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Showing posts with label fall. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fall. Show all posts

Friday, September 23, 2011

Happy Fall Y'all!

'Tis the season! And while it feels NOTHING like Autumn here in Central Florida, I'm trying to pretend that it IS fall. Around here, fall generally falls sometime around Christmas...if not January.


In honor of the first day of the season, i'm going to share a yummy, healthy-ish, fall APPLE dessert that showed up in my inbox today! So after you hit the orchards (yeah, we don't get to do that here either), whip some up!


Apple and Caramel Bread Pudding

Soymilk and fat-free ingredients offer a health twist to delicious bread pudding. From http://www.eatbetteramerica.com 


prep time:15 min
start to finish:50 min
makes:8 servings


1    cup unsweetened applesauce
1    cup vanilla soymilk
1/2    cup fat-free egg product
1/4    cup packed brown sugar
1    teaspoon ground cinnamon
1    teaspoon vanilla
5    cups 1-inch cubes French bread
3    tablespoons sliced almonds
1/4    cup caramel fat-free topping, heated
1.    Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 9-inch quiche dish or pie plate with cooking spray.
2.    In large bowl, mix all ingredients except bread, almonds and caramel topping with wire whisk until smooth. Fold in bread. Pour into quiche dish; sprinkle with almonds.
3.    Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until golden brown and set. Cut into wedges. Drizzle caramel topping over each serving.


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Super Egg Substitutes
  • Egg whites provide the protein from eggs but don't contain the cholesterol found in egg yolks. That's good news for your heart.
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  • Bread pudding made with a bread that's too soft can be very soft and almost mushy. Gently squeeze bread loaves to choose the one that has some resistance and doesn't feel like a marshmallow!
 I can't wait to whip this up myself. It looks soooo good!






 

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Fall Garland - Quick and Easy (oh and CHEAP)

I whipped up this fall garland in about 15 minutes. I had a ball of twine in the closet, doubled it and cut the length I wanted. Knotted the two ends together. Each leaf is actually 4 leaves. I bought a pack of 100 for $1 at Dollar Tree. I dabbed some hot glue on the twine and stuck on a leaf, and then another on the other side, then two more upside down. I just alternated colors more or less. Plus my bag of leaves had several varieties, colors and fabrics. Some were sheer and shimmery and some solid "silk" (nylon, whatever). It did take quite a bit of glue. I was using a mini stick gun and it must have taken 15 glue sticks.

Why did I make my own? I wasn't feeling the ones they sell at the craft stores...plus they were more than I want to pay (even on sale) and there was too much plastic. Don't get me wrong, I have several and I do use them for decorating - it just wasn't what I was looking for to finish off my mantle. Tops I have $3 and 15 minutes invested in this one.


 Sorry for the lack of "tutorial-esque" photos. I was in a hurry to get it done and just didn't think about it - someday i'll be a REAL blogger and do all those things like i'm supposed to...




















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