Thursday, March 31, 2011

Sweet and Sour with an apology

Alright let me first say that we apologize for a lack of posts lately but we have been busy ladies.  I won't bore you with our excuses we will just move on.  We hope you like our revamping of our blog.  We were feeling that it looked a little drab for who we are.  If we could figure it out we would have a flashing neon sign for our blog header but we are just learning.  Maybe someday!

Alright so on to the sweet and sour part....

When I was first married I explored a lot of recipes and had a wide variety of meals.  It seems as though our meal plan has narrowed some and now I am lucky to get something more than cold cereal on the table.  One of the recipes that I used to make all the time and we loved was Sweet and Sour chicken .  It is quick and delicious!  So without further adieu...



Sweet and Sour Chicken/pork
1 can pineapple tidbits in juice
1/3 cup vinegar
3/4 cup water 
2 T. soy sauce
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 T. lemon juice
1/4-1/2 tsp. garlic powder
salt and pepper to taste
Chicken or pork cut into bite size pieces and cooked

Drain the pineapple, save the pineapple for later and put the juice into a medium sauce pan. Add the rest of the ingredients and bring to a boil.  In a small bowl mix 2 Tablespoons of cornstarch with a little water; add to sauce mixture.  Cook until thickened.  Add pineapple and desired meat.  You can also add green or red peppers and onion if desired.  I recently made this with fresh pineapple and red peppers.  It was DELICIOUS!  I had to buy just pineapple juice for the sauce but it was worth it!  I usually double the sauce for this recipe we like sauce, we are saucy people...lol!

Saturday, March 19, 2011

Rainbow cupcakes

I made these for St. Patrick's Day but still wanted to share the concept because they can be made for many occasions.  Not just St. Patty's Day.




My kids went crazy over them & it got me thinking.......  How fun to pick 2 or even 3 colors & layer those.  Pink & white or blue & white for a baby shower would be sooooo cute!  Or even red & blue for a Spider-man birthday party theme.  I could go on all day ladies......just planting little seeds of thought.  Just wait, you'll try to fit these into any upcoming occasion.  They're just that fun!

Like I said before I'm sharing a concept not a recipe.  Take a white cake mix & mix it up.  Separate the batter into 6 bowls.  Dye the batter whatever color you want in each bowl.  Then evenly distribute between 12 cupcake tins.  I won't lie, this is where I didn't know if this was worth it.  I was going crazy getting each color to cover completely over the other.  You can use the back of a spoon to help gently spread each color around.  And if you happen to have a Pampered Chef small scoop that will help tremendously because each color/layer is one small scoop per cupcake.