Buzz and Woody !!

Wow. These are not easy to make!
Natalie ordered a Toy Story mold the other day for Myran's birthday. Unfortunately, it was not well defined inside the mold cavity, so it made it hard to make.

Well this morning, being up at 5, I decided to venture out and try them!

Here are Buzz and Woody from Toy Story. The hardest part was figuring out where to paint! and also creating certain colors.




I can't wait to see if Myran will like them!

a simple Mother's Day card

Here is the card we will be mailing to Bill's mom. It doesn't show really well but it is on green card stock. It turned out really nice!

Taste of Home Challenge - Day 3

MMMMMMMMMmmm.... Today's recipe is French's Crunchy Onion Chicken. VERY simple.

All it is is :
2 cups French's original french fried onions
2 tbsp flour
4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves
1 egg, beaten

Put the onions in a big resealable bag with the flour. Lightly crush the onions.
Dip chicken in the egg, coat with onions.
Bake on baking sheet for 20 minutes at 400 degrees.

I have to give this a 9.5/10!

We had this with a side of steamed yellow beans and mashed potatoes. Yum yum!!

What did you make today??

Taste of Home challenge - Day 2

Yesterday, I marinated my pork tenderloin so today all I had to do was cook it! I put it in the oven at 375 for half an hour.

The recipe is: Cilantro Pork Tenderloin from the new Taste of Home Cooking School magazine.

Here it is with broccoli stems (Maelie eats the tree parts) and caesar salad again. (Maelie requested caesar salad. We use the Renees wellness dressing made with yogurt)



The pork was very juicy and it didn't taste too strong. It smelled really strong so I expected it to taste too strong as well. But it was just perfect! MMMMMmmmm.

I would rate it 8/10

Taste of Home challenge - day 1

I had big plans for today! I read my recipe ahead of time, asked Bill to pick up the ingredients, and then when I got home... I read the recipe more attentively. I had to marinate the pork all night long! I prepped that recipe tomorrow (not disclosing it yet)

For today, I turned myself around and went with what I had.

Here it is in all its glory, the Asparagus Frittata ! It comes from my Taste of Home Busy Family Cookbook. I used 7 real eggs, excluding a few egg yolks. I didn't have any parsley. Everything else pretty much was as is.



I must say that for an egg-based recipe, it is very tasty! I often find egg recipes bland. I would give it an 8.5 out of 10.



What did you make today?

Taste of Home week

This week I decided that it will be a Taste of Home week in my home.

My goal will be to make something out of of one of my Taste of Home magazines every day this week!!


(picture borrowed from Taste of Home website)

Anyone with me on this one? If so, put your blog link in the comments every day and I will do a recap post at the end of the week.

Come on my 2 readers! You can do it! LOL
(thank goodness for friends)

Just yesterday for supper, I made one of my absolute SIIMPLE favorites. I just didn't take a picture because I didn't know I was going to have a Taste of home week! You can see a picture and the recipe HERE. Mine was a bit more generously sprinkled with Kraft grated parmesan cheese than comes in a bag. (I don't like the powdered one)

So grab your Taste of Home magazine, or go to their website and choose a recipe each day! Post it on your blog and comment or send me a picture.

I still haven't decided on my recipe for today! I better do that soon!

Sneak peak of something cute!!

Now that we are basically out of holidays for a while, I think it would be time to work on some cutesy projects!

Here is the beginning of a project :





It all was inspired when I saw THIS on Creations by Patti.

Hers is Christmas themed, however I figured that it could easily be modified for other occasions! I only have some orange spiral binding so I needed to match up my paper with that. Now I just need to decide what I will be using it for... a Mother's day gift ? A favorite recipe book? Not sure yet!!

My goal is to add pockets to each apron and to embellish each page.

(yes... spring cleaning... my apologies once again for pushing you aside right now!)

for the teenager in your life at Easter

I love the idea I had as an Easter gift for a teenage boy who is into skulls!

I made my Halloween 3-D skull and added bunny ears!!

I never saw THOSE on any Walmart shelves this season!!

Unbelievable!!

Look at the Easter flower I received!!!

My friend Natalie worked on this project top secretly for days!! She surprised me with it yesterday. Honestly, I was speechless! It looks SOOOO real!

It is made with the Stampin' Up flower punch & a LOT of patience and glue!! I am seriously AMAZED!



Look at the detail of every flower! The picture does not do it justice. It is simply shocking when you see it!!

I tried making a rose the other day with similar instruction and i ended up with glue up to my elbows... and ONE tiny rose. hahaha I cant' imagine making at least 30!

Thanks so much Natalie!!