Ice Cream Bread

Who knew you could make bread with only two ingredients?

Flour and Ice Cream!!!!

 

Why not? Ice cream has sugar, milk and eggs already in it.

I just had to try it. And it worked! It was delicious. Be in mind, this is "bread" not "cake" therefore its not as sweet. That's ok with me. I thought it was just the perfect bit of sweetness. This will go great with a cup of coffee.

I chose to use butter pecan ice cream because its one of my favorite flavors.

Here is simply how you do it.

ICE CREAM BREAD

2 cups softened ice cream

1 1/2 cup of self rising flour

  

Mix well (it will be thick)

Pour into a greased and floured pan ( I used a loaf pan) and bake at 350 for 40 to 45 minutes.

Just use the ole toothpick test and stick one in there and if it comes out clean, its done.

It did not rise a lot but again, I think its perfect.

Just experiment with different flavors.
Next I'm gonna try it with rocky road!

ENJOY!

 

 

 

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My College Grad!

My daughter has just graduated 4 years of College. She received a Bachelors degree in Psychology and a Minor in English. She is the first on my side of the family to ever graduate college and we are so proud of her. It has definatly been an experience for us all.

 

She worked hard to get where shes at. She was a straight A student in High school and even though she didn't have a perfect score all the time in College. She did manage to be on the Deans and Chancellors list a couple times.

I have been ready and prepared for this day but no one told me it would be such an emotional time. Really, Its like for the last couple weeks, all I can think about is her first day of school, what teachers have told me through the years, all the crazy phases she went through, Her best friends that came and went, all the homework, the sports, the awards, just everything and now its seem to just all come to an end and it makes happy/sad, Im excited and scared at the same time of what her future holds. We know the struggles she will now have to face. We hope and pray college pays off and she can be successful.

Here is just a few hints if you are fixing to put a kid through college:

• Save hundreds of dollars by buying books from EBay or Amazon.
• Sororities can be expensive but also worth the experience.  My daughter is a Kappa Delta.
• Umbrellas miraculously just disappear. keep a few on hand.
• Printers may become tables and a place to stash candy and other snacks.
• Breaking a toothpick off in the door lock because you locked yourself out, is considered vandalism and cost you alot of money.
• Keep extra chargers and cords available. They just break for no reason.
• Laptops just fall off the bed and break at some point. All by themselves. Save for the extra one you will have to purchase.
• Bobby pins, paper clips and staples will tear a printer up so save money to buy another one of those too.
• and wall mirrors, flip flops and shower caddies are a must.

CONGRATULATIONS ASHLEY!

 

Check back next weekend as I share details of her party!

DIY Shabby Rosettes

I had in mind to crochet some little headbands but wanted to use something of mixed fabric for the dazzle. I decided to make little rosettes from some scraps I found in my craft drawer.

They were so easy and these were my first ones. I added them to a few head bands and you can find them in my Etsy shop. I plan to make some more just for the fun of it. With a pin added to the backside, they would make a great asset to a jacket or scarf.

I didn't take any pictures of the "making" process because honestly I wasn't thinking about it. I was just trying to get them to turn out right.

• Basically all I did was cut about two inch wide strips about twelve inches long.
• I used two pieces together of two different colors and tied them together at the end to hold them together and also use as my starting point.
• I then rolled the strip around and around the knot. While I wrapped it around, I would twist it every so often and add a dab of hot glue.
• I kept doing this to the end and then wrapped the end around the back and added more glue.
• To finish it off, I cut a piece of felt and hot glued it to the back. This added some stability so you can use them in projects.
• The longer and wider your strips are, the bigger the rose. Don't worry if they ravel, this makes them have the shabby look. 
• They can be decorated with buttons, or beads.

There are many YouTube videos of different ways to make rosettes. But sometimes its more fun just to figure it out yourself.

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Farmers Market Margarita

Happy Cinco De Mayo everyone! We celebrated with a nice Mexican meal at our favorite Mexican restaurant. We have been going to this particular restaurant  for about 18 years now. We go every weekend and have not gotten tired of it yet. I change my order up each time. All the staff know us and always seem excited to see us.

This is also the Month that our local Farmers Market opened in town. SO, I put the two together and decided to make a "Farmers Market Margarita".  Most of the ingredients for this drink you can get at your local farmers market.

 I will confess, I got my stuff from the grocery store around the block. I also had to make a trip to the liquor store up the road as well. Five minutes later, I made a crisp, lite, 99 calorie Margarita.

Farmers Market Margarita (99 calories)

 

Ingredients:

1.25 oz. Silver Tequila (clear tequila)

2 sprigs of fresh cilantro

4 slices of fresh cucumber (thin with skin)

2 slices of fresh jalapeno (remove seeds)

1 oz. fresh lemon juice (1/2 lg. Lemon)

2 oz. water

2 packets of Splenda or similar


Directions: Add all the ingredients in a mixing glass with ice, shake and serve over the rocks. Garnish with a lime.
 

I do not recommend anyone drink alcoholic drinks but this was a winner. This margarita had a fresh clean taste. You could actually taste the cucumber and cilantro. As far as the Jalapeno goes, It gave it some kick! Gave it some spice! It was defiantly something different and a little hot.

