Chocolate Dipped Strawberries

OMG. Hold on to your hats. This is so easy, you are gonna wonder why you didn't do it first.

All you need:

• Semi-Sweet Chocolate chips (I use the baby sized ones, they melt faster)
• Clean, dried off, strawberries

Microwave the chocolate in nice microwave safe dish, for 14 seconds at a time, stirring when it beeps. Do this for maybe 4 turns, and it will be melted. Careful, chocolate burns, so maybe you wanna do double boiler method. Dip your strawberries, use a spoon to help coat much easier. You have to dry off the strawberries, if any water gets in the chocolate, and I mean ANY, you are hosed. Set on a plate with parchment paper, put in the fridge for 15 minutes, and you are ready.

Eggplant Tomato Pizza

I loved it, Con ate some crust, John picked at it (but did eat it). Boys don't like veggies and love meaty pizzas. I knew going into it, John wouldn't like it, but I did not care. The eggplant was yummy, the salting and letting them sit for a bit to take out the bitterness, brilliant.

Once again, Pioneer Woman, I love you.

Check out the instructions, here.

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Funnel Cake

It's good. Trust me. Recipe here.

Garlic Cheese Bread

• 2 cups cheese - mozerella in this case
• 1/2 cup parm cheese
• 1/2 cup mayo
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• Italian Seasoning
• loaf of french bread
• butter
• garlic, minced up

Mix together cheeses, salt, seasoning and mayo. Slice french bread up, I do half long way, half short way. Melt 2-3 tablespoons of butter, stir in minced garlic. A clove or so per bread piece. Set the bread, cut side down, into the butter, and allow it to toast up. BE CAREFUL not to burn the garlic, or even get it too brown, as garlic gets bitter quick, and you should just throw out the bread at that point. Repeat with all the bread, wiping the pan clean between each bread, to avoid blackening the garlic. Then put the cheese mixture on top, and bake for 8 minutes at 400 degrees.

Also. Use real butter. Use real cheese. Use real mayo. duh.

Honey Butter

1/2 a stick of butter soften and 2 good squirts out of the honey bear. Stir with a for, and spread on some corny - corn bread. Yuuuuummmm. Make sure the bread is hot, and the butter will drip all the way down.

Frappucino Shaker Style

• 3/4 cup espresso (cooled, or use strong coffee)
• 3/4 cup skim milk
• 2 tablespoons chocolate syrup (or caramel)
• 2 tablespoons flavored creamer
• 1 teaspoon sugar (or not, just how are you feeling?)
• 3 ice cubes

Put them all into a jar, shake it all about, pour over ice. Dress it up with a heart-shaped crazy straw.