Recipe Wednesday

Recipe Wednesday

What have I got for you today??  Well, it is a one ingredient kind of recipe....one frozen banana!!  Sometimes I add a spash of milk if my food processor is whining...

It is creamy, silky, and healthy...I am in love.  Also, one banana makes a TON of whipped banana...ah..so good

Here's the mix...
Place a peeled, cut into chunks banana into a ziploc baggie and insert into your freezer.  I usually let mine freeze overnight.  Next, take out food processor and place banana in and whip...it will look like nothing is going to happen and it is just going to stay like little chunks of banana, but keep processing, and you will get a creamy delectable dessert that is guilt free!!  Add some milk while processing if your food processor is screaming and not getting the job done, that should take care of it!

Add ins that are optional:  chocolate chips, peanut butter, peanut butter chocolate chips, you get the idea??  I want some NOW!! Enjoy!!

Blizzard 2010

"Snow for the taking!! Free to a good home!  Far away from here!!"

We had issues getting out of the front door...

Notice my snowbuggy in the background...Jason and I scooped out our driveway, his shovel broke near the end, so he had to use mine then... :)  I went in and made dinner!

Our street...

Ahhh...the joys of winter in Iowa.

Patience...

....is something I am absolutely horrible at.  I just have to finish something as fast as I can...like baking, I want to frost the cake right out of the oven, and I have done this before...epic fail.  Do NOT do that.  Or waiting for someone or something to come/pick me up/drop something off/stop by, you get the idea. 

So here's your Friday tidbit that I plan on working towards getting better at next year....Patience!

All human wisdom is summed up in two words--wait and hope.
-Alexandre Dumas Pere

All good things come to he who waits.
-Proverb

Thursday Thoughts.

• I love the smell of chai tea.
• Last year at this time, Jason and I were getting ready to leave for New York City.  Oh how I miss it.
• I never use my snooze button...ever.  My husband on the other hand will hit it up to 10 times. 
• Honey Nut Cheerios make my mornings better.
• I have to make 80 biscuits tomorrow...wish me luck!
• I think I need more coffee cups.
• Baby, it's COLD outside!!! : )

Three Questions:
What is one thing you would like to accomplish before you turn 30?
I want to be able to add on to our small kitchen and have a big beautiful kitchen with a giant table and under cabinet lighting, and a retro design...luckily, my husband makes kitchen cabinets for a living! :)

What would you like to learn about in the next few weeks?
I would like to learn more about my camera!! I feel as though a setting is off that should be on.  It bothers me.  But learning about a DSLR camera is harder than it looks, the vocabulary is beyond me, but I will have to give it a try!

What is something that drives you crazy?
Complainers.  People who think they have the worst life in the world, when really they are quite well off compared to most people.  It makes me angry, and actually kind of sad for them.  I wish they would look around and be thankful rather than whine about how they think nothing right ever happens to them.  Life could always be worse. 

Recipe Wednesday

Recipe Wednesday

I love love looooovee no bake cookies.  They are seriously, just might possibly be...my most favorite cookie, eva.  No lie.  And the best part is they are so EASY!  Here's a recipe for you to try, sometimes I make them into bars instead and they are a little easier to store. 

1 3/4 cups white sugar

1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup butter
4 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 cup crunchy peanut butter
3 cups quick-cooking oats
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

In a medium saucepan, combine sugar, milk, butter, and cocoa. Bring to a boil, and cook for 1 1/2 minutes. Remove from heat, and stir in peanut butter, oats, and vanilla. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto wax paper. Let cool until hardened.

Oh, Christmas Tree....

I had an incredibly busy weekend...here's everything that I did!

Went to Andy's wrestling meet in Elgin on Saturday, he got 2nd place.  The guy that got first is ranked 2nd in the 1A division, and he placed at state last year...

The team came out on top with a win though!!

My lovely cheerleaders...

I took 2 All-State girls down to practice thier cheer routine in Des Moines on Sunday, then came home and helped Jason set up the Christmas tree! 

Pretty, Pretty!

Bad picture (my camera hated the lighting), but we have silvery glittery glass bulbs hanging from our tree.

Another bad picture, but you can already see here that the cats have decided this is thier tree now.  Trixie already climbed it a few times last night!  Oh well... : )  It sure is beginning to feel a lot more like Christmas!

This is what I am going to be watching today...

N-P Wrestling!!!! : ) 

I love this picture...Andy is wrestling, while little brother Jacob is watching and learning in the upper right hand corner.

Andy with his first pin of the season...

Jacob's first pin of the season...

Way to go Jake!! :)

I'm off to Elgin to watch Andy wrestle today...happy Saturday!!