Showing posts with label contests. Show all posts
Showing posts with label contests. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Today...

I thought today was a good day to make Allison's prize for winning my recipe contest. I talked to her about it a few days ago and told her I had thought of making her a loaf of bread. When she told me she would have been just as excited if I had said $100 I thought "hey if my bread is worth $100 to her I will opt for the bread and still feel like a hero!!!" So today was the day I had a little help!

Don't you just love the cute aprons my girls have! Santa brought them in their stockings! They love them and put them on any time I put my grandma's old raggedy one on. (Don't worry Allison Hayden didn't make your loaf. I just let her play with a piece of dough and she is happy for hours!)

The finished product! As soon as I took this picture I wrapped a loaf and ran to to Allison's house while it was still pipping hot! One of her girls met me at the door (Janelle!) Telling me her mom wanted her to have the loaf. I'm smarter then she thinks I am though! I love how much her whole family loves my bread. It makes me feel appreciated. (It doesn't hurt that when I make bread I might as well not make dinner because that is all my kids eat too!) Oh and today I made a double batch for kind of selfish reasons. I knew I was going to be sharing some and I still wanted to have lots in our house!!! YUMMMM!

This is Hayden showing you where she puts her bread! (In her mouth! This is what she does to me every time she is telling me she ate something!)
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Pay it Forward take two!

I am reposting this because when I posted it before someone accidentaly posted 3 comments... so she is still my #1 on comments and I will still have 2 spaces!

I saw this on my friends blog and I wanted her to make me something... So for selfish and fun reasons I am posting this! This is how it works.... The first 3 people who leave a comment on this post will receive a handmade gift from me during this year. When and what will be a surprise! (I guess it depends on who is responding.) BUT in order for you to leave a comment on my blog and get a gift from me you have to leave the same message on your blog. (Which means you will be giving 3 gifts to others too!) Get it? The first three who respond will be the lucky ones! Good luck!!!

Thursday, February 19, 2009

The Winner is!!!

Ok a few weeks ago I did a recipe contest.... I had a few entries, they were all very good. My kids really enjoyed trying them and loved getting to vote on their favorites! It was pretty cute how excited they would get and they would ask me every night if this was one from our contest. It was lots of fun! Anyway there is a winner! It is Allison's Southwestern egg rolls. WE love them! Thanks and your prize is in the works!
***Edit***
Here is the winning recipe by Allison Bevans!
2 chicken breads shredded (I used canned this was faster)
1 can black beans
1 can corn (I used frozen since I don't buy canned)
2 cups monterey Jack, pepper jack, or Cheddar cheese
Then in the food processor put 1 cup spinach
1 green or red bell pepper
1/4 cup cilantro
2-4 T chili powder (depending on how spicy you like it, we used 4 and it wasn't hot!)
1-2 T cumin
1 T lime juice
1tsp salt
Chop till all combined
Mix with the chicken mixture
Put scoops of the filling into tortillas and shallow fry them. (use toothpicks to hold them together) Just fry till brown on both sides. For a healthier option they can also be broiled in the oven till crispy. (we tried both ways and I prefer the broil method because my tummy doesn't like fried things very well.)
The dip is a MUST!!!
1 avocado
1 cup ranch
2tsp lime zest or lime juice to taste.
I just cut the avocado in half and smooshed it out of the peel into the ranch and stir all the ingredients together. YUMMY!!! Enjoy.

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Pay it Forward!

I saw this on my friends blog and I wanted her to make me something... So for selfish and fun reasons I am posting this! This is how it works.... The first 3 people who leave a comment on this post will receive a handmade gift from me during this year. When and what will be a surprise! (I guess it depends on who is responding.) BUT in order for you to leave a comment on my blog and get a gift from me you have to leave the same message on your blog. (Which means you will be giving 3 gifts to others too!) Get it? The first three who respond will be the lucky ones! Good luck!!!

Monday, February 9, 2009

Recipe Search!

A few weeks ago I posted that I was looking for recipes to try out on my family. I am kind of board with all the same things.... Anyway I have had a few entries and we are loving them! I am hoping to try a few more!!!! I thought I would repost since it is now under my old posts. If you have any recipe's either leave them as a message or email me! Thanks!!! (as a reminder no fish! Just about everything else we love!)

Saturday, January 17, 2009

In search of new ideas!

Every once and a while we all hit a slump in our menu. At least I think I am not alone in this. I have seen other people try having people send them recipes and they promise to try all of them and then their family picks a winner. I think it is time I give this a try! We or I am feeling like we are eating a lot of the same things to often. I love to try new recipes and like to cook. So if you email me or leave your recipe as a comment I will try it and my family will pick a winner. The winner will win a fab prize. Don't ask what it is because I haven't decided yet. While I was injured Allison brought us a wonderful Turkey thing with Cranberries and Swiss cheese! This is what brought this idea back to my mind. Anyway there are a few rules. My kids are NOT picky eaters!!! They love just about everything I make in fact people who know then know that they will beg me to buy asparagus, artichokes, and cheer when I buy broccoli! (Weird I know! In fact I saw my oldest when he was 2 push a bowl of Ice cream away to eat SALAD!!!! NOT MY KID!) Anyway The only rules are NO guts! I don't eat liver, heart, toung any of those kinds of things! And I am not a fish eater. About as far as I go with fish is a tuna noodle casserole, and MY (which is also my mom's!) clam chowder. Other then that I don't do fish. Larry and the kids love fish but they only get to eat it when I am not home or we are camping. Even then he is instructed to not cook it in the house and clean it up (throw evidence away OUT SIDE!) before I get home. So please no fish and no guts! Other then that we will try it! I do have to tell a cute story about this. I have a friend who did this and she posted the winning recipe and we tried it! It was this Thia Chicken with Spaghetti Noodles. We LOVED it! My kids were telling me that it was 100 million thumbs up they loved it then Larry said "I like the peanut butter in the sauce." The instantly told be they hated it and they didn't want to eat anymore (they were already on seconds or thirds!) So now every time I tell them I didn't put the peanut butter in it and they love it! I think they just thought it was weird that I put peanut butter in their dinner! They love peanut butter on sandwiches and celery!!! Weirdos! Anyway! I can't wait to hear your ideas and try them! Oh and don't feel like you have to only suggest "kid" food. I don't believe in that! My kids eat what ever I fix and like it, or go hungry. They are use to it and love EVERYTHING! Good luck!