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How to make these bad boys. Delish! 

(my phone deleted all my pictures so this is from PW blog)

who knew meatball could be so yummy? 

Daniel's chocolate chip recipe

The moment you've all been waiting for... (or at least makana lol) 

Daniel's famous cookie recipe is finally being revealed. 

You don't know what true happiness is until you make and eat these. . .

Warning makes about 4 dozen cookies or 4 very very large cookies

Needs:

2c shortening

1 1/2 c sugar

1 1/12 c brown sugar (press down firmly when measuring this out)

Mix well

Add 4 eggs

2t vanilla

2t salt

2t soda dissolved in 1t hot water

between 4-5c flour (touch test, you dont want it sticky)

You can either make 1 huge batch with your favorite chips or divide the batter and make varieties of cookies e.g. white chocolate chip, wcc and semi-sweet cc, milk cc, mint cc, ones with nuts etc.

Bake 350 for 10mins

Ice cream in a bag

We made this bag if delight for FHE a few weeks ago. 

I got the idea here

It was really fun to do. 

I did alter the recipe by doubling the ingredients but that was all. 

It really is so delicious. 

Cookie+ice cream=delish!

The other day I made this batch of chocolate chip cookies. 

So soft even days after. Pretty sure it is because of the pudding involved. 

I only made 2 pans worth but that left me with LOTS of left over cookie dough. 

And when is that EVER a bad thing?!

I rolled up rest into a log, wrapped in plastic, and stored for later consumption. 

"Later" happened to be 6 hours later. 

I saw my silicone cupcake pan and thought  "hmmm.... its like a cookie sheet."

So I baked my cookies in the cupcake pas, and scooped some ice cream on top while it was still hot.

They all went into the freezer together and came out a beautiful and delish marriage of all things yummy.  

And we made a batch every day until it was all gone. 

And that was a very sad day. 

Southwestern Chicken Soup

Here is a new fav of mine. I made this for Calvin's Blessing. I took a risk because i had never made it before and I had no idea what to expect BUT. . . it was a HIT meaning super delicious and I got lots of people asking for the recipe so i thought I'd share with you! I found two recipes that looked good and used a combination of both and added a few of my own ingredients. Enjoy.


Southwestern Chicken Soup
1 Chicken breast, chopped into bite-size pieces
1 small onion, chopped
3 cloves garlic, chopped
1 green pepper, chopped
1 T cumin
6 cups fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth
1/4 cup uncooked brown rice ( i added closer to ¾ c. can add more)
1/2 cup coarsely chopped fresh cilantro (an estimation may add more or less)
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 chopped seeded tomato
2 avocados, chopped
1 tablespoon fresh lime juice $
6 lime wedges
1 14-oz can pinto or black beans, drained and rinsed (I like more beans in my soups so I used both)

I did not use these ingredients but you may add or replace
1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and chopped
4 c fresh spinach (can add more or less)
1 can (16 ounce) Great northern beans
1 14-oz can tomatoes (instead of fresh)
               
Directions
Makes 8 hearty cup-size servings
In a large soup pot set over medium-high flame, chicken broth, garlic, onion, and rice. Cook until soft and starting to get some color. Bring to boil. Add cumin and beans. Reduce heat, simmer 15 minutes. Stir in chicken cilantro, green peppers, pepper, and salt. Simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and add lime juice, tomatoes  and avocados stirring well. Serve with lime wedges.

May place cooked rice in bottom of each bowl instead of putting in the soup uncooked.   May add more  avocado and cilantro on top.

Raspberry Scones: Food Storage

source

So I didn't take a picture but I did want to give you an idea what they look like. Just think biscuits with raspberries. Made these tasty treats for FHE last night. Topped it with the left over cream rather than a glaze. My oh my my heart did a little dance... so did my stomach. The recipe I tried was from Shelf Reliance. It is a food storage recipe. It calls for apples but I wanted to try the freeze-dried raspberries I had just gotten. 

• 1 c thrive 6 grain pancake mix
• 1 T thrive brown sugar
• 1⁄4 t cinnamon
• 8 T heavy whipping cream
• 1⁄2 c thrive apple chips or slices

Instructions

Rehydrate Apple Chips or slices. Mix all ingredients together. Add just enough cream to make a moist biscuit dough. Scoop dough onto greased baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-15 min depending on size of scone. Drizzle with glaze and serve.
Makes approx. 15 small scones or 8 larger scones
Opt: In place of apples and cinnamon use reconstituted Thrive blueberries, peaches, strawberries, apricots, or mangoes

Black bean salad

Source

Been trying out some new recipes as of late. Made this from here and used it as a topping on a spinach salad. Hmmm.... delish. So go here, print it and make this bad boy. You won't be sorry! 

Cooking from Pintrest

I thought I would just share a few pictures of the things we have made in case you want to try.
BTW, I LOVE the recipes you all have been sharing!

Melted snowman

(J has been on  Frosty the Snowman kick lately)

Our first date was making pies. Each year we make two pies

This apple one (we used a food storage recipe)

and this raspberry chocolate pie

It is a special pie my mom always makes for me when ever I visit

Bacon,eggs and toast cups. 

These were a HIT! 

Rudolph Pancakes

Salad in a jar

I really like Pintrest. The toddler and I will jump on and pick out crafts, recipes and things to do together. Actually, if it wasn't for her, we would not have made half of these! 

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread

This is mine and Daniel's Favorite type of bread especially during this time of year.  Daniel loves it even more with a glass of egg nog. It makes alot so we met our new neighbors with it, met our neighbors that have lived here for awhile and went hometeaching and we still had about 1 and 1/2 loaves left.

3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1 tablespoon ground nutmeg
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
3 cups granulated sugar ( i only added 2 1/2 c)
1 (15 ounce) can 100% pure pumpkin (i used 2 cups)
1 cup canola oil (1/2 c oil and 1/2 c processed white beans)
2/3 cup water
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 large eggs
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray three 9x5 inch loaf pans with cooking spray and set aside.

2. In a medium bowl whisk together the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.

3. In a large bowl, combine sugar, pumpkin, canola oil, water, vanilla, and eggs. Mix until smooth.

4. Slowly blend in flour mixture. Fold in chocolate chips. Evenly divide batter between the three loaf pans.

5. Bake for 60 minutes, or until browned and a toothpick comes out clean. Remove loaves from oven and cool in pans on a wire rack for 15 minutes. With a knife, go around the bread and loosen the loaves. Remove from pan and cool completely before slicing.

White Beans and Brown Rice

Today's recipe came right from my head. Yup didnt follow anything but my intuition. when it comes to making dinner I at times get stumped and dont know what to make. I had been cooking white beans to process and later freeze to use as a substitute for butter in recipes. I left some beans to use for dinner but didnt know what to do with them. Daniel started making brown rice. So I drained the water from the beans and rinsed them off, added some water not to much cuz I wanted to pour it over the rice. I added chicken buiollon and then cut up some onions and threw them in with the beans (cooked in pot) I added salt and pepper to taste, celery flakes, garlic powder, italian seasoning, ground oregano, white pepper, Cumin, and a bit of cayenne pepper. I wanted it to be more creamy i had cream of chicken leftover so i added a few spoonfuls into the mixture. Cook for 10 mins to let the flavors soak in. Daniel said it smelled like curry and sorda tasted like it. Poured it over the rice and mmm mm one tasty made up dish with leftovers. You can follow this recipe to your liking. Sorry i dont have exact measurements.