking powder 2 Tablespoons baking soda Mix your ingredients well and store in an air tight container. I found these awesome jars at Target for $4.99 each! I love them! Here's how to use your pancake mix: Measure 1 1/2 cups of mix and dump into a large bowl Add 1 beaten egg Add 3/4 cup water and blend well Add any additional ingredients desired (We add smashed banana's, fresh blueberries, a tsp of almond extract, 1/3 cup of oatmeal and 1 tsp of vanilla extract to ours when we make them.) Continue adding 1/4 cup water at a time until they … [Read more...]
Britax Convertible Car Seats #Spon
September is baby safety month . We thought that this would be a good time to share with you, our lovely readers, our thoughts and opinions on Britax’s Boulevard car seat. While we were contacted by Britax and received compensation in exchange for a review post, all opinions expressed are completely ours. The Britax Boulevard car seat is jam packed with some pretty incredible safety features! In fact, they have safety features in place that the US government doesn’t even require yet. While there is no federal regulatory standards for testing, Britax has gone above and beyond to ensure its passengers are the safest possible. The have their own crash test simulators around the world and use strict global certification requirements. They care so much for your child’s safety that they FAR exceed the federal standards! In my opinion, and in many others, Europe has much stricter guidelines than the US for car seat safety and Britax has made sure that their car seats go above and … [Read more...]
Party Planning & Love your Cub #Spon
Some of you may remember my post about my obsession with party planning? I will fully admit I am a HUGE fan of creative, fun, and unique party ideas. I spend a great deal of time and effort and pour my heart and soul into making my kid's birthday parties a memorable one. With all the planning and crafting I rarely have time left over to make all of the food for our party guests. Since our oldest son's first birthday we've used Cub to help out in just this situation. We always know that Cub will supply us with fresh, fantastic, and tasty food for our friends and families. Their catering is by far our favorite. The fruit and vegetables are always incredibly fresh and so nicely arranged. The meat and cheese platters always impress our guests! Want another reason to shop at Cub®? How about a $4500 gift card? How it works: 1. Visit the Cub® page on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/Cub). 2. Click on the button to “Like” Cub’s Facebook Page. 3. Click on the “Love Your Cub” contest … [Read more...]
Vinegar Ice Cubes + Baking Soda
The other day when we were learning about primary and secondary colors and having a grand time with our colored ice cubes I got busy cleaning our kitchen afterwards. I saw that I had a box of baking soda out still from our volcano in a bottle activity and wondered to myself if you could freeze vinegar? Combining these two activities of freezing liquids and using baking soda...hmmmm, I just wondered! Turns out you can freeze vinegar and it freezes really well! (mental note to self!) I dumped a little baking soda into our flat plastic bowls (the ones I use when we batter fish) and grabbed our tray of vinegar from the freezer. This was a great activity for my kids as they love the feel of the bubbles that vinegar and baking soda make. They kept adding more and more vinegar ice cubes to the baking soda to create more and more bubbles. I am pretty sure they played with the whole thing for well over an hour. … [Read more...]
Energy Bites
So healthy!! And SO easy! And SO yummy! 1 cup (dry) oatmeal 1/2 cup chocolate chips 1/2 cup peanut butter or use a seed butter 1/3 cup honey 1 tsp. vanilla Mix ingredients together in a large bowl. Scoop into bite sized balls (I used a small cookie dough scoop). Refrigerate (or even freeze) to set them up and then enjoy! My kids begged me to make more the minute they were gone! … [Read more...]
