Sweet 'n' Simple

Shortcake, anyone?

I (Rachel) made this dessert last night and thought I would share since it's so incredibly simple! Mark probably would have made it completely from scratch, however, I was on a time crunch! The credit for the bread goes completely to "Bisquick Mix". If you buy a box, directions are on there for the shortcakes!

The topping was just as easy! I had some strawberries & blackberries that needed to be used so I cut them up in a bowl, added a little bit of warm water and put about 2 tablespoons of sugar- then I let it sit until I was finished! You can use more or less sugar (or none at all) depending on your taste! It's perfect for summer- finish it off with a dollup of cool whip & voila! You've got a lovely sweet and simple dessert.

Bon Appetit!

Sweet Sips and Breakfast for Champions

Hey all - this is Terri - I'm the dark-headed one in the picture. Anyway - so today I wanted to tell you about my Breakfast for Champions and the sweet drink I made. My breakfast was very simple but also very healthy. I started with about a half cup of plain vanilla yogurt- on top I cut up three strawberries and added some blueberries. This is also delicious with some granola sprinkled across the top. For my breakfast side I had a half bagel with cream cheese.

This afternoon I made some delicious lemonade. I picked up the current edition of Food Network Magazine and tried out the regular lemonade this past weekend. Today I made blue-berry lemonade - well it was supposed to be blackberry - but I had blue-berries and miss read. ANYWAY - here's the lemonade in the latest Food Network Magazine:

1. 2 cups simple syrup (made by 1 1/2 cup sugar and 1 1/2 cup water- bring to boil, constantly stirring until all sugar is melted)

2. handful of black berries (or blue berries)

- muddle the berries in the simple syrup

3. 2-3 cups of freshly squeezed lemon juice; for personal touch I also did the juice of one lime

4. 2-3 cups of water

5. stir it up, add some ice and take a sip

This makes about half a gallon and my teenage girls here have loved it!

I'll post later about the shaped ice cream pops and shaped jello jigglers we made this afternoon!

In the words of the great Paula Deen - I'm wishin' you love and best dishes, from my kitchen, to yurs

-T

Crispy and Creamy Doughnuts

Adventure #2:

Mark woke up this morning and wanted to make doughnuts (we already have the frier out from the previous two days- so why not?)...Here goes! Terri even came over to help out-

We used biscuit cutters to cut the dough, maybe we'll have to invest in some sort of "doughnut" cutter?? Know where we can get one??

COMMENTS:

--It really was quite simple, and didn't take that long- the hardest part was cutting them and then finding space in our kitchen since it made a ton of doughnuts! It's a pretty cheap recipe, too, considering we didn't have to go purchase anything specific for this recipe- our kitchen was stocked with everything we needed!

WHAT DID WE THINK???

Amazing. Exactly as the title says : Crispy & Creamy. We had to force
ourselves to stop eating them! Please see the link below where you can make your
own doughnuts

...giving credit where credit is due: http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/crispy-and-creamy-doughnuts/Detail.aspx

"Popcorn" Fried Chicken

So, here goes. Our first post and first try at blogging our adventures in cooking...

Mark made the batter without a recipe for this, so we'll give you a general idea of what he did~


DIRECTIONS:

You'll need two mixtures: One wet and one dry...

Wet mix consisted of milk, eggs & mustard.

Dry mix consisted of flour, thyme, ginger, oregano, paprika, salt & pepper.

--Cube some boneless skinless chicken (about 1 i nch each) & dip in the wet batter, then the dry & repeat.

We used a frier (350 degrees), dropping them in for 3 1/2 minutes (approximately)...


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What did we think???

The fried popcorn chicken was SO delicious extremely moist but perfectly crunchy on the outside. We dipped ours in regular Ranch, but I'm sure it would be good dipped in anything of your choice, or no dip at all!!! This is a great alternative for eating out with the kids! Fry up some homemade french fries while you're at it and you've got a great meal!