Just for fun!

I found this site that you can go and edit your pictures and do other fun stuff. It is kind of like Photobucket. It is for free or you can upgrade for only 24.95 a year which is only about 2 bucks a month, not to bad if you ask me. Below are some photos I was playing around with for fun. I also used it on the post below. Hope you have fun! Before After

Another Chilli Recipe

This is the chili recipe I used when everyone was over for "Apple's" Baptism. It is very easy to make, but you do have to plan ahead. I got this from cousin Andreas blog, Thanks Andrea!

3 cups dry pinto beans (I used a combination of pinto, black and kidney)
1 Bay leaf
2 teaspoons salt
½ teaspoon garlic powder
1lb. Hamburger
1 onion
1 8oz. Can tomato paste
1 15oz. Can stewed tomatoes, drained
¼ Cup chili powder
2 Tablespoons brown sugar

1. Soak dry pinto beans in water overnight. Drain.
2. Place soaked beans in water. Cover with water.
3. Add: 1 Bay leaf, 2 teaspoons salt, ½ teaspoon garlic powder
4. Cook 8 hours on low.
5. Cook 1lb. Hamburger until no longer pink. Skim off fat. Add 1 large,
chopped onion. Pour into beans.
6. Add: 1 8oz. Can tomato paste, 1 15oz. Can stewed tomatoes, drained,
¼ Cup chili powder, 2 Tablespoons brown sugar
7. Cook until hot and thickened.

Taco Salad

This is a family favorite, and super easy to make. Sometimes I double the batch and freeze half of it. You can put it in the crock pot for about 4-6 hours on low(which is what I like to do) or let it simmer on the stove top for about 45 minutes. This is also great if you are having a family gathering, you can make this and have everyone bring a topping! Hope you enjoy this as much as we have!

1 lb ground beef
1 small onion chopped
1 package of dry taco seasoning
1 cup of water
1- 28 oz. can of kidney beans
2- 8 oz. can of tomato sauce
1- 6 oz. can of tomato paste
2-3 bay leafs
1 tesp. garlic
salt and pepper to taste

Brown ground beef and onion together, drain off fat. Combine all ingredients in a pot or crock pot.

Serve over Frito.

Top with:
Cheese
Olives
Green Onions
Lettuce
Tomatoes
Sour Cream
Avocado
Salsa

Hooded Towel

A few years ago I received a hooded towel as a gift for my son "Pear". It was one of the best gifts. Sense then I have made several form my kids and as gifts for friends and family. My kids still use theirs today! These are very simple to make, even if you don't know how to sew you can do this. First you will need two washcloth's and one bath towel. Place the two washcloth's right side together and pin along two edges to form an "L" shape, then sew those to edges, turn it right side out so the seems are on the inside and you will have a little hood! Next fold the bath towel in half and find the center and place a pin there to mark it. Now you are going to pin the little hood and the towel together, open up the towel and lay it out. Place the seem of the hood in the center of the bath towel were the pin is, you will want them to over lap about an 1 to 1 1/2 inches. Pin them together and sew. For a little more decoration you can find matching ribbon to sew along the edge or were ever you want! Hope your kids enjoy this towel as much as mine have!






Update: I noticed on one of the sites I like to go to she had just posted hooded towels too. She makes hers a little different. You can go here to check her's out!

Corn Dog Muffins

When I first saw this recipe I didn't think it sounded very good. Why I decided to try it I don't know. It was surprisingly good! I really liked them. My son will eat them but my daughter is a little more pick. She likes them separate. Here is the recipe.

1 1/2 cups flour
2/3 cups sugar
1/2 cup corn meal
1 Tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 cup milk
2 eggs
1/3 cup oil
3 Tablespoons butter

Combine flour, sugar, corn meal, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl and mix. Combine milk, eggs, oil and butter in a small bowl and mix well.


Add 1 cup of cheese. The recipe says to use 9 hot dogs cut in half and stick them in the middle of the muffin. I like to cut up the hot dog and mix it in the batter and I do not use 9 hot dogs.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. lightly grease muffin tins. fill muffin tins 2/3 full. Bake for 14 to 18 minutes. Enjoy!!

Popcorn

I got this recipe from my sister in law. I decided it would be a fun treat for my kids for St. Patrick's Day, they really like this popcorn and ask me to make it all the time. I followed the recipe below and added a few drops of green food coloring after I melted the candy. I did not have three squares I only had two. It will cover better with three, but I think my kids will still enjoy it this way. Hope you like it too!

Pop a bag of popcorn and put it in a bowl. Melt three squares of candy quick milk and drizzle over popcorn. Mix until popcorn is well coated.

You can find the quick candy melt in the grocery store near the chocolate chips.

What a mess!

I have been saving the little baby food containers for a while thinking there must be something I could do with them. Finally I came up with a brilliant idea (I thought it was brilliant). When I buy my spices I usually buy the ones in the little bags that are .99 cents (until I started shopping at WinCo they have really good deals in there barrel section). Anyway it was creating a big mess in my spice cupboard. So the other day I decided to use the little baby food containers to put my spices in. I thought it turned out pretty well. I didn't realize how many spice I had, and I know there are other spices I would like still like to get! Much better!