Tasty Dips!

You may remember I announced a couple months ago that I'm now an independent consultant for Homemade Gourmet. Well, I am just loving it! And loving the food! I wanted to share a couple of my favorites with you today. Its the Real Dill Dip Mix... Mmmmm! So good with potato chips or even spread on a sandwich! All you add is 8 oz. of cream cheese and 8 oz. of sour cream. Its so easy! Maria's Salsa Mix....

I'm not sure who Maria is, but her salsa is WONDERFUL! It has a very fresh taste...like something you'd find at a great Mexican food restaurant. I make this all the time. I don't think I'll ever eat jar salsa again! All you add is 1 can of Rotel, 1 can of stewed tomatoes and 1/2 c. of onions. Cilantro is optional and would probably be yummy, but I never seem to have it on hand so I always make mine without it.

Homemade Gourmet's special for April is 15% off of dips so if you'd like to try either of these or any of their other wonderful products click here and visit my website.

I'm working on my new consultant goal and I'm so close to acheiving free admission into the annual "family reunion" convention this summer. So thanks, in advance for checking out my website!

Keep an eye out...I plan to host another Homemade Gourmet giveaway soon!

Wordful Wednesday

A little bit of what we've been up to almost every day lately!

Wordful Wednesday is hosted by Seven Clown Circus and Parenting by Dummies.

If you'd like to help us out by voting for our diorama in our newspaper's annual contest click here. We really need more votes! Our entry is "Peeping Beauty". Thanks!!

Please vote

The diorama contest for my son's bookclub ends tomorrow. Right now there is a 3 way tie! We really could use some other votes and hopefully we'll break the tie. :) The post is here: http://aimeesland.blogspot.com/2011/03/peeps-diorama-contest.html Please click on the link and vote for your favorite diorama by using the comment section. I really appreciate all the votes from my fellow bloggers!

Postcard Friendship Friday #69

I'm posting this postcard of a white tailed deer today because its very spring-like. The White tailed deer is one of the most abundant game animals in the Texas Hill Country. We were just in the hill country this last weekend, but we didn't see any deer except one that had been hit on the highway. :( Postcard Friendship Friday is hosted by Beth at The Best Hearts are Crunchy. Speaking of spring, my daughter and I entered our newspaper's annual spring Peeps Diorama contest. We made it to the top ten so voting is now opened to the public. We could really use votes so if you'd like to help us out and vote for us click on the following link. Our entry is "Peeping Beauty". Thanks!!

http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/04/05/2976513/pick-the-peeps-diorama-winner.html#tvg

If you are visiting from Amy's Round Robin just scroll down to the next post for my entry! :)

Exciting news!

Remember the Peeps Diorama Claire and I made for our newspaper's annual contest?

"Peeping Beauty"

Well, it made it into the top 10! We are so excited...especially Claire! The voting is now open and we would really appreciate it if you'd follow the link below and vote for ours. Feel free to post this link on your blog or facebook page too. We are behind in the voting and need all the help we can get! There's one made by a bunch of kids from a school so I think they must have the whole school voting for theirs!

Here's the link: http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/04/05/2976513/pick-the-peeps-diorama-winner.html#tvg

I linked up with Amy's Round Robin today. Hop on over to her blog if you'd like to play along!

Wordful Wednesday

This last weekend we took a little family trip with Chris' family. We stayed at a great cabin near Lake LBJ in central Texas. It was perfect!

It had an awesome, well equipped kitchen. And I just loved the rustic bar counter tops!

It also had a great deck that we found ourselves on every night.

Just down the road was a winery so we went down there one day for a wine tasting.

There were lots of hiking trails all around the cabin.

The upstairs had a loft with a pool table and poker table in it. It also had 3 couches and 2 beds. It was a great sleeping place for all the kids.

They had washers and horseshoes out by the pool.

It was private with a nice view.

Did I mention the incredible pool? It was too chilly for some of us to get in. Some did swim though. But we all enjoyed the hot tub!

They also had an awesome outdoor kitchen. I want one of these!!

It was nice to get away for the weekend. I hope we can do it again next year!

Wordful Wednesday is hosted by Seven Clown Circus and Parenting by Dummies.

If you haven't already voted for your favorite Peeps Diorama. Go here and cast your vote. Voting ends April 13th. Thanks for helping us out!

Fun with Dr. Seuss!

This semester we've been reading books or fairy tales and making recipes that go with them. A couple weeks ago we read Dr.Seuss' The Sleep Book. In the book the moose dreams of moose juice and the goose dreams of goose juice... So we made Moose juice and goose juice! This was really easy and fun. Claire had some friends over so I let everyone pick which "juice" they wanted.

To make Moose juice: Combine orange sherbert and Sunny delight (or you could use orange juice) in a blender and blend.

To make Goose Juice: Combine lime sherbert and green Lemon-lime kool-aid in a blender and blend.

Very simple to do, but a very big hit with the kids!

And if you still haven't voted for our Peeps dioramas you can do so here. Thanks for helping with our contest!