Saturday, September 21, 2013

Blooming Flowers


Sneak Peek :)

Big news today!  My fresh flower business is expanding into the silk flower market.

We at Blooming Flowers have been serving the community since 2003 with passionate, award winning floral design.

Most of you may be familiar with our flower website, Blooming Flowers, and now introducing you to our new silk flower Etsy shop BloomingWeddings.  Please give our websites a visit for weddings, homecoming, prom and special events.


Thank you for stopping by today, I look forward to cooking up more awesome recipes and floral creations!


Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Pizza Roll Ups and Cheesy Bread



Sometimes the best recipes happen by accident.

I accidentally left my lasagna pan at my son's apartment in Wisconsin, so when I made lasagna last night I had to use a different baking pan.  The baking pan is alot smaller than my lasagna pan and when I finished making the lasagna I had about 6 leftover lasagna noodles.  hmmm...what to do with the leftover noodles?  Then inspiration hit me and I decided to try a lasagna roll up infused with the flavors of pizza.

My family loved, loved these pizza roll ups better than my lasagna!  I'm going to make them for a church supper next week.  They are delish!  Try them at your house.

Pizza Roll Ups
1 package of lasagna noodles
sliced pepperoni
pizza sauce with basil
shredded mozzarella
shredded mild cheddar cheese
1 carton of ricotta cheese
2 eggs
1 jar of Prego or favorite spaghetti sauce
oregano, garlic
optional: parmesan cheese, salt 


Prepare the ricotta filling.  In a bowl mix the following:
1 carton of ricotta cheese
2 eggs
Oregano, garlic to your taste (I use about 1 tablespoon Oregano, 1 teaspoon garlic)



Fill a large saucepan with water and bring to boil.  Add lasagna noodles and cook until tender.  Use tongs to lay noodles flat on cookie sheet then spread with ricotta mixture, add 3 pepperoni slices per noodle, a line of pizza sauce and top with mozzarella and cheddar (see picture above).  Roll each lasagna noodle and place in greased baking dish.  Top with Prego (or spaghetti sauce), and finish with a sprinkling of mozzarella and a little cheddar cheese.  Cover and bake for 50-60 minutes.


Cheesy Bread
Favorite pizza dough recipe, rolled to the size of cookie sheet.
Spray with butter flavor cooking spray, or brush with olive oil
Sprinkle mozzarella cheese
Season with oregano and garlic.

Bake for 15 minutes or until lightly browned on the bottom.  Slice with a pizza cutter.








Monday, September 16, 2013

Our Eccentric Projects - Tiki Rocket Stove

Oh, oh...version #5 of a rocket stove in the works?



Above is the form for the rocket stove, it is made from a garbage can.

The concrete cured and when dear hubby took the form off some of the face was missing, so he added to the face by free sculpting with concrete and again letting to dry.  There are a few hairline cracks on top where the new concrete was added.

And now for a test fire.







Yay, it works so far!  Hubby wants to use this tiki rocket stove to heat the greenhouse he is building. 


Tuesday, September 10, 2013

More Pumpkin please :) Free Craftsy Class


If you like pumpkin...I made pumpkin pancakes this morning using a recipe from allrecipes.com. Pretty yummy :) You will need to add more spices if you like more flavorful pancakes, so taste your batter.  Click the link to view the recipe on the allrecipe site.

Update: Made pumpkin pancakes again this morning using regular canned pumpkin, some evaporated skim milk (because I ran out of regular milk), and pumpkin pie spice along with the other ingredients from the recipe. Still yummy!
 

More pumpkin please :)  Post your favorite pumpkin recipe, story, link, joke, etc :) on this post or on our facebook page.  Anyone that posts anything about pumpkin will be entered to win a craftsy class, an awesome give away worth $49.99! today thru October 1st.  Winner must reply by email by October 7th.