Wicked Good Brownies

May 31, 2010

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We had a quiet Memorial Day today, and just hung around the house.  My sister-in-law Magdalena made these brownies recently, and I had to get the recipe.  I made these today.  Yummmm!

Wicked Good Brownies

1/2 cup butter
1 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

Preheat oven to 350.  Grease an 8×8 pan. Melt the butter in a saucepan. Remove from heat and place in a bowl. Stir in sugar, eggs, and vanilla. Beat in cocoa, flour, salt and baking powder. *Do not over mix this batter.*

Spread batter into 8×8 prepared pan.  Bake for 25-30 minutes, until toothpick comes out clean.

Now eat the Best. Brownies. Ever.

Wicked Good Salad Recipe

February 24, 2010

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We went to Scott and Magdalena’s house recently, and my sister-in-law made a wicked good salad with a wicked good dressing that I wanted to share. Yum! Even Handy Boy ate it (we just recently got him to eat salad!)

Salad
mixed spring greens
apples
red peppers
carrots

Dressing
1-2 cloves of garlic, minced
3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
1-2 lemon wedges
salt and pepper (to taste)

The dressing was nice and tangy and flavorful!

Wicked Simple Christmas Decorations

December 30, 2009

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It turns out that I have a very Crafty Sister-in-Law!  Magdalena is Crafty in different ways than I am: she can sew for one; I can’t even sew a button on straight!  I KNEW she would love scrapbooking, and I showed her how to scrapbook.  Her scrapbooks are great, too!

Magdalena decorated her home for Christmas in some very Crafty and inexpensive ways.   I know it’s after Christmas now, but you could also use these ideas for winter decorating as well.

My sister-in-law and her family have a Christmas tree and a Nativity set up for Christmas, but I loved the other simple decorations she made.  She used some pine branches, a ribbon, a votive and some pine cones from our yard to make an arrangement on the dresser in their entryway:

More pine branches in a simple vase she already had, in the guest bathroom:

A simple votive holder, inside a little glass dish with little red decorative stones from a discount store:

Cute, huh?  I have pine trees all around our house, yet I never thought to use them this way.  Have you made any home made decorations using nature?