Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Food Food and More Delicious FOOD!!!!!

I have to admit...I have a really bad habit and obsession....I have an addicted to cooking magazines!! UGH, there I said it. Now my family can get off my back, I finally admit I have a serious problem.

This is only a small portion of my addiction. I love having all these recipes at my finger tips...but the problem is that I dont have any idea what recipes I actually have...LOL.


Now that I have admitted my addiction to all of you I thought i'd share some great recipes that I love!!


Blackberry Muffins!!!!



Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 Tbsp baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 1 teaspoon milk
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 8 Tbsp warm melted butter (1 stick)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 1/2 cups (about 5-6 oz) of fresh blackberries, cut in half (often available at Trader Joe's, you can use frozen blackberries if fresh are not available, defrost and drain them first.)

Method

1 Position rack in center of oven. Preheat oven to 400°F. Grease a standard 12 muffin pan or line with paper muffin cups. (Actually, with the berries you'll have more batter than just for 12 muffins. This batch made 18 muffins.)

2 Whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt in a large bowl.

3 In a separate bowl, whisk together eggs, sour cream, milk, sugar, butter and vanilla.

4 Add the wet mixture to the dry mixture and mix together with a few light strokes, just until the dry ingredients are moistened. Add the berries. (If you are using frozen berries, defrost them first, then drain the excess liquid, then coat them lightly in flour.) Do not overmix! Overmixing will cause the muffins to be dense, not fluffy. The batter should not be smooth.

5 Divide the batter evenly among the muffin cups. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the middle of 1 or 2 of the muffins comes out clean, 17-20 minutes (or longer). Let cool for 2 to 3 minutes before removing from the pan. If not serving hot, let cool on a rack.

Serve as soon as possible, preferably within a few hours of baking.

Bierocks!!


Ingredients 

  • 2 lbs. hamburger
  • 1 c. onion, chopped
  • 4 c. cabbage, chopped
  • 2 tsp. salt 
  • 1 tsp. pepper
Cook hamburger, onion, cabbage, salt and pepper until browned. Roll out dough and cut into large circles. Put 1/4 cup meat mixture in center of dough. Pinch closed. Bake until browned, approximately 20 minutes, at 375 degrees.
This last time I made these I added Sausage, bacon and onion...sooo yummy!!!!

As far as the dough goes for these you can cheat (like I do sometimes) and use pillsbury bisquits. Or you can make your own favorite homemade dough. These are terrific for stock piling your freezer and grabbing them on the go!!






Brian's new adventure's with his Brother Liam!!

This summer has been pretty amazing for Brian and I...he got to meet his little brother Liam and his mom Kerry and I have become great friends.They have become instant family and what a blessing it is to see my little man grow into a big brother and how caring and loving he is to Liam. I am so very proud of Brian!! We have lots to discuss still and Brian will have tons of questions soon, but right now all that matters is he has a brother and to see the joy on my sons face is priceless. I hope he never loses that excitement!!!

Kerry and I and the boys :)

Brian and Liam doing the same thing and not even knowing it. They for sure and brother's!!


Caught the boys again doing the same things and capturing this moment is so cool!!

Brian and Liam!!

Cant wait to see the adventures these boys get into...what an amazing feeling it is to have two new special people in our lives!!


Saturday, August 6, 2011

Slumber Party at My house!!

Last night Brennan came and stayed at Auntie's house!! He loves coming to Auntie's house and playing with the trains.

Last night the boys played in the sprinkler, played the wii, and watched a movie!! I had such a great time with my favorite boys.

Eating popcorn and getting ready for the movie to start...I had no idea I had a one eye willy as a nephew and that B is a disco child...


Iron Man and B doing what he does best...LOL


Now there's my love bugs :)


Now this morning they are sharing a big bowl of Apple Jacks for breakfast before we head to the park and play for a little bit!!


Hope everyone enjoys their day today....

Love Kris & B!!!

Friday, August 5, 2011

2008...has it really been that long???

All I can say is WOW, have I really neglected my blog  for that long? I'd have to say YES!!

It's been a pretty eventful couple of years since my absence from the blogging world. So....I will just begin with the present!!! Always a good start!!!

Brian is still a hot off the press 6 years old, though he thinks he is 12. He also has no fear and thinks he is superman. At camp he tends to hang out with the big kids which as he would say "I'm just cool like that." I get a phone call from his camp on Wednesday morning, mind you he hadn't even been there for 2 hours yet, saying "Brian had an accident and you need to come immediately."

I leave work, drive as fast as I can, in the back of my mind knowing my luck i'd get pulled over, thankfully that was not the case. I get there to find out that B Man decided he wanted to jump off the really high stack of matt's with only his socks on. He lost his balance fell and hit his head on the leg of the nearby table.

We rush to the ER and long story short we end up leaving with 3 stitches!! he was a true champ and I was pretty proud that I kept my calm and so did he. Good team work yet again for the Dynamic Duo!!!

After he was done with his stitches the Dr. told him "Make sure you have on your cape when you fly again OK Superman." Brian tells him "Super Hero's shouldn't have capes, they get in the way and can hurt you, that's what they say in The Incredibles" The Dr. reply's with "Touche`"

Pics to be posted soon!!

Cant wait to get blogging again...Coming soon recipe's, paintings, photography, and many more updates of my amazing achievement...B MAN!!!!!