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Thursday JEMs 5/23/13

Julie Evink — Thu, 23 May 2013 12:00:00 +0000

Can you believe that it’s the last week in May next week and my baby turns 1? Wow where did the time go? I wish pregnancy flew past as fast as that first year did! She’s is such a ham. I know all parents say their kid is amazing, but really mine is. Trust me. She has such a littler personality. She loves to dance, look out any window in the house and yell “Puppy!”, say “Bye, Bye,” anytime we get close to a door. Sometimes I wonder if I should take offense to that! She’s an angel and we love her to pieces that’s for sure!

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Miss K’s Birthday!

Friday

Treat

Saturday

Lunch

Supper

Sunday

Brunch

Supper

Miss K’s Party!

Walking Tacos

Ice Cream Cupcakes

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Patriotic Poke Cake

Julie Evink — Wed, 22 May 2013 12:00:00 +0000

Memorial Day is right around the corner which means I like to sport some Red, White and Blue for sure!

This cake is dedicated to my Grandpa “Boots”. He was a wonderful man and I always get a smile on my face whenever anyone talks about him. The memories of him are few and far between as he passed when I was only 4 years old. Every day I wish he he was here to watch my baby grow up and see me become the woman I am. I just know that he was smiling down from heaven the day I got married. You see I married a good old “Hancock” boy and boy oh boy would that make him smile. For those of you who needs a reference I’m from the town of Morris and a few miles away there is a town named Hancock. I hail from small town USA so this means you are loyal to your hometown. Grandpa Boots was from Hancock…they grow them good there.

Why am I dedicating this to my Grandpa Boots? He served in WWII so I thought it was fitting. Every Memorial day the family heads back to Hancock to attend the Memorial Day service at the cemetery where my Grandpa was laid to rest. It’s always a wonderful ceremony that brings me to tears. Every year they read the “roll call” of all the veterans from the area. This gives me goosebumps especially when I hear Clarence “Boots” Wiese. There is nothing that makes me prouder.

So while you are enjoying your holiday festivities and long weekend please remember why and what we are celebrating. I thank each and everyone of the veterans that have served our nation and their families. Without you and your sacrifices my family would not be able to enjoy all the freedoms we do.

Now onto that poke cake that is so festive! It’s so easy because it starts with a boxed cake mix, throws some jell-o in and then using a can of frosting on the top with a few sprinkles. Sure you can get all fancy on me and make a homemade cake and homemade frosting but who’s got time for that? Not me!

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Patriotic Poke Cake

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Yield: 16

Serving Size: 1 piece

Ingredients

1 box (15.25 oz) Pillsbury white cake mix + plus ingredients to make cake
2 cups boiling water
2 pkg. (3 oz. each) strawberry Jell-o
1 (12 oz) container Pillsbury white frosting
1 oz blue food coloring
Patriotic colored sprinkles

Instructions

Prepare cake according to the directions on the box using a 9x13 inch pan. Cool.
Using the handle of a wooden spoon poke holes into the cake about a 1/2 - 1 inch apart.
Boil 2 c. water. Add jello to boiling water, remove from burner and stir approximately 2 minutes or until jello is dissolved. Pour jello mixture over poke cake. Refrigerate 2-4 hours or until jello is set.
Mix blue food coloring and frosting together in a bowl. Remove cake from fridge and frost with blue frosting. Sprinkles with patriotic colored sprinkles.

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Father’s Day Man Cave Giveaway!!

Julie Evink — Tue, 21 May 2013 12:00:00 +0000

Yup that’s right. Father’s Day is right around the corner. If you are anything like me you are usually scratching your head about this time of year. Well, it doesn’t help my dad’s birthday is in May also so I have to come up with to great presents within a month of each other. Crap. I forgot to get his birthday present. Wonder if he still loves me? I’ll make him cookies. He’ll forgive me then right?

I’m a terrible daughter. *Love you Dad* Ok Mom can you tell him that since he still can’t figure out the power button on the computer!?

If you don’t want to be “that” daughter you HAVE to sign up for this amazing giveaway brought to you by some equally amazing bloggers!

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Memorial Day Round Up

Julie Evink — Tue, 21 May 2013 12:00:00 +0000

Here’s to sunshine and grilling! If you are looking for a few recipes to try out over Memorial Day weekend here are a few to get you started! This is a round up of my favorite recipes on Julie’s Eats & Treats for Memorial Day. Don’t forget the reason we celebrate. Thank you to all of the veterans who lost their lives in the battle for freedom!

