1-2-3 cake

1-2-3 Cake

My 8 year old niece loves to be in the kitchen baking. Catie’s favorite cooking show is Cake Boss and you can often find her mixing batter, licking the beaters, and decorating anything she can find with frosting.

While visiting her grandma over Thanksgiving, Catie was delighted to learn how to make Aunt Betty's 1-2-3 Cake. This recipe only takes 3 ingredients, is made in the microwave, and is an easy item for kids to make.

This recipe is called 1-2-3 Cake because all you need to remember is 3 tablespoons mix, 2 tablespoons water, and 1 minute in the microwave.

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Easy potato vegetable soup

Easy Potato Vegetable Soup

Looking for an easy to make, warm your belly, fill your tummy soup? Then look no further as this easy potato vegetable soup fits the bill.

This soup is the perfect combination of basic pantry and refrigerator items including chicken broth, cream of celery soup, canned or frozen vegetables, potatoes, onions, carrots, and seasoning.

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Dark chocolate and your health

Dark Chocolate and Your Health

Dark chocolate in contrast to its counterparts, milk and white chocolate, contains high levels of heart-healthy nutrients. These nutrients are called flavonoids.

Flavonoids are compounds that have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects on your cells and blood vessels, respectively.  Antioxidants help protect our cells from damage and, subsequently, a variety of chronic diseases. Anti-inflammatories help remove cholesterol from our blood vessels, increasing blood flow, an important aspect of maintaining a strong, healthy heart.

Research shows that these heart-healthy nutrients are found in the cocoa content of chocolate, and dark chocolate contains the highest amount of cocoa when compared to other forms. The higher the cocoa content, the more flavonoids it contains.  

Click here more information on the benefits of dark chocolate and the recipe for Dark Chocolate Brownies.

Not just stickers: Scrapbook consignment resale and craft show

Not Just Stickers

Not Just Stickers presents its Scrapbook Consignment Resale & Craft/Vendor Show.

What you will find at this sale

The scrapbook/stamping section has everything  from scrapbook albums and accessories to stickers, stamps/ink pads & accessories, card-making supplies, totes/storage, cardstock/paper, kits galore, ribbons/fibers, eyelets/brads, embellishments, chipboard, diecuts/laser cuts, tools & accessories, punches, trimmers, cutting systems, idea books/magazines.

Scrapbook/Stamping brands include:  Stampin' Up, Creative Memories, CTMH, Sizzix, Cuttlebug, Bazzill, Deluxe Designs, BoBunny, Marvy, Coluzzle, Spellbinders, CK Kits, Club Scrap, Cricut, Foamies, Rusty Pickle, Lisa Bearnson, Prima, z becky brown, Fiskars, Yudu, Bazzill, EK Success, Martha Stewart, Chatterbox, Xyron, Jolee’s, Paper Shapers, Hero Arts, PaperTrey, Quickutz, and so many more! 

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Chocolate peanut butter cheesecake

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cheesecake

There is nothing like the taste of chocolate and peanut butter. The sweetness of chocolate with the nutty salty taste of peanut is a perfect combination in my book.  Whenever a bag of Reese’s peanut butter cups are left in the candy dish, they disappear almost instantly.

If you like chocolate and peanut butter as much as I do, then you are going to love this recipe for Chocolate Peanut Butter Cheesecake.

Everyone will rave about this luscious, rich cheesecake made with a chocolate graham cracker crust and packed with peanut buttery goodness.

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Peanut butter Valentine cookies

Peanut Butter Valentine Cookies

I adore peanut butter cookies especially the ones that have a Hershey’s Kiss pressed in the middle. However, I discovered that I didn’t have all the ingredients needed in my pantry and my Hershey’s Kisses are nowhere to be found.

Call me lazy! I did not want to bundle myself up and trudge through the cold to go to the store, so instead I did the next best thing. No, I didn’t bother the neighbor or call my mom, instead I did a quick search over the Internet with the ingredients I had on hand and discovered these yummy 3 (4 if you add the chocolate) ingredient cookies.

Simple to make and delicious to eat, these classic peanut butter cookies can be frozen to keep and then thawed at room temperature for a tasty treat any time.

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Homemade gum drops

Homemade Gum Drops

Looking for a tasty snack that the kids can help make? Consider creating Homemade Gum Drops.

Homemade gum drops are easy to make and only require a few basic ingredients including Jello, unflavored gelatin, unsweetened applesauce, and sugar. Let the kids join in on the fun using different shapes and sizes of cookie cutters to make gum drops for any holiday.

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