Ambrosia Salad

Or as I like to call it: PINK FLUFF!

This is such yummy stuff!  Pictures just can't do it justice :)

Recently, Kate and I ate some ambrosia salad at a restaurant and I was reminded of how much I love the stuff!  It reminded me of a good ol' church potluck. So, I had to come home and make some up!  The lovely thing about the recipe is that you can throw anything in there that you would like:

In a wire mesh strainer, I strained about 3/4 cup cottage cheese, 1/3 cup maraschino cherries, 1/2 cup sliced strawberries, 1/2 can shredded pineapple, and 1/2 can of fruit salad

In a large bowl, I folded together 1/2 a container of FF sour cream, a tub of whipped cream (FF, or course), 2 -3 TBS sugar free Jello, 1/3 cup shredded coconut, and 1/4 cup finely chopped pecans.  Then, gently fold in the drained fruit and refrigerate until ready to eat! YUM!

Ready to eat! Horrible picture, but delicious food!

Happy Birthday Cupcakes!

I love Despicable Me.  The minions are so adorable. So, since there was a Birthday party for a certain 2 year old who loves the movie, I made her minion cupcakes that are circulating Pinterest.

Ingredients:
cupcakes
blue cupcake liners if you can find them
yellow frosting
blue frosting
black frosting
candy eyes (or smarties with black dots on them)
half of a twinky for each cupcake

Then, assemble:

Homemade Beer Bread

There are some companies out there that sell Beer Bread mix. It isn't cheap. I was given a recipe for it and found it to be super easy and super yummy!

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Grease and flour a loaf pan.

Mix:
3 cups flour
3 3/4 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons sugar

Add:
12 ounces beer

Top with:
1/4 cup butter, melted

Bake for 20 minutes

Top with:
1/4 cup butter, melted

Bake another 20 minutes

So, that is the basic recipe.  When I made mine, I used:

Honey brown beer
in addition to the ingredients, 3 T honey

So amazing!!!

You can make so many additions to it, or change up the beer for soda. Have fun!