Summer Slush

Chili’s Copy Cat Salsa

Crack Dip

Chicken Ranch Burger

Grilled Pizza

Grilled Zuchinni

Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad

Cashew Chicken Rotini Salad

Speedy Southwestern Salad

Macaroni Salad

Bacon Ranch Potato Salad

Stained Glass Jello

Firecracker Cake

Blueberry Lemon Pound Cake

S’mores Bars

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Peanut Butter Chocolate S’more Bars

Julie Evink — Mon, 20 May 2013 07:00:00 +0000

Another month has FLEW by. I swear I blinked and here we are again. I might have a few things going on in my life so that might be the cause! This mean it’s time for the Secret Recipe Club reveal day.

This month I was assigned the blog Feast on the Cheap. Oh my goodness so many yummy things and those photographs are amazing. Truly makes you want to gobble up everything on that page. Another thing that is super cool about this blog is that they list the prices of the recipes and even have different categories for how much money you want to spend on your meal!

Since it’s summer I was drawn to the S’more Brownies obviously. I can’t wait to sit by the fire this summer and roast some marshmallows. It’s one of my guilty pleasures. I always use peanut butter on my graham crackers so I switched this up a bit and included that in the recipe.

The best part is now you can have your S’mores in the middle of the winter!

Enjoy!

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Secret Recipe Club

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Yield: 12

Ingredients

3 Tbsp butter
3 Tbsp unsweetened applesauce
1 cup peanut butter chips
3/4 c. all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 c. sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/4 sleeves graham crackers
1/2 c. chocolate chips
5 oz. bag marshmallows

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 7x11 inch glass pan with parchment paper. Butter parchment paper. Arrange a layer of graham crackers on top of parchment paper.
Bring a double boiler to a simmer. Combine butter, apple sauce and peanut butter chips in double boiler. Stir until melted and creamy. Set aside.
In a small bowl whisk together flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
In a stand mixer combine eggs sugar and vanilla. Beat on medium high speed using the whisk for about 4 minutes until pale and creamy. Add peanut butter mixture and beat until just combined. Reduce speed and slowly mix in flour mixture. Mix until just combined.
Spread half of the peanut butter batter over the layer of graham crackers. Sprinkle with half of the chocolate chips. Add another layer of graham crackers and pour the remaining batter over that and sprinkle with the remaining chocolate chips.
Bake 35 minutes or until they test done. Make sure they are done! Remove from oven. Sprinkle with marshmallows
Adjust broiler rack to lowest spot in oven. Preheat broiler to low. Broil brownies until the marshmallows are puffy and golden. WATCH CLOSELY. They will burn quickly! I kept the oven door open a crack to watch them.
Cool and cut with a sharp knife. This can be tricky!

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Old Fashioned Bloggers Recipe Swap!

Julie Evink — Sat, 18 May 2013 12:50:16 +0000

Guess what?! I’m participating in a Good Old Fashioned Recipe Blog Swap! Julie {White Lights on Wednesday}, Kelley {Miss Information} and Rachel {i love my disorganized life} have paired up 30 incredible bloggers to trade blogs for the day. They came up this concept from the idea of how recipes have been handed down for generations by “swapping” them with each other. Now it’s our turn to get in on the swap!

Julie from Confessions of a Cooking Diva and I will be sharing a fabulous recipe on each other’s blogs {but we can’t tell you what they are, because they’re a secret!}. Be sure to visit both of us on May 27th, we wouldn’t want you to miss out on any deliciousness!

I just love that two of the Julie’s got to swap blogs!

So be sure to stay tuned because I’m sure Julie @ Confessions of a Cooking Diva will have something super awesome cooked up for you!

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Cookie Butter Scotcheroos Guest Post from Lemon Tree Dwelling

Julie Evink — Fri, 17 May 2013 12:00:59 +0000

We have another guest post today from Cathy over at Lemon Tree Dwelling and she really hit this one out of the park I ADORE Scotcheroos. They are a staple in our house and there is nothing that beats that amazing ooey gooey yumminess in my book. Please go check out Cathy’s blog and show her some love. I promise you won’t regret it!

Hello, Julie’s Eats & Treats readers! My name is Cathy and I blog over at Lemon Tree Dwelling. I am thrilled that Julie invited me to guest post for her during the move (thanks, Julie!)….I know firsthand how stressful moving can be!

I wanted to share something today that is sure to relieve some stress and make her new house feel like home: Cookie Butter Scotcheroos! They’re so good, they’ll have you wondering, “Where have you been all my life??” Kinda like when I met my husband….read on!

