Just some stuff!

I never know what to call these multi-subject posts, hence the name, Just some stuff!

My birthday was in March and my best friend sent me a subscription to Light and Tasty (Taste of Home). Well it took a while to receive it and when it finally came it wasn't Light and Tasty (which has been changed to Healthy Cooking) like it should have been but it was Simple and Delicious. Well I really needed Light and Tasty (Healthy Cooking) but I'm pretty happy with Simple and Delicious. Wheww, that was a mouthful.

Here's a great little recipe we found in the magazine, and fun too. The perfect thing to make with the kids on a slow morning and how happy they'll be!


Homemade Fudge Pops
30 minutes + Freezing
Lyssa Prasek c/o Simple and Delicious Magazine

1/4 C butter cubed
1/2 C all purpose flour
4 C milk
1-1/3 packed brown sugar
1/3 C baking cocoa
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. vanilla extract
20 Popsicle molds or disposable plastic cups (3 oz each) and Popsicle sticks

►In a large saucepan, melt butter over a medium heat. Stir in floud until smooth; gradually add milk. Stir in brown sugar, cocoa and salt. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for two minutes or until thickened.

►Remove from the heat; stir in vanilla. Cool for 20 minutes stirring several times.

►Pour 1/4 cupfulls into popscicle molds or plastic cups; top molds with holders or insert popscicle sticks into cups. Freeze until firm

Yields 20 servings.

There are lots of great recipes to be found in the Simple and Delicious magazine, check it out!
ENJOY!



Oh guess what?? While our friends were here we went to Austria to shop and let them see it a little, guess what we found?? Okay so the picture gives it away a bit but look at those things!! Do you see the Dr.Pepper? I mean really do you have any idea what a miracle that is? When we were in the store and Johnny found them I almost screamed, not so much because I love Dr. Pepper (which I do) but just the sheer shock. Bro. Rasbeary bought all 12 that the store had, how nice of him and he gave them all to us. Awww!! Thanks Bro. James!

Anyhow, also I found Miracle Whip which is a miracle in itself and last but not least, PECANS! I couldn't believe it. Do you know that Croats don't even know what Pecans are. I was so pleased to find these, actyally pleased isn't the word, ecstatic is more like it. So next time you eat a tuna sandwhich with pecans and Miracle whip in it, (which btw is delish if you havn't tried it) and pour that bottle of Dr. Pepper over that ice; think of us poor missionaries who struggle to make it without the needed essentials! HA! Anyhow, God's so good to care about the little things!Hey look what I have... I feel like a school girl showing off her new toy. Clover bias tape makers!!
If you remember this post, I was showing off some new material I wanted to use for an apron. Well I never did it, never started the apron because I had coordinating material and I wanted to use it for the bias tape but it's next to impossible to make bias tape with out a bias tape maker so, I'm all set. I'll be posting about that really soon!

Oh I had to share this with you, isn't she sweet. That's KD, she's our Golden (white) Retriever. She brings me her toy (which used to be a good round rope thinggy with a tennis ball attached until she decided to redesign it) when she wants to play, she's so special!

Anyhoo y'all, I'll leave you today with this pretty little shot I took in Varazdin, I would love to have about 6 of these little pots sitting around my yard. Love the painted tin can!

Special thanks to all you gals who went by to look at my new Windows Around Europe blog. I know it's weird but honestly so am I!

Have a great weekend y'all!!