Mis-Match Day!

Clarification...

The post entitled "Awesome" was trying to show you all our billboard for church. The phone didn't do it justice. Well, plus I was trying to drive at the time...

Mmmmm... Roadhouse rolls and cinnamon butter....

Awesome

New Bike!

Jon surprised Ella this afternoon and took her to get a new big-girl bike! She's known how to ride a 2-wheeler for awhile (that was quite a funny experience, by the way. At the time, Coby was infatuated by the song "Handlebars" by the Flobots and to keep her not thinking about what she was doing Jon was getting her to sing, "I can ride my bike with no training wheels." You'd really need to know the song to get that...) and had outgrown her old one. She was very excited to pick this Barbie one out. You can see there is even a place to put a barbie! Fun!

Favorite!

This is one of my favorite pictures of the kids. It was taken at dinner while we were on vacation last summer. I think it's so cool that they are growing up!

I just wanted to share...'cause it's my blog and I can!

Fireplace wall teaser...

Before:

(or - "Hideous")

After:

Dude?

Where are my pictures? I just tried MS Word to do an entry (Blogger was giving me a heck of a time with the HTML, errors, etc.) So I copied and pasted. But there are no pictures!

Anyone have any idea how to get pictures to show up when using MS Word?

Can I just say that Blogger is driving me INSANE? This post took forever because you can't move pictures the way you used to!



I got this recipe from a friend after she raved about it on Facebook. Just to point out - Facebook is good for things other than knowing when someone is peeing or when they have woken up. Really (I just keep telling myself that...). I just got finished assembling it so I don't know what the final product actually tastes like, but it has gotten rave reviews so I feel safe! Also - I may have sampled the ingredients in a sandwich form. Maybe. So I might have an idea of what the finished product will taste like.



Here we go!

Cast of Characters:

1 Can Sweetened Condensed Milk

1½ C Water

1 Small Box of French Vanilla Pudding

1 pint (2C) Whipping Cream

Vanilla Wafers

3 Bananas

 

Step One: Combine Milk, Water and Pudding. Whisk well. Toss (gently!) into fridge while you do Step Two!

 

 

 

Step Two: Use a mixer to beat Whipped Cream from a liquid to a solid. This shows what it looks like before. The next pics are after. This is what you should be trying for!

 

 

 

Awesome! Next, gently fold in the pudding mixture. Remember, we want to keep it fluffy so be careful!

 

 

 

Now we start layering. Being with the pudding and put the vanilla wafers on top. I have mine in a triffle bowl, but any bowl will do. If you cannot see through it than being neat doesn't matter.

 

 

Bananas are next.Note here - You do NOT need to cut them this way! This is just me trying to be Miss. Fancy-Pants!

 

Layer them on.

Continue layering until you have used all three bananas. It should resemble this:

 

(Again, I got all fancy with the bananas and wafers. Do what you want!)

Enjoy!

Who wants to save time and money?!?!

Thought that would get your attention! So, here's the deal. I love using onions when I cook. I think they bring a fantastic flavor to the food. I do not like peeling and chopping. In fact, I don't know many people who DO like peeling and chopping onions! I also do not use them too often. Lately it has seemed to me like I hadn't been using them at all, what with all the wonderful meals in my freezer! So, when I would buy a bag of onions, I found them rotting before I could use them all. That's like throwing money away, right? So, what I've started doing is using my food processor to chop the onions one 3-pound bag at a time, bagging them by 1/2C in snack-sized baggies and then throwing all of them in a quart-size freezer bag, and freezing them!

Here's the beauty of this:

*I get to use my cool big processor (which I will need a new one of very soon - this one was a wedding gift and so is almost 12 years old!)
*I don't get ANY tears
*All the onions get used - no waste!
*When I need onions for a recipe they are chopped and ready to go!

I had heard that onions gain strength when they are frozen and I have to be honest that I have not noticed a difference. This works so well for me I've decide to expand on the idea. So, yesterday I was making a new crockpot recipe (that bombed, but you don't know unless you try!) that called for small amounts of green pepper and celery. So, I drug out my processor and set to work. I did the same thing for those two that I do for onions. I have not tried to use the frozen veggies yet, but I am assuming the results will be as good as the onions.
















Happy Freezing!