Warning: (1)Women should not drink alcohol while pregnant because of the risk of birth defects.(2)Consumption of alcohol impairs your ability to drive.(3)Drinking to much alcohol may impair your thinking and make you stupid.


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Twitter Newby

I have recently started actually using my Twitter account that I have had for almost a year now. I still don't really get it. I like the hash tag thing. Not sure I'm using them right but its fun. Using hash tags is like letting you mind speak after the fact.

I have always used facebook and still do but I'm trying to stay away from it unless I use it to post things to my "page".
Its just that its getting really ridiculous with all the pictures, recipes, cartoons, etc...
I remember when you used to actually type a status update from your own words. They should rename Facebook to "see and share". That's all everyone does now.

My biggest peeve on Facebook right now is how everyone is posting recipes so they can share and save on there timeline to go back and look at later. Isn't that what Pinterest is for? I mean, If these people only knew what they were missing. Pinterest is a great thing to save recipes and ideas and even funny stuff. You can share, like, follow friends and even comment on everyones pins.

So, that's why I'm trying to use my Twitter account more. I have actually got a few followers. And that's another thing. If a friend follows you, Its your choice if you want to follow them back without hard feelings. I do not have a twitter account for my blog. Its just a personal account right now at least until I can really figure it out.

What do you use the most for social interactions? Id love to know what you think about the two. I also could use any twitter advise you can give.

But for now, excuse me while I go see what James Purefoy is up to.

Tweet!

Two Ingredient Cake

I thought I'd make something sweet again but without all the calories. I'm getting burned out on strawberries and sugar free whip cream. So I made cupcakes!

While searching through Pinterest, I found this really interesting way to make a cake using only two ingredients.

1- box of devils food cake mix

1- cup non fat Greek Yogurt

and 1 cup of water (ok that's really three, but water don't count).

 

 

Mix all the ingredients together with a wire whisk and bake 350 until a knife inserted into the cake comes out clean. It took mine about 25 minutes. I ended up adding a tad bit more water to the mix because the texture was really thick and just didn't look like the soupy cake mix I'm used to. They didn't seem to rise as much as the regular way.

They turned out better than I thought they would. You can't even taste the yogurt at all. They reminded me of brownies.
Personally I did not like them, They were not as rich in taste and a bit gummy. But I would highly recommend this recipe if your allergic or trying to stay away from eggs. 

The original recipe can be found  HERE.

Cake Mix + Fat-Free Greek YogurtPER SERVING (1 piece, 1/12th of cake): 180 calories, 3.25g fat, 306mg sodium, 34.5g carbs, <0.5g fiber, 20g sugars, 3.5g protein


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Feeling like a bad Mom

Do you ever feel like a "bad Mom?" I do at times. But this week, I really felt like a bad one.

What started out as an ordinary day. I had my breakfast, went to the post office and then to work.
about 10:00 am I get a text from my Husband for me to call home. At that point, my stomach fell in my lap because every time the phone rings and/or he needs me to call home, I think "oh Lord, something has happened to my daughter". Let me remind you, my daughter is only 3 weeks away from graduating from four years of College. I am a nervous Mom all the time anyway, However, I'm doing pretty good about that now. I don't worry about her quiet as much, ..OK yes I do.

Anyway, I called home. My husband said he has some bad news. My daughter had been in a wreck. she was fine and it was not her fault. Just shaken up a little and the police and ambulance are on the scene, she will have an officer take her back to school and she will call us when shes there. I was speechless for a second. My instinct wanted to grab my superman cape and head to Charlotte. She was only 20 minutes away. Im pretty sure I could have made it in 5.

My husband and I decided to let her handle this herself (his idea of course). She needed to learn how to get by without us just a little bit. After all , she was fine and this was not her first accident. The first one was below the house heading to high school one morning right after she got her license. I was at the scene before I could hardly get my clothes on. In fact, I think she was still talking to me on the phone when I arrived. That fast. ha ha. Again, she was OK it was a minor bump in an older car than she has now.

This time her accident was...well.... it could have been worst. God was there with her. She was in her little blue Focus. It happened on a busy hwy when someone hit her and took her across 4 lanes of traffic before halting in a ditch. So, now its the next day and I literally can not stop thinking about how she must have felt. How scared she must have been and I was not there for her! I am holding back so many emotions trying to come to grips. Me and my husband have even joked a bit about it just to ease our minds of the stress. But at the end of the day, I feel like a bad Mom because I was not there for her. She had to go through it all by herself. I should have been there.

We just got her this car 7 month ago :(

 

The next day, she said she was sore and now has a rental car so she can complete her internships and work schedule until she graduates. I am so proud of her. Even though we handled alot of the insurance needs, she did good at staying calm, giving correct information and paper work she needed. She is so smart and I hope she can stay out of troubles way for now on. I cant take much more.

I have to say during all this, I stayed calm (better than I thought I would) and was able to continue working the rest of the day. I had a scattered mind , but I made it. (Thats what bad Moms probably do).

We are going to go see her Sunday and I am sure I will give her a check up and kiss the boo boos if I have too.  I still feel awful.