Friday, April 19, 2013

Pineapple Blood Orange Cocktail for Friday's Happy Hour




I made this Pineapple Blood Orange Cocktail last week in Florida and it was SOOO GOOD!!!  I don't even like screwdrivers, but this was really good and a different take on a screwdriver.  


Pineapple Blood Orange Cocktail 

Ingredients:

2 oz Skyy Pineapple vodka 
2 oz Dekeyper or Salerno Blood Orange Liqeuer
4 oz pineapple juice

Directions:

Pour the pineapple vodka, blood orange liqueur, and pineapple juice into a glass over ice.

Stir and serve.

David and I really enjoyed this drink.  I hope you do also.  It would be really good for brunch too.
I always love hearing from you.

Have a great week.

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Polka Dot Cake




Charly made this Polka Dot Cake for vince's Birthday and not only was it good, but it came out so cute.  She saw a picture of one on Facebook and decided that she would make it for Vince's Birthday.  I love the way it came out, and it was pretty simple to make.  Just boxed cake mix and food coloring.


Charly's Polka Dot Cake

Ingredients:

1 box white cake mix (and ingredients called for on the box to make it)
1 Devils Food Cake Mix (and ingredients called for on the box to make it)
neon colors food coloring
cake pop pan
2 8 inch cake pans
non stick cooking spray
4 ramekins or bowls

Directions:

1.  Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and spray cake pop pan and cake pans.

2.  Follow the directions on the box for your white cake mix to mix the cake batter.

3.  Divide your cake batter into 4 bowls or ramekins.

4.  Add your neon colored food coloring to each ramekin, making each ramekin a different color.  Add the food coloring to make the cake pops the color that you want the polka dots to be.  She added a lot of food coloring to get them to these really bright colors.

5.  Add the cake batter to your cake pop pan.

6.  Bake for 17 minutes.  It's okay if they are not totally done, they will finish cooking when you bake them in the cake.

7.  While the cake pops are baking follow the directions on your devils food cake mix package to make the batter for the devils food cake mix.

8.  Pour 1/2 of the devils food cake batter into your cake pans.

9.  Then pop your cake pops out of the pan and put 6 cake pops in each pan.  (if you decide to make a second batch of cake pops, you could add more cake pops to the cakes)

10.  Pour the 2nd half of the cake mix over the cake pops.

11.  Follow the directions on the box to bake your cake layers.

12.  Once a toothpick comes out clean remove the cakes from the oven and cool on racks for 15 minutes.

13.  Then remove the cakes from the cake pans and finish cooling.

14.  Frost with any frosting you want.  We used the Peanut Butter Icing that we used on our Peanut Butter Brownie Cupcakes but we doubled the batch of icing.  The recipe below is the single batch, which you will need to double.


Here is the Peanut Butter Icing Recipe.

Kathleen's Peanut Butter Icing

Ingredients:

1 cup powdered sugar
1 cup peanut butter
5 TB unsalted butter at room temperature
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 tsp Kosher salt
1/3 cup heavy cream

Directions:

1.  Mix powdered sugar, peanut butter, butter, vanilla, and salt in a mixing bowl on medium-low until creamy.  Scrape down the sides as necessary.

2.  Then add cream and beat on high until smooth.  I did need to add an extra TB of cream, so that it was creamy enough to frost the cake.  This frosting is a little difficult to work with on a cake,  I had to pat it on.  It may be easier to pipe on the cake, you could try that if you prefer.

We hope you like this recipe.  This cake came out so cute and was delicious.  We always love hearing from you.




Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Wednesday's Adorned From Above Blog Hop 48


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I will be featuring the bloggers from last two parties and this weeks party next week.  I've been spending time with family.  I am looking at everyone's posts and love seeing them.

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Simple Charm Tutorial




Today I am doing a really Simple Charm Tutorial.  I love adding different crosses to my necklaces and it is so easy to make your own.  You can buy the charms, but sometimes they do not have the jump rings to attach them to a necklace or bracelet.  It is easy and fun and would be a great project to do with kids.

Simple Charm Tutorial

Supplies:

Charms of your choice
jump rings
needle nose pliers

Directions:  

1.   Place your charms and jump rings out.

2.  Make sure that your jump rings will fit over the clasps and jump rings on your chains.

3.  Open up your jump rings with your needle nose pliers.

4.  Place the jump ring through the ring at the top of your charm.

5.  Close the jump ring with your needle nose pliers.

6.  Place your charm on your necklace

You're done.  Wasn't that an easy project?  It's easy, fun, and you get to change the look of your jewelry.

I hope that you enjoyed this tutorial.  I always love hearing from you.

