Salsa Beef and Veggies

1 lb hamburger cooked and rinsed

1 tomato chopped

2 zucchini chopped in big pieces

2 ears of corn - taken off corn from cob

2 chopped bell peppers

salsa - at least 1 cup or more to taste

Fry up hamburger then wash to remove oil. 

Add veggies and salsa until heated through, 

You can sprinkle cheddar cheese

or add rice to stretch it or other veggies

Carrot Apple Zucchini Bread

I found the recipe  here

I did do some adaptations because

my one grand has a milk allergy

I also did not ice 

1/2C unsweet applesauce  and 1/4 C veg oil

2 cups granulated sugar

3 eggs, room temperature

¼ cup fresh orange juice

1 tbsp vanilla extract

3¼ cups all-purpose flour

½ tsp salt

2½ tsp baking powder

¾ tsp baking soda

1 tsp cinnamon

pinch of ground cloves

pinch of ground nutmeg

2 cups shredded carrots

1 cup shredded zucchini

1 cup diced, peeled apple

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Grease and flour two 8x4 inch loaf pans. 

Line with parchment paper and set aside. 

place zucchini in a large kitchen towel. 

Bring up the four corners and twist. 

Squeeze the towel to extract all the liquid from the zucchini,

 or as much as you can. Set aside.
In a large bowl, whisk together flour, salt, baking powder, 

baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg together. Set aside.
In a separate large bowl, whisk together the applesauce, oil and sugar.
Add eggs, orange juice, and vanilla and whisk until combined.
Fold dry ingredients into wet ingredients 

along with the shredded carrots,

 shredded zucchini, and apples, 

Pour into prepared pans.

Bake until golden brown, 55 to 60 minutes, 

or until loaves spring back when gently pressed with fingers.

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Orange-Strawberry Shrimp Taco Boats

A nice cool and easy dinner

precooked shrimp

premade pico de gallo

strawberries * you can sub pineapple. mango, peaches 

bag of shredded iceberg lettuce

flour taco boats

citrus based dressing 

like Kroger brand Orange Miso

Marinade the shrimp in a moderate 

amt of dressing for abt an hr

While marinading chop up strawberries 

add to pico and chill

Grill or heat up shrimp to warm

place shredded lettuce 

in the bottom of the boats

Add salsa and top w shrimp

Space Wedding Galaxy Favors

When trying to find space/planet/universe ideas

came across
galaxy ornaments

We decided that the
smaller version would be

the best idea

These mini iridescent ornaments
were purchased 

at Hobby Lobby

I used Pledge floor finisher

Swish a very small amount
it in and drain

then using a funnel layer in glitter colors

shake out excess

I followed up by putting black glitter
to fill in any spaces

Let air dry

The color combos are endless!

They were then put into these
small favor boxes from Dollar Tree

Mexican Wedding Cookies

2 sticks butter

2/3 C powder sugar

2 tsp vanilla

2 1/2 C flour

1/4 tsp salt

1tsp cinnamon

1 C finely chopped pecans

powder sugar to roll

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Beat butter, 2/3 c powdered sugar 

and vanilla in a bowl until fluffy. Mix in combined flour,

 salt and cinnamon. Beat in nuts. Refrigerate until firm 

abt 2-3 hrs. Roll into crescent shapes or round.  

Place 1 in apart on a greased cookie sheet 

and bake for 12-15 or lightly brown. 

Roll warm cookies in the powdered sugar

Nana's Xmas Cookies

My grandmother would make 

these every Christmas

1/2 C shortening

2 1/2 C flour

1/2 C sugar

2 eggs

1/4 C molasses

1/4 tsp soda

1/4 tsp salt allspice, clove and mace

1/2 tsp cinnamon and ginger

Cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs and molasses. 

Slowly add dry ingredients to creamy mix

Add additional flour if too sticky to roll. Chill and roll out 

Space Wedding Cutlery

I printed the sentiment on to

business card size

and then cut the foil paper

just a bit larger

With a corner cutter I rounded them

Then using 

double sided tape 

I put the cards together

I cut strips to go around the napkins

and taped them to the cards

Slide the napkin in

back

 

 Front

Slide in utensils and you are done

Flower Girl Ball

We started with a 5 in ball

With wide ribbon wrapped it aropund the ball

and tied 2 knots

using pearl pins and silk hydragena flowers

we went around the ball in a circle

After covering the ball 

rhinestone bling

was added

(sort of looked like constellations)

Bending a wire w

the gem at the end twisting it

I twisted the taila round a pin 

then cut the excess off

then applied them here and there

Matchng hairbow

Whole Berry Orange Cranberry Sauce

Cranberry Sauce

3/4 C sugar

1/4 C water
3/4 Orange Juice

1 bag cranberries

My secret ingredients:

1/2 - 3/4 C  of orange marmalade (more or less to taste)

Put all ingredients in a sauce pan Cook until all cranberries have popped

Thai Butternut Soup

I made this soup last night

Kraft Thai Butternut Soup

I did have a few adjustments

I could not find the Kraft dressing so I ended up 

substituting Sam's Choice Sweet Lime Cilantro Dsg

• 1/4 cup Kraft Italian Zesty Lime Dressing (I subbed Sam's Choice Sweet Lime Cilantro since I could not find the Kraft one
• 4 cups chopped peeled butternut squash (I bought free pre-chopped squash)
• 1 onion, chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 Tbsp. curry powder
• 3 cups 25%-less-sodium chicken broth
• 1 can (400 mL) lite coconut milk
• 1/2 cup chopped dry roasted peanuts
• 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro

                                    Dump all ingredients except cilantro and                              peanuts into a slow cooker 

•                                  and cook until squash is soft

•                                    Using a immersion blender, puree the                                  squash or pour into blender
•                                   in small batches; blend until smooth
•                                  Serve topped with nuts &  cilantro. 
•                           (I used toasted pumpkin seeds)
•                          I also had some crusty bread with it

Space Wedding : Planet Centerpieces

The idea came

from this photo:

The base are balloon weights from Dollar Tree

To represent the family we used 4 planets

2 2.5 inch ones for the parents

2  2 inch for the children

Instead of being scientifically correct

it was decided to take each ones

favorite color and create their

own planets

The paint was sponged on with a dauber

for the best coverage

placed on skewers

rubber banded and tapped together

and hot glued to the base

the planet stems are anchored

by using 2 of the star branches 

twisted around the taped

base

The bottom is then reattached 

To take up more area on the table

12x12 mirror tiles from Lowes were used

The centerpieces worked out to be about $5 a piece!

We added Dollar Tree star shaped tealights

!st scuff up the finish w a sading block

I attached them to the box with

poster ticky tack

Then sprayed them with

Krylon Shimmering Purple

in retrospect I would

do a few things differently

because this spray 

is difficult. I would've 

base coated them

with black paint

thus decreasing how much of 

this paint I use - it is rather pricey

at $10 a can (I used 50% off coupons)

but it still was $10 for 

40 of them

They needed multiple coats

and the glitter part had a tendancy

to clump

I would consider just spraying

the item with purple paint 

then adding glitter

The end product: