Breakfast is Important

It is very important and I need to start eating better so I decided to share my smoothie recipe with all of you. It is really easy and delicious.

Ingredients:

• Milk
• Frozen Fruit
• Microwave
• Blender
• Ice
• Sugar

STEP ONE:

Get your bags of frozen fruit and place in bowl. I microwave it for 45 seconds.

STEP TWO:

Once microwaved place int the blender. Put in some milk and a dash of sugar. I place some ice-cubes in mine so that it stays cold.

STEP THREE:

Place in blender and blend. Then enjoy. It's really easy and really delicious and can be done with your favorite fruits.

Fudge

This is a fast and easy recipe. (http://ideasmag.co.za/food-entertaining/step-by-step-fudge/)

Sorry for not having pictures. Right now my computer is wigging out about not having space so I need to get a flash drive just for my pictures.

Ingredients:

• (125 ml or 8.5 tbs) Butter
• (15 ml or 1 tbs)Syrup
• (30 ml or 2 tbs)Milk
• (15 ml or 1 tbs)Water
• Saucepan
• (1 can)Condensed Milk
• (750 ml or 3 cups)Sugar
• (5 ml or 1 tsp)Vanilla Essence
• Pinch of Cream of Tartar

STEP ONE:

Melt the butter, syrup, milk and water together in a heavy based saucepan. Remove the saucepan from the heat and add the sugar. Return to the heat and bring to boil. Boil for five minutes while constantly stirring.

STEP TWO:

Remove from the heat and leave the mixture to cool for a couple minutes (it should be a light caramel color). Pour the condensed milk into the mixture in a steady stream while stirring.

STEP THREE:

Return to heat and cook over a low heat for 15 minutes. Stir continuously to prevent the mixture catching fire.

STEP FOUR:

The mixture is ready when it is very firm. Stir the vanilla and cream of tartar into the mixture. Now pour the fudge into a greased pan (7X7 in) and leave till it sets. Cut into squares. Leave to set before removing. Store in and airtight container.

Frozen Yogurt Blueberries

Ready to get messy? Well you can either get messy or spend a lot of time with toothpicks.

Ingredients:

• (thawed) Frozen Blueberries
• Yogurt (of your choice)
• Cookie Sheet
• Wax Paper

STEP ONE:

Thaw blueberries and place out. Put some yogurt in a bowl. Get out cookie sheet and cover with wax paper.

STEP TWO:

There are two options for this:

1. Roll the blueberry around in the bowl till well covered and place on cookie sheet till full or desired amount.
2. Take a toothpick and stab the blueberry. Roll it around bowl till well covered and place on cookie sheet till full or desired amount.

STEP THREE:

Place in freezer for two hours. Enjoy!

Next Week:
Fudge

diy Peppermint Mocha Creamer

9-18

Today I decided to make my own Peppermint Mocha Creamer since I went through my store bought bottle very very quickly. I haven't quite perfected it yet but I think I am close and when I'm done I will put actual measurements for you. Here is what I did today.

Ingredients:

• Half and Half
• Milk (I used Skim)
• Sugar
• Chocolate Syrup
• Peppermint Extract
• Dropper

STEP ONE:

Poor the Half and Half into the container like below.

STEP TWO:

Add chocolate syrup. And a drop of peppermint extract.

STEP THREE:

Mix together.

Pour into glass. It wasn't as good as I wanted so I added two drops peppermint. Add a spoonfull of sugar. And a splash of milk and it was better. I'll work on a final recipe in a couple days once I run out of this mixture.

9-19

IT HAS BEEN COMPLETED!!!

I finally figured out how to make it (it probably is easier just to go buy it but I wanted to make it and it's really good).

Ingredients:

• (1/2 cup) Half and Half
• (1 cup) Milk (I used Skim)
• (1 tbs) Sugar
• (3 tbs) Cocoa Powder
• (40 drops) Peppermint Extract

STEP ONE:

Pour in the milk and half and half.

STEP TWO:

Add cocoa, sugar and peppermint.

STEP THREE:

Mix together.

STEP FOUR:

Enjoy!

Iced Coffee Recipe

The recipe I am trying today is from The Pioneer Woman (http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2011/06/perfect-iced-coffee/comment-page-7/#comments)

It is absolutely amazing and I highly recommend the Coffee Mate Peppermint Mocha Creamer. For real I love it so so much. But I do like a little extra peppermint so I add a little peppermint extract to it.

Ingredients:

• (2) Containers
• (1/4 cup) Coffee
• (1qt) Water
• Strainer
• Paper towels
• Spoon

Instructions:

• Get the container ready and open up your coffee and pour into container.
• Pour cold water into container.
• Mix together till all the coffee is wet.
• Cover container and let sit for eight hours or longer (I did twelve cause I like my coffee pretty strong)
• Grab the second container and place strainer over it and place paper towels over the strainer.
• Pour the steeped coffee through the strainer into the second container.
• Use the spoon to press down the coffee grounds to make sure you get all the liquid from the coffee.
• Place the stained coffee in the fridge till cold.
• When ready to serve place ice in glass till the glass is almost full, fill glass halfway with coffee and the rest with milk and sugar till it is how you like it.

Here is some pictures from it. Make sure you mix it well. It was delicious!!! Thanks Pioneer Woman!!!

Enjoy your coffee creations!

Next week:
Frozen Yogurt Bluberries