Monday, April 15, 2013

Patience - 1 Timothy 6:11



Today, I felt that I needed to write about Patience - 1 Timothy 6:11.  It is something that sometimes I am sorely lacking.  Today I am praying for patience for myself and others.  I know that there are more women out there, like me, who are busy and trying to get a lot of things done, and instead of having patience and trusting that God will help us get it done, we rely on ourselves.  That is always the wrong move for me.  It never works when I rely on my own steam.  Then I start loosing patience with other people.  Which is not following God's word.  So for me, I am praying for patience, and trusting God to help me get everything done.  Maybe I need to pay more attention to God's timeline, not my own.

But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.

1 Timothy 6:11

I always love hearing from you.
Have a blessed Day.

Sunday, April 14, 2013

Sunday with Family



Hi Everyone,
We are still spending time with my family, so there is not post today.  We wish all of you the most wonderful and blessed Sunday.  We
hope all of you can spend time with Your families.

The Bolocofsky Family has lots to celebrate.  My mother-in-law just turned 97 years old, and she got to spend time with David, Danny (who she hasn't seen since he joined the marines 4 1/2 years ago), Charly (who is pregnant and having a baby girl in July.  This will be her first great grandchild), and Ryan (Charly's significant other).  So this year we have lots to celebrate.

Thanks so much for visiting us.
Have a wonderful day.

Saturday, April 13, 2013

Beef Empanadas




Last week I gave you a recipe for Proscuitto and Fig Empanadas and this week I am giving you a recipe for Beef Empanadas.  These are also really easy, not as easy as last weeks recipe, but still pretty simple to make.  I made these with my friend Wanda also.  It was a day of cooking, which is always fun, especially with a good friend.


Beef Empanadas


Ingredients:

2 Pillsbury thin pizza crust
2 lbs ground beef
1 onion chopped
5 cloves of garlic chopped
2 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp ground oregano
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
2 TB oil
5 small red, purple, and yellow fingerling potatoes, boiled, then cubed
2 hard boiled eggs, cubed
chopped cilantro
grated cheese (I used colby jack)

Directions:

1.  Preheat oven to 400 degrees and spray a baking sheet with non stick cooking spray.

2.  Unroll your pizza dough on a large cutting board.

3.  I used a small 5 1/2 to 6 inch saucepan lid to cut circles of dough for the empanadas   I got 4 circles of dough from each pizza crust.  (There is quite a bit of waste, you could probably rework the dough and get more circles)

4.  Heat your oil in a large skillet.

5.  Then add your onion and cook until translucent over medium heat.

6.  Next add you garlic, ground cumin, oregano, salt and pepper and cook for a minute.

7.  Add your ground beef and break it up while you are cooking it.

8.  Once beef is cooked you can start stuffing your empanadas.

9.  Start by putting a few tablespoons of your ground beef on 1/2 of your dough.

10.  Then add some egg, potato, cheese, and cilantro.


 11.  Then fold the other half of dough over the meat mixture and roll the edges so that they are sealed. (Make sure they are sealed well so that nothing leaks out of the dough while cooking)

12.  Bake in the oven for 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly browned.

13.  Serve immediately or remove from pan and place on racks to cool

Makes 8 medium sized empanadas

I hope that you like our little tour of Argentinian Empanadas.  Next week we will have Chorizo Empanadas, and then the next week I have a recipe for Banana and Dulce de Leche Empanadas for desert.  Have a great week and I always love hearing from you.

Enjoy!!!
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Friday, April 12, 2013

Blue Pineapple Cocktail for Friday's Happy Hour


I made this Blue Pineapple Cocktail this week.  We have been at the house in Florida, and this seemed very tropical.  It's similiar to a Blue Wave, but a little different.  It came out really good, and is very refreshing on a hot day.

Blue Pineapple Cocktail

Ingredients:

2 oz Skyy Infused Pineapple Vodka
2 oz Blue Curacao
5 oz Pineapple Nector

Directions:

Pour all ingredients in a glass over ice.

Stir and Serve.

Makes 1 cocktail.

That was an easy one right.  This Blue Pineapple Cocktail is also delicious.  Give it a try.  Have a great weekend.

Enjoy!!!

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Candied Bacon Wrapped Crackers


Today I am presenting you with Candied Bacon Wrapped Crackers.  I don't know how many of you like bacon, but my family loves it.  It is a recipe that originally came from my grandfather's wife, and I don't make them a lot, but I made them for Easter.  They were a big hit.  

They are pretty simple to make and not very time consuming.  Maybe about 30 minutes from start to finish.  So give them a try.


Candied Bacon Wrapped Crackers

Ingredients:

1 packet of Club Crackers (the box has 4)
2 lbs bacon (each strip cut in half)
1 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup water

Directions:

1.  Preheat your oven to 400 degrees and line a baking sheet or cookie sheet with sides with foil and  spray with nonstick cooking spray.

