Bubble Art

Today we had a great rainy day activity.  I saw this pin from fellow pinner, Kristina Sauerwein, she pinned it from Marcia Beckett's blog, Art is Basic.  To be honest, I didn't look up the directions from Marcia's blog, seeing that the OP's notes were all I needed.  Add food coloring to bubble solution and blow bubbles on the paper.  Easy peasy lemon squeezy baby!

I had a bottle and a half of bubble solution.  We had an extra wand from another botched attempt at a glow in the dark bubbles pin.

I also used giant milkshake straws for bubble wands too.

Here are the results:

Our Supplies

My bubble artists

Adding the food coloring

Is it Easter?

Mixa Mixa Mixa!

Dipping

Bubbling

Popping

L's Creation

V's Masterpiece

This activity kept us occupied for at least an hour!  I joined in the fun as well.  A word to the wise, wear an old shirt or an apron.  When you're close to the paper and the bubbles pop, you'll be splattered all over like a Jackson Pollock original!  It'll be on your shirt, on your table, on your walls, on your floor, on your arms, on your face... you get the picture!

We turned our newly dried creations into one of a kind birthday cards for Gramma (sshh!  Don't tell!)

Another Pinterest success!

Pull Apart Garlic Bread

Looks like I can't get enough of trying out promising Pinterest recipes!  I am so excited about this one.  It seems so easy with only 5 ingredients.  OK, the OP was Marine Willey.  She pinned this via The Virtuous Wife. 

The Recipe:

1 can Grands biscuits (NOT the flaky kind), cut into quarters
3 cloves of garlic, minced
1/2 stick of butter
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
1 tsp Italian seasoning

The Directions:

I don't think these directions could get any easier.  I was hopeful that being so simple to follow that it would still turn out as wonderful as promised.

Here we go!

Our starting point

Our ingredients

Preheat oven to 350.  Melt 1/2 stick of butter in a bundt pan while the oven preheats.

While butter is melting, in a separate bowl, toss garlic, cheese, biscuits & seasoning.

 *The OP omitted the Italian Seasoning, I used Celestial Seasoning salad dressing mix in lieu of a traditional dried oregano, basil mixture.

Add biscuit mixture to the bundt pan with the melted butter.

Bake until golden brown.

 ** OP suggested baking for 20-22 minutes.  Mine took at least 25 minutes.

Invert the bread ring on to a plate & serve!

Here's hubs digging in... never mind the Diego place mat!

Mmmm...

This bread was crispy on the outside, soft and chewy on the inside.  We served ours along side steak, potatoes & steamed veggies.  This pull apart bread ring was devoured by my family of five in no time!

This recipe definitely passed the easy-peasy test!  And it was also super yummy!  I highly recommend this recipe if you like garlic bread and want a fancy looking side dish that is easy to prepare!

Hershey Kiss Pies

Just when I thought I'd be done testing Pinterest recipes, here I sit ready to share with you our latest sweet treat!  This was one of my first repins.

This easy peasy desert was originally pinned by Jayne Hale.  And comes from Jenny Flake's Picky Palate site.

Ok, let's get started with the recipe (my personal notes are in red):

Kiss Pies

1 refrigerated pie crust, thawed

14 Hershey Kisses (use your fave flavor... I used plain)

1 egg white whisked with 1 Tbsp water

Granulated sugar

Powdered sugar for dusting

Here we go... will I get as good results? Have I mentioned I'm not the best at baking mini anythings? lol

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

I Saw it on Pinterest!



Our Ingredients



 Roll out pie dough onto a lightly floured counter top.

Rolling out the dough

 Place 10 kisses around the edges of pie dough, about 2 1/2 inches apart (as in the photo below).

Spacing the kisses

Take a knife and cut a 2 1/2-3 inch circle around kiss. (I used a large biscuit cutter for mine). 

So much potential!

I even managed to get the sullen teen to whip up the egg wash.
See how talented she is?  Whipping with one hand, ipod-ing with the other!

 Fold half of pie dough around top of dough and pinch edge around top of kiss. 

Pinching up the sides

 Now, fold up both sides of remaining dough up to the tip of the kiss pinching edge. Next, press together edges and form criss cross.

So far so good

 Continue cutting dough around kisses until all dough is used up. I got about 14 rounds cut when I re-rolled my scraps.  Brush all little pies with an egg white wash then sprinkle with granulated sugar. Bake for 20-28 minutes or until little pies are golden.

My apprentices have our pies oven ready

Remove and let cool for 5 minutes before transferring to cooling rack. 

Right out of the oven

Not too shabby!

Rut roh!
Admittedly, the dough for these were re-rolled.
I guess I didn't roll it thin enough.

 Dust each with powdered sugar and serve.

Dusted with powdered sugar & ready to eat!



Sweet!



 Our Kiss Pies didn't turn out as flat as the OP's.  I'm not sure if my dough wasn't thin enough.  I didn't roll out my pie crust any thinner than it was right out of the package.

The verdict?  Kids say, "Mmmm!"  Hubs says, "Those are good.  Not too sweet, just right."

Easy-Peasy?  Yes!  Yummy?  Yes!!





Another sweet Pinterest success!

Buttery Garlic Shrimp

Here we are again in my Pinterest Test Kitchen!  When I repinned this recipe last week I swore I would try it so here we are.  There is no real title for this recipe so I've dubbed it Buttery Garlic Shrimp.  I can't really call it Scampi since, to me, that is WAY over powering.  Anywho... we did this recipe for dinner tonight.  My family was skeptical at first.  Oh no!  Not something "new"!  Good gracious!  I get so tired of having the same thing week in and week out!  Don't you?

Ok, back to it.  The OP (Original Pinner), known as "Diana", claimed this was supposed to be "The Best Shrimp You Will Ever Taste!"  So, let's see!

Here is the recipe pin.  Easy peasy instructions. 

Preheat oven to 350. 
Line a shallow baking pan with foil. 
Melt a stick of butter in the pan.  (I chose to nuke my butter in the microwave.) 
Layer lemon slices on top of the butter.
Add the shrimp.
Sprinkle the Italian seasoning packet over the shrimp. (For whatever reason, I chose Hidden Valley's Italian Salad Dressing Seasoning Packet I'm not sure if the OP meant dried herbs like oregano, basil, etc. but the term packet made me think of that stuff anyway!)
Bake for 15 minutes.

Our ingredients!  Just enough for a family of 5.

Oven Ready

Buttery Italian Yummy Goodness

I'm thinking my shrimp aren't as golden as the OP's, since mine were peeled already.  Now, let me just say, if you don't already know me, we are a family of five and rarely do we agree on ANY dinner menus.  Everyone thought this was FABULOUS!  Even the sullen teenager said it was "yeah, pretty good."

We served ours with broccoli and brown rice.

So I asked my husband if he thought it was the "best shrimp ever".  He thought it was REALLY good and wished I doubled the recipe, but it comes in a close second to Red Lobster's Parmesan Shrimp.  So, I'm thinking next time I'll add a sprinkling of Parmesan cheese.

I drizzled a little of the herb butter from the pan over the shrimp.
Mmmm.....

Easy Peasy?  Yes!  Yummy?  Double Yes!!
So far, I'm two for two on Pinterest test recipes!  Yeah!

Can't wait to see what's next!