Bacon Onion Dip

Make your own YUMMY bacon onion dip!
This was another MOPS craft.
You could use these as hostess gifts as well.

Ingredients:

2 tbs bacon bits
1 tsp beef bouillon granules
1 tbs. minced onions
1/8 tsp minced garlic

Combine all ingredients in a small ziploc bag. Store in cool, dry place and use within 6 months. To make: Combine 1 cup of sour cream and 1 package of mix. Chill at least an hour before serving.

Friendship Tea

We made these at MOPS and they were a huge hit.
Not only were they cute in the jar but the tea tasted so good.
These would be great hostess gifts for the holidays!

I found the jars at Ikea (4 for $2.99) love that place!

In the jar layer the following ingredients in this order:

3 tbs. sugar
3 tbs. tang
3 tbs. lemonade
2 tbs. powdered tea
pinch of cloves
pinch of cinnamon

Tie a tag to the jar with these directions:
Pour jar of ingredients into a bowl and mix.
To serve tea, add 2 tbs. of tea mix to 1 cup of boiling water.

You can make almost 5 cups of tea with this little jar.

Friendship Soup

We made this with my MOPS group and not only does it look pretty in the jar
but it tastes SOOO good!! You can find the recipe here:

Friendship Soup Mix In A Jar

It makes a lot of soup!

Window Painting!

I found the best recipe for window paint

at Chasing Cheerios

It is super easy to make...

water, corn starch, dish soap and food color

I ended up just mixing a little of each until

I had the consistency of pudding.

Not only was it FUN but it was super

easy to clean up and my window is now spotless!!!

Muffin Tin Meal

Muffin Tin Meal!

Kelly and Jake each had their own muffin tin lunch.

I was surprised at how much they ate and

the fact that Jake (17 mos) only tried

to tip his tray once!!For the little man...

hot dog, grapes, banana, cheese,

pirate puffs and cheerios

For Kelly...

hot dog, grapes, cheese,

pirate puffs and yogurt

Butterfly

Look how cute this butterfly snack idea is!

Basically you choose 2 different types of snacks

(I used grapes and apple slices)

close up the Ziploc and tie a pipe cleaner in the

middle for the butterfly antennas.

Super simple, very cute and the kids love it!

Playdough!

We love to make and play with playdough in our house!

Here is my favorite recipe...there are lots out there

but this is the one I like best:

First mix together your dry ingredients...

flour, salt and cream of tartar

Next, add the water, oil and food coloring.
Mix well until only small lumps remain.

Cook on medium heat stirring constantly.
It will start to lump together.
Continue cooking until little moisture is left.


I usually plop mine onto a cookie sheet to cool
and then knead it.
The playdough on the bottom is right out of the pan.
Once completely cool, store in Ziploc bag or plastic container.

I bought all of my ingredients at Smart & Final.
If you plan on making a lot of playdough, that is
the best place to buy the Cream of Tartar...it is a bit
pricey at the grocery store!

Christmas Sweets!

Last week at MOPS we had a great speaker who shared

ideas on how to celebrate the holiday season

with your kids. Look at the cute cookies & sweets she made!

Sleighs made out of graham crackers and candy canes!

Snowmen made out of 2 marshmallows on a stick, red fruit roll up

for the scarf and black gum drop for the hat.

Christmas trees made from a sugar cone with green

frosting spread on it. Decorate with sprinkles, m&m's, etc.

Nutter Butters dipped in chocolate for reindeer's.
Use broken pretzels for the antlers and a red hot for his nose!

Rice Krispy treat present...wrap a square rice krispy treat

with a red fruit roll up...tie like a bow!
Almost to cute to eat!!

Corn & Ham Chowder

Here is one of my favorite soup recipes.

Sue's Corn & Ham Chowder

2 tbs. butter or margarine
½ cup chopped onions
1 cup diced ham
1 can cream of mushroom soup(or other cream soup)
¾ cups whole milk
¾ cup half & half
1 can cream style corn
1 package frozen cream style corn
1 cup diced potatoes
Salt and pepper to taste


Sauté onion in butter
Add ham
Blend in soup, then milk
Add corn, potatoes and season to taste
Simmer about 30 minutes or until potatoes are tender

**Do not cook in crock pot…it waters it down!

Perfect for a chilly day...not

that we have many of those in SoCal

:)

Peach Crumb Cake

This is not only EASY to make but super yummy!!

Peach Crumb Cake (click for recipe)