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Jul
13
Chad and Mary Beth

Patriotic Fruit Tarts

Inspired from my latest copy of Food Network Magazine. I used the photo as the inspiration. I did not want to do a rich tart as they called for mascarpone cheese etc. I used a recipe that I previously posted for my eclaires but I also use it when I make Coconut Cream Pies. Ingredients- 1/3 cup sugar 2 tblsp Corn Starch 1/3 tsp salt 2 c. Milk 2 egg yolks beaten 2 tblsp Butter 2 tsp Vanilla 3/4 cup of sweet coconut...
May
11
Chad and Mary Beth

Family Pina Colada

Yup– one the whole family can enjoy!!!  A different twist- gets  all frothy and foamy and delicious. Cinco de Mayo– we enjoy this wonderful drink with our Mexican dinner. The kids enjoyed it. It is a RICH drink so — like real Pina Colada’s 1 (or 2 ) will do ya! Ingredients- (Makes 4) 1 cup ice 1 1/4 cups pineapple juice 1/2 cup heavy cream (or 1/2 and 1/2 if you want lighter) 1/2 cup...
Apr
24
Chad and Mary Beth

Garlic Shrimp Skewers

Another family favorite (I seem to say that alot lately but it is true) We have alot of favorites and Chad does a good job of coming up with them! Ingredients- 1 lb of peeled and de-veined shrimp 3-4 tablespoons of olive oil heaping pinch of coarse black pepper heaping pinch of coarse salt 4 tablespoons of garlic powder (again we like garlic!!) After you have peeled your shrimp, put them in a zip top bag, or...
Apr
24
Chad and Mary Beth

Grilling Oysters

1st of all if you are local- you have to check out www.supremeseafoodretail.com they have wonderful seafood- wholesale to the public. We got 1/2 bushel of oysters (fresh- harvested 2 days ago off the coast of Texas) In Orlando area!! 23.00 for 100 of them. That is 4 meals for us!! Anyways- Grilling Oysters in their shells are by far the easiest and a very tasty way to eat them. Many friends have not heard of...
Apr
22
Chad and Mary Beth

Dirt for Dessert – Earth Day Treat

For our dessert tonight- we had the infamous dirt and worms.  All kinds of ways to do this dessert, I just chose to put them in glass tumblers with some gummy worms. But in case you have never seen this– Ingredients- 1 bag of Oreo cookies Bag of candy worms Chocolate pudding prepared according to the box Layer the 1st layer with pudding, 2nd layer with crushed Oreos, repeat again. (Easier to crush up...
Apr
22
Chad and Mary Beth

Happy Earth Day 2010

We went all out and had a Earth Day party with the kids.   Decorated the house with earth stuff etc. One of the fun things we did was boil eggs, and make them look like planet Earth. Then we stood them up using the top of a soda or water bottle cap. They stood up perfectly for display on our tables, then we simply cracked them and ate them. Easter is over– Here is how we made them. Boiled eggs for 10...
Apr
18
Chad and Mary Beth

Copy Cat – Coconut Yummies

When I see this and taste it I wanna break out into the song “Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don’t!” Chad and I – we love coconut. Almost too much!! Easter coming and going and well- we already miss the “GOOD” Easter candy. So we set out to figure out how to make it. We saw lot of recipes out there.  They all differed. So since I am an expert candy dipper I...
Apr
17
Chad and Mary Beth

Brooke’s Purple Shake

My 5 year old daughter knows that red and blue make purple. She will even request this purple shake over chocolate! Any way we can get more fruits in her diet– I say WHY NOT! She is on a shake kick. If she could- she would drink this every night for dessert. She asked us to blog her favorite shake. So at her request here it is. Ingredients- (serves 4) 4 scoops of your favorite vanilla ice cream 1 tablespoon...
Apr
17
Chad and Mary Beth

Chad’s Famously Fought Over Potatoes

YUP!! You read it right. It is famous. (Well in our family it is) Anyone that comes over for dinner- scarfs them up, or they request to have them when they come over to dinner with us. Roasted Garlic Potatoes at it’s best!! Ingredients- 5 red potatoes (medium/large) 2-3  tablespoons of Olive Oil 1 tablespoon of Italian Seasoning Extra large pinch of coarse salt Extra large pinch of cracked black pepper 2...
Apr
17
Chad and Mary Beth

Easy Peasy Kielbasa & Kraut

We attended a reception a few weeks ago for some special friends. They had their children blessed at church. At the reception- they had delicious food. However this one caught our eye. Because we never thought to bake them together as they did.  I don’t know why not- but we were introduced to this easy 2 ingredient dish.  We even had seconds that night. **I stand corrected this is NOT a southern dish-...
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