Don't forget that today is Week 2 of our new Spotlight Saturday Blog Hop! We would love for you to join us for the blog hopping fun. Just link up in the post below! Have a fantastic weekend!
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Saturday, August 7, 2010
Spotlight Saturday Blog Hop #2
It's Spotlight Saturday Hosted By
Welcome to our new blog hop with a twist! Every week swing by to link up your blog and one you want to spotlight! Did you find a new blog you liked this week? Is there one you visit on a daily basis? Well, simply link up your Spotlighted blog right under yours. We will Spotlight our favorite blogs of the week in spots 4, 5, and 6.
How it Works
1) Link up your own blog.
2)Link up a blog you want to spotlight for the week.(ex. Spotlight: I Spot You)
3) Follow your three hosts.
4) Grab our button and post it on your sidebar or a Spotlight Saturday Post.
5) Follow as many blogs from the list and leave a comment so they know you stopped by.
6) Return the favor by following blogs that followed you.
(Be aware that URL's cannot be duplicated so please have a second spotlight choice in mind. If your blog's URL has already been spotlighted, just add one you'd like to spotlight. )
Don't forget to leave a comment for the blog you spotlighted so they can come join the blog hopping fun! And don't miss next week's Yummy Spotlight Saturday. Come join the blog hop fun and Spotlight your favorite Food Blog!
Friday, August 6, 2010
Soda Stream Winner!
Congrats to dolls123! You are the lucky winner of the SodaStream giveaway! Out of 273 entries, dolls123 won with comment #211. "Blog Follower #2". The winner has 48 hours to claim her prize before I randomly select a new winner. Thanks to all that entered and I hope you keep reading Between the Lines.
Fabulous Food Friday with The Domestic Engineer
Welcome to Fabulous Food Friday! While exploring the blogosphere, I realized that there were many great recipes to share. So every Friday, I am going to try to feature an awesome blogger with their great recipe! Today’s feature blogger is Stacia from The Domestic Engineer. When you get a chance, swing by Stacia's yummy blog. I’m sure you’ll find a recipe you and your family will love
I'm Stacia from The Domestic Engineer. I have always loved being in the kitchen creating delicious food for my loved ones. Now that I'm married, I have an amazing man to cook for. Creating food to match what's in season, or in this case, how hot it is outside ensures that we are trying new recipes all of the time.
What's better than a nice cool treat on a warm afternoon? What frozen confection brings you back to childhood? And what's a tasty way to use up some very ripe bananas when you're tired of banana bread?
I'll tell you. It's banana fudgesicles. :)
Last summer I began my search for popsicle molds. I didn't find them, but luckily the hubby and I recieved a pack of 6 as a wedding present. Yay!
Now that the weather is warming up, I knew it was time to break out the popsicle molds and make something tasty. What is tastier than chocolate? Not a lot. What goes great with chocolate that I happen to have a few of? Bananas!
The banana makes it healthy, right? ;)
I found these fudgesicles to be so nice and refreshing on a warm day! The chocolate is just strong enough that it compliments the banana perfectly, and I am so glad I didn't have to make more banana bread!
My recipe makes 6 popsicles. Each hold about a half cup of popsicle goodness. You can use small dixie cups with posicle sticks, or even double it up to make a bunch. Yum.
Banana Fudgesicles
2 tbl. cornstarch
sprinkle of salt
1 1/2 c. milk
1/4 c. light corn syrup
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
heaping 1/2 c. chocolate chips
1 very ripe banana, mashed up good.
Mix together the first five ingredients in a saucepan. Once combined, bring to a boil over medium heat and stir for one minute, or until the mixture has thickened up. Congratulations, you just made a really quick and easy pudding.
Turn off the heat and stir in the chocolate chips until they have melted completely. Then mix in the mashed banana.
Like a good gravy, this stuff will thicken up fast as it cools down. You can put piece of plastic wrap over it, touching the surface to prevent a skin from forming and stick it in the fridge if you don't want to make the fudgesicles right away. Otherwise, fill up your molds or dixie cups with the pudding. Stick the tops on the molds, or put plastic wrap over dixie cups and stick a popsicle stick through the plastic wrap. The plastic helps to hold the stick upright.
Freeze for at least four hours and enjoy!
Note: If the fudgesicles don't come out of their molds easily, run a little warm water around the outside and they should pop right out.
I'm Stacia from The Domestic Engineer. I have always loved being in the kitchen creating delicious food for my loved ones. Now that I'm married, I have an amazing man to cook for. Creating food to match what's in season, or in this case, how hot it is outside ensures that we are trying new recipes all of the time.
I'll tell you. It's banana fudgesicles. :)
Last summer I began my search for popsicle molds. I didn't find them, but luckily the hubby and I recieved a pack of 6 as a wedding present. Yay!
Now that the weather is warming up, I knew it was time to break out the popsicle molds and make something tasty. What is tastier than chocolate? Not a lot. What goes great with chocolate that I happen to have a few of? Bananas!
The banana makes it healthy, right? ;)
I found these fudgesicles to be so nice and refreshing on a warm day! The chocolate is just strong enough that it compliments the banana perfectly, and I am so glad I didn't have to make more banana bread!
My recipe makes 6 popsicles. Each hold about a half cup of popsicle goodness. You can use small dixie cups with posicle sticks, or even double it up to make a bunch. Yum.
Banana Fudgesicles
2 tbl. cornstarch
sprinkle of salt
1 1/2 c. milk
1/4 c. light corn syrup
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
heaping 1/2 c. chocolate chips
1 very ripe banana, mashed up good.
Mix together the first five ingredients in a saucepan. Once combined, bring to a boil over medium heat and stir for one minute, or until the mixture has thickened up. Congratulations, you just made a really quick and easy pudding.
Turn off the heat and stir in the chocolate chips until they have melted completely. Then mix in the mashed banana.
Like a good gravy, this stuff will thicken up fast as it cools down. You can put piece of plastic wrap over it, touching the surface to prevent a skin from forming and stick it in the fridge if you don't want to make the fudgesicles right away. Otherwise, fill up your molds or dixie cups with the pudding. Stick the tops on the molds, or put plastic wrap over dixie cups and stick a popsicle stick through the plastic wrap. The plastic helps to hold the stick upright.
Freeze for at least four hours and enjoy!
Note: If the fudgesicles don't come out of their molds easily, run a little warm water around the outside and they should pop right out.
Still Leaking!
Thanks to everyone who sent me emails or left comments regarding our underground pipe leak. Unfortunately, the problem has not been resolved. Yesterday, we lost over a thousand gallons of water!!! Not good under any situation, but with our county in near drought like conditions, this is especially bad. We have someone coming back on Saturday to try to fix it by digging up our lawn, but if the problem isn't there, someone else will have to come make holes in my house. (aaahhhh!) Apparently our builders had a super idea when they designed these houses. Why not lay the pipe under the foundation?? Sound good? Uh, no...not so good. (Breathe in....breath out...) I will update you all Saturday or Sunday. I hope you join us for our Spotlight Saturday Blog Hop and our Simple Sunday Twitter Hop. We had a lot of fun last weekend. See you then!
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