2nd Year In A Row!

My work has a Halloween Party every year and we have a dessert contest. I won last year so I decided I would enter again this year and see if I could win again. Our theme this year was Spiders. I made these Spider Web cookies and WON!!!! I have a 7 week old baby so I decided to make these cookies as easy as possible for me. They still turned out cute and were really fun to make!

Sugar Cookie Dough
1 can of white frosting
1 tube of black gel
Halloween Sprinkles
Halloween M&Ms

Make the sugar cookies. When they are cooled frost them with the white frosting. When the frosting sets, make circles with black gel. Drag a toothpick from the center to the edge to create the web. When the gel is almost set, put an M&M on the cookie and use sprinkles for the legs. I used a toothpick to help position the sprinkles close to the M&M. Let set and enjoy!

Eatin Good

We have been eating good around my house lately! My husband is a meat lover so when I saw this recipe I knew I had to try it out! I have never cooked brisket before and was a little scared, but it was super easy! The brisket was super moist and juicy, I only wish I got a bigger brisket

(we fed 5 of us) so we could have more leftovers! I served the brisket with red potatoes that I boiled, cut in half, covered in cheddar cheese and bacon bits and heated until the cheese is melted-yummy!

Ingredients:

4 or 5 pound brisket

4 oz. liquid smoke

4 oz. Worcestershire

Garlic salt

Celery salt

Onion salt

1 cup of your favorite BBQ sauce

Method:

Place brisket in a large, shallow Pyrex.

Add the liquid smoke and Worcestershire sauce all over.

Rub brisket with lots of garlic salt, celery salt, and onion salt.

Refrigerate overnight.

Bake in a covered roaster at 325 degrees for 3 hours.

Add one cup of your favorite BBQ sauce and cook uncovered for 30 minutes.

Let cool 1 hour before slicing and serving

Some Tips:

I only marinated the brisket for 1 hour and it worked out great

Make sure you double line your pan with foil to make clean up easy!

And cook the meat in the marinade

If you live in Salt Lake, get your brisket from Sniders Bros. Meats on Highland Drive (they even seasoned the meat for me)! I learned that most stores have to order brisket for you, but they usually have it everyday.

Oven Ribs

I had some ribs in our freezer and decided to make them, except I didn't want to grill them. So I decided to cook them in the oven instead. I wasn't sure how long to cook them or what temperature so I Googled oven ribs. I found a couple recipes that I liked and combined them. I don't mean to toot my own horn but they were the best ribs I have ever had. They were really moist and the crust on them was great. I hope you try them, they are worth the time!

Oven Ribs

Rack of Ribs
1/4 cup Salt
1/4 cup Sugar
1 Tablespoon Paprika (more if you want, but taste it first)
1 Teaspoon Garlic Powder
BBQ Sauce

Mix the salt, sugar, paprika and garlic powder together. Coat ribs with the mixture, making sure it sticks to the ribs. Place in large pan (I just used a glass pan) and fill with 1 inch of water or halfway up the ribs. Cook at 250 degrees for 1 hour. Turn ribs and cook for another hour. Pour the liquid out of the pan and coat the ribs with as much BBQ sauce as you want. Cook at 400 degrees for 30 minutes and serve!

Ideas

When I started this blog I decided that it would be a food and craft blog. Well it's mostly turned into a food blog because I haven't crafted anything for awhile. Well I still haven't. I have a lot of ideas swirling in my head but need time and money to make them happen. I got some more ideas from THIS blog as well. I'm in love with her photography and simple craft ideas. I'm sure you can find some ideas from her blog. I will keep you posted on my crafting as it happens!

Mmmmm Good

Fall is here! It is one of my favorite times of the year because the leaves are changing colors, the air is crispy, I love wearing jackets, I love cuddling to keep warm and I love warm comfort food! And one of my favorite comfort foods is chili. Chili is such a simple dish but such a good one. This recipe is one that you can cook on the stove quick or you could put it in the crock pot for a few hours. I prefer the crock pot because your whole house will smell good and yummy! Happy Fall everyone!

1 pound ground beef
1 onion, chopped
1 (14.5 oz) can stewed tomatoes
1 (15 oz.) can tomato sauce
1 (15 oz.) can kidney beans
1 1/2 cups water
1 t. chili powder
1 t. garlic powder
Salt and Pepper to taste

1. In a large saucepan over medium heat, combine the beef and onion and saute until meat is browned and onion is tender. Add the stewed tomatoes with juice, tomato sauce, beans and water.
2. Season with the chili powder, garlic powder, salt and ground black pepper to taste. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover and let simmer for 15 minutes.

Crock Pot Way-
In a large saucepan over medium heat, combine the beef and onion and saute until meat is browned and onion is tender. Combine in crock pot with remaining ingredients and cook on high for 3 hours.

Chick-Fil-A

I'm in love with Chick-Fil-A!!! I probably eat it once a week and ate it 3-4 times a week while I was pregnant. Well I recently found a recipe that claims to be the recipe for Chick-Fil-A nuggets. I'm dying to try it out and see how it compares. So who wants to have a taste test party?

Taco Tuesday

Albertsons has Taco Tuesday every Tuesday-they sell 1 pound of ground beef for $2, a package of tortillas for $2 and a package of cheese for $2. I think $2 for a pound of beef is a good deal so that's when I stock up! And sometimes they are trying to sell the meat before it goes bad so they give you $1 off and then I freeze the meat!