Rainbow Gelatin

• 2 packets of 3 oz red raspberry gelatin
• 2 packets of 3 oz lemon gelatin
• 2 packets of 3 oz blue raspberry gelatin
• 3 packets of Knox gelatin

Boil 2 cups of water, stir in 2 packets of blue raspberry and 1 packet of Knox gelatin until dissolved. Stir in 1/2 cup ice. Once the ice melts, pour into a 9 x 13 Pyrex. Allow to set for 3 hours, repeat with lemon then red raspberry. While trying to photograph it, Connor kept getting his paws on it.

Zucchini Bread

• 3 eggs
• 1 cup canola oil
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 medium zucchini shredded
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 3 cups whole wheat flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 and 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon

Beat the 3 eggs together in mixer, slowly add oil, sugar, zucchini and vanilla. Sift together flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder and cinnamon, slowly add to mixer. Pour into 2 greased loaf pans. Bake for an hour or so in 325 degree oven. Cool on rack. I eat one, and freeze the other for later in a large ziplock bag.

Garage Sale

Things spotted at a local garage sale that should have just been thrown away instead.

Scotcharoos

I used to make this recipe about twice a month while I worked at Ashley Furniture, it was a huge favorite there. I have it memorized.

• 1 cup white sugar


• 1 cup corn syrup


• 1 cup peanut butter (I prefer creamy)


• 6 cups rice crispies


• 1 cup chocolate chips


• 1 cup butterscotch chips

Bring sugar and corn syrup to a boil, add peanut butter. Mix this with the rice crispies. Pour into a 9 by 13 inch well greased pan. Melt the chips together, spread on top. Chill and serve. I can't make regular rice crispie bars to save my life (it's bad) but these are a snap. (there are 2 things in this world I can't make - marshmallow rice crispies and regular jello, jello shots - no problem!)

Stuffed Animal Bean Bag

I saw these awesome storage bean bags on Boon, but they are like $80! So I made my own, out of $8 worth of fabric (4 yards) and a $2 zipper. It took about 2 hours to make it. I made it a little too big, it is the shape of a fat cylinder. Four foot diameter circles on the top and bottom, and eighteen inch strip of fabric around it. Even though it is huge, it is full....meaning Connor has WAY too many stuffed animals! It really makes a comfy seat. I had to take out the talking animals, they were getting annoying.

Car Pouch/Car Mat

I made this little play mat for Connor while he was away at Aunt Jessica's/Grandma's house this past weekend. It transforms into a pouch that can hold his cars, hopefully this will help us not lose so many. I wanted to do more embroidering on it, but the Walmart here does not sell embroidery floss. They told me other places to go, but I get lost to easily in this town. I had to make due with whatever bits of floss I had left over from other projects.

Monkey Bread

4 cans refrigerator biscuits
1 1/2 tablespoons cinnamon
3/4 cup butter
1 cup white sugar
1 cup brown sugar, packed

Melt butter on stove top, stir in brown sugar. Make a carmelly mixture, and allow to cool for about ten minutes. In the mean time, cut the biscuits up into quarters. Toss the biscuits in a bag white sugar and cinnamon. Make sure they are coated extra good. Put into a well greased bundt pan and poor carmel mixture over the biscuits. Cook for 35-45 minutes at 350 degrees.