Simple, quick Chocolate Covered Strawberry Parfait!

Found this idea online and thought it was great! Here's my version:

*Vanilla Yogurt
*Strawberries cut in halves or fourths
*mini chocolate chips.

Layer anyway you want to!

OH SO GOOD Chicken Salad and Asian Slaw

Asian Slaw

INGREDIENTS
1 bag (16 oz ) coleslaw mix (shredded cabbage and carrots)
1/2 cup sweet-spicy French dressing
1/4 cup chopped red bell pepper (1/4 medium)
1/4 cup loosely packed fresh cilantro leaves, coarsely chopped
1/4 cup coarsely chopped salted dry-roasted peanuts



DIRECTIONS
1. In 2-quart bowl, mix coleslaw mix and dressing.




Top with bell pepper, cilantro and peanuts.


2. Just before serving, toss salad.


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OH SO GOOD Chicken Salad



INGREDIENTS

* 4 cups cubed, cooked chicken meat
* 1 cup mayonnaise (I am not a mayo fan so I didn't use this much)
* 1 teaspoon paprika
* 1 1/2 cups dried cranberries
* 1 cup chopped celery
* 2 green onions, chopped
* 1/2 cup minced green bell pepper
* 1 cup chopped pecans
* 1 teaspoon seasoning salt
* ground black pepper to taste
(I also added Greek Seasoning)

DIRECTIONS

1. In a medium bowl, mix together mayonnaise with paprika and seasoned salt.




Blend in dried cranberries, celery, bell pepper, onion, and nuts.




Add chopped chicken, and mix well.






Season with black pepper to taste. Chill 1 hour.







Enjoy!

Lemonade

Today was lemonade day. The lemons on our tree in the backyard were calling to me.



So Sam and I went into the backyard with the silver bowl and picked some.



Look how good they look!



And soon after we had lemonade.



YUM!

Bridal Shower Layout I made...

Ok, so I’m hosting a Bridal Shower for one of my best friends. I decided as one of the activities to make each guest do a 2 page layout (don’t worry though it’s for an 8X8 album). On the left side will go a picture of the guest with the bride to be, and on the right will go the recipe card that I requested everyone fill out and bring. **I will be sending the guest an email reminder to fill it out and bring it and give them the reason why so they don’t forget.***

Here is the layout I’m going to use as mine for her album. I made a pocket for my recipe to go in, so she can take it out and use it or copy it down so she doesn’t have to keep pulling it out. I am also going to fill in the blank yellow areas with our names (on the left) and the name of the recipe on the right or maybe a cute little quote.

*Edit, I just realized you can only see half of it... I'll have to figure out how to show it all. If you double click on the image you'll get to see the full picture.

Humidifiers

When I was little I remember the humidifier that my brother and I had... it was loud noisy and for a little one kinda scary to look at. After traveling through Target I saw these really cute ones from Crane. They come looking as different animals (pigs, frogs, etc).

If you'd like to win one head on over to this blog: Two of a kind,working on a full house. and enter!

More Cookie Goodness

Another cookie recipe I made to give to the hubb's boss as a thank you were (chocolate Chip Cookies- but we all have a recipe for that) are these YUMMY...

Strawberry Shortcake Cookies

Ingredients:

12 oz. strawberries, hulled and cut into ¼ inch dice (2 cups)

1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice

½ c. plus 1 tablespoon granulated sugar

2c. all purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

½ teaspoon coarse salt

3oz. (6 tablespoons) cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces

2/3c. heavy cream

Standing Sugar for sprinkling (crystal sprinkles)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375. Hull strawberries and cut into 1/4 pieces.

Combine strawberries, lemon juice, and 2 tablespoons of sugar.

Whisk together flour, baking powder, salt and remaining 7 tablespoons of sugar in a large bowl. Cut the butter into small pieces and dump in bowl. Mix with hands until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

Stir in cream until dough starts to come together, then stir in strawberry mixture.

2. Using a 1 ½ ice cream scoop or a tablespoon, drop dough onto a parchment papered baking sheet. Be sure to evenly space apart the dough balls.

Sprinkle with sanding sugar and bake until golden brown (24-25 minutes).

Transfer to a cooling rack and let them cool.

Serve after cooled or store covered for a few days only (fresh strawberries remember) at room temp.

Cookies, Cookies, Cookies

Going to a 4th of July party and my hubby's boss's house and I made her some cookies as a thank you. This is one of the types I made.

Pecan Rolls

Ingredients:

1c. (2 sticks) butter @ room temp.
1/2c. sifted powdered sugar (plus 1/2c for rolling dough in afterwards)
1tsp. vanilla extract
21/4c. all purpose flour
1/4 tsp. salt
3/4c. finely chopped pecans

Directions:
1. Put pecans in food processor and chop until desired consistency. You want them finely chopped, but not over done.
2. In large bowl, beat butter, confectioners sugar, and vanilla extract until fluffy.
3. Sift together flour & salt, then stir into mixture combining well.
4. Mix in nuts.

5. Place dough in refrigerator for 1 hour.

6. After dough is chilled, knead dough for a few minutes and set oven to 375.

7. Roll dough into 1-inch balls, continuously kneading as needed so balls stay together.
8. Place on ungreased baking sheet & press down SLIGHTLY.
9. Bake at 375 degrees for 11 minutes. DO NOT BROWN!
10. Remove from oven and let sit for 5 minutes.
11. While dough is still warm, roll in extra confectioners sugar.
12. Let completely cool. Roll in confections sugar again.

Makes about 30!