Mallory, Rob, and Kyecen...our little adventures!!

Friday, June 22, 2012

Pintrest got Crabs! 6-8-12

Rob finally made his famous Crab Cakes!

DELICIOUS!!!

We started with an appetizer as we prepared our meal...we have to have a snack while we cook!

Shrimp Cocktail with homemade Cocktail Sauce!

Crushing up the crackers!

All the secret ingredients mixed together, YUM!

The handsome chef! Making his crab cakes

Before cooked...

We also added some steamed crab legs for good measure...

Cookin' it up!

Viola! The finished plate!

I have to say this was SOOOO AMAZING! I'm definitely a seafood girl, but these crab cakes were delicious! Moist and tender, and the sauce was a perfect match!

Hope everyone enjoyed our deep sea adventure!!

Rob, Mal and Kyecen (who slept through this whole adventure...and missed all this amazingness!)

Saturday, June 2, 2012

Pintrest Tuesday 5-29-12...Chocolate Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting

I found a very very yummy chocolate cake recipe!!!

I hadn't been able to find one yet that was tasty and fluffy but I think I found one!

I wish I would have taken a picture of the batter, the very last ingredient was 1cup of boiling water...it looked super runny so I wasn't too sure on how it would bake up, but...they were perfect!

Then came my next craving/pintrest inspiration

PEANUT BUTTER!!!

I used the same recipe as the blogger did that I took the Chocolate Cake recipe from...

Butter, Cream Cheese, Peanut Butter, Powdered Sugar, and a little bit of vanilla and milk

AHHMAZING!!!!!

Not as fluffy as I was hoping for, but the taste is all there! I didn't play with it too much, but next time I will add more powdered sugar and keep on blending it...we'll see where it goes from there?!!

I doubled the recipe again cause I like to share : ) 24 regular and 72 mini's

I topped them all of with a mini Reese's Peanut Butter Cup!

(as Rob says, "It's all about presentation!")

If you didn't get to try these this time, I WILL make these again!!!

Mallory, Rob and Kyecen (my taste testers!)

Pintrest Tuesday 5-22-12

So this week Pintrest Tuesday was taken on the road!

We took our second camping trip of the season and went to our favorite spot at Canyon Lake!

3 days of lake, sun, dirt and CAMPFIRES!!!!

We did the easy route one night with Burgers and Dogs (The Phoenix Suns Dogs to be exact!) Then we did Steak and corn on the cob (I wrapped them in tinfoil after I seasoned them and added a little bit of butter)

Joe and Becca added to Pintrest Tuesday-Camping Edition with a Pasta Salad! Yummy and Perfect for a cool afternoon quick lunch ; )

I wish I had pictures : ( but I just didn't have my mind on my camera this time...Rob did get a few of our setup and our goings ons at the campsite!

Our not-so-tidy campsite...and homemade canopy!

We fished for hours between all of us...This was the only fish caught (I only fished for about 15 minutes!)

This is how we relax! Kyecen was napping, I was soaking in the water with a good book, and we were just hanging out doing NOTHING!!!

Rob, Kyecen, Becca and Joe took a float down towards the dock and did some jumping!

Hoping that this is just the start of camping season! And we're hoping to explore some new locations, maybe up north where its cooler?!?

Happy Camping

Mal, Rob, and Kyecen (and Becca, Joe, and Apollo)

Friday, June 1, 2012

F14 Tomcat

I guess its about time to blog about the remote control airplane...

Rob bought a HUGE remote control airplane

We've taken it out on two flight attempts...but it has proven a little more

tricky to get off the ground than we thought...

We tried a wide open stretch of road for the first flight...never got more than 6 inches off the ground...

then crashed hard, into the curb...smashed the nose

Next flight was scheduled at Seville on the 2nd hole of the Golf Course...We got off the ground, for about 30 seconds...then crashed into the tee box...quite a bit of damage this time : (

Ready for takeoff! (hand launch)

We got in the air!

Can you see it?! We made it almost all the way down the second hole...then crash...

Damage!

Maybe we'll figure out how to fly it some day...and by we I mean Rob ; )

We also have some helicopters to fly around in the house! These are a little easier to control!

Having fun flying around!

Rob, Kyecen(Pilots), and Mal(Photographer)

Mozzarella Sticks, Chicken Wings, and Pretzel Bites...slathered in Ranch!

We busted out the deep fryer and had an appetizer for dinner kind of night : ) Pintrest inspired of course!

My biggest recommendation is to read the direction all the way through before you start...we'll get to that...

All the ingredients out and ready to make some magic!

Mozzarella Sticks

Panko Bread Crumbs, Corn Starch, Garlic Powder, Salt, Pepper, Cayenne, Fresh Parsley

in the food processor for a quick spin,

Mozzarella sticks cut down to bite size : ) Flour, egg wash, and our breading mix!

Start on one end and work your way to the other, cover, dip, cover (repeat for double breaded!)

Into the fryer! (This is where I missed a step...after breading put them in the freezer for about an hour...this way your cheese won't disappear from your mozz sticks!)

I told him they were hot, I had just taken them out of the fryer...but no he doesn't listen : )

Then we started on making our own CHICKEN WINGS!!!

First we used the same process we did for the mozzarella sticks : ) Flour, egg wash, bread crumb mixture : )

All covered up! We bought just drumsticks : ) no wings!

No sauce, just the same breading we used on the Mozzarella Sticks! Yummy!

The rest we just covered in flour, fryed, then covered in wing sauce!

Then I got crazy and after I sauced them I covered them with Blue Cheese Crumbles

and fryed them again : ) SO YUMMY!!!

So I have a secret that I will share...okay if you know me it's not a secret, but I LOVE RANCH!

But I'm picky about my ranch and I really wish that I could buy it by the gallon from a restaurant cause I really am not a fan of Hidden Valley or anything else I have found in the grocery store...

I have found a recipe that I think I will stick with!

I took this RANCH DRESSING recipe and added half of a ranch dressing packet...I was so happy with it!!

The only thing I wish I did was puree my parsley and chives...

I don't have the skills to finely chop my herbs yet...I say yet, cause I'm working on it

PRETZELS

Just going to give a shout out to my Kitchenaid...I love this kitchen tool!

That little ball of dough rose over the top of the bowl within an hour!

Trying to do it right...rolling out my dough!

Rob challenged me to "throw" a real pretzel...I showed him : )

This is where I'm not sure about the process...drop the pretzel dough into a pot of boiling water with 3/4C of baking soda in it...then we layed them out on a cookie sheet, basted them with melted butter and a sprinkle of salt!

Baked for about 15 minutes and Viola! Pretzel bites : ) They were good, but not exactly what I was looking for so I will try a different recipe next time..

Hope you're hungry!

Mal, Rob and Kyecen

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

FIRST CAMPING TRIP OF THE SEASON!!!

We made our first camping trip of the season!!!

We took our friends Joe and Becca with us and their little puppy : )

We also found a new spot, it was a little farther than we usually go because we decided to go on a weekend...but it was a little more open with a lot less people than our regular spot!