Posted in Cookies, Desserts, Easter, Entertaining at Home, Entertaining Ideas, Recipes, tagged Easter cookies, Easter Treats, Fruity Pebble Eggs, Fruity Pebbles Treats, Savvy Entertaining, Shanna Hatfield on April 4, 2012| 1 Comment »
I stole this idea from pin on Pinterest that used Rice Krispies. This was a fun and flavorful alternative. Enjoy!
Ingredients
Melt marshmallows with oil or butter, like you would for Rice Krispie Treats.
Stir in cereal until well-coated.
Grease your hands and shape cereal mixture into egg-shaped treats.
Then if you want to get all fancy-pants, you can add frosting stripes, sprinkles and fun accents.
She Who Really Likes Fruity Pebbles
Posted in Cookies, Desserts, Easter, Entertaining at Home, Entertaining Ideas, Recipes, tagged cookies made with noodles, Easter cookies, Easter Nests, Savvy Entertaining, Shanna Hatfield on April 3, 2012| 4 Comments »
Easter nest cookies made with Chinese noodles and some sort of chip are a fun and easy treat. I’ve seen these made with chocolate and butterscotch chips, but never white chocolate, so I decide to give it a whirl.
It whirled really well.
Try these fast-to-make goodies for a kid (and adult) pleasing surprise.
Ingredients
Melt white chocolate chips with just a little bit of cream. I nuked mine for about 10 seconds in the microwave, stirred and continued nuking in short intervals until melted.
Place coconut in a ziploc bag.
Sprinkle in a little food coloring.
Seal bag and work around massage bag to disperse coloring throughout the coconut without turning your fingers sickly shade of green.
Melt chips. Use melting discs for best results. If you're like me and don't have any when you get the wild idea to make these, chips work fine, just remember you'll have to stir the lumps out.
Coat noodles with the melted chocolate then drop into nest-sized lumps onto a piece of waxed paper or parchment (or foil if you happen to be out of the previous options).
Fill the center of your nest with coconut then top with jelly beans.
Enjoy!
Posted in Easter, Entertaining at Home, Entertaining Ideas, Holidays, tagged Easter ideas, Peep House, Peep Table Decorations, Peeps, Savvy Entertaining, Shanna Hatfield on April 2, 2012| 1 Comment »
I know this is just going to knock your socks off, but all this week I’ll be posting some fun and simple ideas for Easter treats.
This one took me all of five minutes to do from getting out the supplies to snapping the photo.
These little Peep houses could make a fun centerpiece, a place setting decoration or whimsical touch to a buffet.
Ingredients. The alien green pile on the plate is shredded coconut tinted green (in case you were wondering).
Put frosting in a ziploc bag and snip off the corner for mess-free piping. Then line up your graham cracker and "glue" together with frosting. You need two for the sides, one for the back and one split in half for the top.
When you get it all together, the house will look like this. Please ignore the fact that my crackers are all irregular in shape. Someone who shall remain nameless and blameless may have dropped said crackers and busted 'em up good.
Sprinkle the alien coconut in the bottom of the house, nestle in the Peep and toss a few jellybeans around the outside and ta-da! You've got a fun little Peep House!
She Who Should Never Eat Another Peep
Posted in Main Dish, Quick and Easy, Recipes, tagged brisket recipes, Cowboy Nachos, Savvy Entertaining, Shanna Hatfield on March 30, 2012| Leave a Comment »
A couple of months ago, I noticed cowboy nachos on a menu and the thought intrigued me. Not enough I ordered them, but it piqued my interest and I started looking up recipes online.
The two things I learned from all the recipes I found were:
1. You must include beans
2. You can use cheap cuts of beef
So I decided to make up my own recipe and give this a whirl. Captain Cavedweller was pretty glad I did.
The recipe is easy and really quite tasty. Give it a whirl!
Ingredients
Start by cooking your brisket.
I cut mine in half, stuffed it in the slow cooker, added a can of chicken broth and some seasonings. Eight hours later, I had perfectly tender meat.
Bake fries in a single layer in the oven.
Start building your nachos with the fries first.
Followed by the chili beans.
Dollop on sour cream.
Layer on slices of meat and sprinkle (or drench if you are Captain Cavedweller) with barbecue sauce.
Top with cheese and olives - then enjoy!
Cowboy Nachos
beef brisket, cooked and sliced thinly
waffle fries
can of chili
shredded cheddar cheese
sour cream
barbecue sauce
sliced olives
Start by cooking the brisket. I put mine in the slow cooker for eight hours with a can of chicken broth and some salt and seasoning. If you have a good barbecue joint in your town, you could also pick up brisket already cooked if you are in a hurry to put this together.
About 20 minutes before you are ready to serve, pop the fries in a single layer in the oven and bake until golden (following package directions).
Ten minutes before the fries will be done, remove the meat from the slow cooker and let rest for about five to seven minutes. Cut into thin slices.
Cook chili according to can directions (I nuke mine since it takes less time and then I can serve in the same bowl!).
You can let people put on their own toppings or you can make a huge platter – your choice. Just layer on fries, chili, sour cream, meat, barbecue sauce, cheese and olives.
That’s it.
Hearty, flavorful and so good!
Enjoy!
She Who Will Be Making These Again
Savvy Entertaining 