2.  Put the brown sugar in a bowl and add the water.  Stir.  (It should be very thick)

3.   Next, you will wrap 1/2 of a strip of bacon around a Club Cracker.

4.  Then dredge the cracker and in the brown sugar/water mixture and lay on your baking sheet.

5.  Repeat this until you have used all of your bacon.

6.  If you run out of the sugar/water make a little more,  if you have some left you can brush it over the bacon and crackers on the baking sheet.

7.  Bake in oven for 20 to 25 minutes or until the bacon is browned and crispy around the crackers.


8.  Remove from the oven and let cool for a few minutes and then serve.


I hope you like my Candied Bacon Wrapped Crackers.  They are a really fun appetizer to serve and definitely unusual.  Your friends and family will love them.

I always love hearing from you.  Have a great week.

Enjoy!!!

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Wednesday's Adorned From Above Blog Hop 47


We want to thank everyone who shared with last week's Wednesday's Adorned From Above Blog Hop 46.  We love seeing all of your posts.


Welcome to Wednesday's Adorned From Above Blog Hop 47.  We will be doing a giveaway for a $50 Visa Gift Card once we reach 500 GFC Followers, so if you're not following on GFC, it would be great if you would follow us on GFC.

I will be featuring the bloggers from last weeks party and the next two parties in two weeks.  I'm with family for the next 10 days.  I am looking at everyone's posts and love seeing them.

So on to this weeks party.


We hope you have fun at this week's party.  We all love hearing from you, so we love your comments.

Now let's party

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Turquoise Ring Tutorial


I made this cute Turquoise Ring for Charly last week and I thought that it would make a great tutorial.  It was pretty easy to do and I think it came out really cute.  This is the first piece of metal jewelry that I have made since college and that was a very long time ago.  This was a really fun project.


Turquoise Ring Tutorial

Supplies:

needle nose pliers
Aluminum Ring Stick marked with sizes
Individual finger gauges for ring sizes
Jewelry pliers for bending wire
14 gauge silver tarnish free wire
1 turquoise bead
handheld reamer
wire cutters

Directions:

First I want to apologize for not having more pictures.  I didn't have my memory card in my camera, so these are the only ones I got.

1. Cut an 8 inch piece of wire.

2.  If the hole in the bead is not big enough to put the wire through, then you will need to need to make the whole bigger with the reamer.

3.  Then put the bead on the wire.

4.  Find the ring size that you want and then start wrapping your wire around the Ring stick to shape the ring.

5.  Wrap the wire around the gauge a second time.

6.  I then took the wire over the top of the bead on one side and then did it the other way to hold the bead in place.

6.  Next,  I squeezed the wires at the side of the ring together.

7.  Then I wrapped the wire at the side of the ring around the two wires to hold them together and look decorative.

I love the way this Turquoise Ring came out and so did Charly.  She put it on as soon as I gave it to her. I hope that you like it also.  If you have any questions please feel free to contact me.  I always love hearing from you.

Have a great week.

Monday, April 8, 2013

Faith and Healing in Matthew 8


I love the stories in Matthew 8.  I love hearing stories about Jesus healing people.   I especially love Matthew 8:10 about the Centurion's Faith.  He believed that  if Jesus just spoke the words, it would be done.  Now that is faith!!!

(Mat 8:1)  When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.

(Mat 8:2)  And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

(Mat 8:3)  And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

(Mat 8:4)  And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.

(Mat 8:5)  And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him,

(Mat 8:6)  And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.

(Mat 8:7)  And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him.

(Mat 8:8)  The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.

(Mat 8:9)  For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.

(Mat 8:10)  When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.

(Mat 8:11)  And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.

(Mat 8:12)  But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

(Mat 8:13)  And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.

(Mat 8:14)  And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother laid, and sick of a fever.

(Mat 8:15)  And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them.

(Mat 8:16)  When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick:

(Mat 8:17)  That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.

(Mat 8:18)  Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side.

(Mat 8:19)  And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.

(Mat 8:20)  And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

(Mat 8:21)  And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

(Mat 8:22)  But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.

(Mat 8:23)  And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him.

(Mat 8:24)  And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.

(Mat 8:25)  And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish.

(Mat 8:26)  And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.

(Mat 8:27)  But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!

(Mat 8:28)  And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.

(Mat 8:29)  And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?

(Mat 8:30)  And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.

(Mat 8:31)  So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.

(Mat 8:32)  And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.

(Mat 8:33)  And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils.

(Mat 8:34)  And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts.
I hope that you have enjoyed today's verses.  I always love hearing from you.

Have a blessed day.


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