May's Recipe

This recipe comes from Picky Palate . I love cinnamon rolls, so I definitely had to try this one. It also helps that I have a pile of bananas that are ready for being baked. I will have to admit that the French bread dough is not my favorite. My rolls came out looking nothing like hers, but they were definitely yummy! I think the next time I try this, I'll be using a homemade dough. Also, I was out of parchment paper, so I made sure that I sprayed my glass baking dish. The rolls didn't stick at all.

Roasted Banana Cinnamon Rolls

2 ripe bananas cut into 1/4 inch slices
2 Tbsp. butter, cut into small pieces
2 Tbsp. brown sugar
1 roll Pillsbury French Bread Loaf
4 Tbsp. softened butter
1/2 c. brown sugar
1 1/2 Tbsp. ground cinnamon
1 c. powdered sugar
3-4 Tbsp. heavy cream

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Place banana slices and cut up pieces of butter into a small baking dish. Sprinkle with 2 Tbsp. brown sugar and bake for 25 minutes or until golden and bubbly. Remove and let cool for 10 minutes. Next, use a fork to smash roasted bananas until well combined.

Reduce heat to 350 degrees. Unroll French bread dough into rectangle. Spread with softened butter and sprinkle with brown sugar and cinnamon. Place dollops of roasted banana mixture evenly over top. Starting from long end, roll up into log shape. Using a sharp knife, cut 1 inch slices and placde onto a silpat or parchment lined baking sheet. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until just turning golden brown. Remove and let cool for 10 minutes.

Whisk powdered sugar and heavy cream until combined; drizzle over top of warm rolls. Makes 12 rolls.

Card club

So, my friends and I decided it would be fun to start a card club. We were a little overwhelmed with the thought of too many cards, so there are 4 1/2 of us. (The half is really poking fun at one friend who only joins us on occasion.) I went a little Cricut crazy. After I cut everything out and glued it to the card, I didn't have room for much else. I tried adding ribbon--that didn't work. So, I gave up because I wanted it to be a card that could be used for guys. I did use Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots to pop up the stars. Love that stuff! Hopefully they will like them anyway!

Hello, Chick!

My daughters can be quite the cardmakers. They can craft and scrapbook faster than I can keep up with helping them! My youngest picked a card out of a magazine. We used some scrap papers we had, and I used the cricket to cut out the yellow parts of the chick. I thought it turned out really cute--especially for a seven-year-old!

A couple of projects

I've actually made some time to work on a few projects lately. The book is actually a calendar. It is my first time to use my Bind-It-All, and I am now totally addicted! I need to order some more o-wires, but I think my next project is going to be a 12x12 album.

I've decided that it's probably a good thing that I don't have a dedicated space for crafting. I don't think I would ever get anything else done or ever clean up my crafty mess!

I found some cute projects at U Create that I would like to try. They involve sewing, and although my sewing skills are not great, I think they might be easy enough even for me!

Hope you are having a great weekend! I think it's time to start getting ready for craft night!

Birthday Card

I'm finally getting around to posting a card I made two weeks ago. It was for a friend's birthday. She loved it! It is a total scraplift of a card in the CTMH Originals book. I use that book often for card ideas. It was already dark out when I took the photo, so the colors are a little off. The patterned paper (I think) is from a set I bought from Oriental Trading Co. The fastener has been in my stash forever because it's from Lil' Davis. The stamp is from The {Stamps} of Life . Everything else is just random stuff from my stash and scrap pile. I even pulled out the sewing machine for the stems! I hope to get a few more cards made this week, and maybe it won't take me two weeks to get them posted.

February's Favorite Recipe

This was a big hit at my house! I used Frank's Red Hot Sauce for the wing sauce. It wasn't too spicy for the girls. Everyone made sure that I knew they liked it!

Buffalo Chicken and Potatoes

1 1/4 lb. boneless chicken breasts, cut into strips
1/3 c. buffalo wing sauce
6 c. frozen (thawed) southern-style hash brown potatoes
1 c. ranch or bleu cheese dressing (I used the ranch)
1/2 c. shredded cheddar cheese
1 can condensed cream of celery soup (I had cream of chicken, so I used that)
1/2 c. corn flake crumbs
2 Tbsp. butter or margarine, melted
1/4 c. chopped green onions (left these off because of my picky men)

1. Heat oven to 350. Spray 13x9 inch baking dish with cooking spray.
2. In medium bowl, stir together chicken strips and wing sauce.
3. In large bowl, stir together potatoes, dressing, cheese, and soup. Spoon into baking dish. Place chicken strips in single layer over potato mixture.
4. In small bowl, stir together crumbs and butter. Sprinkle in baking dish.
5. Cover with foil. Bake 30 minutes; uncover and bake 20 to 25 minutes longer or until potatoes are tender and juice of chicken is no longer pink when centers of thickest pieces are cut. Sprinkle with green onions.

Other flavors: you can replace the wing sauce with teriyaki, sweet and sour, or barbecue sauce.

You can also omit the chicken and wing sauce for a side dish.

The recipe is from the Betty Crocker web site.

SEI Paper

So, I spend lots of time reading blogs. I guess you can tell since I'm posting about another giveaway! Obsessed With Scrapbooking has lots of great ideas about using your Cricut cartridges. She is giving away an SEI paper pack that is gorgeous! Good luck!