chocolate chip mint cookies

DELICIOUS!

I have made these once before and they were so simple and so delicious! my boyfriend and his roommates could not get enough of them! I found the recipe on pinterest but looked it up again for you all and found this one to be quite good, i didnt use the menthe baking chips however.

What you will need
1 - Sugar Cookie Mix
1/2 - Cup Butter or Margarine, softened
1/4-1/2 - Teaspoon Mint Extract
6-8 Drops Green Food Colouring
1 Egg

1 Cup Semisweet Chocolate Chunks

Step 1:
Heat Oven to 350°F. In large bowl, stir cookie mix, butter, extract, food color and egg until soft dough forms. stir in chocolate chunks / chips

Step 2:

Drop dough 2 inches apart on cookie sheet, place in freezer for 30 minutes or so, i find it helps to leave it in there for a while so that when you cook them they stay nice and fluffy

Step 3: 

a little brown around the edges, still tasty though

Bake for 8-10 Minutes, cool as needed and serve!

SO TASTY
let me know if you guys try it out and link me to some pictures especially if you add some fun things to your creations : D

chicken curry!

Tonight we made some delicious chicken curry and i thought i would snap a few extremely crude and unprofessional photos and show you guys how to make it! super simple and takes about an hour in full from chopping the onions to draining the rice.

What you will need:
2 - 4 Garlic Cloves
1-2 Onions - (depending on size, we used quite a large one, chopped filled up a full cereal bowl)
1 Can Diced Tomatoes (obviously if you have about 5-6 tomatoes around feel free to cut fresh)
1 Can Tomato Sauce
1 Can Coconut Milk
1 Tbsp Curry Powder (recommend small amount for your first time, but you can add to taste, especially if you have had / made curry before)
1-3 tbsp - Olive Oil
2 large chicken breasts
Rice


Optional
1-11/2 Tbsp Sugar (depending how spicy/sweet you want your curry)
1 tbsp curry paste (we added some red curry paste)
Vegetables

Yields: 10 Servings (depending on how much you can handle ;) )

so blurry, i know

As you can see the recipe is SUPER flexible and you can add / subtract a lot of the ingredients for your own personal taste, we make it a little sweet just so the spice doesn't get overwhelming but honestly itll be good no matter what way you want to go.

Step 1:
On low heat put the olive oil, garlic, curry powder, paste (optional) and onions in small pan, simmer for 5 minutes, stirring well, then add the two chicken breasts (cubed) and cook for 5-7 minutes

Step 2:
Place the onion and chicken mixture in a large pot, add in the 1 Can Diced Tomatoes, 1 Can Tomato Sauce and 1 Can of Coconut Milk on medium heat, stir together and add in sugar (optional.)

i realize it looks mildly disturbing at this point (thanks coconut milk)

Step 3:
Once stirred, turn curry to low heat and let simmer for 25-35 minutes, checking on it every 5 minutes or so to stir.

Step 4:
Cook the rice and serve!

It is totally simple and the most delicious thing ever! takes a little bit of time with the simmering but otherwise its a great meal for a dinner party or just a meal for two (4 times over)

:D

gift for those hard working people in your life.

Hello!

Last weekend i was looking around pinterest and found a whole bunch of projects for fathers day for some reason, but this can used for just about anyone, i made it for my boyfriend to go along with his birthday present.. It is super simple, especially cutting some corners and using flannel pants instead of metered fabric!

What you will need:
Flannel Pants / Fabric: 1/2 yard should be good
Sewing Machine
Rice: 6-8 cups depending on the size youre making

Step 1: Cut off one leg of the pants, mine ended up being about 29 x 7 before sewing
Step 2: Turn the pant leg inside out and take the inside seam in so that measured across the leg ends up being 6inches across, it will already be closed, so you can keep it as wide as you want but i wanted to to be uniform so i sewed it as if i was taking in a pair of pants

Step 3: Sew the bottom seam closed while the pants are still inside out
Step 4: Flip the leg back the right way so all the sewing you just did was on the inside, you can cut the lengthwise flap that you sewed off if you want but it was going to be on the inside so i just left it.

Step 5: Now you will have a long bag that looks like youre smuggling wine, fill it about 2/3 of the way full with rice so that when you sew it closed it wont be too stiff.
Step 6: Sew the top closed (watch out for the rice! i had a little bit of a spilling situation ... multiple times)
Step 7: Pop it in the freezer or microwave and soothe those aches and pains!

valentines day

hello lovelies

just finished off (the homemade portion of) my valentines day gift to my boyfriend (another pinterest find) and it was super simple to do and only required a few materials most of which i had around the house

You will need:
deck of cards
card stock for the front and back cover (tip: i used the 2 joker cards)
paper
single hole punch
markers / pens etc
2 binder rings (i used 1")
scissors
tape / glue

This is the most original source i can find for the idea, but i have seen a lot of variations, check out pinterest and do your own spin on it!

Here goes
Step 1: Start with a box of playing cards, i found one left over from a party the other weekend

Step 2: Take a hole punch and pick where you want to make the holes, depending on the size of the binder rings you get this might change, i just eyeballed it.

 Step 3: Use the first card and include it in in a group (as many as your hole punch can handle) as a template for the rest of the cards as you want them all to be even.

 Step 4-6: Cut out some paper and write on the cards all of the 52 things that you love about your significant other (hopefully you can think of enough ;] ) i have seen some variations where people printed stickers out or hand wrote on the card itself, up to you, then glue, tape, sticky tack etc the paper to the cards, then throw the binder rings on there.

Step 7: Take your two joker cards, cover them with whatever you have lying around, i used wrapping paper from his other gift, which was THIS amazing lamp, check it out, and add your title and anything else you like and boom youre all done :)

I hope you all have a lovely valentines day with whomever you may be sharing it with, remember if you dont have a significant other, there is always someone out there that loves you <3

happy anniversary!

Tomorrow is my anniversary with the sweetest man i know
since it is so close to Valentines day we decided to save presents for then but i couldn't not make him a little something. I scoured pinterest to find something that i could whip together with what i had on hand, so besides the double french vanilla cake i made for the occasion i also found this cute little DIY accordion card.

Unfortunately i didnt end up getting step by step photos because it is all very simple but i used this step by step guide over at ruthbleakley.com. It was super simple and adorable to make try it out for yourself and let me see what you come up with, there are so many ways to interpret the design, i just have to add something on the front and of course all the mushy - ness inside.

happy diy-ing!
this was originally posted on January 24th over at my other domain (now deleted)