Bacon Cheeseburger Roll-Ups

July 22, 2008 at 8:09 pm · Comments (3)
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Eric had his Mini Gourmet cooking class again today. This time they made these things called Bacon Cheeseburger Roll-ups. They are really yummy and easy to make. He didn’t remember the recipe exactly, but he told me they got it off the Kraft website, so I went and found it myself so I could share it.

Ingredients:

* 1 lb. lean ground beef
* 4 slices OSCAR MAYER Bacon, chopped
* 1/2 cup chopped onions (about 1 small)
* 1/2 lb. (8 oz.) VELVEETA Pasteurized Prepared Cheese Product, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
* 1 pkg. (13.8 oz.) refrigerated pizza crust

# PREHEAT oven to 400°F. Cook ground beef, bacon and onions in large skillet on medium-high heat until ground beef is evenly browned, stirring occasionally. Drain; return meat mixture to skillet. Add VELVEETA; cook until completely melted, stirring frequently. Cool 10 min.
# UNROLL pizza dough onto baking sheet sprayed with cooking spray. Press into 15×8-inch rectangle. Top evenly with meat mixture. Roll up dough, starting at one of the long sides. Rearrange, if necessary, so roll is seam-side down on baking sheet.
# BAKE 20 to 25 min. or until golden brown. Cut diagonally into six slices to serve.

He’s so proud of himself! He loves the fact that he gets to cook and bring home the things he makes to share with me. He even asked if he could make this for dinner for us one night. I think I’ll let him, but of course, with tons of supervision.

Commenters: Cetta, Julie, tony

Things Have Been Kind Of Boring Lately

May 19, 2008 at 7:54 pm · Comments (2)
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It’s basically been the same routine. I guess that’s part of parenthood though, isn’t it? The same old same old. Yesterday though, we made S’Mores. To be honest, it was the first time I’d ever had them. They’re quite yummy, but rather messy. We made them in the microwave, though. Living in an apartment, we can’t really bust out the open flames, if you know what I mean. For indoor S’Mores basically you just take a graham cracker and break it in half. then you put 1/4 of a hershey bar and a marshmallow between the two graham cracker halves, and you microwave it for about 20 seconds. It’s good, but really gooey. If you wanted to do it outdoors, you’d roast the marshmallow over an open flame for a second and then put it in between the graham cracker halves with the chocolate bar. Anyway, the kiddo thoroughly enjoyed it, and made a huge mess of himself. lol

There’s not much else to report here right now. Eric’s asleep and I’m about to go hop in the shower and try to get to bed at a decent hour.

Commenters: Angel, Julie

Home Made Brown Sugar Scrub

May 9, 2008 at 6:32 pm · Comments (4)
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My son made this scrub for me at school as a mother’s day gift. It’s a really simple and neat gift idea I thought I’d share with my readers. I also already used the scrub and it leaves your skin feeling amazingly clean and smooth. This stuff is marketed for upwards of about $65.00. Anyways, here ya go!

Ingredients:

1 Cup of brown sugar
1/2 Cup of Sweetened Almond Oil
1 tsp of Vitamin E
1 tsp vanilla Extract
1/2 tsp Honey

Directions:
Mix the liquids (almond oil, vitamin e, vanilla extract, and honey) together in a bowl. Add the brown sugar and mix it up really well. If you are just using it for yourself you can simply use a plastic storage container with a lid. If you plan on giving as a gift, or just want to make it look pretty, you can use some little decorative jars or bottles. If you like you can even decorate the bottles.

Got any ideas like this you’d like to share? Comment and let me know!

Commenters: Julie, Martini

Homemade Playdoh

April 19, 2008 at 8:11 pm · Comments (3)
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My son is having a friend sleep over, and he’s been here since about 1 p.m today. They’ve played outside, played video games, watched a movie, and played with my son’s k’nex. They seemed to be out of ideas. So I thought they might enjoy making some homemade playdoh to keep them occupied. Then of course being me, I thought I’d share the idea with my readers. (Yes, all 2 of you). So here ya go.

(it requires ALOT of salt)

1/4 cup of salt
1 cup of flour
about 1/4 cup of water

Let the kid(s) mix the flour and salt in a bowl and then add the water. Let them knead and squeeze and squish the dough to make a clay-like consistency. You may need to add more water, but I never do. And voila, you have homemade playdoh.

You can add food coloring, but be careful about staining clothes and what not. This form of dough doesn’t last a long time but it’ll last about a month or so. It’s more for immediate play than long term. It gives he kids something fun to do and something fun to play with.

If you’ve got any fun ideas like this, email me or leave a comment. I’d love to hear about them.

Commenters: Chelsea, Julie

I Scream 4 Ice Cream

April 8, 2008 at 2:04 am · Comments (2)
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A few weeks ago I told you all about how my son had a Math and Science night at his school and how he got to make ice cream in one of the classrooms. I also promised I’d share the “recipe”, so here it is. Keep in mind this is just a kid’s project and I wouldn’t really recommend using this recipe to make ice cream in a larger quantity than 1/4 cup.

Materials you will need for each child:

One teaspoon of sugar
1/4 cup milk
2 drops vanilla extract
Measuring cups and spoons
1 locking sandwich bag
1 locking quart size bag
2 cups of ice
1/4 cup of rock salt
1 paper towel
1 plastic spoon to eat ice cream

Instructions:
Put the sugar, milk and vanilla into a Ziploc sandwich bag seal the bag and shake gently to mix the ingredients. Put the bag into another quart sized Ziploc bag. Put ice and rock salt inside the quart sized Ziploc bag (NOT inside the sandwich bag). Wrap a paper towel around the outside of the large Ziploc bag to protect hands from the cold. Knead bag until mixture freezes. Eat and Enjoy!

Things to discuss with your child:
1. What makes a frozen object, like ice cream, melt in your mouth?
2. What makes the ice cream in this recipe turn into a solid.
3. Compare how the liquid recipe and frozen cream are the same and different.

If you’ve got any fun/simple recipes like this that you think my kiddo would enjoy trying out, email me and let me know. If we use your recipe I’ll blog about what we did and how it turned out and give you full credit. Thanks.

Commenters: Julie