Showing posts with label Recipe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Recipe. Show all posts

Monday, March 21, 2011

Play-Dough

The office is coming along. I think it will still take a few more days to put back in order. The work might be faster if I didn't get distracted by little people wanting to play! They have a crazy power over me, some of the time! Today we made Kool-Aid play dough!! The recipe followed can be found HERE. It is a lot like the recipe my Grandma used, but it makes a smaller batch and uses kool-aid as the coloring instead of whatever dye she had around! The kids LOVED picking out their colors and I think it smells pretty darn good.

Wa picked out Berry Blue Kool-Aid and Kiki wanted red, so we made Strawberry, which turned out an odd red shade. We might try Cherry for red and see what that turns into. Of course, I only had enough salt to make one batch, so Farmer Stone had to run to his mom's house and borrow 1/2 cup of salt so we could make two batches and keep peace in the house! Next time we make play dough I plan to have several more color options. I have a feeling the yellow and green are going to be very bright!

The dough isn't quite as smooth as my old recipe, but the kids don't seem to care so I am not going to worry about it! They both had a crazy good time playing with it!

This is Kiki showing off the play dough for mommy. By the time I thought of taking a picture Wa was done playing and had no time for posing in a picture! (Please ignore the plastic storage tubs in the background. We are trying to make room in the basement for the kids to have a room and that means I have to move, sort and give away all of my baby girl clothes. Sad times.)

P.S. The recipe site says, "This recipe is 100% edible and can be eaten immediately." I tried it and it tastes horrible. I am glad it is safe for them, but I can't imagine anyone liking the taste.

Monday, February 21, 2011

Beer Bread

One of my New Year's Resolutions for 2011 was to try one new recipe a week. Not gonna lie, that hasn't been happening. I did really great in January and then notta in February. Well, today I restarted menu planning and I AM going to try some new recipes. I had been trying to find new main menu items and I realized that just isn't going to work. So, I am going to add breads, desserts, drinks, whatever it takes to meet my goal. Since I tried about two new recipes a week in January, I am TECHNICALLY, not behind, YET.

I would like to share some of the recipes I liked, starting with Beer Bread. I love using Food.Com to find recipes. It is nice to have so many options right there, instead of just relying on what is in the local Church cookbook.

This Beer Bread Recipe was added to the sight by Gerald Norman and its recipe number is 73440 (just in case my link doesn't work. We really liked this bread. It was fast, super easy and it tastes great. I have tried it with different beers and there really is a difference in flavor. I highly suggest trying it out.