It's important to have a go-to frosting recipe. One that is quick and easy and you know taste yummy. It would also be helpful for that recipe to serve many purposes. This Buttercream Frosting recipe is just that! You can make it thick and beautiful for piping onto cakes and cupcakes or thin it slightly and make it great for spreading on a cake. Buttercream Frosting Recipe 6 cups powdered sugar, sift and divided3/4 cup butter, softened1/4 shortening6-8 tablespoons milk, divided1 … [Read more...]
Slinky Snake Cake Instructions
Moving on on our quick and easy birthday cake series is this cute Slinky Snake cake. One thing I love about this cake is you can make is small, or really big! If you have a large crowd coming over, just make an extra bundt and add a little extra slither to the snake.DIRECTIONS2 10 inch bundt cakes (I only used one for this picture)1 cake board, covered (I used a cutting board covered in foil)2 16 oz. containers white frosting (I only needed one since I only used one cake)1 … [Read more...]
25 Slow Cooker Freezer Meals
I LOVE crock pot meals! They are so easy and fast and have an easy clean up as well. Freezer meals are also awesome. Make the meal, freeze it for a rainy day, when rainy day comes - BAM dinner is done, just heat it up! Now imagine combining the two! This wonderful world of quick and easy slams together in a beautiful combo of crock pot freezer meals!My friend Janell at Saving You Dinero has a whole list of 25 crock pot freezer meals for you to enjoy. I will be making some for my own family. … [Read more...]
Yellow Butter Cake Recipe
2 cups all purpose flour4 teaspoons baking powder1/2 teaspoon salt1 1/2 cups sugar1/2 cup butter softened1 cup milk1 teaspoon vanilla3 eggsPreheat over to 350. Grease and flour cake pan or grease and line with waxed paper. Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together in large bowl. Stir in sugar. Add butter, milk and vanilla; beat with electric mixer on low for 30 seconds. Beat at medium speed 2 minutes. Add eggs; beat 2 minutes. Pour into prepared cake pan and … [Read more...]
White Cake Recipe
This is also another cake from Birthday Cakes for Kids and is great for carving and shaping.White Cake RecipeIngredients2 1/4 cups all purpose flour 1 tablespoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 2/3 cups sugar 1/2 cup butter softened 1 cup milk 2 teaspoons vanilla 3 egg whitesInstructionsPreheat over to 350. Grease and flour cake pans or grease and line with waxed paper. Sift flour, baking powder and salt together in large bowl. Stir in sugar. … [Read more...]
Carousel Cake
1 10 inch Bundt Cake1 10 inch round cake board, covered, or a large plate (I used my cake stand)1 container (16 ounces) white frostingAssorted animal shaped cookiesDecorator gel (optional)Assorted candies and decorsColored or striped drinking strawsPaper for carousel roofMake cake according to recipe (this chocolate cake,or white cake is yummy!) Place cake on prepared board Tint frosting whatever color you wish. Frost cake.Outline animal shaped … [Read more...]
Chocolate Cake Recipe
This chocolate cake is pretty good, but it is FANTASTIC for cutting and shaping into different shapes. I got this recipe from the book Birthday Cakes for Kids. I will be sharing several cakes from this book as well as several recipes for cakes, and frostings. Chocolate Cake RecipeCuisine: Cake This cake is GREAT for carving and shaping for birthday cakes.Ingredients2 cups all purpose flour 2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 1 3/4 teaspoons baking soda 1/2 … [Read more...]
Corn Salsa Recipe
Corn Salsa2 cans diced tomatoes (or about 3 medium fresh tomatoes diced)1 can whole kernel corn1 can black beans1/2 onion dicedYour choice of bell peppers diced1/2 bunch cilantro choppedItalian Dressing Combine all of these ingredients (or at least the ones you like. We never use bell pepper, and rarely use black beans.) Then pour Italian dressing over the top. I start with about 1/2 cup and stir it up and see if I need to add more.Add Italian … [Read more...]
Ranch Chicken Parmesan Recipe
I got off track from my eMeals meal plan for a couple weeks, but I am getting back into it. The nice thing is that while I wasn't making those meals, I was still receiving the plans, so now I have a ton of meals ready for me and now I am prepared for several weeks! And of course the purpose of eMeals is Easy & Delicious Dinner Ideas For Busy Families on a Budget. Have I told you lately that I love eMeals? Well I DO! Here is the latest favorite recipe from my lovely eMeals dinner … [Read more...]
Candied Nuts Recipe
I like to have a little bit of sweetness in my salads. I like that sweetness to be in the form of candied pecans! I was searching for some candied nuts recipe and came across a great candied nut recipe at Cafe Johnsonia, which she got from the Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook.Ingredients: 2 cups whole nuts (pecans, walnuts, almonds) *I used more like 3 cups of nuts* 1/2 cup sugar 2 Tbsp. butter 1 tsp. vanilla extractInstructions: Place a piece of parchment paper or a silicone … [Read more...]
Homemade Laundry Soap Recipe
Several months ago, while on Pinterest, I came across a recipe for making homemade laundry detergent. Weeks went by I still hadn’t bought the ingredients to make it. Late last fall, I finally made the first batch. WOW! I was impressed with how well the laundry came out. It was so soft and smelled great! Even our towels, no longer smelled like mildew. The originalrecipe I found said that I could use ivory soap or Irish spring. For several months, I used ivory. But recently switched to Irish … [Read more...]
eMeals Breakfast Plan SALE
As you know I LOVE eMeals! eMeals takes the hassle out of planning meals and plans them for you. They have breakfast, lunch and dinner plans. If you already have a dinner plan (that's what I have) then you can add a breakfast plan for $3 more a month. The breakfast plan gives you a wide range of food options and gets you out of the milk and cereal rut!If you've ever wanted to try a breakfast plan I have a discount code for you!! Enter BREAKFAST30 for a 30% off your breakfast plan … [Read more...]
Beef Stroganoff and Spinach Strawberry Salad- Favorite eMeals Recipe
Success fromeMealsagain! This past weekend I made the Ground Beef Stroganoff with egg noodles and spinach and strawberry salad! It is seriously my new favorite meal!! Ground Beef Stroganoff Recipe1 1/2 lbs ground chuck 1/2 cup chopped onion 8 oz sour cream 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon pepper 10.5 oz can cream of mushroom soup 1 teaspoon beef bouillon 12 oz egg noodlesBrown beef and onions. Add sour cream, salt, pepper, soup and bouillon; combine. Pour mixture into greased … [Read more...]
Variety of Recipes
Once again I am working with a great group of bloggers and this week we decided to share some varied recipes with all of you!Colleen at My Vegan Gluten Free Life is sharing a favorite family recipe that she has converted for Vegan Gluten Free diets. Check out her recipe for Vegan Gluten Free Date Bars. Janell from Saving you Dinero has a great recipe for those of you who eat Gluten-Free. And it uses the crockpot with saves on time, money and your energy! Check out her recipe … [Read more...]
eMeals Pan Fried Tilapia
So I told you how we were starting with eMeals, well we have been doing it for almost a week now and it has been fantastic! I love not thinking about dinner. I just walk over to my eMeals binder where I have printed my recipes and get started with the meal. On Sunday night we had the Pan Fried Tilapia. We have never had tilapia before, so I was nervous and excited. Let me tell you it was FANTASTIC! So I thought I would share the recipe. (I forgot to take a picture so I am borrowing this … [Read more...]
