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Lime Dinner Jell-O with COOL WHIP

May 18, 2012 4 Comments

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I grew up with dinner Jell-O (or commonly referred to as Jell-O salad). I didn’t know it was a strange thing until I grew up! Of course now I live in UT where it’s a “little” more common. The one thing that all my favorite Dinner Jell-O recipes have in common are COOL WHIP Whipped Topping!!!

Jell-O Salad’s aren’t salad, but they aren’t dessert either… They are a delicious light treat, that my kids love and ask for all the time. My Brother in Law fell in love with this recipe when he married my sister and he can finish off an entire pan himself! I enjoy eating pieces of it the next day for treats though out the day, breakfast, lunch dinner

Lime Dinner Jell-O
8oz cream cheese
Lrg can of pears (or two small cans)
1/2 C water
Lrg lime Jell-O packet
COOL WHIP 8 oz

Open the Pear cans and drain the juice into a microwave safe container. Boil pear juice in microwave (2-3 mins)

add Jell-O mix, and stir till dissolved

Add 1/2 C water (I add 1/2 C in ice cups) let cool.

Put the cream cheese and pears in the blender

Add the cooled jell-o/juice

blend it until its smooth

pour into glass pan (9*13).

Now grab your COOL WHIP, and give it a good stir.

plop on the WHIP CREAM in blobs onto the jell-O mixture

Stir in the WHIP CREAM as much or as little as you like. It’s kind of fun getting a chunk of the COOL WHIP in your serving, as a child we all felt like a winner if we got the biggest blog! I’ll often stir in the full 8 oz smooth, then add extra WHIP CREAM for small chunks!

Let set in fridge overnight! And serve!

We serve them in squares, and as children my sisters and I couldn’t just eat them, we’d use our forks to cut away jell-o to create shapes! My favorite was always a house… As a mom I watch my kids do the same thing- it’s the one time it’s okay to play with their food!

So did you grow up with Dinner Jell-O Salad with COOL WHIP? Never tried it? Will you?

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My Topsy Turvy Cake Pop Business Cards

April 26, 2012 14 Comments

My first blog conference I didn’t have business cards the first day. I raced home and printed off a quick design that night so I’d have something to give out the next day.

Before my next conference I designed cards I loved, and ordered THOUSANDS, I tend to OVER prepare. But now, 2 years later, they are out of date. Most of the info is still correct (except for the Etsy store, and the LACK of certain info- pinterest, etc…) but also the font is wrong, the pictures on the back our outdated, etc…

As a blog conference veteran I now know a lot more about business cards, not only is the card important, but something SPECIAL about the card to make it memorable. How to do that in a SEA of creative women and make it about me? I thought about it for a few weeks when I woke up with the BEST idea ever… Topsy Turvy Cake Pops!!!

I called my sister ASAP and asked for her help! She generously agreed and she spent the day helping me make 300 of these beauties! I LOVE how they turned out!!! Hopefully most of you gals at SNAP got one, I’m bringing more to Breathing Space next weekend for you lucky ladies!

So who wants to come by in July and help me make another 300 for EVO??? My sister is due that week so she’s out (she is SO not allowed to have the baby while I’m in Park City!)!

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Color Flow Airplane Cookies

April 16, 2012 8 Comments

This week I’m going to be sharing my airplane baby shower all week, today is the cookies, Wednesday the cake, Thursday the invitations and Friday the rest of the party, including the labels! I hope you all enjoy it! It was such a fun party to throw for my sweet cousin.

Take your favorite sugar cookies, but for this method if you want the frosting to dry hard so you can stack them you need to use royal icing, so it’s mostly sugar, and looks AMAZING, but isn’t he most tasty frosting. You CAN use my classic Sugar cookie frosting, making it thick for the outline and thin for filling in, but while the frosting will crust over you won’t be able to stack them. But it does taste better in my opinion….

First we’re going to outline the shape you want. I started with the MAIN space, then did one side of the details then the other. You want to make sure your outline connects everywhere without spaces or holes.

Then any detail work in the center, I was going off an image of a plane I tweaked and colored for our party… do this to ALL the cookies and let the outlines dry completely.

Take the royal icing and THIN it out, after you’ve thinned it, plop a bit of the frosting back into the main bowl and count to 10, if the plop and/or lines created when you dropped it in have disappeared and you have a nice smooth surface again it’s thinned enough, if not add a bit more water, mix and try again. Go slowly, like half a tsp at a time, you can always add more water, but if you go too far you can’t take it back out!

Now we’re going to fill in the design, doing one space at a time,works smoothly and quickly, starting with a side and moving your way over. You want it to bubble up over the edge of your outline JUST a bit (but not overflow) creating a pillowy effect..

Use a straight pin or toothpick to help fill in any area and pop any bubbles

Jiggle it a bit to help it smooth itself out

Let it dry completely between each color! Fill in every space and your done! Once they are completely dry you can stack them.

And here you can see the plane I tweaked for the labels and used as my cookie inspiration! More on the party all week! I can’t wait to share it with you guys!

Royal Icing
makes 3 cups
3 tablespoons Meringue Powder or powder egg whites
4 cups (about 1 lb.) confectioners’ sugar
6 tablespoons warm water

Beat all ingredients until icing forms peaks (7-10 minutes at low speed with a heavy-duty mixer, 10-12 minutes at high speed with a hand-held mixer).

IMPORTANT-Keep all utensils completely grease-free for proper icing consistency.

Thinned Royal Icing: To thin for pouring, add 1 teaspoon water per cup of royal icing. Use grease-free spoon or spatula to stir slowly. Add 1/2 teaspoon water at a time until you reach proper consistency.

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