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Fried Mozzarella Cheese Sticks We continue onto Week 13 of College Football, which means another delicious Football bite! I can’t believe this is the last week of the regular season. It went by so fast! Today we are playing our biggest rival-Michigan. At the beginning of the 2011 season the Big 10 Conference was split into two six-team divisions. Ohio State and Michigan were placed in separate divisions, but the Michigan–Ohio State rivalry continues to take place at the end of the regular season every year. This easy appetizer makes the perfect bite for tailgating parties. One Year Ago: Southern Pecan Pie Fried Mozzarella Cheese Sticks Printer Friendly Version Ingredients:1 1/2 cups Italian-style dried breadcrumbs1 1/3 cups freshly grated Parmesan, divided1 teaspoon salt2 (16-ounce) packages mozzarella cheese sticks4 large eggs, beaten to blend1 1/2 cups vegetable oil Directions: Yields: about 56 sticks Source: adapted from Food Network If you’ve missed them, make sure to check out the rest of my College Football Bites:
Vintage Book Planner Tutorial I desperately needed a day planner. With so much going on I can no longer keep it all straight in my head ’cuz something’s always falling through the cracks. So on my way home from the morning school drive today, I went to the office supply store to shop for one. Nothing bulky, nothing leathery, don’t need pockets, grid paper, address book or all the bells and whistles, just a plain ol’ planner, but a spiral one for sure, so it will lay flat while I’m planning. Enter: A cute vintage book from my stash, one simple but pretty file folder and this simple tutorial! Find a cool vintage book close to the size and thickness of your planner and either a manila folder, decorative folder or heavy card stock. With a craft knife, gut your book. Save the pages for your craft projects. Trim away any extra scrap along the inside of the book cover, but careful not to cut through the cover itself. Draw fold lines just inside the drawn book line. Cut the folder about 1″ outside the fold line. Start planning.
Solid Shea Butter Sugar Scrub Cube Recipe Solid Sugar Scrub Cubes have become the new trend and are now taking the place of traditional sugar scrubs. One of the main reasons is that these scrubs are in a solid form so there’s no separation and less mess. It also means it’s less likely that you will transfer water into your sugar scrub during usage since you are simply removing one or two cubes at a time for use and then resealing the container before use. While there are a handful of recipes for solid sugar scrubs floating around, I came up with my own recipe that I’d like to share with you. Here’s what some of my customers have had to say about my Solid Shea Butter Sugar Scrub Cubes: Cucumber Solid Shea Butter Sugar Scrub CubesMy mother LOVES this!!! Natural Lavender Solid Shea Butter Sugar Scrub CubesThese are the most amazing bath item I have ever used. Love these sugar scrub cubes! Great lavender scent, I love how these are softer and squish easily in the shower. Solid Shea Butter Sugar Scrub Cube Recipe Ingredients: 4oz.
DIY Project: Repurposing your maps! Good Morning darlings...Hope you have a fabulous day today!! With the use of GPS there is really not much use to all those maps we collected through out time...but somehow I have a hard time throwing them away. How about this lovely way of repurposing them?? I think they are super cute for a corridor to the kids room, or a small side wall!!I also love the vignette inspiration (Tray + vintage spoons & other + apothecary jars= total bliss!!). Can you think of any other great way of repurposing your maps?? {Image via 1. 25 clever ideas to make life easier - StumbleUpon Via: amy-newnostalgia.blogspot.com Why didn’t I think of that?! We guarantee you’ll be uttering those words more than once at these ingenious little tips, tricks and ideas that solve everyday problems … some you never knew you had! (Above: hull strawberries easily using a straw). Via: apartmenttherapy.com Rubbing a walnut over scratches in your furniture will disguise dings and scrapes. Via: unplggd.com Remove crayon masterpieces from your TV or computer screen with WD40 (also works on walls). Via: athomewithrealfood.blogspot.com Stop cut apples browning in your child’s lunch box by securing with a rubber band. Via: marthastewart.com Overhaul your linen cupboard – store bedlinen sets inside one of their own pillowcases and there will be no more hunting through piles for a match. Via: realsimple.com Pump up the volume by placing your iPhone / iPod in a bowl – the concave shape amplifies the music. Via: savvyhousekeeping.com Re-use a wet-wipes container to store plastic bags. Via: iheartnaptime.net
Corndog Muffins | sportsglutton The Corndog Muffin Can’t say why, but I’ve had a hankering for corndogs for the past few weeks. Ill-equipped with no deep fryer in the kitchen and uninspired by recipes for baking corndogs that look nothing like usual State Fair corndog , Craftyglutton came up with the suggestion to transform the all-American meat on a stick meal to the all-American meat muffin. There are a few great advantages to making a Corndog muffin, mainly the elimination of deep-frying and the ability to incorporate additional ingredients that allow for a greater depth in flavor. For this recipe I used both bacon and grilled anaheim peppers to going along with the good old hotdog. Naturally, you can stuff whatever else moves you into the muffin to create your own Corndog Muffin (cheese, grilled onions, etc.) Preparation time is about 20-40 minutes (depending on the ingredients used) and 25-30 minutes for baking. Enjoy! The Necessities: Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease muffin tin. Like this:
Easy peasy D.I.Y This D.I.Y Revolution will not be televised This D.I.Y revolution will not require you getting up at stupid o’clock and fighting your fellow man tooth and nail for paint and nails This D.I.Y revolution will not require giving up most of your weekend and crying about the flakes of paint in your hair This D.I.Y revolution will not feature Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen or any of the team from Extreme Makeover: Home edition* It will just require you – some card and scissors and you can get your homemade flowers on for full deets on this DIY teach get thee gone to Cardgirl Invitations and see the end result via Dozi Design as Wendy is the original genius behind these. *We would like to offer our sincere apologies to Gil Scott Heron for ruining a classic – but he had to be sacrificed in the name of blogging! About the author I'm the big kahuna with the whole shebang. Amma = Idiot + Savant.