St. Patrick’s Day Treats

March 10, 2012 By Joanna

St. Patricks Day will be here in a week! Crazy huh!? Growing up my parents really didn’t “celebrate” St. Patrick’s Day. We wore green clothes to school but it wasn’t really a big deal, especially with Easter being around the corner!
Now that I am a mom I try to do a fun holiday craft or treat with my kiddos for each holiday to:

1. Be cool (although my 9 year old stepson would disagree at times…)
2. Make memories to cherish later down the road when the kids are grown
3. Making yummy treats means we get to “taste” them before we gift them. :)

While looking up some fun St. Patrick’s Day Treats and St. Patrick’s Day activities, I was overwhelmed with all the possibilities! I am not even on Pinterest yet so I can only imagine what amazing things are up on that site that I would want to try!? J-Girl has to bring a St. Patrick’s Day snack this week for her mommy&me time that we attend so I wanted to do something that the kids ages 2-3 would like. I got this St. Patrick’s Day treat idea from a friend and so I wanted to share it with you. WARNING: It is super cute and very delicious!

St. Patrick’s Day Treats

Pot at the end of the rainbow snack

This cute snack is so easy to make, really!

Pot at the End of the Rainbow St. Patrick’s Day Recipe Ingredients

• Rainbow Twizzlers
• Rolos
• Clear treat bags
• Green ribbon.

Yep, thats it! I was actually surprised how inexpensive this snack was to make. The rolo candy was the most expensive item but hey, they taste so good. I purchased all my candy from Walmart and the rainbow Twizzlers were $1.88 a package, Rolos were $3.28 a package and the clear treat bags were $1, the green ribbon I had from another project so it was FREE!

This St. Patrick's Day Treat is easy peasy plus so CUTE!

Pot at the End of the Rainbow St. Patrick’s Day Recipe Directions

1. To get started please wash your hands since you will be touching the Twizzler’s to get them in to the bag.
2. I then used the ROYGBV combo to make my mini rainbows and lined them up before putting them into the bag.
3. Cut the purple twizzler on one end to make it look better and more uniform like the rainbow arch.
4. Once the ROYGBV Twizzler’s are in the bag and placed to your liking then just drop in a few gold wrapped rolos .
5. Tie up with some cute green St. Patrick’s Day ribbon (I needed an extra set of hands to help tie the ribbon)! Thanks T-boy!

Here are the Twizzler's and Rolo's all ready to go....Yes, purple is missing, J-Girl was "helping".

We had so much fun making these St. Patrick’s Day treats for J-Girls class, that T-Boy wants to make them for his class too–good thing they aren’t too expensive and difficult to make since I will need 25 of them for this week! :) Although I would love a “real” pot of gold to find this St. Patrick’s Day, I know that I am so lucky to have such a wonderful hubby and two adorable kiddos to do fun things with and love with all my might! Enjoy!

St. Patrick's Day Treats

Check back tomorrow for a cute St. Patrick’s Day Craft idea for your kiddos and us MOMS too! Need a hint?!? Ok, your hint is a pair of thrift store shoes and a can of LUCKY GREEN spray paint!

VIRUS!

So I haven't been able to get on because ALL yes ALL my computers had a virus. Apparently it spread through my network and this particular virus actually stopped me from logging into Google. Which meant no youtube, no gmail, no blogger! If anyone has ever had the SVCHOST.EXE trojan you know how I feel!

If anyone ever needs help removing it let me know and I will gladly walk you through it. It was a nightmare for me and I had to manually remove it. Ugh so saying that I'll be updating a little more now!

FDA says Spinbrush could be dangerous?

So I rarely do this, okay I don't but this is so random it worries me. My daughter loves electric toothbrushes it makes brushing her teeth fun. There are some that have timers in the form of cute pop songs or some that light up.

Thankfully they only issued a warning for Arm and Hammer (formerly Crest) Spinbrushes. Apparently there are pieces that can come off including the brush head or bristles. To read the article written by Parenting visit http://www.parenting.com/blogs/show-and-tell/melanie-parentingcom/fda-spinbrush-warning?src=soc&dom=tw sorry it's so long I can't link properly since I'm on my phone -____- hopefully my Internet will be up and running soon!

Tll next time!

Bacon Wrapped Jalapenos! OMG! [Dinner Call]

Okay so again, it's not really dinner. Who cares I love these! Great for parties believe me these will be a hit! If not you can come back and slap me ;)

Ingredients

• 20 whole Fresh Jalapenos, 2-3 Inches In Size
• 2 cubes Cream Cheese, softened
• 1 pound Thin (regular) bacon sliced into 1/2

Preparation Instructions

Tip: If you have gloves wear them! Remember you're going to be messing with jalapenos!
  
      1. Cut jalapenos in half, length-wise. 

      2. With a spoon, remove the seeds and white membrane (If you  want them spicy skip this step altogether or just take a little out!).

      3. Smear softened cream cheese into each jalapeno half. 

      4.Wrap jalapeno with bacon pieces (1/2 slice). If you haven't already cut the bacon do so now! Secure by sticking toothpick through the middle. 

      5. Bake on a pan with a rack in a 450-degree oven for 20-25 minutes. You don’t want the bacon to shrink so much it starts to the squeeze the jalapeno. 

      6. Your done! Enjoy!



Credit for the photos used above goes to http://www.pioneerwoman.com. Recipe was modified by me!

Sin Dip! [Dinner Call]

Okay so maybe not 'Dinner' but an amazing afternoon snack? Maybe? Who cares! I've heard this is called Sin Dip. Idk I found the recipe on a facebook page and she said I could re-use it! So here it is!

