Designer Crafts Connections Blog Hop - Homemade Watermelon Sherbet!

So today is the 1st Monday of the month and you know what that means!  It time for the Designer Craft Connection Blog Hop!

I have decided to introduce you all to one of my favorite summer treats of all time!  Watermelon Sherbet!  It is my very most favorite Sherbet in the WHOLE WIDE WORLD!!!  It is so Uber refreshing and just plain wonderful!  Be sure to try it out and let me know if you love it as much as I do.

I used the Cricut Expression, The Cricut Design Studio, The Plantin Schoolbook Cricut Cartridge, The Preserves Cricut Cartridge and The Feeling Groovy Cricut Cartridge to create this layout.

The Watermelon Sherbet Recipe Layout!

The Watermelon Sherbet Title

The Recipe!

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Farmers Breakfast Recipe Layout...From My Home To Yours!!!

Hi!  I am having a blast blogging for Provo Craft over on the Mixology Crafts Blog!  Here is what I decided to share with everyone over there today! 

It is a recipe from when I was a child and the instructions so you can make your own recipe layout!

The Farmers Breakfast Recipe

Don't forget to head on over to the Mixology Crafts blog for the complete instructions in PDF form!

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Reindeer Tea! A Wonderfully Simple and Yummy Gift Idea!

Complete Instructions will be posted by noon today!  Be sure to check back to get them.  I am having some problems with Mediafire and am trying to get the problems resolved!  Thanks for your understanding!  Merry Christmas!

I am still having problems with Mediafire so here are the instructions for the Reindeer tea.  If I can get the file to download, I will post the file you can just print off!  Until then...

Reindeer Tea Drink Mix

Ingredients:

• ¾ Cup Sweetened Instant Tea Mix
• 18 oz. Tang Drink Mix
• 1 Cup Sweetened Lemonade Mix
• 2 ¼ tsp. Ground Cinnamon
• ½ tsp. Ground Nutmeg
• 1 tsp. Ground Cloves
• 1 Bag Cinnamon Red Hots Candy

Directions:
1. In a large Bowl, mix together all ingredients except Cinnamon Red Hots.
2. Once the mixture is well blended, stir in the Cinnamon Red Hots.
3. Pour into clean dry canning jars and store at temperature.
4. To serve stir 1 ½ heaping teaspoons into and 8 oz mug of boiling water and enjoy!

It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas here in the South!  We have been having hard frosts and I have been enjoying curling up with a good book and a mug yummy goodness...Reindeer Tea! I make dozens of bottles of it every year for my husbands employees and our friends.

Once you start making it on your own it is sure to become the start to a new holiday tradition in your family like it is in mine!

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30 Days of Creativity Challenge - Day 13 - Ring Tum Ditty Baked Potato Topping Recipe Layout

Here is the promised Ring Tum Ditty Baked Potato Topping Recipe.  Be sure to try this out and let me know if you love it as much as I do!

I used the Cricut Expression, the Toy Story Cricut Cartridge and the Feeling Groovy Cricut Cartridge.  I have to say...I really love both of these Cartridges!

 

Ring Tum Ditty Baked Potato Topping

 

Close up of Mr. Potato Head

 

The Recipe!

Ingredients:

12 ounces bacon, chopped
2 cups chopped onions
2 (15-ounce) cans whole tomatoes, drained, juice reserved
1 (16-ounce) can whole kernel corn
Dried thyme
Salt and pepper
3 cups (3/4 pound) grated extra-sharp Cheddar
4 to 6 baking potatoes, baked
Butter, for topping

Directions:

• Saute bacon and onions together in a heavy pot over medium heat until bacon is crisp and onion is translucent.
• Drain off the fat and discard.
• Add reserved tomato juice to pot and then squish the tomatoes through your fingers into the pot.
• Add corn, thyme, and salt and pepper, to taste, and simmer for 10 to 15 minutes or until desired thickness.
• Add cheese and stir until melted.
• Halve potatoes lengthwise and then spoon the Ring Tum Ditty over potatoes.
• Dot with butter, if desired, and wait for the complements.

 

 

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30 Days of Creativity Challenge - Day 12 - Mr. Potato Head Baked Potatoes!

I am having way too much fun creating recipe layouts!  Here is another one.  Mr. Potato Head Baked Potatoes!  Watch out Mr. Potato Head, Mrs. Potato Head in on the war path!  Be sure to check back later this week for the Ring Tum Ditty Baked Potato Topping!  YUM!

This layout was created using the Cricut Expression, the Toy Story Cricut Cartridge and the Feeling Groovy Cricut Cartridge.  If you haven't added these to your Cricut Cartridge library be sure to!

Mr. Potato Head Baked Potatoes!  Watch out Mr. Potato Head, stay on Mrs. Potato Heads good side!

Close Up of Mrs. Potato Head

The Recipe!

Ingredients:

1 large Idaho potato per person, plus a few extras

Vegetable oil

Kosher Salt

Butter

Sour cream

Grated Cheddar

Bacon, fried crisp, drained, and crumbled

Ring Tum Ditty (See Mr. Potato Head)

Directions:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F
• Scrub the potatoes and pat dry.
• Rub the skin with vegetable oil.
• Sprinkle with salt.
• Pierce the skin of the potato in several places with the tines of a fork.
• Place on a cookie sheet and bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes, until the sides are soft when pressed.

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