Found in the pantry series

After reading the book Hattie Big Sky I have been uber inspired to use what I have in my pantry and freezer and add only fresh veggies, milk and eggs. My first day of this I whipped up a really delicious baked pasta dish. The tall one asked where I found the recipe! Ha – invented out of ingredients I had on hand. I also made home made biscuits. They didn’t really rise and didn’t look that great but they tasted fantastic. For desert I made a baked cream of wheat pudding that received rave reviews from all! I love being limited – it really makes me so creative. I am also now working on raised bed planter boxes to grow veggies – thanks Hattie Big Sky for the inspiration! Find that crazy cream of wheat pudding recipe here: cream of wheat pudding

July 19, 2010labfive Leave a comment

Fondant Cake Party

When crafty baking ladies gather – cool things come of it! We had a fondant decorating party. Some used the Cricut Cake and some went old school free-hand! It was so much fun to mix colors and create designs and the frosting was pretty tasty too. Thank you to my friend Sherrie for opening up her home and sharing her day with all of us at the Cake party!

Super Cool cake by 7 year old Samera

Cupcakes by Julie

Graphic Cake by Ruth

Geometric Cake by Ruth

Flower Volcano by Sherrie

Floral Loveliness by Pat

Cool Man Cupcakes by Eileen

Sarah my party co-hostess

Sherrie our host rolling out fondant

June 22, 2010labfive Leave a comment

A perfect foodie goodies day

Today spontaneously turned into a yummy foodie day. We started off with a delicious breakfast of hard boiled eggs, cottage cheese, avocado and steamed spinach. Mid morning I started to dehydrate a stack of herbs I needed to get at before they went bad. Then on to tackle a giant zucchini a friend gave me from her garden. The Short One is here with me today so she requested that we bake. I decided to accommodate and bake some zucchini bread. I put a twist on it (thank you Paula Deen) by making it a chocolate zucchini bread! After it came out of the oven the Short One asked that I spread cream cheese on hers. That was a pretty yummy idea! Click here for Paula Deen’s Chocolate Zucchini Bread.