Blueberry Puffs

Want something simple, delicious, but still impress guests for breakfast? Make these blueberry puffs! I have made them a few times now and they are always a huge hit!

Ingredients:
Puffs
8 oz cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup sugar
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 cans crescent rolls
1 cup fresh fruit (blueberries, raspberries, or blackberries)
Glaze
1 cup powdered sugar
4 tbsp milk


Directions:
Preheat your oven to 350 F. In a medium bowl blend the cream cheese, sugar, and lemon juice until well mixed.
Grease a large cookie sheet and unroll the crescent rolls into their triangles. Spread the cream cheese mix over the triangle, sprinkle with fruit, and roll up.
Bake according to package or until crescents are slightly brown. While rolls are cooling, start preparing the glaze. Slowly add milk to the powdered sugar until the desired consistency. Drizzle the glaze over the rolls. Enjoy!

Just Like Grandmas Apple Pie

Recently my apples were stolen off of my apple  tree in the back yard. I wasn't necessarily upset that the apples were gone but that I couldn't make an apple pie or apple butter with them! The apples are really not ready for eating anyways. next year I should have a good harvest! In honor of Labor day that past and my missing apples I decided to make my first apple pie completely from scratch. I used a recipe from www.simplyrecipes.com to guide me through making my first apple pie and it turned out delicious! Make sure you set some time aside to make this bad boy, but oh was it worth it!

 

 

Ingredients:

Crust

2 1/2 cups flour

1 1/4 cups unsalted butter + 2 tbsp butter for top

1 tsp salt

2 tsp sugar

1/2 cup sour cream

Filling

3 pounds of good cooking apples (Fuji, Golden Delicious, Granny Smith) - about 6-8 apples

1 tbsp. lemon juice

2/3 cups sugar

3 tbsp. flour

1/4 tsp allspice

1/4 tsp nutmeg

1 tsp cinnamon

1 tbsp brandy (optional)

1 tsp vanilla

 

Directions:

 

In a large bowl whisk together flour, salt, and sugar. Chop up the butter into small cubes and add to your flour mix. Using  your hands mix the butter and flour together until the dough is shaggy and no pieces of butter are larger than a corn kernel. Once dough has started to form, add sour cream, and kneed until dough clumps. Separate the dough evenly into 2 parts. Roll each piece into a ball then slightly press it into a disk shape. Sprinkle each disk with flour and wrap with plastic wrap. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour before rolling out.

While dough is chilling, slice and peel the apples and preheat the oven to 375 F. Add the slices to a large bowl with the lemon juice. (Coating the apples in lemon juice will prevent them from browning.) In a separate bowl mix the sugar, flour, and spices. Add the flour mix to the apples until they are evenly coated. Then sprinkle with brandy and vanilla, stirring evenly.

Let the dough sit on the counter for 5-10 minutes before rolling out. Grease your pie dish. Once dough is soft, roll the first disk out with a rolling pin. Place the rolled out dough into your pie dish pressing down. Fill the pie with your apple mixture.

 

 

Roll out the second piece of dough and place over the pie. Press the edges together to seal the pie. Take the 2 tbsp butter, cutting it into small chunks, and place around the top of the pie. Slice 6 slices in the top of the pie to allow it to breath in the oven. Bake for 20 minutes, or until the crust browns, and reduce heat to 350 F. Continue baking for 45 minutes to an hour (until the crust is golden and the juice are bubbling). Cool for at least 1 hour before serving. ** TIP ** Place a baking sheet on the rack under pie to catch drippings. Enjoy!

 

 

 



 

 

 



Mimosa Punch

I have recently been obsessed with Mimosas lately. I have done the mimosa bar and wanted to try something different for my brunch bridal shower the other day so we came up with Mimosa punch! It is refreshing and delicious!! We ordered the cutest groom and bride rubber duckies off amazon!

Ingredients:
2 bottles champagne
2 liters Ginger ale
2 quarts Orange juice
3/4 cup Grand Marnier Orange Liquor
Orange slices and Strawberries to garnish.


You can add more or less Orange juice depending on how strong you like it! Enjoy!

Donut Cream Cake

Looking for something to impress your guest at brunch? Having breakfast for dinner and need a dessert? Try this donut cream cake! It's easy, quick, and amazing! I have made a few variations of this dessert and this one by far is my favorite!

 

Ingredients:



8 Old Fashioned Cake Donuts
8 oz cream cheese, softened
2 small tubs Cool Whip
1 cup powdered sugar
2 packs Cheesecake pudding + milk to prepare
Fresh Strawberries


Directions:
In a medium bowl, prepare your cheesecake pudding, place in fridge to set.
Crumble half of your donuts into your trifle dish.
In a medium bowl blend together the cream cheese and powdered sugar until well mixed. Fold in 1 Cool Whip container until blended. Spread the cream cheese layer over the crumbles donuts. Once pudding is set, spread over your cream cheese later. Spread remaining cool whip on top and garnish with fresh cut strawberries. Keep cool until ready to serve. Enjoy!

