Best of both worlds- chicken noodle wonton soup

(made with my scrap app)

I love chicken noodle soup
the boyfriend loves Won-ton soup
so in an effort to please both of us at the same time
I blended the two
and it was fantastic
won-tons are very easy to make
there's a great folding tutorial here

*this is now going into heavy recipe rotation in our house*

How to get your boyfriend to do whatever you want

Two Words:

1. Lobster 

2. Thermidor 

(via my iphone)

The local supermarket had a heck of a deal on whole lobsters
so I broke out my 
French Classical Education
my pots and pans
and made the boyfriends newest favorite meal
{he hasn't stopped talking about it}

Here's the
 Lobster Thermidor History
and Julia Child's Recipe 

Home Made Pop Tarts : All happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast

-absolutely delicious-

brie and jam is a happy combination 

I love everything that is

*fun to eat & fun to make*

Run don't walk

~See the above tiny potato~

if you happen to see these cutie pie

sweet baby creamers at your local grocery store

*buy them*

purchase enough for everyone your feeding

and then 

~Double it~

I boil them in heavily salted water

and the glaze them in chicken broth

-and garlic-

when they stock boils down to nothing

i stir in butter and fresh parmesan 

health food?

no.

Tasty

Heck yea!

Red, White & Blue Dessert

Okay... Okay...

So technically 

blackberries are not blue

(purple maybe?)

~blueberries would work too~

here is the 5 minute

(construction time)

recipe for 

Graham Cracker Icebox Cake

(crazy easy)

All you need is:

Graham Crackers

Whipped Cream

Berries (your choice)

and

Chocolate sauce (optional)

I used strawberries & blackberries

it would be very tasty

with  any fruit of your choice

the trick to Icebox cakes is layering

*all you have to do is *

1. layer of crackers

2. layer of whipped cream

3. layer of fruit

4. another layer of cream

5. repeat until satisfied

(or out of fruit)

6. refrigerate for atleast 2 hours

so that the crackers 

soak up

the whipped cream

7. top with chocolate sauce

*i made mine from scratch*

~but really there are no rules here~

~Icebox cakes rank pretty high~

in our house for dessert

*no oven required*

Spring Buttermilk Blackberry Pudding Fool

I don't know why

 they call this dessert a Fool

~maybe I should look that up~

I had a bunch of blackberries to use up

and with a little experimenting 

-this recipe was born-

*It's just summery and delicious*

here is my recipe for a nice use of any berry:

1 cup lowfat buttermilk

1/4 cup brown sugar

3 tablespoons flour

2 egg yolks

pinch of salt

1 tablespoon vanilla extract

1 cup berries (blackberries whole)

1 cup berries (reserved for garnish)
1 cup lowfat whipped topping

1.in a bowl

whisk together all dry ingredients 

to remove lumps 

2. in a sauce pan whisk together

buttermilk, egg yolks, and vanilla

over low heat

3. slowly add in dry ingredients

and stir constantly

until the mixture thickens to coat

the back of a wooden spoon

4. add in first cup of berries

I like to mash them up a bit 

to get the juices going

then remove from heat

5. once it's cool

fold in the whipped topping

and top with remaining berries!

~I served mine in fillo cups~

I am quite happy with they way 

this recipe came out

it's perfect for a hot lowcountry evening