Superbowl Recipe Mashup

Hey all you sports fans and foodies! As you know the Superbowl is coming up in one week, even if you don't watch football all year it seems the Superbowl is the one football we can all stomach. And I say this because its just as much about the food and the beer, as it is the actual game. I've gone through and pulled out some recipes from previous blog posts for you to browse for YOUR Superbowl party. Some people might look at these recipes and think "Not Superbowl worthy", but you don't have to eat only Deep fried wings and nachos, not saying people don't enjoy those things because I certainly do, but why not add something a little different to the mix too!?

Sunday Feb. 5th 2012, Giants vs Patriots

So whether you watch it for the sport, the commercials or the food....Enjoy!

Finger Foods:

Cream Cheese With Red Pepper Jelly in Phyllo

Baked Brie with Brown Sugar

Homemade Hummus

Pizza Pinwheels

Mains:

Ultimate No Fail Pizza Crust

Homemade Dry Rub...Good on Baked Potato Wedges too!

Sweet Stuff:

Rocky Road Parfait

Marshmallow Oreo Squares

OK so this Oreo Squares Recipe is my MOST Popular post, 4 times the views than any other (non-giveaway) post!! Make these a must at the Party!

Here are some Free Party Printables for Game Day if you want to add something a little special to your party.
--Printables from Birds Party, one amazing Party Chick.

Oreo Layer Dessert

It seems like a long time since I did a recipe post, so I'm doing this one for YOU GUYS!! Pintrest, my ultimate weakness since December, led me to this divine recipe. Sad thing about it, I'm lactose intolerant so I cant even enjoy a big honkin' bowl of it. *sad face* Anyway I had a tiny taste while I was assembling juuuust to make sure it was as good as it looked.

 Ill be doing a compilation of recipes, some mine, some new, for the Superbowl! So you'll have to check back for those if you're entertaining or attending a Superbowl party. This might be a good one to use What sports loving man doesn't enjoy a good Chocolate overdose?

Tastes way better than it looks. Its not one of those Fancy-Smancy Desserts thats for sure

Oreo Layer Dessert

1 pkg of regular Oreos

1/2 c of melted butter (I only used about 1/3 c)

1 LRG box of instant chocolate pudding (the one that takes 3 cups of Milk)

2 --8 oz containers of Cool Whip

8 oz. of cream cheese, softened (thats 1 block)

1 c icing sugar

Look at these ingredients, you just KNOW its going to be good.

1}.  Prepare Chocolate Pudding according to package, and let set up in the fridge.If you're using half Dream Whip Topping, prepare this too and let set up in the fridge.

Ever notice EVERY time you make Chocolate pudding it ends up Everywhere?!?

I gave Charlee the rolling pin and she smashed up the cookies.

2}.  Put all the cookies in a food processor (recommend) or a ziploc bag, and smash the living daylights out of them :) Pour them into a 9x13 pan (but save 1/2 c, or so for the top) and pour the melted butter over top, mix with your hands then spread over the bottom of the pan to form a "crust". Chuck it in the fridge for a bit while you're getting the other stuff done.

3}. Cream your Cream Cheese until smooth, then add in your 1 cup of icing sugar. Blend. Add 1 tub of Cool Whip and mix all that goodness together.

4} Take the crust, and the pudding out of the fridge, spread the chocolate pudding over the crust (layer 1) then spread the cream cheese mixer over the pudding (layer 2). I added a drizzle of caramel ice cream topping about here....Then layer your 2nd tub of cool-whip (or bowl of dream whip) on top of that.

Everything is better with caramel drizzle ok!

5} Sprinkle with the 1/2 c of Oreo Crumbs you saved, and maybe a little more of that Caramel (or chocolate) sauce.

Cover and put in the fridge until you're ready to serve.

Tonight my parents are coming for supper because Hubby and I are going to The Trews Concert!!! Very excited! So Im making Rachael Ray's Chicken Stew With Biscuits, the recipe on my Recipe Sharing Post, which is a hugely popular post! Then I thought I'd make this little treat for them as well.

Original Source and Recipe

Mommy Moment: Time Out Jar

I thought I'd take a second to share a quick Mommy Tip with all your fellow Moms. I originally came across this idea on a Blog found on Pintrest, the Blog was called "Play at home Mom". Now this woman is amazing, her playroom is a dream, the things she does with her kids are unreal, I have since visited her Blog multiple times. Today Charlee and I had a play date with one of our favorite little girls (and Moms!) and we did one of her Crafts with the girls. Window Art! A very easy, fun and quick (for those who have short attention spans when it comes to crafts!) craft! They turned out awesome!

 Source and Tutorial

One of Charlee's Beautiful Creations

Recipe Sharing!

Signs You’re A Lousy Cook

Your family automatically heads for the table every time they hear a fire siren.
Your kids know what “peas porridge in a pot nine days old” tastes like.
Your son goes outside to make mud pies, they rest of the family grabs forks and follows him.
Your kids favorite drink is Alka-Seltzer.
You have to buy 25 pounds of do good twice a week for your toy poodle.
Your kids got even with the neighborhood bully by inviting him over for dinner.
Your kids got suspended from school for trying to smuggle toxic waste in their lunch bags.
Your husband refers to the smoke detector as the oven timer.
No matter what you do to it, the gravy still turned bright purple.
You burned the house down trying to make jelly.

If this is you....You need to check out these recipes and Bookmark these 2 sites Im about to tell you about!

Homemade Hummus

Calling all Fellow Hummus Lovers!!


I don't think there are any hummus recipes that are really "hard", more or less trying to get one that has the right proportion of ingredients. Hummus has become one of my favorite snacks for entertaining and evening snacks, it has become a staple on the shopping list. So I figured I'd save a couple bucks by making it myself, I make everything else! We usually shop at Sobeys, and they have a great international food section but one thing they don't have (at our local Sobeys anyway) was tahini paste. BUT! Alas they carry it at Superstore in many sizes, I bought the Tahina Brand, 1lb for less than $5.


So finally today, I pulled out all the ingredients and whipped up a double batch of Sun dried Tomato Hummus. So far so good! The recipe says that you can keep it in the fridge for up to 3 days and even freeze it for up to a month! Hence the double batch!


So this is the recipe I used, then decided to step it up and add some sun dried tomatoes to half.

Happy 2012

Happy New Year to all yee Blog Readers and Bloggers!! I know its a llliiiiiittttllleee late, but better late than never. Thank you to everyone who read my Blog and supported my site over the past year. Love reading the comments and hearing that people actually try the recipes and check out the tips and tricks. Makes it all worth while.

Also in the past year I've managed to get somewhat of a small business started up, Bre's Cupcakes. My goal for 2012, take it to the next level, I'm ready! A big thank you to all my friends for being taste testers extraordinaire, and of course to all my customers! Hope to see you back in the New Year.

 So thank you to everyone for stopping by, reading my rants and recipes and leaving feedback! Wish you all a wonderful 2012!