A yummy dessert recipe!

This one came out of my "Recipes to try" file. I got it from here. It is super yummi-licious! It is easy to put together too.

Asphalt Pie
From Sistersstuff.blogspot.com
INGREDIENTS:
Oreos
1/3 c melted butter
1/2 gallon mint chocolate chip ice cream
small container of whip cream
Caramel ice cream sauce
Chocolate ice cream sauce

Spray a 9x13 pan with cooking spray.

Set out ice cream and whipped topping to thaw.

Crush 3/4 package of the Oreos. Mix crushed Oreos with melted butter. Spread on the bottom of the pan.

Drizzle on some caramel sauce over crust.

Set pan in freezer for about 20 minutes until firm.

Spread on the ice cream over crust. Return to freezer for 20 minutes or so until it is firm.

Spread on whipped cream evenly over ice cream. Drizzle more caramel sauce over top and then drizzle chocolate sauce over the top. I also added a few more crushed Oreos sprinkled on top.

Freeze again for 20 minutes or so until firm.

I recommend setting this out for 10 minutes or so before serving, just to soften it slightly. Cut your pieces pretty small, this is very rich and sweet, but oh so yummy!

Day 2 of Spring Break

The boys went skiing bright and early this morning. Spirit and my nephew, P (who is 9), have been skiing before but Lefty and my nephew, C (who is 6), have not. So the younger boys will be in ski school most of the day. The place they are skiing has a ski school all day that included lunch and ski rental for a real reasonable price. All 4 were beyond excited to go! I hope everyone has a great time!

I am at work until noon today, then I will go home and get the girls (my niece, Lady Bug, my sister and my mom) for lunch and shopping. I am so excited to have a girls day!

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Apparently yesterday the boys were quite naughty together and my sister made them clean my house! I don't know all the gory details, all I heard was that they were making very poor decisions as a group. Hopefully they all learned a lesson and will be better behaved the remainder of the week!

Weekend review

I left work early on Friday because my mom flew into town. She is here from Oregon and I haven't seen her in over a year. On Saturday, my sister and her family flew in from Seattle, but she is staying at a rental house, not with me.

Saturday morning, my mom and I made roman shades for Spirit's room. I will have to get pictures of them and post, but today Mr. Man took the camera with him for some work stuff he needed it for. I will post pictures later this week.

Sunday we spent the day with my sister and her family. The kids played hard, got into a snowball fight with the neighbor kids (that ended kind of bad so I had to call everyone in!) and then my sister took all 3 of my kids with her to the rental to have a little sleep over! I hope they all had fun!

Today, I am at work and my sister and mom are going to hang out at my house today until I get off work. Kind of a bummer that I have to miss the "party"!

Tomorrow I will work half day. The guys are all going skiing (Mr. Man, my BIL, my 2 nephews and my 2 boys) and so after I get off work, my mom, my sis, my niece and Lady Bug are going to do a girls day! Should be fun!

LAST DAY TO SIGN UP FOR THE FLIP FLOP SWAP

We have quite a few participants, but I would love to get some more. Please click here to read the rules for the Flip Flop Swap and then hurry and sign up! It will be loads of fun!

If you've already signed up and have not received an email questionnaire from me I promise it is on it's way, I fell a little behind! I think this is going to be a lot of fun, we have some great people signed up! I can't wait to get a new pair of flip flops!

My mom flies into town today - I am SO excited to see her! We have lots of crafty stuff planned to do while she is here.. I promise to post pictures!

Friday Recipe - Bread Machine Pizzas

I have tried several recipes over the years for pizza dough, but this one is by far the easiest with very good flavor. I have tried over night doughs, lower fat dough, regular dough being mixed by hand, but none of them were as easy to make as this one and none met the "family approval" rating!

This took about an hour to make in the bread machine and then by the time we all made our pizzas and baked them it was another hour. Definitely can be done on a Friday night or Family Movie/Game Night.

Bread Machine Pizzas

From Good Cheap Eats.com

CRUST INGREDIENTS:

1 1/2 c water

1/4 olive oil

2 Tbls honey

4 1/2 c flour

1 Tbls salt

1 Tbls yeast

TOPPINGS INGREDIENTS:

Pizza sauce

Mozzarella cheese

pepperonis, sausage, bacon, mushrooms, onion, diced tomato, sliced black olives, bell pepper, etc. any toppings you like



A preheated oven is key to a great crust, so I recommend turning the oven on while the dough is mixing in your bread machine. Preheat to 475 degrees.



Combine the crust ingredients in the bread machine pan according to the order listed above. Set machine to the dough setting and start machine. Check it after 10 minutes to make sure all the ingredients have been incorporated and not stuck to the side of the pan (if it is stuck mix it in with your hand or a wooden spoon.

Grease your cookie sheets or pizza pans and sprinkle with cornmeal or flour.

When dough is ready, divide it into portions. This recipe says it makes 6 individual pizzas or 3 large - we made 6 personal size pizzas and one large pizza. Shape each portion into a flat, round shape. Place on a cookie sheet or pizza pan. Spread pizza crust with sauce (about 2/3 c for large pizzas and about 1/3 c for smaller ones)

Sprinkle mozzarella cheese over top of sauce. Added any combination of toppings that you would like (our favorites are tomato and crumbled bacon or traditional cheese and pepperoni).

After you get your toppings on then top with a little more mozzarella cheese.

Bake pizzas for 8-15 minutes, depending on the size.

Spring snow storm

Funny to think that I am hosting a flip flop swap and this is what I woke up to today!

The kids schools are closed so I am home from work today. Mr. Man ventured into work and he said once he got out of our neighborhood the roads had been plowed and sanded so while he is working I made the sacrifice to stay home with the kids (it is a big sacrifice too!)

Since I have family coming this weekend I am taking today to clean and get the house ready for visitors. I have already completed Lady Bug's room (including cleaning out her dresser and closet of clothes that don't fit anymore!) I have done 2 loads of laundry (washing, drying, folding and putting away!)

The kids and I also spent some time this morning working on Cards For Cancer. Here is a picture of our cards. Some of these were done with a friend of mine over the weekend (I'm sure you can pick out the ones my friend and I did and the ones the kids did today!)

I think we will make some oven s'mores this afternoon and watch a movie by the fire. What could be better than this? Well, warmer weather where I can wear my favorite flip flops... thats what could be better! In the meantime though, I will have fun hanging out with these kiddos of mine!

Have you? I have...

Have you signed up for the Flip Flop Swap? I did.

There are quite a few people participating, but I would still love to have more involved! Click here to sign up or send me an email.

Go do it... you know you want to! :-)