Category Archives: Food

Trip To The Butterfly House

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The butterfly house got a touch pool with sting rays and little sharks.  The first time we went to the butterfly house I did not touch anything, but the second time I went with two friends and I touched every thing.                                                                                                        

A sharks tail and a crab of some sort.

 There is a more clear picture.

 Jellyfish.

 The lion fish the most poisonous fish that I know of. 

 This plant is unheard of  to be sean in SD, it grows in Hawaii. 

 

The second time we went is bellow.

  The one on the left is Hannah and the one on the right is Gretchen.

Daniel got lucky. 

 

4th Of July

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This 4th of July was special we got to ride on my granddad’s four wheeler, Landon and Sarah even got to drive.Landon and Sarah gave rides to.  Landon gave me a ride first but no pictures.

Some of these were hard to got because I had to take the picture and FAST get out of the way.   The speed limit was 10 to 15 Mile per hr. 

Proof she was moving.

 

Sarah with John.

Dad a little bit later tried to do a wheelie.                                         I get a driving lesson next time we go.

Dominic had this worried look on this face after supper.  Then he saw that he was getting attention and stopped, then he did it again stopped and did it again.

This is the only picture I could get I videoed the rest, and could not figure out how to export them on to my blog.

 But I got Alex with a sparkler.

 

 

 

 

Pretzels

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I made Pretzels for the first time last Saturday and they turned out ok.  I had to throw out the first batch because I added the butter in late and thought that 16 oz was a lb.  So I had way too much flour.   The second batch was good but I still had too much flour.  And, I don’t think I will be making them again unless I really know what I am doing.  Landon helped me shape them.  Even the messed up batch tasted like a pretzel.       

                                                                                         

Truffles

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I made some homemade truffle and they turned out great.  I will give you the recipe.I made like 57 of these.                

Rum Balls:

1 1/2 cups (150 grams) toasted pecans, finely chopped (hazelnuts, walnuts, or almonds can be used)

1 1/4 cups (125 grams) finely crushed vanilla wafer cookies

1/2 cup (60 grams) confectioners sugar(powdered or icing)

2 tablespoons (15 grams) cocoa powder(Dutch processed or regular unsweetened)

2 tablespoons light corn syrup (or liquid glucose syrup, golden syrup, or honey)

1/4 cup (60 ml) rum

Toppings:

Confectioners (powdered or icing) Sugar

Finely chopped nuts (pecans, walnuts, hazelnuts, almonds or pistachios)

Unsweetened Cocoa Powder

Melted Chocolate (Dark or White)

 

Rum Balls: To toast nuts: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (177 degrees C) and place the oven rack in the center of the oven. Put the pecans on a baking sheet and bake for about 8 minutes, or until lightly browned and fragrant. Let cool completely and then chop the nuts finely with a knife or place the nuts in your food processor and pulse until finely chopped. Transfer to a large bowl.

Process the vanilla wafer cookies in the food processor until finely ground. Add the crumbs to the finely chopped pecans. To this mixture add the confectioners sugar and cocoa powder and stir until combined. Add the corn syrup and rum and mix well. Add more rum if necessary. Chill the batter and then shape into 1 inch (2.5 cm) balls.

Then roll the rum balls in confectioners sugar, finely chopped nuts, or cocoa powder. If dipping in chocolate, put about 4 ounces (120 grams) of chopped dark chocolate and 1 teaspoon of shortening   (YOU MUST USE SHORTENING I, MARIA FOUND OUT THE HARD WAY.)   in a heatproof bowl placed over a saucepan of simmering water. Once melted, remove from heat and dip the balls, one at a time, in the melted chocolate, making sure the entire ball is coated with chocolate. Then, with two spoons or a dipping fork, remove the rum balls from the melted chocolate, allowing any excess chocolate to drip back into the bowl. Place the chocolate covered balls on a baking sheet. When all the balls have been dipped in the chocolate, place in the refrigerator until the chocolate has set. Once the chocolate has hardened you can drizzle the rum balls with 1 ounce (30 grams) melted white chocolate.

Can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for several weeks.

Makes about 40 rum balls. Preparation time 30 minutes.

Reference:

Maria’s tips: I used honey. Add 1 more squirt of honey.  And I left the balls in the fridge over night, and put them in the freezer 30 min before rolling in to balls.  Dipping them in dark chocolate I think is the best.

You can watch the video if you click the link below.



Read more:http://www.joyofbaking.com/RumBalls.html#ixzz1rqS5qb7C

Chocolate chips

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The other night I was sitting on the computer trying to figure out which blog theme I wanted. Then Jonathan came up behind me and said, “Maria look at what I found!”  So I turned around and he had 7 bags of chocolate chips in his arms!!  There were 2 big bags and 5 little ones.

 Maria 

Me or you?

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Daniel saw that nobody was feeding the baby so he did.  He probably thought in his head, I must take responsibility myself and take charge, as you can see nobody’s feeding the baby so I will.  Or my self.          Even the baby was happy to be fed.YUMMY.

Meatballs

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Mom and I made meatballs the other night, and to make sure they cooked evenly, we had to weigh each and every one, they must weigh 1.5 oz.  And sometimes one of us would say something like, “this one will be on the button, or too light,” or visa versa.  But once I said, “Mom, how much do you think this will weigh?” Then mom said, ” 2.3 oz” And what does it weigh? 2.3oz!!!!!!!!!!!  I could just not get over it!  The meat balls were very good.  We ate them right after they were done, so I don’t have any pictures.

I also made coleslaw that night but I made one major booboo.  I added balsamic vinegar instead of apple cider vinegar!  I thought it would be terrible, but no, it tasted great.  I hope we use it again.

                    Maria