Jalapeno Spinach dip!

Why buy it, when you can make it?? It's a crowd pleaser! For the record, when I make up recipes I don't use measurements, so you can always add or use less of any ingredient because my measurements on here are guestimations!:)

How do I do this?!

• 1/2 cup of cream cheese
• 1/3 cup of frozen spinach, thawed and moisture squeezed out
• 2 tablespoons diced, pickled jalapenos
• 2 cloves of garlic, minced (more or less to taste)
• 1 teaspoon fresh parsley, minced
• Fresh bread or crackers to serve it with!:)

Just mix all of your ingredients together and top off your favorite bread or cracker!:)

Enjoy!(:

Kristin:)

Owl throw you a party!:)

I made this for my VERY dear friends birthday! She has a fascination with owls, so when I saw an idea similar to this I just HAD to do it!:) Pre-warning, this was hard to explain how to make. I just followed a picture and went with it, and it's what I would recommend doing to anyone who was interested in making it!:) But here are the directions, in case you want them.:))

What you'll need:
14 cuppycakes (I cheated, I used boxed cake mix to make them...but it was Funfetti! Surely that counts for something!)
2 containers of icing (I had white icing, and just died some of it blue)
7 Oreo cookies, BUT I would allow for a few extras, they tend to break when you try to cut them!
6 pretzel rods
2 life savers
2 skittles
1 cashew
6 almonds

I know, I know. Some of those you need a tiny amount of! But that's how you make it! Feel free to substitute anything to make it your style...that's what this cake is all about...personalize it for the one you love!:)

First, line up your cupcakes. Four in the center, three on each side of those four, and two on each side of the three. Next, start icing! I iced the bottom two cupcakes and the eye cupcakes white, and the other ten cupcakes blue.:) I then piped white icing onto the blue cupcakes and formed the birds breast feathers.:) Next, pull apart five Oreos and wipe (preferably DON'T lick (x ) the cream off.:) Cut the cookies in half...this is where patience comes in. They don't have to be perfect, part of them will be sticking in the icing! Arrange your cookies staggered on the sides of the row of four and top row of three cupcakes (see picture.) Pull apart two more Oreos, leaving all of the cream in tact on one side of the cookie!:) Place these Oreos on your eye cupcakes, next put a little dot of icing and stick the lifesaver to it, then put a little dot of icing on your skittle and stick that to the top of the lifesaver!(: Cut one of the Oreo halves that didn't have the cream on it and put them on the eye cupcakes. (See picture.) I promise, I'll take more pictures from now on.:) I didn't plan on explaining this on my blog.(: Give your little owl it's cashew nose, right in the bottom middle of the eye cupcakes.:) Arrange your pretzel sticks so it looks like your owl is standing on a nest. Finally! Add your owls toes, three on each side.:) Congrats! You've accomplished a cute cake! Now, go show it off!(:

Until Next  Time!

Kristin:)

Bacon Wrapped Pork Loin...this should get an ooooooh!(:

 Unfortunately, I had to dash out of the house to go for a run before this was ready to be pulled out of the oven, so I got a picture of it after it was already cut and then one on the plate....hoping it would make up for it.:)

This is a crazy simple recipe, resulting in a melt-in-your-mouth experience.:) As people were trying it, I heard words such as Mediterranean coming out. That was a shock, I don't know how to cook Mediterranean style...or maybe I do!(: 

Here goes!:)

You'll need:

• 1 pork loin (You can cut it in half and save half for later, just half the rest of this recipe!)
• 1 cup of butter
• 1 1/2 tablespoons fresh rosemary, pulled off of the stem (yes. fresh.:)
• 1 teaspoon fresh parsley, minced
• 3 cloves garlic, minced (more or less to taste)
• 1 pound of bacon 

 Preheat your oven to 350* F. Place your pork loin on a baking sheet and admire the before! (: Next, mix your butter, rosemary, parsley and garlic into a delightful spread.:) Rub this on top of your pork loin, if you have extra you could also rub it underneath, if you're short, rub it out thin!:) It WILL work!:) Next, take your bacon and wrap your buttered pork loin in bacony goodness, making sure you wrap it width wise, not length wise so that the bacon fits all the way around!:) MMM:) Bake your creation for around 90 minutes, or until 160*-165* F.:) Please make sure it's cooked all of the way! (: Wow your family, and enjoy your amazingly easy, stand-out dinner!

Toodles!:)

Sunshine(:

New Recipes!!

As I expand my recipe book...I will also be expanding the amount of posts on here!:) New recipes and ideas will be added frequently...Feel free to check back or leave a comment requesting a specific recipe and I'll see if I can help you out!:)

Thanks!
Sunshine:)