Recipe:Basic Vinaigrette Salad Dressing

Ingredients:

1/3 Cup red wine vinegar

¼ teaspoon salt

1/8 teaspoon pepper

¾ Cup olive or vegetable oil

Directions:

Pour the vinegar, salt, pepper, and olive oil into the jar or bowl. Mix with a whisk until the mixture is well combined. To serve, pour the dressing over the salad. Using the large fork and spoon, toss, or mix, the salad until it is evenly coated with dressing.

Enjoy!!

<3 Kaylee

Recipe: Mini Meat Loaves

Ingredients:

1 Small onion

¾ pound lean ground beef

½ Pound Ground Turkey

½ Cup Chili Sauce

½ Cup Plain Dried Bread Crumbs

1 ½ Teaspoons Chili Powder

½ Teaspoon Salt

¼ Teaspoon Pepper

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 350 Degrees F. Spray the dish with nonstick cooking spray. Place the onion on the cutting board. With a paring knife, cut off the ends. With the paring knife or your fingers, Peel off the skin. Discard the ends and skin. Crack the egg into a small bowl; discard the shells. Put the cracked egg, ground beef, ground turkey, chili sauce, bread crumbs, chili powder, salt, and pepper in the mixing bowl. Using your hands, mix the ground meat mixture until it is well combined. Then divide it into 6 portions. Shape the ground meat mixture into a large meatball. When they have lost their pink color that means that they are done.

I hope you enjoy!!

<3 Kaylee 

Recipe:Red Velvet Cheesecake Cake

I got this recipe from: http://www.thecountrycook.net/2012/10/red-velvet-cheesecake-cake.html?m=1

Ingredients:

1 box Red Velvet Cake mix

(ingredients needed to make cake: eggs, oil & water)

1 block (8 oz.) cream cheese

1/2 cup sugar

1 egg white

For the icing:

1/2 block (4 oz.) cream cheese, softened

1/3 cup butter, softened

2 cups powdered sugar

1 tsp. vanilla

1 tbsp. milk

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350F degrees

Spray a 9x13 baking dish with nonstick cooking spray (I like the kind that has flour in it).

Prepare red velvet cake mix according to package directions. Set aside.

In a separate bowl, beat together 1 block of cream cheese, 1/2 cup sugar and egg white.

Using a stand mixer or handheld electric mixer, mix well until smooth.

If you are still seeing lumps, keep mixing.

This may take about 2-3 minutes. 

Pour half of the red velvet cake batter into the baking dish. 
Spreading it out as evenly as possible.

Then take all of the cream cheese mixture and layer on top of the red velvet cake batter.

I drop it by spoonfuls.

Then, using the spoon, just swirl it around lightly.

Now add the rest of the red velvet cake batter on top and spread it out as evenly as possible.

Do your best to spread it out and cover the cream cheese layer.

Put cake into oven and bake for about 40 minutes (until cake bounces back to the touch & and inserted toothpick comes out clean).

Allow the cake to cool completely. 

Then start preparing icing.

Now, if you read my blog regularly, then you know I'm all about trying to keep things easy.
 So if you want, go ahead and ice this cake with a tub of store bought cream cheese frosting.

It will still be delicious!

But if you have time (and you feel like it), how about dressing this cake up with some homemade cream cheese frosting. 

In a bowl (using an electric mixer or stand mixer) combine 4 oz. (1/2 block)of cream cheese with 1/3 cup softened butter.

 Add in powdered sugar and mix until smooth.

Then stir in vanilla. 

And lastly, mix in the milk.

Every time I do these "action shots", it looks like my mixer is going a million miles an hour.
But I assure you, it was actually on the slow speed setting. 

Mix until smooth then spread on cooled cake.

Slice up and serve.

This cake needs to be kept refrigerated.

Note: If you don't want to go through the effort of layering the cake with the cream cheese. You can just pour all the red velvet cake batter into the baking dish. Then take the cream cheese mixture and swirl it around on top of the cake batter. Then bake as directed.

I just like to put the cream cheese layer in the middle so it's a bit more visible when you cut into the cake. 
I've done it both ways (as you can tell from the above picture) and either way it still comes out tasting great.

Enjoy!

<3 Kaylee

Recipe: Strawberry Santa's

Ingredients:

Strawberries

Icing (Any kind that you prefer, I used white icing)

Black or blue Baking gel

I hope you have fun making it!!

<3 Kaylee

Holly Jolly Holiday Tag #2

1. Do you start your Christmas shopping on Black Friday or wait until the last minute?
Before and online on Black Friday
2. If you could be in any Christmas movie what would it be?
Elf or A Christmas Story
3. Which do you like better: Christmas Eve or Christmas Day?
Christmas Day, because, I get to see the kids reactions when they see what they got.
4. When does your family put up your Christmas tree and who decorates it?
The weekend after Thanksgiving! We all decorate it. 
5. White lights or colored lights?
Colored
6. Are you guilty of peeking at your presents or do you like the surprise?
I like the surprise!! :)
7. Would you rather live in a gingerbread house or in Santa's Workshop?
Gingerbread house
8. Tell us your Christmas Eve traditions!
We usually bake. Sometimes, we go look at xmas lights
9. If you could be under the mistletoe with anyone who would it be?
My husband
10. What tops your tree?
Star
11. Can you name the 12 days of Christmas?
A partridge in a pear tree
I don't really know the rest lol...
12. Have you ever gone Christmas caroling?
Nope
13. Do you countdown to Christmas? If so, how many days are left?
Yes, Christmas has already passed lol, I am kinda late on this tag.
14. What are some foods and treats you can count on having every holiday season?
Fudge and our family Pecan pie recipe.
15. How has Christmas kept its magic for you as you've grown older?
I like it because the kids do.

I am kinda late, I kept forgetting to do it. It's done now!! :)


<3 Kaylee

Recipe: Reindeer Noses

Ingredients:

Pretzels (Round pretzels are preferred but, regular will work)

Hershey’s Kisses ( any kind that you prefer)

M&M’s ( any kind that you prefer)

Preheat oven to 225 degrees. Spread the round pretzels on a cookie sheet so that they lie flat. Place one kiss in each pretzel. Allow the kiss to melt. DON’T leave the room. This really takes only 3 or 4 minutes. Press 1 M&M into each kiss. Push them around a little so that the chocolate touches all of the edges of the pretzels.

Have fun making them!!

<3 Kaylee

YouTube Contest

Rules:
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2.Must have a Facebook.
3. Must like my Facebook fan page.
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5. Must be okay with me sharing your YouTube page in a YouTube video,Facebook Fan page, my blog,and my personal facebook.
6.Put your favorite story of your life time in the comments below!
7.Contest ends December 23,2012 at 7:00 A.M. Eastern time. If there are not at least 10 entries I WILL extend the end date.
8. There will be 2 winners!
9. The winners will get a Facebook fan page, shout out in a YT video, shout out on my blog, shout out on my Facebook fan page,and my personal Facebook. 
10.Enjoy!! :)



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