Day 2

My mom and I are about to paint little gnomes for my brother and sister :)  Cute huh?  I will post pics when they are done!!

And my second day, of course, went swell.  History, Bible, Math, and English, done by 10:45, then just had cooking class (mom taught me how to make roasted tomato sauce for our spaghetti tomorrow--yum!) a few minutes ago.  It was all in all a great school day!!

Sorry for the short post, but I figured better short than none at all, right?

Happy Homeschooling!

Harmony

A trio of tastiness :-)

Combine Crispix squares, marshmallows, and chocolate chips for this snack.  Then enjoy!

Happy Homeschooling!

Double Dark Chocolate Pomegranate Cookies!!

Yes, another recipe, but I don't think anybody will be mad at me for sharing :)

Ingredients:

½ cup (1 stick) butter

½ cup vegetable shortening

¾ cup white sugar

¾ cup brown sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla

2 cups flour

¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1 tsp baking soda

¾ tsp salt

2-2 ½ cups semisweet chocolate chips

1 cup pomegranate arils (seeds)

Tools:

KitchenAid mixer

Wooden spoon

Medium bowl

Oven ;-)

1. Preheat oven to 350〫Take a whole pomegranate; slice in half.  Put one half on your palm, flat-side down.  Hold your hand over bowl of cold water and rap on pomegranate with a wooden spoon, gently rattling the seeds loose; as they come out, let them fall through your fingers into the bowl; set aside.
2. Put butter, shortening, sugars, eggs, and vanilla into mixer; cream on medium high for 3 full minutes.  Add the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt.  When fully mixed, add chocolate chips and pomegranate arils.
3. Bake for 15 minutes

Makes 2-3 dozen.

Recipe courtesy of Kelly Arispe.

Thanksgiving

I'm going to my grandparents' house for Thanksgiving, after watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (between that and the Rose Parade, I get enough TV for two months!) and, you know, staying in my pajamas until 12.  Fun, right?  There's also some work involved though.

I'm making side dishes for dinner!  Well, lunch.  Not lunch exactly though...dunch?  Linner?  That always perplexes me!  (I really like the word perplexed, haha)

#1.  Apple Pie Party Dip with Cinnamon Sugar Chips

See the video to get the recipe--it's in the bottom bar (click "more info", it's at the bottom).

#2. Cranberry-Orange Relish

Ingredients:
1 package fresh or frozen cranberries
1 medium orange
3/4-1 cup sugar

Slice unpeeled orange into eighths (you may want to do a little smaller).  Place half of cranberries and half of orange pieces into food processor bowl.  Process until evenly chopped.  Repeat.  Stir in sugar to taste.

This was given to my Granna by a friend of hers.

Happy Thanksgiving!

And Homeschooling (even though we're all on break)!

French Bread and Rosemary Olive Oil

Look at these beautiful pictures of the food we had for snack today.

But did we buy these beauties?  O-ho no!!!  We made them--the bread and rosemary infused olive oil!!  The oil turned the bread from plain to the taste of focaccia--yum.  It was so extremely good I probably won't eat a full dinner, only that! :)  It was some of the best food I have ever, ever tasted!  Order it while it lasts, leave a comment below and we'll reserve some.

Just kidding.  But my mom does make a darn good loaf of bread, as my friend at Sparkles will tell you.  Really!  But that was our project for the day, hope you enjoy the pics and...

Happy Homeschooling!

Picasso Inspired Snack

I made this after a Picasso story and painting that I did with my mom, brother, and sister.  Picasso snacks!  Surreal marshmallows, anyone?

I made these using:

1 jumbo marshmallow (thanks, Pierce!) for the body

2 mini marshmallows for the hands

1 cheerio for the mouth

1&1/2 pretzel sticks for the arms and nose

2 chocolate chips for the eyes

1 toothpick for spearing, haha! >: )

Yummmmmmy!

The finished product!

Sorry about the mixed up order, the finished product was supposed to come before me eating it!  It was really good, though.  I think I'll make another!

On a different topic, I'm THINKING, just thinking, about doing a giveaway: needlefelted gnome & flower, or bracelet.  Or both, in separate giveaways...I don't know if I have enough followers, though.  Please tell me if you want me to!

In the meantime, Happy Homeschooling!