Fun With My Sister Abagayle!

Hi again! Well, lately, my sister Abagayle and I have been blending lots and lots of smoothies! Yummy! We have been making our own recipe, Fruity Smoothie. It is sooooooooooo delicious! Here is the recipe:

A WHOLE carton of strawberries

1 banana (it's alright if it's brown)

A fair amount of ice

Organic Agave Nectar or maple syrup

Plain yogurt

Around 3-4 cups of orange juice

It is so easy. All you do is cut up all the strawberries into 4th's. Slice the banana into 3/4 of an inch slices. Then, put everything in the blender, and blend it up!!!!!! Blend it up until it is king of watery but also icy. Easy peasy, lemon squeezy. :)

Chocolate Covered Strawberries

Once, we were making chocolate covered strawberries with my grandma. They are very easy! All you do is melt semi-sweet chocolate chips in a bowl in the microwave. Then, once they are all melted, you take the bowl out of the microwave. You'll need about 2 pints of strawberries for this recipe. Then, you take a cookie sheet and lay wax paper on it so it covers the whole cookie sheet. Take the strawberries and wash them. You may want to do this ahead of time so the chocolate doesn't harden. After they are all washed, dip the strawberries into the chocolate and set them on the cookie sheet. And you are all done!!!!!!!!!! Yummy!

Fondue

At our New Year party, our friends brought fondue. If you don't know what that is, it is melted chocolate in cup kept warm by a candle. It was really yummy!!!!! And you might think it would be gross, but the best thing to put in it was pineapple! You should try it!

Holiday Cheese

I just got done cutting cheese for our Christmas party on Christmas. A cute thing to do with your cheese on any holiday is to find a cookie cutter that matches that holiday (star or tree for Christmas, pumpkin or leaf for Thanksgiving, etc.) and simply cut your cheese into large rectangles and then press your cookie cutter into the cheese. Then, you gently press the cheese out of the cutter. You should have you cheese in the shape of the cookie cutter by the time you are done. Cut out as many shapes as possible from one rectangle. Then what should you do with the extras? You can sprinkle the extras on top of anything as needed. You could also take each extra of cheese and split into little pieces and then put a toothpick in it and then set it out an a tray. Merry Christmas!

Yummy looking bars

A couple days ago, I was looking through a magazine. There were some yummy looking bars, and they were milk or dark chocolate (anyone you choose) on bottom and white chocolate on the top with bits of candy cane sprinkled on top. They were hardened so they were probably put in the fridge to harden!

Dirt Bars! Yum!

We have a banquet at our church and my mom had to bake some treats so she chose this recipe and a couple others, but these are sooooo good I have to tell you them!!!!!!!!! Here they are! They are called Dirt Bars!


What you need:

1 package of German sweet chocolate cake mix
1 1/2 sticks of butter
1 cup of chocolate chips
1 bag of caramels with 45-50 caramels in it
1 small can of evaporated milk (5 ounces)

Melt butter and mix with cake mix. Mix will be a little dry and pasty. Spread 1 half of the paste mix in 9x13 pan. (spray pan)

Bake at 350 degrees for 6 minutes. Remove from the oven and add chocolate chips.

Melt caramels and milk in microwave until melted. Pour over chips. Crumble the rest of the cake mix on top.

Bake t 350 degrees for 15 minutes. Cool completely then cut!

Potato Yogurt

Even though this blog is about cookies, cakes, and such, I have some really great advice about a dinner that is great for you!!!!! Potatoes are actually great for you, as long as they don't have too much unhealthy stuff on them. So instead of sour cream, you can use organic yogurt with some seasonings in it. And instead of lots of cheese, can use a small handful. With a little salt and butter, this could be a dinner you could love!!!!!