Dessert @ Granny's

There are some more smiling faces over here again on Peek-A-Boo Street this evening. The grandchildren are just lovin' these cool summer treats. I think that the best desserts are the most simplest of desserts. I'll even go further and say that they look the most appealing too. Simple is good. It reminds me of my childhood. All you need is Jell-O, and Cool Whip....















And this Granny is smiling cause I got to use two sets of thrift find dishes this weekend. I've been wanting to use them. I got to use those ice cream float glasses last night and these dessert bowls tonight. =)
I'm signing off......from Peek-A-Boo Street!

Family Roots

The Grands are over for the weekend and treated them to an old fashion treat tonight...




Root beer floats. They were all smiles after they finished these. I just love seeing them smile. =)

Heat Wave

We are having a heat wave here on Peek-A-Boo Street and it's not leaving any time soon. It's going to be in the 90's for several more days to come. Yesterday us Michiganders were one degree hotter then Florida.

I figured this would be a good time to try Dr. Oz's berry water. It's easy.
I used a bag of frozen berries and divided it up into the ice cube trays. Add water and freeze over night.

Now you have berry ice cubes. Just pop them in a glass of water and sip away. It's a great idea to add a little flavor to your water.

I got mylittle fan out and I'm all set.
Stay cool.
I'm signing off.......from Peek-A-Boo Street!

Some Dessert....And Fire

After a busy day here on Peek-A-Boo Street my husband said that he would grill dinner. Us ladies have to be thankful for summer and for our wonderful hubbies who love to grill. So glad that I did not have to deal with din din tonight. But I did manage to get my grocery shopping done earlier today and I treated my family to a quick summer dessert.
All you need is just three, yep 3 ingredients, and your good to having a happy family.

1. Individual Shortcakes
2. A tub of thawed frozen strawberries
3. Cool Whip (the REAL Cool Whip)
*That's it!!

Meijers (my favorite grocery shopping store), had these wonderful pink strawberry shortcakes. I have never seen them in pink, only the ordinary color. The shapes were a little different as well. But these little desserts go back to when I was a kid when my Mom use to make these for my sister and I. The desserts back then were made with such love and simplicity. Think about it. Jello was a dessert to me.
As the evening wore on, we decided to hangout by the fire.



















Sorry the video is sideways. For the life of me I tried to fix it but I guess the sound of the video is what matters.




We've even lit a few of our tiki lights.














I hope you're all having a splendid evening.
I'm signing off......from Peek-A-Boo Street!

A Summer Cold.....

Hi you all! I do hope everyone who reads my blog is having a fabulous summer so far. I hope that everyone had an enjoyable 4th of July to!

I know I've promised to be back soon and then, well, I came down with a cold this week. Still trying to muster through it.

Last week I had my grandson stay with us for about four days, and we just had so much fun spending time with him. We didn't take the little one yet because he's only a month old. But maybe next month I can take both of my grandchildren over night so that my daughter and her hubby can go out and give them a little break. Aayden, Grandma loves you! And we had such a good time while you stayed with us. ♥ We'll see you soon! And I hope your enjoying your summer! I just love having my grandson come and stay with us. We don't live far from each other so we do still see each other often.

The other night we had spaghetti for dinner. One of my favorite dinner's. We have a fruit market by us that has these olives to-go. Some are the Kalamata. Some are the big green ones with feta in them. Some have garlic cloves in them. There are all different kinds to choose from. So I thought I would make my own to go along with dinner tonight.

Here are the ingredients that I used. But you can really make it however you and your family like.

Ingredients:

Feta cheese

Mozzarella cheese

cherry tomatoes

fresh basil

kalamata olives, preferred pitted

salt & pepper to taste

steady drizzle of extra virgin olive oil

Then I chilled it in the fridge for a couple of hours before dinner.

It tasted really good with spaghetti, bread and some red wine. I hope you try it and like it. Here is a picture for you.

I joke around all the time with my family that I wish I was born Italian. Because I just love their foods. Yummy!

As you know, I am into healthy eating. But I do like an occasional crunch to go with my sandwiches. So every now and then I'll buy Sun Chips. I love this snack. They are really good. And they do the trick when your craving potato chips! But any way, I was reading the back of the bag the other day and they were saying that by next year, they want their whole bag to be 100% compostable! I couldn't believe it. I think that's amazing! Way to go Sun Chips!! Hopefully all the other chip bags will follow! So next year when you by these chips and throw away the bag, we'll know that it will be one less chip bag getting thrown away and filling our land fills.

