*GIVEAWAY CLOSE* 1 Year BLOGSARY Cupcake Pop Mold GIVEAWAY 1/24/11

GIVE AWAY IS CLOSE AND WINNER HAS BEEN PICKED!
Congratulation to Amy, Jacqueline and Megan!
I decided to have an extra winner as well. Please check your emails and you have 3 days to response with your address where I can send the package.

YEYYYYY!!! Happy 1 Year Blogsary to me :-) I can't believe I actually made it this far. I wasn't really sure if I could last thing long, but I did. For this giveaway, I will be giving away 2 cupcake pop mold to 2 lucky winners. I will pick, actually random.org will pick, the 2 lucky winners. You can check out how this mold work HERE.

Normally I do a giveaway and have it for a couple of days, but I will have this up until Saturday, January 29 @ 9PM (NY Time).


So the rules are (if you do more of the rules, the more you can enter and make sure you add your email address in every entry so I can contact you if you get picked).

1. If you're a blogger you already know that you have to be a follower, so click the follow button and you can enter the giveaway. (1 entry)
2. You can blog about this post (1 entry)
3. Tell me if you bake for fun or / if this is your passion. ( 1 entry)
4. Be a fan on my facebook page (1 entry)
5. Follow my Craft / Sewing Blog (1 entry)

Other rules:

1. If you have a valid mailing address, you can submit an entry.
2. Make sure you don't forget to add your email on every entry so I know who to contact if you are the winner.
3. If you are the winner, you have 3 days to reply my email or I will draw another winner.
4. Have fun and Good Luck!

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Cheesy Spinach Stuffed Shells RECIPE 1/16/11

I've had this recipe for a while now and never had the chance to try it. So before I got all sick, I made this and it was a hit in our home. The kids loved it, my little one even said he wanted it everyday for dinner. This recipe is for a 13x9 pan, but I know we won't eat the whole entire thing. So, I made it in a 9x9 square pan and made 2 dishes. I saved the other one and wrapped it really good for the freezer, so I can make it some other time.


My husband who's not a big fan of spinach even ate it and he didn't mind. He said it was good.

RECIPE

What you need:

• 1 container (16 oz.) Cottage Cheese
• 1 container (15 oz) Ricotta Cheese
  
• 1 pkg. (10 oz.) frozen chopped spinach, thawed, well drained
• 1 cup Shredded Mozzarella Cheese, divided
• 1/4 cup Grated Parmesan Cheese
• 1 tsp. Italian seasoning
• Jumbo pasta shells, cooked, drained
  
• 2 jar (26 oz.) spaghetti sauce
• 1 large tomato, chopped (optional)

Instruction:

1. HEAT oven to 400°F. Mix cottage cheese, ricotta cheese, spinach, 1/2 cup mozzarella, Parmesan and seasoning; spoon into shells.
2. MIX the sauce and tomatoes; spoon half into your baking dish then add filled shellson top and cover with sauce.
   
3. BAKE 25 min. or until heated through. Top with remaining mozzarella; bake, uncovered, 2 min. or until melted.

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One Year Anniversary on my blog - GIVEAWAY 1/13/11

In 11 days it will be my 1st year BLOGsary. I didn't think I would last this long bu I managed to do so. YEYYYYYYYY!!! Hooray for me :-) and for that I would like to do a giveaway, but you have to wait till that day to enter. Make sure you tell your baker friends, maybe they would like the item I'm giving away as well.

Remember this POST? Go on now, check it out then come back here and finish reading. I will be giving away one of the mold *without the box :-(* I threw it out thinking I would use them all, but I only used one. So, now I have extra so you can give it a try.


Do you want to get your hands on one of those molds? Come back here in 11 days and enter my giveaway. So make sure you let your friends know :-) I will be giving away 2 mold and a surprise gift to go along with it.

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Cupcake Pop Mold 1/6/11

This is not a review for this product and I bought this for my personal use. I wanted to try it and see if it's easier than just using the flower cutter from wilton.

I made about 2 dozen just to see how it would look. The cake pop is much bigger in size with the mold and I wasn't really feeling it. Maybe I need to grow into using the cupcake pop mold. I also bought 4 which was stupid, since I only used 1 the entire time I made the cake pops. Anyway, It's ok to use and it's super easy, but I prefer the way I used to make it, with the flower cutter.



Here are the ones I made :-)



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Peanut Butter Brownie Layer Recipe 1/1/11

Happy New Year everyone!!! This year I opted to not have a resolution, so then I won't be breaking any. I just promised myself to eat cautiously and not eat too much. I've been making way too much resolutions over the years and even before the week ends I have broken it already, so none this year.


Anyhoo! I've made this really yummy yummy and rich dessert a couple of days ago, when we had our friends over. Mel said, next time I make this, I have to have vanilla ice cream 'coz it will go great with it. The kids loved it with ice cold milk.

I just wanted to share the recipe with you guys.

What you need

1 box 21 oz. brownie mix, that fits a 13x9-inch pan size
1 cup cold milk
1 small box Vanilla Flavor Instant Pudding
1 cup creamy peanut butter
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1-1/2 cups COOL WHIP Whipped Topping (use frozen not thawed)
3 squares Baker's Semi-Sweet Chocolate
1/2 cup Dry Roasted Peanuts, coarsely chopped (optional)

PREPARE and bake brownies in 13x9-inch pan as directed on package and then cool.

WHILE cooling, beat milk and pudding mix with whisk for couple of minutes, then add peanut butter and sugar; mix well. You can refrigerate until brownies are completely cooled. Spread well over brownies.

MICROWAVE frozen cool whip and chocolate on HIGH 1 min., stirring every 30 sec. Spread over pudding and top with nuts (optional) and refrigerate till the chocolate hardens a bit.



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