If soup isn’t your cup of tea (see yesterday’s post), maybe you’d prefer to serve a casserole dish for the Super Bowl. Here are some of the favorite kick-asseroles in my house. Dan the Man is usually our family chef, so no crapsmanship around!
Pepperoni Pizza Casserole
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Want an easy dish to serve for your family Super Bowl party? Try this tortilla soup — you can start early and put everything in the crockpot until kickoff, or you can do this all on your stovetop in the late afternoon. You just want to make sure the chicken is well-cooked.
I saw a cute bouquet of fabric flowers at this site: http://livelaughrowe.com/diy-fabric-flowers/. It was complete with photos and a tutorial, and I thought this would be nice in a mason jar in the mudroom I’m designing. Cute, huh?
I know you could argue that it’s impossible to tell what I’m showing in this picture. I promise to post a better photo once I get the shelves installed. I’m planning to put two small white shelves in the mudroom I’m decorating for my son and daughter-in-law. I wanted to dress them up a little, plus I needed to introduce a little black element into the design. Washi tape to the rescue! Read the rest of this entry
To use a pop of lime green with the wine bottle vase I made, I bought some cheap yarn at Michaels. (You can’t beat $2/skein!) I followed the tutorial to make pom poms that I found on this site:
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To decorate my son and daughter-in-law’s mudroom (aka coat closet), I decided to decorate a wine bottle to serve as a vase. I planned to use some scrap burlap pieces I had, but my first order of business was to remove the label from the wine bottle. Not as easy as it sounds! Read the rest of this entry
I’m finally back to blogging after a couple week layoff due to the serious malady of too-lazy-to-write. I guess the holidays got the best of me. Read the rest of this entry
I’ve been giving my waffle iron a workout lately, and I couldn’t wait to try Paula Deen’s Cornmeal Waffles with Spicy Chili (http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/cornmeal-waffles-with-spicy-chili-recipe.html?soc=sharingpinterest). Though I cut back on the spices somewhat, I followed Paula’s recipe with no other revisions. It was a yummy treat, and no crapsmanship was involved!
For my family’s Christmas celebration, I served a big brunch. I wanted to experiment with making hash browns in my waffle iron. Several Pinterest posters recommended using tater tots, so I decided to give it a go. The day before the meal, I made the hash browns. My first attempts were rather pitiful (CRAP ALERT!). I should have crowded the tater tots closer together so they wouldn’t fall apart, and I should have cooked them a little longer to brown and crisp them up. I found that it worked the best to center the tater tops in the waffle iron without filling up the whole iron. In this case, smaller waffles were better. Read the rest of this entry
crapsmanship 