Blueberry Breakfast Bars

Great way to start your morning with these blueberry sweet bars.

Check out the recipe at:

http://amybites.com/?p=1559

Lemon and Raspberry Cookies

I tried a new lemon glaze reciepe.

Add a little lemon zest and a raspberry.

It was a perfect lemon sweet summer treat.

Meatboy Birthday Cake, Cookies, & More...

For my husband's birthday I thought I'd make a theme from one of his video games. I choose one of my husbands favorite games Super Meatboy. This game has everything; amazing music, difficult levels, and even a love story. Awh.

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Wait...you don't know who Meatboy is!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhV8vZmGqzw

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Want more see how hard he fights to get back Bandage Girl:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POYXzcnDiPg&NR=1

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Are you like me & hooked on the music? Here is a place to download it:

http://dbsoundworks.bandcamp.com/album/super-meat-boy-soundtrack

Seriously Forest Funk is genius! I'd be baking and listening to Betus Blues while Andy would be on a certain level, and I would not want him to beat the level or move on because I liked the music so much. lol. (Super Meatboy composer Danny B. Hearts!)

Ok so now you know how awesome Super Meatboy is-if you didn't already.

So onto the cake!

Now I'm not much for cake decorating, but I tried my best on this two tier Meatboy cake.

The lower level was double fudge cake mixed with butter so it would be super moist. The upper tier was a red velvet cake made with butter so it was super moist. This also means...it was horrible to work with, but it was worth it for the taste.

The finale to this super moist cake...made from scratch vanilla cream cheese frosting.

My husband loved it! Which was kinda the piont so I felt great.

The cake next to some Meatboy decorations I made and the Meatboy painting I made for my husband.

He also needed Meatboy sugar cookies. Hand frosted with love!

I think my husband really enjoyed his birthday. I'm so happy!

I get a thumbs up!

Bringing Back The Classics

Brownies and...

Chocolate Chip Cookies

I'm bringing back the classics to share at the UMOM charity event on Wednesday!

I'm so glad that Kelly Curly's Sweetheart Bakery can be part of this.

Pics to come!

It's All In the Dough

Or the crust as this case may be.

As my test kitchen is deconstructing a lemon bar recipe I couldn't help but think how important a basic crust or dough recipe is.

This is a picture of some warm vanilla sugar cookie dough.
It truly is the backbone of any good recipe. I guess I'm thinking about this becasue I'm trying to create a new crust recipe. It really is worth the time and the effort.

Because the end product is something that compliments your creation.

Keep cooking & baking my friends!

Hearts!

~Kelly Curly

Roast Dinner

We wanted something healthy, and delicious for dinner.

Hmmmm...what to make? I baked the roast in chicken broth for 3 hours.

I added salt and pepper to it before baking it to give it some flavor.

Served with green beans, and mashed cauliflower. It was a delicious meal.

Best part is my husband figured out how to set the oven to turn on and off automatically.

Now we can have dinner done before we even get home.

Isn't technology wonderful!

Isn't roast wonderful!

Stuffed Mushrooms & Peppers

What to do with a spare roast taking up room in the freezer?

How about make stuffed mushrooms and peppers with it!

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The night before I baked the roast slowly in chicken broth, and used a few simple spices to bring out the flavor. My husband could not stop sampling the meat once it was done.

To me that means it is good. lol. ;)

The next night we pulled the roast by hand, and then added shredded carrots, cauliflower, and pieces of mushrooms to the mixture.
Here are our peppers and mushrooms ready to be stuffed.

All ready to go into the oven.
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45 minutes later...

The stuffed portobello mushrooms were my favorite!

I loved eating the peppers with the meat.

I think we will have to make this again! :)

Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies

A long time ago there was a little country girl who loved to bake.

She would make cakes, pies, and cookies.

Her favorite cookie to make was peanut butter chocolate chip.

Alas, the young girl grew up and lost her favorite recipe...

Until her mom, unkowingly, brought it to her when visiting for Christmas!!!

Eeek! That's right as you may have guessed, I am the country girl with the lost recipe, but it is not lost anymore!

I made 2 dozen for my family before they left as a treat on the way home.

Oh I love these cookies!


They are soft, but still have that peanut butter cookie taste that falls apart in your mouth.
Add chocolate chips and I'm in heaven.

Of course I plan to sell these along with my other goodies on etsy-eventually.
For now those who know me can pre-order a batch here and there.

I hope everyone enjoys my long lost favorite cookie as much as I do. :)

It's good to be making these again-brings back happy memories.

Mini Muffin Keesh

I needed something quick for breakfast during my work week.

30 minutes later I had these delicious, easy to re-heat, mini muffin keeshes.

Here they are before going into the oven.

You can see the spinach, mushrooms, cheese, bacon, and chorizo.

25 minutes DING!
All done!

My husband tried one and loved it.

I think we've found a new breakfast favorite.

The best part is they still taste great after re-heating. YUM!

What a great way to start the new year-with a healthy delicious breakfast.