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posted by Fallon on May 7

I made some different colors of Jello with my daughter and it was really fun. She helped measure the water that we needed and helped stir the Jello packets into the water.

After we let it sit in the refrigerator for a few hours we also made some different shapes and had Jello jigglers for dessert, yummy!

posted by Fallon on Mar 3

Sandies are a very tasty round, powdered sugar covered cookie that I’ve often had around Christmas time. I decided to make some since I just bought a sifter and you need to sift the flour and it turned out to be pretty fun. They came out delicious!

posted by Fallon on Feb 12

I made potato crusted salmon the other night and it came out excellent. I’ve never liked salmon as much as I did when I tried this out. All you need to do is use a pouch of mashed potato mix and add some lemon pepper and paprika to it, dip the salmon in egg then into the dry mixture and fry. Use a tiny bit of olive oil and cook for a few minutes on each side.

This recipe really is good, if you like fish you have to try this!

posted by Fallon on Feb 9

I have a huge bag of carrots sitting in my refrigerator and I didn’t want them all to go bad plus I wanted to make something good so I decided to make some carrot cake! It came out so awesome, it is delicious! It wasn’t as hard to make as I thought either. It called for 3 cups of grated carrots and I did that, the rest of the recipe was very simple.

I also made some cream cheese frosting to go on top. It just called for 1 package of cream cheese, butter, vanilla extract and powdered sugar. Very simple and also very yummy! This is also a good way for me to get them to eat a healthy snack hehe Not that they don’t normally eat healthy but you can’t really tell that there are tons of carrots in the cake!

posted by Fallon on Jan 31

Manicotti are such a deliciously simple meal! Everyone walks away from the table happy when these are served, they go well with a green vegetable such as green beans or peas. Although there are several steps and the manicotti require stuffing, it really isn’t that difficult.

Firstly, you preheat the oven to about 350. Boil the manicotti shells for about 8 minutes and while they are boiling you should prepare the mixture that you stuff the shells with. I use about 15 ounces of ricotta cheese, Italian seasoning to taste, 1 egg and just enough monterey jack cheese so that it is even with the amount of ricotta. I don’t really follow any set instructions so it kind of varies each time. Sometimes I just use basil and oregano instead of the Italian seasoning.

Once those steps have been finished, smooth the bottom of a large rectangular pan with a thin layer of your choice of pasta sauce. Begin to stuff the shells with the cheesy mixture, I find it easier to use my fingers than to try spooning it in. Place them in the pan and when the shells are all filled, smooth another layer of sauce over them and sprinkle on some monterey jack cheese. Cover with foil and place in the oven for 30 minutes. Remove foil and let cook an additional 10 minutes.

Serve and enjoy!

Oven times and temperatures will most likely vary but this way usually works awesomely for me.

posted by Fallon on Jan 18

So as I was browsing through one of my cook books a few days ago, I wrote down a few pages where I seen interesting meal ideas. Ones that were pretty simple but also looked very tasty. One of the ones I wrote down and ended up making was chicken with curry and sour cream sauce

My boyfriend liked this so much that he had me make it two days in a row lol Firstly, you brown the chicken breast halves in just a tiny bit of oil and once it has browned you add 1/4 cup of water, salt and onions. Cover it and let it cook on low for about 20 minutes. After that has finished you remove it and add 1/3 cup of water to the same pan, 2 tablespoons of curry , 1/8 tsp. of ginger and also cumin.

After you bring this to a boil you add one cup of sour cream and heat just until it is warm. Remove the meat from the chicken bone and add it in little pieces to the curry sauce. Serve this over white rice and also with fruit chutney if desired. I didn’t serve the fruit chutney but curry goes excellent with rice.

A nice way to add a bit of sweetness to this meal would be to chop up an apple very finely and add it to the curry mixture while heating so that it softens.

posted by Fallon on Dec 20

I’ve been baking a lot during the holiday season. I’ve made lots of cookies, fudge, cakes and other things. I recently got a new cookie press for my birthday and the spritz cookies I make with it have to be my favorite thing I’ve baked lately. Everyone else who has tried them, loves them also!

Not only are they fairly simple but they are so fun too! You can make such a variety of them because of all the different shapes that come with the press and you can also add food coloring to them if you want and decorate them very pretty. There is also a chocolate version. I’m going to be making a lot of these cookies!