Like Mother, Like Son.

Our son, K, came to me with a glass in hand, "Here, Mom, taste this!" I did. It was good. He said, "I was thinking of vanilla coke and then I thought, 'I wonder what pina colada and coke would taste like'."

Want to indulge? Pour about 1/4" of pina colada mix in the bottom of your glass and then pour in your coke. Enjoy!

Were they in their right mind?

We had a good chuckle when we saw this wall sconce during the viewing of the home with our realtor. It didn't deter us from purchasing the house, but we knew it was something we would be fixing!
We just built the wall to fit the sconce!
We have purchased another home and are wondering the same thing. Were these people in their right minds? The middle drawer of the vanity could not be opened because of the positioning of the toilet paper holder. Easy to fix. Move to the other side! And now we get to paint! :)
You could call some of these home decor decisions creative I guess, but I choose to call them crazy! Who in their right mind would.......?

Chocolate Gingersnaps

I have created a recipe! With my daughter's allergies finding things for her to eat is quite the task. She loves this recipe from "Kids' Cake Mix Magic" (Publications International, Ltd.) but cannot eat it.

Chocolate Gingersnaps
¾ cup sugar
1 package (18 ¼ ounces) chocolate cake mix without pudding in the mix
1 tablespoon ground ginger
2 eggs
1/3 cup vegetable oil

Preheat oven to 350. Spray cookie sheets with nonstick spray pour sugar into shallow bowl.Combine cake mix and ginger in large bowl. Add eggs and oil; stir until well blended. Shape dough into 1 inch balls, using about 1 tablespoon dough for each cookie. Roll in sugar to coat. Bake 10 minutes, then transfer to wire racks to cool completely.

Necessity breeds creativity!

Beccy's Chocolate Gingersnaps

Mix together:
9T cocoa
1 1/2C sugar
2C whole wheat flour
3/4t baking soda
3/4t salt
1 heaping T ground ginger
Then add:
1/2C oil
4 eggs.
Mix well. Roll into 1" balls, flatten slightly on greased cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes at 350. Take out of oven and let cool for 2 minutes on cookie sheet.Then dip the top face of the cookie in white sugar in a shallow bowl or plate. Place on cooling rack to cool completely.

And the vote in our house, is that the newly invented recipe is better than the original. And it makes more too! You'll have to try it and see for yourself!

Mexican Dip

1 1/2 lb velveeta cheese, cubed
1 lb sharp cheddar, cubed
3 jalapeno peppers,chopped
1 can (28oz)delmonte stewed tomato
6 cloves of garlic
4 green onions,chopped fine

Layer cheese in a casserole. Pour other ingredients over. Bake at 250°F for 2 hours. It helps to chop the tomatoes a bit before mixing. This also freezes well. Serve with potato chips, naco or tortilla chips for dipping.

Creativity

No doubt my outlandish ideas, aka creativity, started out in my childhood, but here is a picture of a creative adultish idea. I couldn't decide on what colour to have for my bridesmaid's dresses and so I announced "I'll have one of everything!" My wedding was the talk of the town as 'nobody had done that'.