• 16 oz of sour cream
• 8 oz of cream cheese
• 1 bag of cheddar cheese 
• 3-4 green onions chopped up 
• 1 cup diced ham
• 1 can of Ortega jalapeños

• Mix all of it together. 
• Get a bread bowl and scoop out the bread and put the dip in the bowl and scatter the bread on the pan also so it toasts while cooking. 
• Put it oven at 325 for about 20 minutes WITH the bread on the pan! 
• The bread is for dipping. Enjoy! :)

Tongue-Tied Tuesday

Time for "Tongue-Tied" Tuesday ;)

        And today's winner of a random weird pic goes to......

This guy lol. -_- I have no words. Is this cute? Or just weird? I kind of laughed when I first saw this but he doesn't look like he's having too much fun so now I feel bad lol. Any thoughts?

Valentine's Day ALMOST!

I can't believe it's almost Valentine's Day. I still have no idea what to get my hubby. I don't think he's even going to get me anything but I can't really be mad at him. Finances have been rough lately! I think I might actually prefer him to not waste money on me? Oh well. What are you guys doing for that special day? Anything special?

Super Bowl Stadium Platter! [Dinner Call]

So the Super Bowl is officially here! So today's edition of dinner call is of course football themed! Here are some AMAZING idea's for any football party!

 

I have no idea where these actually came from I stole them of a friend on facebook. So I'm sorry if they're yours! There was no credit and they seem to have been going around all over today since it was Super Bowl!

*Sorry there's no actual recipe today. If you want to though request and I will post one ASAP!

Broiled Chicken with Bell Peppers! [Dinner Call]

What did you have for dinner? As a WAHM I'm going to be honest and say that I don't really even cook dinner anymore. I'm sure those moms that work outside of the home have no idea why I wouldn't. And the moms that are fellow WAHM's know exactly what I mean lol. I'm so tired of being home all day AND working here, that if I have to cook dinner too sometimes it can get to much! I literally work all day till about 5pm. So when hubby gets home it's his turn to cook lol. Thank God he doesn't care (he's going to school to be a chef!)

*Edit: I actually re-read what I posted and I don't mean to sound as if moms that don't work outside the home have it easier! I'm just so tired of seeing the kitchen since I'm here all day lol.

Anyway, so my first dinner call of my blog is by him! My hubby made broiled chicken with bell peppers and vegetables!  It was soooo good lol. He marinated it in lemon herb juice and I made some rice to go with it and that's what we ate tonight!

Photo: Becky Luigart-Stayner; Styling: Jan Gautro

Here's the recipe we used as requested!

Ingredients

• 3/4 teaspoon salt, divided 
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper, divided 
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder 
• 4 (6-ounce) skinless, boneless chicken breasts 
• 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided 
• 1 cup thinly sliced onion
• 2 cups thinly sliced red bell pepper 
• 1 cup thinly sliced yellow bell pepper 
• 1 cup fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth 
• 1/4 cup lemon juice or 1/4 water and lemon herb mixed

Preparation

       1. Preheat oven to 450°.
       2. Get a large bowl or casserole dish. Combine 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon black pepper, garlic powder, and lemon herb mix or lemon juice. Add chicken, brush with mix; cover and let sit in refrigerator for about an hour.

       3. Arrange chicken in an 11 x 7–inch baking dish coated with cooking spray. Bake at 450° for 10 minutes or until done.

      4. Heat remaining olive oil over medium-high heat. Add bell peppers, and onions; sauté 3 minutes. Stir in broth, scraping pan to loosen browned bits. Reduce heat; simmer 5 minutes. Increase heat to medium-high. Stir in vinegar, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper; cook 3 minutes, stirring frequently. Serve bell pepper mixture over chicken.



So super easy! Takes about 10 mins to get everything cut up 5 more to mix everything and then let it sit while you take a nap ;) lol okay maybe not that! So quick and easy once you have everything prepared. Any thoughts?

OMG There's something other than Scentsy!

Okay you know I had to lol. I honestly have never bought Scentsy. I like candles! I like to light them and see the flame! I know that sounds weird but that's just me. *shrugs* Anyway I just signed up as a new Independent Consultant with a brand new company called Pink Zebra Home!

I'm actually so excited I fell in love from the moment I saw them on a friends page. They have these cute little soy wax "dots" that are very versatile.

According to http://www.pinkzebrahome.com "Sprinkles, [allow] you to create your own personal recipe of fragrance and color without ever getting your hands dirty".

So if you have no idea what I mean by "dots" I'll describe them like this. Remember those little dot candies that we used to eat as a kid (we meaning me)? Sprinkles look a lot like those just in a jar. They come in (now) more than 40 scents and you can mix and match them.

So obviously if they only sold those I would be a huge contridiction to my above statement. No they also sell candles! I was as surprised as you probably are. You can actually top your favorite candle with them to make a unique scent recipe. Or you can melt them in small simmer pots or their large ones without using any flames or create your own candle using our Glimmer Kit you can do so much with them! I'm super excited can you tell?

My favorite is our fragrance of the month which is of course pink. It's called Sweet Pea & Lily. I have been obsessed with that smell overall since I was young. Right now it's on sale for 15% off,  since it's the fragrance of the month. You know I'm going to stock up lol. Till next time!

OMG It's 2012!

Hello my fellow Internet-ers! I can't believe it's 2012 already! That means it's time to start updating my blog lol. I will definitely have some new recipes and  crafts on here I promise. Please share this blog if you can!


Thanks! Till next time.