Ice cream in a bag, jello ice cream and more!!

More fun things to do this summer!

We made ice cream in a bag, and it turned out so yummy!!
You have to try this with your kids...they would love it!!

It is so easy!

Ice cream in a bag

• 1 cup whole milk
• 1/4 tsp vanilla
• 3 cups crushed ice
• 1 gallon size Ziploc bags
• 2 sandwich size Ziploc bags
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup rock salt

In one of the small Ziploc baggies, mix together the milk, vanilla and sugar. Add additional toppings if desired (for chocolate ice cream, use chocolate milk). Squeeze excess air from the baggie and zip baggie tight. Double check for a tight seal. Place this bag in second sandwich baggie and close bag, also squeezing excess air from the bag. Then place the ice and rock salt (we used table salt and it worked) in the gallon sized bag and place your small bag in it and start shaking. It takes about 5 minutes! Enjoy!


This is another awesome idea!

Easy homemade ice cream from Jello

You can find the recipe Here

I had to throw this in just because it looked so good! I love ice cream!!

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More fun things we have done this summer!

Peanut butter Playdough

More Kid Fun!!

Honestly my kids loved this!!!

It has kept them entertained for...well...awhile!!

They loved this...not only is it fun to play with, but it tastes good too!!
This is an old recipe that my mom use to make when I was a kid!

Recipe:

1 c. creamy peanut butter
1 1/4 c. dry milk
1 c. light corn syrup
1 1/4 c. powdered sugar

Blend peanut butter and syrup in large mixing bowl. Sift dry milk and powdered sugar together and all at once. Mix all together with a spoon, then with hands, knead in dry ingredients. Use as you would any play dough and you can eat it too!

Strawberry sprinkles

Another thing that we have done that my kids absolutely
loved was dipping strawberries in white chocolate and sprinkles.

You could dip them in regular chocolate as well, and use any kind of sprinkles.

The nice thing about this is they get a serving of fruit while doing this!!
(a serving of sugar too)

More kid fun tomorrow!!

Strawberry Freezer Jam

This is my favorite recipe for freezer jam! It is so good! My family just loves it!!

Strawberry Freezer Jam

3 1/2 cups strawberries (crushed in a blender)
6 1/2 cups sugar
Stir together in large bowl until sugar is dissolved
Add 1/4 cup lemon juice, set aside.

Dissolve 1 package of pectin into 1 cup cold water. Bring to a boil in a small pan. Boil 1 full inute. Slowly stir into berry mixture. Continue to stir for 5 minutes.


Enjoy!!!

Sweet Potato Biscuits

This is a recipe that my mom used to make for us when we were kids.

It is also a way to get your kids to eat a serving of vegetable and not know it!!

Sneaky...sneaky!!!

My son is super picky and he ate these!!

I made some sausage gravy and poured over the top of mine, but my husband thought that was weird, so he did a butter cinnamon mixture and poured over his....which I have to admit was really good!!

Sweet Potato Biscuits

1 c. flour
3 t. baking powder
2/3 t. salt
4 T. shortening
1 c. cooked sweet potatoes (mashed)
1/3 c. milk

Cut shortening into flour, salt and baking powder which have been sifted together. Stir in sweet potatoes and add enough milk to make a dough stiff enough to roll. Roll on floured tombstone and cut with biscuit cutter. Bake at 375 degrees for about 25 minutes.

I am totally lazy and didn't want to roll them out and cut them, so I added a little bit more milk and dropped them by spoonfuls onto my cookie sheet and baked them. And they turned out great!!!

Taco braid

My kids love this recipe!
It is so good and simple!

I used my bread recipe found Here
Roll out your dough
Spread a can of refried beans down the middle
Then spread taco meat over the beans
and then spread cheese over the taco meat

Cut slits in the dough, on the sides and lay them over the meat mixture, making it look like a braid!
Bake it for about 25 minutes.
Serve with sour cream, tomatoes, olives, cilantro...whatever toppings you like!

Broccoli Cheddar soup

I got this recipe from my sister and it has been one of our favorites for years! It is so good!

Ingredients:

1 small block of Velveeta, cut into cubes
2 head of broccoli, steamed
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 can cream of celery
1-2 stalks of celery
milk, just enough to thin it as much as you like
salt and pepper
mushrooms (this is something I add, but it actually isn't in the original recipe)

Steam your broccoli, set aside. In a big pot, add all the ingredients and let simmer for 20-30 minutes.
I actually do this in the morning and put it in a crockpot and let it cook on low all day.
I like easy!!!

And I like to add some bacon bits....everything is better with bacon!

Rainbow birthday cake

This week I wanted to show some fun ideas for Birthday parties.

If you want ideas for a puppy party, check out my post Here

So today, I wanted to show how to make a rainbow cake!
My daughter wanted a care bear theme, but care bears are super hard to find these days, so I went a lot with the rainbow them.

For this cake, I took two white cake mixes and followed the box instructions.
Then I spooned the batter into 6 different bowls.
Then with food coloring make each bowl a different color of the rainbow.
(I wish I would have taken a picture, but it was a crazy day)

Then one by one, I baked each color and then frosted in between each layer.

It was time consuming, but it turned out really good!

And it made my daughter super happy!

Tomorrow, I will show how I made her cute rainbow outfit!

Yummy white bread

This is our favorite bread recipe! It is very good and it is so fast!

White bread

Mix in large bowl
5 cups hot water
4 T. yeast
4 T. sugar
4 T. oil
4 tsp. salt
12 cups flour

Mix and knead for 15 minutes, form into bread loafs, let rise for 10 minutes, bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes or until browned all around.

We like to make part of it into french bread since it makes such a large batch.

And with what is left over, I like to make into bread-sticks, which are my kids favorite!

Homeade Mounds bars

I was craving chocolate the other day (I do more than I should) and happened onto this recipe. It did the trick!
They were super good! Really rich!!

Mounds bars:

2 lbs powdered sugar
1 lb. coconut
1/4 lb. margarine, melted
1/3-1/2 evaporated milk
2 T. vanilla
1 big bag of chocolate chips

Mix all ingredients down to the chocolate. Shape into balls and place on a cookie sheet lined with wax paper. Place in freezer until hard enough to dip in chocolate. (about 30 minutes)
Melt the chocolate chips in microwave, stirring every 30 seconds. Dip coconut balls in chocolate and let set until chocolate hardens. Enjoy!!!

I found my recipe Here

Zuppa Toscana

I got this recipe from my good friend and tried it over the weekend, and it was so good!

Zuppa Toscanna

1 lb. Ground Italian sausage
1 lg. white onion
2 tsp. garlic puree
7 cubes of chicken bouillon
1 1/2 lb. potatoes
1 1/2 tsp. ground red pepper
4 Tbs. Bacon pieces
8 cups water
2 c. heavy cream
1/4 bunch of kale

Directions:
Saute sausage and crushed red peppers. Drain and refrigerate while preparing the rest. In the same pan, saute the bacon, onion, and garlic together until onions are soft. Add the bouillon and water to the pot and heat until it starts to boil. Add your sliced potatoes and cook until soft. Add the cream until just heated through. Stir in the ingredients from the fridge and add the kale at the very last.
The soup was very thin, so I thickened it up with some corn starch, and it was perfect!
Very good recipe!!