Tuesday Treats: Rolo Brownies

I wish I had a better picture of these treats, but I took them to Stone Harbor with me and completely forgot to take a picture of the finished product with it's ooey gooey insides!  Nonetheless, they were easy and delicious and worth another occasion.

Ingredients

1 box brownie mix (and ingredients that go with it)

Rolo candies, frozen

Directions

1.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2.  Lightly grease mini muffin pan.

3.  Make brownies, according to package directions on box.

4.  Fill each muffin cup 2/3 of the way with brownie mix.

5.  Place frozen Rolo candy in center.

6.  Spread batter from around sides to cover top of Rolo candy.

7.  Bake 10-15 minutes.

8.  Allow to cool slightly and remove from pan.

ENJOY!!!

Happy Anniversary!

Happy first Anniversary, to my beautiful sister and her sweet hubby!

XOXO

Christmas in July

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Tuesday Treats: Luscious Lemon Delight

Just another delicious Pintrest recipe!  I made this dessert for my dad for Father's Day, as he loves anything lemon (well, except for lemon wedding cake, but that's a story for another day!).  It was the perfect treat for a warm summer day…cool and refreshing!

Ingredients

1 cup flour

1/2 cup chopped pecans PLUS

2 tbsp chopped pecans

1 stick butter, softened

1 (8 oz) package cream cheese, softened

1 cup powdered sugar

1 (8 oz) container Cool Whip, thawed

2 (3.4 ounce) packages instant lemon pudding mix

2 2/3 cups milk

Directions

1.  Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

2.  Combine flour, 1/2 cup pecans, and butter in medium bowl and mix well.  Press into bottom of 11 X 18 inch pan.  

3.  Bake until lightly browned, about 15 minutes.  

4.  Allow to cool.

5.  Beat cream cheese in medium bowl until fluffy.  Add powdered sugar and beat until mixture is light and fluffy.  Add ONE cup Cool whip and fold in gently.  Spread over cooled crust.

6.  Combine pudding mix and milk in medium bowl.  Mix until thickened.  Spread on top of cream cheese layer.

7.  Top with remaining Cool Whip.  

 8.  Sprinkle with remaining pecans.  

9.  Chill, covered, for one hour.

ENJOY!!!!  

(Hopefully as much as Dad did!)

Wednesday Wellness: Green Smoothies?

While I have been loving my Strawberry Smoothies, I wanted to add some more nutrition to my snack. I decided to add a handful of spinach and exchange the strawberries for peaches…can we say DE-LIC-OUS!!!

Ingredients

1 cup fresh or frozen peach slices

1 cup unsweetened almond milk

1-2 handfuls spinach

1 scoop vanilla protein powder

2 Tbsp flaxseed

Directions

Blend all ingredients together

and 

ENJOY!!!

Tuesday Treats: Better than Josh Lucas

You may know this cake as "Better than Sex Cake" or "Better than Robert Redford Cake," but I put my own spin on it for Josh Lucas.  

Whenever I'm asked who my celebrity crush would be, people always are confused who JC is.  Did you all not see Sweet Home Alabama?!  Maybe it's his southern charm, but I swoon for this man…

Maybe it's "Jake Perry's" southern charm or his romantic-at-heart personality, but either way, I was bummed to learn he got married this past March ;)

Anyways, cake…that's what we were talking about.  Right.

Ingredients

1 box Devil's food cake mix (and ingredients that go with it)

1/2 (14 ounce) can of sweetened condensed milk

 Caramel (or Chocolate) ice cream topping

Heath Bar bits

1 (8 ounce ) container Cool Whip

Directions

1.  Bake cake according to directions for a 9 X 13 pan; cool for 5 minutes.  Poke holes with fork throughout cake.

2.  Slowly poor milk over cake and let soak in holes. 

3.  Drizzle caramel/chocolate over the cake.

4.  Place cake in refrigerator and allow to completely cool.

5.  Top with cool whip, drizzle more caramel/chocolate sauce over top and sprinkle with Heath Bar bits.  

6.  Refrigerate until ready to serve.

ENJOY!!!

Sweet Home Alabama
Melanie Carmichael:  What do you want to be married to me for, anyhow?
Jake Perry:  So I can kiss you anytime I want.

Home is Where the Pizza is...

"When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's amore."

We had a "make your own pizza night" over here a couple weeks ago.  I think we had every topping possible, including fresh mozzarella, pesto, homemade sauce, sausage, mushrooms, broccoli, peppers, goat cheese, and more.  We all filled our bellies with our individual pizzas and sipped on some sangria I made.  

 Unfortunately, this was the only (horrible) picture I took of the sangria, but I can assure you, it tasted much better than this picture looks!  

Ingredients

1/2 cup of Brandy

1/4 cup lemon juice

1/3 cup frozen lemonade concentrate

1/3 cup orange juice

1 bottle red wine

1/2 cup triple sec

1 lemon, sliced into rounds

1 orange, sliced into rounds

1 lime, sliced into rounds

1/4 cup sugar

8 maraschino cherries 

Directions

1.  In large pitcher, mix together brandy, lemon juice, lemonade concentrate, OJ, red wine, triple sec and sugar.  

2.  Float slices of lemon, orange, and lime.  Add maraschino cherries.

3.  Refrigerate over night.  

4.  For fizzy sangria, add club soda before serving.

(I doubled this recipe and it made a little less than two large pitchers)

And who can decline dessert after pizza?  I made some Peanut Butter Cup Muffins to indulge in afterwards.  

ENJOY!!!