Sororities and Baked Goods!

When I was in college, the closest I came to joining a Sorority was watching the hit MTV series, Sorority Life with my senior year roomie Mo.  ("Who wants to be ordinary in a crazy mixed up world."  I still remember the theme song like it was yesterday).  There was also that one sorority party I went to Freshman year.  I have nothing against sororities especially since today I'm joining one.  Ok well not really, but I am going to College today to help my sister's sorority with their fundraiser bake sale.  My sister organized her Sorority's Relay for Life team and they are trying to earn a few extra bucks to donate by selling baked goods during lunch on campus and tonight at their Relay for Life event.

B and I will be delivering baked goods made by both my mom and I (mostly my mom, who went crazy with the baking) to add to the baked goods that the sistas are already making.  (Side Note-I get a little mad when my sister refers to her sorority Big Sister as her Big Sister.  I'm like, "uh I'm your big sister, hello?") 

Here are some pics of the baked deliciousness that my mom and I made....

 My favorites are the mini pies...

 And here is my attempt to bake in my new shoes so I can get used to them...

OK.

So, sororities?   Yay or Nay?
MTV's hit reality show Sorority Life?  Yay or Nay?
Baked Goods?  Yay or Nay?

Valentine's Week-Making Stuff is Fun!?!?! (and maybe romantic)

Apparently my husband thinks I like making stuff.

After making me shower, get dressed, put shoes on, put a coat on, put in earrings, etc., I learned that my Valentine's Date was actually in the living room.  My husband had set up a craft and baking date for me.  We started out by tie-dying t-shirts.  I can't wait for him to wear his purple, red and fuchsia tie dyed shirt out for a night on the town.  I always wanted to tie-dye a shirt when I was a kid but I guess I just never got around to it, so this was pretty exciting.

I know I look 'special' in this picture.

Tie-dyeing is serious stuff that requires gloves.

The worst part was that we had to wait 8 hours before we could unroll the shirts.

Then we moved on to the baking portion of the evening.  My husband had printed out a recipe for cranberry-orange scones and purchased all the necessary ingredients.

It's ok to wear a cupcake apron as long as you have a beer in your hand.

Another great action photo of me and no, I'm not pouring my glass of wine into the batter

He did all the hard stuff.

Hobie was little to no help.

Fin.  These scones were delightful by the way.

In conclusion....
My husband is a fun craft/baking partner. 
Crafting is more fun when you drink wine. 
Baking is harder when you bake after crafting with wine. 
Baking is easier when someone else measures out all the ingredients for you and just tells you what to do.

Good Date, B!  Let's do this again next year.

No-Bake Baking....

I decided to do some baking on Sunday but I actually went with items that didn't involve baking (more just melting)...

So if you want to make something really easy this week for a Christmas party or what not, here you go....

Chocolate Chow Mein Cookies...
1 bag of Butterscotch chips
1 bag of Chocolate chips
1 can (mine was 5 oz) of Chow Mein Noodles

-Melt the chips in a double boiler or the microwave and then stir in the Chow Mein Noodles.
-Scoop spoonfuls on to wax paper and let it harden

**I recommend breaking up the chow mein noodles a little before mixing them in or you will break you face trying to eat them.**

You can also do this with just butterscotch chips or with peanut butter chips or whatever.  I have also seen them with peanuts added in.

Next I wanted to make something vegan to send to my Mother-In-Law for Christmas.  So I asked Leah from Lovely Life of Leah for some help.  She gave me this recipe from the Alicia Silverstone book, The Kind Diet.  So I headed out to Earth Fare (sort of like Whole Foods) and bought..............

Crispy Peanut Butter Treats
Brown Rice Syrup (1 3/4 cup)
Brown Rice Cereal (aka healthier Rice Krispies) (1 box)
Carob Chips (1/2 cup)
Natural Peanut Butter (3/4 cup)

You basically just heat the syrup over the stove until in liquefies and then melt in the peanut butter.  Then you pour that on the cereal and mix it together in a bowl.  Add in the carob chips once it cools and then spread it in a pan.  The wax paper helped on that.

Veganlicious-OK so these weren't that bad.  I like the peanut butter flavor.  I was not a huge fan of the carob chips so I just didn't put that many in.

So that was my Sunday afternoon.

What did you do this weekend?