Maybe we should write to our "Chip Dealers" and ask them to consider following. Yay for Sun Chips!

Well all this talk about food is making me hungry. I guess I'll go ahead and get dinner started. I hope you all are having a relaxing and slow paced summer. I tell ya, I really needed it.

Oh by the way, don't forget to watch the premier of Big Brother tonight! I can't wait! I just love that show! And it wouldn't be Summer without it! Take care!

I'm signing off......from Peek-A-Boo Street!

Last Night's Dinner

Last night I made my own egg sandwiches with bagels for dinner. I just thought I'd share it with you all. I use Eggland's Best eggs. There less in fat grams and less cholesterol.
I cook up a dozen scrambled eggs first with thyme. I absolutely love that herb. It's one of my favorites. Then you just layer your square bagels. I start with a piece of ham on the bottom. Then I add the eggs on top of that. Then I put the slice of cheese on next and top it off with the top part of the bagel. I pop them in the oven on 350 degrees just as the cheese starts to melt, then I pull them out of the oven.
Then I usually pair it up with some cut up fruit and there you go. A quick and delicious dinner.
I use the 2 % cheese for this but it doesn't melt very good. It gets to thinned out. My family reminds me to use the regular cheese when I make this but I just forgot. I don't know if it's to healthy because of the eggs. But I only have eggs usually once a week. Eggs are a good source of protein so I don't want to eliminate them totally but in moderation eggs are fine, I think.



Sorry the bottom of the oven was a little dirty. My hubby did that when he made his appertizers from the Mardi Gras party.







There were no complaints of the little pudding pie desserts. Everyone loved them! My hubby suggested lemon pudding next time.
I must have woke up this morning in the south. My news man says it's going to be 64 degrees today! I can't believe it! Woo hoo! I will definitely have to step out of the house for awhile today. =) Happy Friday! Woo hoo it's the weekend! I love weekends! (sigh)
I'm signing off...from Peek-A-Boo Street!

A Little Treat

My blogging friend Pat over at http://poshandtrendy.blogspot.com/ made pudding the other day which looked so yummy. I've decided to make these little pudding pies. Did you ever try them? There those individual Keebler graham cracker crusts. You could put anything in them. I usually put pudding though. I've made them with pistachio pudding before and they are so good. This time, for tonight I made them with banana cream. In fact I think that is the same pudding my friend Pat made to. You should check out her blog, she has a really nice blog. She shows you recipes, her sewing projects and her crocheting and knitting projects. She sure in as inspiration to any homemaker. I know she has inspired me to with her recipes and her projects that she has going on.
Now I just have to pop these into the fridge so that they can set. Don't they look yummy?

Well I did some research on the Internet and they said, to clean antique furniture, you want to wipe it down with a mild detergent soap to get all of the dust and grime off of it. Then dry it immediately with a soft towel. Then use a few coats of lemon oil. I used one coat and I think it's fine. I just have to polish up the glass and I'll be able to set my tea cups in there. I can't wait I'm so excited. I feel like a lucky girl! I think as a woman ages, she wants a china cabinet. Probably not so much in your twenties or thirties but after you mature some, I think every girl probably would like to have one. I hope you all have one or get one. =) Yeah, we all should post our china cabinets, lol. That would be interesting. I'll be turning 40 this spring so I guess I can say it's my 40th birthday present. It's beautiful and I just love it. I'm surrounded by boys and husband but even they came into my office and showed some interest in it. But I had to remind them to keep there mitts off of it. =) My hubby was already joking around spewing some things that he could use it for. Of course I said absolutely NOT!
I hope that you all are having a good week. It's been another busy week but I think things are winding down now for the weekend. My hubby and I are looking forward to a nice, quiet and relaxing weekend. Poor hubby has been sick with a sinus infection but he went to the docs and got some antibiotics. He says he's starting to feel better now.
I'm signing off...from Peek-A-B00 Street!

A Wintertime Picnic

For me and my family, during the winter months, we usually have warmer and heartier meals. Like soups, stews with bread, meatloaf, etc. You know meals like that. But in the middle of the winter I do crave for hamburgers on the grill and foods that you would typically have in the summer months.

