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The TRAILHEAD Adventure

 

On Sunday, we decided to head out on another "Adventure".

Our destination......Ogden's Waterfall Canyon Trail.

Well......truth be told, we never made it to the actual waterfall that day. We goofed around too much and had to head back before dark. I keep forgetting how early it gets dark these days.

 

until next time...........

 

Cheeseburger Soup

Cheeseburger Soup

1 pound ground beef or turkey burger
1 cup onion, diced
1 cup celery, chopped
1 cup carrots, shredded
6 cups diced peeled potatoes
6 cups chicken broth
2 tsp. dried parsley flakes
2 tsp. dried basil
1/8 tsp. garlic powder
1/2 tsp. pepper
1/2 to 3/4 tsp. salt
1/2 cup flour
8 TB butter, divided
3 cups milk or half and half
1 16 ounce jar cheese whiz
1/2 cup sour cream

In large soup pot, brown ground beef and season with garlic powder, salt and pepper. Drain and set aside.

In same soup pot, melt 4 TB butter and saute onions, celery, carrots, parsley and basil until vegetables are tender. Add burger, broth and potatoes. Bring to boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 12 minutes or until potatoes are tender.

In saucepan, melt 4 TB butter and gradually stir in flour. Cook and stir  3 minutes or until bubbly. Add to soup; bring to a boil. Cook and stir 2 minutes. Reduce heat to low. Stir in cheese, milk, salt and pepper, adjusting to taste.

Cook and stir until cheese melts. Remove from heat and stir in sour cream.

** I use Walmart brand Original Cheddar Sensations Cheese Dip.

adapted from Taste of Home recipe.

Christmas Elf Sitter

Just finished this Christmas Elf Shelf Sitter for one of my customers.

He's a whimsical guy and is made to sit on a fireplace mantel or long shelf.

Hopefully, I'll have more next year and some little mini versions to share :)

I still have a few ready made items in my shop under "new items" if you need stocking stuffers.

Happy Holidays!

 

Easy Banana Cream Pie

 

I made this little pie for Thanksgiving Day. I usually only make pumpkin but was craving a banana cream and wanted something simple to whip up.

Hope you're all enjoying your weekend. We've been doing a little Christmas shopping and trimming the trees :)

 

Easy Banana Cream Pie

1 3.5 ounce package vanilla instant pudding
1 3.5 ounce package banana instant pudding
2 1/2 cups milk
12 ounce container cool whip,thawed
3 bananas
1 ready made graham cracker crust

Slice 1 banana in bottom of graham cracker pie crust. Set aside.

Combine milk and pudding mix. Beat with an electric mixer about 3 minutes or until pudding starts to set. Fold in  2 cups cool whip and 1 sliced banana.

Pour pudding over pie crust and sliced bananas.

Refrigerate overnight or for at least 3 to 4 hours.

Frost with remaining cool whip and top with banana slices if desired.

*Tip* Spritz banana slices with lemon juice to prevent browning.

*Note* You may have a little extra pudding that won't fit in your graham cracker crust. Add to parfait cups and top with cream for a special treat :)

recipe adapted from allrecipes.com

 

Birthday Mud Pie

 

This week we celebrated Jess's birthday with a special dinner and Mud Pie.

 

 

Jess is a very talented artist. We thought we would be a little creative and give her a basket full of goodies from her childhood. Coloring book, sketch books, crayons, scratch and sniff stickers, soda and lolipops.

Of course we threw in a cool shirt and some funky jewelry :)

 

Happy Birthday Jess!

We love you!

Mud Pie

container coffee flavored ice cream, softened
cool whip or whipped cream
chocolate graham cracker ready crust or homemade
caramel topping, optional
hot fudge topping
1 cup crushed chocolate cookies

Spread half ice cream in cooled chocolate cookie pie crust. Freeze for 30 minutes. Spread generous layer of hot fudge over ice cream. Freeze another 30 minutes. Top with remaining ice cream, cool whip and cookie crumbs. Freeze 4-6 hours. Drizzle with caramel and additional hot fudge before serving.

Homemade Chocolate Cookie Pie Crust

1 package Oreo sandwich cookies
6 TB butter, melted
2 TB powdered sugar

Remove filling from chocolate oreo cookies. Add cookies to food processor or blender, blend until finely crushed.

In small bowl combine, 1 1/2 cups cookie crumbs, powdered sugar and butter. Stir until well combined.

Press in pie plate, or I used a spring form pan to make our mud pie. Worked GREAT! 

Bake 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Cool completely