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Thursday, March 29, 2012

Frozen Yogurt Drops

These were so quick!!! I squeezed these little guys on to a baking pan,then just popped them in the freezer.While We waited, I gave Little Missy Baby D a bath and put her in her jammies. With no other effort we had ourselves frozen yogurt drops.
We voted they would be good or maybe great with a bowl of berries. They are our new homemade version of those icecream"dots" or whatever. We also voted topped with coconut or tossed with sprinkles would rock our socks.
We only did vanilla because that was what we had in house, but all flavors would keep us happy.


		oxoxJoy

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Leftover To Newovers Meat Sauce Pizza

Leftovers to Newover is our families talk for using up leftovers by creating a new meal.

A bag of leftover tomato~meat sauce (from lasagna)that was in my freezer was given a new life as a pizza. I dropped the frozen bag in a pot of boiling water to defrost and whipped up my quick pizza crust. Rolled out the crust,spread with sauce, covered in cheese and back.

My good friend Leyla gave me this recipe for pizza crust years ago. It works every time. I often add spices and what not but do as you please. This makes one Large pizza. I triple it when I make dough and any leftovers go in the freezer.

Pizza Crust

1tbsp yeast
1/4 tsp salt
1tbsp sugar
1 cup warm water

Mix the above together until foams.

2 cups flour

knead
let stand 15 mins bake @ 400* for 15-17 mins

xooXOXoOXo JOy

Leftovers To Newovers Tandoori Chicken Pasta

Somehow I had leftovers of Tandoori Chicken, strange I know. It was not enough meat to make a meal,so I tossed a container of grape tomatoes and chopped onion in a pan. Cooked them down with the chicken for 10 mins making it a bit more saucy . Then stirred in to pasta.
Done and done.

The back right pan is the chicken before it was"leftovers"

and as "Newovers"Tandoori pasta

XOoOXO JOy

Friday, March 23, 2012

Turn Off The Tap

This is part two of my adventure blog searies with my two wonderful nieces Missy J and Big D.

Today we took a short day trip to see some of the local sights including a waterfall.

We had a blast but the best part was when Missy J charged ahead saying "I have to turn off the tap the park is closed and they left it running!"

xoxox Andra :)

Three girls a boat and a baby!

So... here we go. I was soooooooo lucky to have my two nieces come and stay with me over spring break and this is the first blog of our adventure.

I had to cross the ocean to pick them up. Not that you can tell but those grey/black dots in the water are porpoises.

This is me my little Tasty Tot, Missy J and Big D with our tickets.

this is us at the departures ready to go!!!!

i just had a quick minute to hug my cakey sister!

missy J overcame her fear of boats

the ride was fun....

...but long

little tasty tot was happy the whole way

the ride is done (finally)

PINK!!!

Shopping with that guy I married.
Me"Need this spray paint"
Him "What are you going to paint?"
Me"something pink"

Being I am NOT one to make extra waste for the earth and there for if it still works I still keep on using it. This eye sore is a piece of proof. I could replace this for a few $ but, why???

First please forgive the side ways photos the site is not helpful today. Here is my very old step stool. I think in fact I retained it from my parents garage. I do use this every day beside the tub to sit on while I bath my baby.

Anyways you can see it is not pretty but, it still works like a hot damn after 10 + years of use so, I thought hey why not?

I have never tried to spray paint plastic before but, I hear you can so I first primed it out. ( Again sorry for the side ways photos. It is making me super cranky)