So for dinner here the other night we had a little picnic indoors as it snowed this evening over here on Peek-A-Boo Street.

So I made egg salad sandwiches, my mom's tuna casserole, ant's on on log and some carrots sticks, with a glass of lemonade. Ant's On A Log is just celery sticks with cream cheese, dotted with raisins. My son likes to add the little ant's. =)

My mom use to make tuna salad casserole during my childhood. I make it to this day and now my family loves it. It's an economical salad and remains one of my favorite cold salads to this day. It's one of those go-to recipes that you find yourself using often over the years. I'll leave you the recipe following the photos.

Ingredients;

* I eyeball some of the ingredients.

- lb. cooked elbow macaroni

- celery (however much you like)

- chopped onion (however much you like)

- 1 can or a box of frozen peas

- light miracle whip (however much you like)

- 2 cans of chunk tuna fish in water, drained

Just mix it gently all together and chill for several hours. I absolutely love this stuff. It'll keep in the fridge for a couple of days wrapped with saran wrap. And it's pretty healthy salad.

And those summer foods, just hit the spot.

Edamame Salad

About a week ago my daughter posted an edamame salad on her blog with the recipe. http://aaydensmommy.blogspot.com/ You know how I dislike writing out recipes. I always send my blogger friends a link to fend for themselves. I know, I'm a terrible blogger host. Well maybe not terrible, just lazy perhaps.

Anyway my daughter had that salad recipe posted and I tried it tonight to go along with our dinner and it was really good. I was rather surprised and I'll tell you why. I do like to eat as healthy as I possibly can. Or should I say I try to do the best that I can. It depends on my frame of mind on a particular day I guess. I'm sure we can all relate. Anyhow so I'm always looking for new and healthy foods that I have never tried to add to my list of healthy foods to eat. I like to try new fruits, vegetables etc.

Well I have to say I've never tried nor wanted to try tofu. I don't know, I just can't bring myself to try that. I've always heard of those diet soybean burgers and other edible stuff like milk also made from soybeans. I don't know about you but that tofu does not look appetizing to me in the least. I even went as far as trying those veggie burgers. And well they were OK but I never bought them again. So that's why I kind of strayed away from the soybean food products because tofu just looks icky! Thank goodness my mom didn't make me eat that when I was a kid or I'd be sitting at the table for a very looonnnngggg time (Mom never made me sit at the table till I finished my food, just a figure of speech)!

But my daughter raved about how good edamame was and how she will just eat them for a snack! Yes, a snack. So she peeked my curiosity. So I tried them and they were good. And I would have them again. Maybe even for a snack.

I asked my daughter when she started eating those because I never bought them before when she lived at home. She said a girlfriend got her to try them. I asked her where to find them in the stores and she said in the freezer department. They are by the organic freezer foods. But I couldn't find them shelled like the recipe called for. I had to buy them in there pods in a bag but they were easy to pop out of there pods after you boiled them. Here are a few pics. Again you can go to my daughter's blog and get the whole recipe.

Thank you daughter for broadening my horizons on soybeans. Thanks for the quick and easy salad recipe to. This would be a nice cool salad to have in the summer.

Picture of the bag it came in.


After you boiled them like the directions say, you easily pop the soybeans out of their pods.

You get approximately 1 1/2 cups of soybeans after you shell them.

Combine & add the dressing.

Then I chilled it for about an hour.

It was a very good salad with the fresh ingredients and nice and cool. See I try to be open minded. My daughter is probably going to make fun of me. She's going to tell my secret that I eat garbonzo beans right out of the can. I love those things. Edamame has the same texture as a garbozo bean but it tasted different. My husband thought they looked like lima beans.

Corn Fritters With Spicey Sauce

I have always wanted to make corn fritters because I never had them before. Although they did tasted good the down side of them is that you do have to put a good amount of canola oil at the bottom of your pan. I don't like spicy foods but this sauce was a combination of sweet and spicy and was very tasteful. Again I was to lazy to type out the recipe so there is a link to the Corn Fritters below. 'Simply Recipes' show you a photo but I've included mine as well. This recipe also gives you gardeners another recipe for using your corn harvest. If you try them, let me know if you like them. Plus this is one of my new favorite recipe websites that I found and I just love it. I've already tried some of their recipes.http://www.elise.com/recipes/archives/005275spicy_corn_fritters.php