DIY Coffee Mugs

Looking for a creative gift or a cute coffee mug to display on your counter? Make your own! It's easy, cheap, and more personable! You can find cute plain mugs at the dollar store. You can use sharpies or paint packers but I found designing with a paint marker is much easier and stays on better after its washed. With that paint markers you can wipe off your mistakes while designing too! Look how fun these are! 

First clean off your new mugs and let them dry. The take a look on Pinterest, etsy, or where ever else you pick your craftiness from and start designing! Let the mugs dry for about 8 hours before baking. (I usually design them at night and then bake them in the morning when I get up.) Place the cups in a cool oven. Once m the cups are arranged, turn the oven on to 375 F. Once the oven is preheated turn a timer on for 40 minutes. Once the time is up, turn the oven off and let the cups cool down inside the oven (from start to finish I usually leave them in the fore about 2-3 hours) once they are room temperature again you are ready for gifting! Have fun!

How to throw the best Bachelorette Party ever (in DC!)

This past weekend my girlfriends put together the funnest weekend ever! There was never a dull moment and we made so many fun memories!! I wanted to share some of the details with you for any future bachelorette parties  you may be planning. The weekend took place in DC but most of the activities we did can be done in any city!

First you need to pick your theme. I love anything vintage and pin up so Suzanne (my awesome bachelorette party planner) ran with the whole pin up theme. Everything from the invitations, to the hotel and dinner screamed pin up. It was awesome!

We stayed at the Rouge hotel in downtown DC. The hotel was beautiful. They have a consistent theme of red, black, and white which was perfect for our pin up bachelorette party. Everyone does the "hot pink and black" bachelorette so Suzanne took a diffrent approach with red and black. It was classy and cute!

Hotel Rouge Bar

Hotel Rouge Lobby 

The Rooms were so cute! We had 8 girls. We did conjoining rooms with a king bed/pull out couch and a connecting room with 2 double beds. The rooms were cute enough as is but Suz added some decorations to set the mood for the weekends festivities!

(yes she printed out those cute pictures of pin ups!)

(Fun panties hanging on the mirror!)

And our friend spike! There were also hang over survival kits next to the chairs and the classic penis decorations! 

The Hotel was so sweet! They brought us up 2 bottles of wine and a card! 

The first night we decided to do things a little different than me wearing a white dress. I found this really cute cherry dress on Amazon and had the girls all wear different shades of red. 

For dinner we went to this amazing restaurant Coco Sala. Everything had something chocolate infused in it. Most of the girls had crab cakes with chocolate sauce and the Bacon Mac & Cheese. Everything was so delicious! Even the Wine!

After dinner we went to a speak easy! Yes they do still exist! It was probably one of the coolest parts of the weekend! We went to the Gibson. From the outside it looks like it is someones apartment.

On the inside it was decorated as if you were truly in prohibition! All the drinks were modeled during that time period with dark lighting.

After drinks we went to had to head to the ATM . Always make a moment even during the walks in between activities! We stopped in Wells Fargo and took some funny photos. We made the joke that we were the "Wells Fargo Club" it was exclusive!

Kabin! It was a really fun night club.

*** TIP FOR PLANNING *** Do NOT waste your money on buying a both or bottle service at a club. If you are with a bunch of girls for a bachelorette party or birthday party MOST LIKELY they will give you the booth for free. We came in dancing, having a good time, and we asked if they had a private section. They put us in a private VIP area and gave us free champagne. Its pays to be a girl ladies! Work it! 

                     
     

On Saturday, we went to Nelly's Sports bar for their drag brunch. Can I just rave about the food please? It was a buffet style serving with many choices. They had these waffles which were a cross between cake donuts and waffles. AMAZING! The bloody Mary's there were delicious too! The Drags were HILARIOUS! 

After the Drag brunch we took a pole dancing class! It was so fun and such a good work out! I loved it so much I signed up for pole dancing classes here in Virginia Beach at Rio's twisted fitness!

After the pole class we went back to the hotel and played some fun games!

The Panty Game. Click here to see how to play.

We also played a cute "Who said what?" Game. Click here to see how to play.

Porn Or Polish Game. Click here to see how to play.

We spent a few hours playing games, hanging out and getting ready! 

Teresa did almost everyones make up and it turned out great! If you live in the Virginia Beach/Chesapeake area and need your makeup done let me know and we can book Teresa for you. 

Suzanne printed out these cute signs for before and after photos!

Yes, It is clear I had a great time!

We went to a nice Mexican restaurant and started our Scavenger hunt! For fun scavenger hunt ideas click here!

After dinner we went to Ziegfeld Male Strip Club. Down stairs is a PG Drag Queen Show. Upstairs is rated R all male nude strip club. If you have never been to an all male strip club be prepared! It was certainly something I will never forget!

We ended our night at the club and shut her down until 3. It was honestly the best weekend of my life. I hope  you have just as much fun at your next bachelorette party!