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Funfetti Dip

25 Sunday Mar 2012

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It’s as good as it sounds.  Like cake batter, in a cool-whip ish form.    Or heaven, in a cool-whip ish form.

I found the recipe on pinterest thanks to this gal’s blog, then made some of my own edits.

 

The original recipe called for:

3 parts funfetti cake mix

2 parts plain yogurt

1 part cool whip

 

I strayed from that more than I meant to. I ended up dumping the whole box of cake mix in, then used 8 oz of cool whip, and two small containers of plain yogurt.  Not because I thought that was the perfect mix, it was just what I had.

And it worked.

I stirred all that up, added in a few more sprinkles, then chilled it.  It firmed up, but not enough that you couldn’t scoop it up with a vanilla wafer.  SOOOOO GOOOOD!  It would make a perfect party dip!

And since I made a lot, I’ll be partying all week!

ENJOY!

K Noms: Zucchini Tots

23 Friday Mar 2012

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Let’s start with some honesty.  I can’t spell zucchini right on the first try.

Also, K hates vegetables.  Unless they are dehydrated veggie sticks.  But while we’re being honest, those are more like potato chips than vegetables.   I don’t know what vegetables did to start this feud.  But it runs deep.

One morning at day care I was comparing notes with a fellow mommy.  K hates veggies.  Her little gal hates most fruit.  She was kind enough to share some veggie recipes that she’s had success with.  Which brings us to …this post!

Here’s the link she provided to me: Zucchini Tots

1 cups zucchini – grated

1 egg

1/4 yellow onion – diced

1/4 cup cheese (cheddar or Parmesan work the best)

1/4 cup bread crumbs – I used Italian style

1. Preheat oven to 400F. Spray a mini-muffin tin with non-stick spray, set aside.

2. Grate the zucchini and then place in a dish towel to squeeze out the excess water- like when using frozen spinach.

3. In a bowl combine, the egg, onion, cheese, bread crumbs, zucchini, (the recipe called for salt and pepper, but I omitted those)

4. Using a spoon or a cookie scoop, fill the muffin cups to the top. Bake for 15-18 minutes, or until the top is browned and set.

These tasted surprisingly good!  Considering they are mostly zucchini and onion…they taste an awful lot like…potato and quiche?  What?  It might be the egg/bread crumb/cheese combo.  Or some sort of magic.  The true test was K.  He ate 3!  It wasn’t without some hesitation and curiosity…but he ate 3 nonetheless!

Mine were a bit softer than they probably should have been.  Not sure if I didn’t let them cool enough, or if I should have had  a bit more of a binding substance.

Overall, I give these a B for our household!  We’ll make them again!  Here are a few pics…







DIY: St Patty’s Day Shakes!

18 Sunday Mar 2012

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If you’ve been waiting on pins and needles for my first DIY post, (as I’m sure is the case), you probably didn’t expect the first one to be a four ingredient food…that’s seasonal….and officially out of season.

Fail.

But it is all of those things.  It is also delicious.

On Saturday, we made our own version of Shamrock Shakes!

We used roughly 3 cups of vanilla ice cream (10 scoops…ish) and a mixture that included 1 1/2 cups of milk, 1/2 tsp of peppermint extract, and a few drops of green food coloring.   I did not use soap, that just crept in to the background.

Stir the milk mixture so that it is a consistent green color, and pour over the ice cream in a blender.

Blend until smooth and creamy.  I then poured in to glasses, and put the glasses in to the freezer for a few minutes.

Voila!

These were yummy!  And if you like mint flavored goodness (and shame on you if you don’t) then you’ll love them too!

No leprechauns were harmed in the making of this post.

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