Month: February 2017

Appetizers

Best Banana Bread Recipe

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I love making banana bread. This is the best banana bread recipe ever! It is very moist and super delicious. Banana bread taste best when it is chilled in the fridge. It is super easy to make.

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup Butter (1 stick)
  • 1 cup Sugar
  • 4 Bananas
  • 1 tsp Baking Soda
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1 1/2 cup All Purpose Flour
  • Optional: Chocolate chips, fruits, nuts

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350 Degrees.

In a stand mixer, cream the butter and sugar.

Add in the eggs, bananas, and vanilla extract.

In another bowl stir together flour, baking soda, and salt.

Add the dry ingredients to the stand mixer. A little at a time. Add in chocolate chips, fruits, or nuts (optional).

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Grease a loaf pan and pour the batter in. Top it off with toppings of your choice (optional). Bake for an hour.

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Let it cool down. You can eat it right away or store it in the fridge. To store, wrap the banana bread in plastic wrap and keep it refrigerated.

Enjoy!

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Best Banana Bread Recipe

Servings: 8

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup Butter 1 stick
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 4 Bananas
  • 1 tsp Baking Soda
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1 1/2 cup All Purpose Flour
  • Chocolate chips, fruits, nuts Optional

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 Degrees.
  • In a stand mixer, cream the butter and sugar.
  • Add in the eggs, bananas, and vanilla extract.
  • In another bowl stir together flour, baking soda, and salt.
  • Add the dry ingredients to the stand mixer. A little at a time.
  • Add in chocolate chips, fruits, or nuts (optional).
  • Grease a loaf pan and pour the batter in. Top it off with toppings of your choice (optional). Bake for an hour.
  • Let it cool down and enjoy!
  • To store, wrap the banana bread in plastic wrap and keep it refrigerated.
Main Dish

Slow Cooker Pot Roast

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It’s just one of those days that I don’t feel like cooking so I decided to make pot roast. Prep and toss it in the slow cooker in the morning. Then it will be ready by dinner time. Slow cooker pot roast is very simple to make. Not only does it taste good, it makes the whole house smells good.

My favorite part is the meat. The meat is so soft and tender. It’s also very flavorful. I also like the potatoes because it is soft. Who doesn’t like potatoes?

Ingredients:
  • 2 lb Beef chuck roast
  • 4-5 Potatoes
  • 4 Carrots, cut (or baby carrots)
  • 1 tsp Thymes
  • 1 tsp Oregano
  • 1 tsp Garlic powder
  • 1 tsp Onion powder
  • 1 cup beef stock
  • Salt, to taste
  • Black pepper, to taste
Directions:
  1. Place the chuck roast at the bottom of the crock pot.
  2. Pour in the beef stock.
  3. Diced the potatoes and put it in.
  4. Cut the carrots and put it in.
  5. Add thymes, oregano, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, and black pepper.
  6. Let it cook on slow for 6-8 hours.
  7. Enjoy!

 

Crafts

DIY Hershey Kisses Roses

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Hershey kisses roses are perfect for Valentines Day! It is cheap and super easy to make. I got my supplies from Walmart and Dollar Tree, but you can find them at any craft stores too.

It has been forever since I made these. The last time I made them was in high school; that was ages ago. I was in a club and we made these for sale. I remember using some green stem floral wires and red/pink filler papers. The green stem floral wires are flexible so you can bend them. Instead of long stem roses, you can make short stems and turn it into pins to put on your shirt.

There are so many things that you can use to make these. I’ve seen people use:

  • clear/colored cellophane papers, plastic wraps, filler paper
  • skewers, lollipop sticks, green stem floral wires, chenille stems, floral picks

That’s a pretty good list of supplies that you can use for the wrap and stem. Time to get creative!

Materials:
  • Hershey Kisses
  • Red Filler Paper
  • Floral Picks
  • Floral Tape
  • Leaves (Optional)
  • Scissor

diy Hershey Kisses Roses filler paper


Instructions:
  1. You will need 2 Hershey Kisses. Some people like to hot glue the bottoms together, but I won’t be doing that. It’s optional.

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2. Cut the filler papers into 5 inch squares. It doesn’t have to be exact. Put the top of the Hershey kisses in the center.

Hershey Kisses Roses

3. Fold the wrap from the right then the left to shape the top (or vice versa).

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4. Twist the wrap down so form its shape.

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5. Put the floral stick inside the wrap and start wrapping with the floral tape. When you reach a good length, add the leaf and continue wrapping down the floral pick.

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And you are done! You can tie these Hershey Kisses Roses in a ribbon…

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Or put them in a vase.

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Hope you enjoy this tutorial and get inspire to make some for Valentines Day!