Fabric boards

I made these fabric boards out of the old cardboard that my pictures frames came in.  That were so super easy, and super cheap. 

THINGS I WANT CARRIE TO EAT INSTEAD!

This and That...My 1st Post!

Didn't know you were all posting so much stuff on here....I'm out of the loop!  So i will post a picture of my lastest project (carrie already saw).  This is what I did with Carrie's old shelf.  I sanded it a bit and then put a stain over the entire thing, it is now hanging in my bathroom. I did put a picture in the empty frame, after this picture of course!

Now on two easy dinners, Italian Night!  When I have a bunch of fresh tomatoes I diced them up and cook them with some garlic until just tender then dump in a jar of this and some cooked pasta, and YUMMY!

 My other favorite is this.  Grilled your chicken first or saute it then slice up and put in the sauce.  It is good if you get some the the cooked chicken juice in there, if that makes sense.  Anyway I know this dosen't count really as "cooking" but they are sure easy and yummy!

The No Bake Re-make!

Danny teases me about never being able to follow a recipe all the way. I have cooking ADD or something because I always have to add something, or leave something out, or add extra of an ingredient, or use less of another.

So my mom was not having the best day and so Danny (yes, he is romantic AND thoughtful) suggested we make something for her. Of course, he said this when we were by Kathy so she starts naming every meal and treat she can think of to make for her. Since my mom has Celiac disease it limits the yummy baked goods we could bring her. We decided on no-bake cookies.

You may be thinking, "With a recipe so simple an already delicious, there is nothing you could really change to make it better." Well sadly, you would be in sad denial if you believe that.

My mom and I share two loves: dark chocolate and coconut. She also loves marshmallows, I am not a huge fan but I aim to please.

So instead of regular cocoa powder, we used dark cocoa powder (a-maze-ing). We added shredded coconut and some mini-marshmallows. Let me tell you- THEY WERE DELICIOUS! Danny and I ate two just on the way to my parents' house to drop them off. Then Danny had to take another two back with us to eat later.

Anyway, if you are ever making no bake cookies you should try using at least dark cocoa and coconut!

*we used a 1:3 ratio of coconut to oats, but do what you feel is right :)

Chicken Cordon Blue

Jed and I made this Yesterday and it was pretty good. We didn't have a recipe so if you find one that tastes better let me know.

Heat oven to 350 degrees
A thawed or raw chicken breast for each person
1/4c shredded/sliced swiss cheese(we used about 1/4c for two chicken breasts and thought it needed more)
1/4c to 1/8c Diced ham
1/2c Corn flake crumbs (add whatever seasoning sound good to the crumbs we tried a little bit of italian)
Salt and Pepper
2T butter or margarine

Take a sharp serated knife and poke a hole in middle of the chicken breast, then work the knife through the chicken from top to bottom without making the hole too much bigger. Try not to make other holes. I held it in my hand when doing this and it seemed to work better. Then stuff the swiss cheese and diced ham into the hole and try to work it into where you cut it. Stuff as much cheese and ham that you want. Then melt the butter or margarine on a plate in the microwave and coat the chicken in it and then bread it with the corn flakes. Salt and pepper. Put chicken on a greased non stick pan and put in oven for 35-40 minutes. We had this with one of those side dish packets, we used chicken and broccoli rice packets. We enjoyed it alot, hope you do too!

Things I want to eat........

I know, I know

So I have been looking at too many craft blogs lately.  But, it keeps me sane out here.  I was thinking that it would be fun to have somewhere we could show eachother our stuff that we make, or any fun recipes that we try.  Or anything that anyone wants.  That way we can just check one central place for all of out stuff.  Or we could just continue to email, cause that works too.  Let me know what you think.

P.S. You should all send me a picture that you like of yourself, or you can count on me coming up with one on my own. :)

Headband Holder

I revamped an old oatmeat container with some modge podge, fabric and ribbon.  Now I have place to keep all of my sweet bald little Abbie's headbands.  I think it's a little cuter than the plastic bag they were in.