When I first met my husband Jorden, we were at a cocktail party two days before our college graduation. I spotted him across the patio and couldn’t help but feel that I HAD to meet him. From the moment I laid eyes on him, I knew that I wanted him in my life (you can read the whole story here.) And when we had our first date, and talked like we had known one another our entire lives, and ended up closing the restaurant because we couldn’t get enough of one other, I couldn’t help but wonder, “WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL MY LIFE??”

Well, the long story short is that we ended up getting married almost exactly two years after our first date. And every time I think back to the cocktail party where we met, I love the fact that I had a hunch….and that my hunch was right!

I hate to compare my marriage to food……..but the similarities can’t be denied. Both scotcheroos and cookie butter were introduced to me by someone else (just like Jorden.) And, with both, I had an immediate attraction – a feeling of wanting them to be part of my life (just like Jorden….!)

So I decided to combine the two….and from first bite, I was in love (yep, just like Jorden! Are you noticing a theme!?) So yeah….I guess what I’m saying is that, if I could, I would marry these guys. Unfortunately, I’ve already eaten (ALL) of them. (I guess it’s not going to work.)

But every time I think about them, I can’t help but wonder….Cookie Butter Scotcheroos, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL MY LIFE!??

Cookie Butter Scotcheroos
4 c. crisp rice cereal
1 c. granulated sugar
1 c. light corn syrup
1 c. Cookie Butter or Biscoff Spread
1 c. semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 c. peanut butter chips

1. Combine sugar and corn syrup in small saucepan; cook over medium heat until small bubbles appear on surface. Remove from heat.
2. Stir in cookie butter.
3. Add cookie butter mixture to cereal; mix until cereal is coated.
4. Spread into buttered 9×13 inch pan.
5. Melt chocolate chips with peanut butter chips; stir to combine and spread over cereal mixture.
6. Chill until set.

Enjoy!!

Looking for more delicious twists on your old favorite treats?

Check out my Cinnamon S’more Blondies:

and my Spiced Krispie Treats!

Thanks so much for letting me share here with you today! And good luck, Julie…..I totally feel your pain!!

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Thursday JEMs 5/16/13

Julie Evink — Thu, 16 May 2013 11:00:00 +0000

We are officially in our new house and well we still have a lot of boxes and stuff to do like major stuff but hey we are here! I’ve been enjoying being able to cook and bake in my new kitchen of course! I’ll be posting room reveals as we get rooms done some hopefully you start seeing those soon!

Monday

Meatball Ziti with Vodka Sauce (New Recipe)

Easy, Big, Fat Garlic Knots (New Recipe)

Tuesday

Griddle Steaks

Asparagus & Tater Toss (New Recipe)

Wednesday

Poppy Seed Chicken

Thursday

Pepperoni Roll

Friday

Hamburger Wild Rice Casserole

Treat

Frosted Banana Bars

Saturday

Lunch

Chicken Parmesan Wraps (New Recipe)

Supper

My cousin’s wedding!

Sunday

Brunch

Funfetti Overnight French Toast

Supper

BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwiches

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Overnight French Toast Casserole #BreakfastAfterDark #cgc

Julie Evink — Wed, 15 May 2013 12:00:00 +0000

I was selected for this opportunity as a member of Clever Girls Collective and the content and opinions expressed here are all my own.

As you all know quick and easy is my way! When I was contacted to do a sponsored post for I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter! for their Breakfast After Dark campaign I knew this was calling my name. I love breakfast. It’s so easy to whip up that it makes a perfect supper and it’s delicious! Plus it’s fun to do it at night for mixing things up and being in a rut is not what we want right?!

What is even more awesome is I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter! has 70% less saturated fat than butter, no hydrogenated oils and is made from a blend of vegetable oils. Their products are also gluten free, so not only is it great tasting but it’s good for you! How much does that rock? The fact that I can spread it right out of the fridge is pretty awesome too. I hate when you end up tearing apart your bread when spreading things on it!

Well my Overnight French Toast Casserole may not bring out the date night quite like this Italian Skillet Eggs webisode, but the hubby loved them and well that’s all I’m going for. They say happy wife happy life, same goes for the hubs especially when it comes to his stomach being full!

If you are looking for a simple meal for supper and want a fun twist on it this Overnight French Toast Casserole is perfect. Whip it up the morning before you go to work and pop it right into the oven when you get home, then of course put your legs up and relax as your kids run around like crazy people!

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Overnight French Toast Casserole

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour

Yield: 8

Ingredients

French Toast

1 loaf sourdough bread, tore into pieces
8 eggs
2 1/2 c. milk
1/2 c. heavy whipping cream
2 c. Golden Butter Yellow cake mix
2 tsp cinnamon
2 tsp Vanilla Extract

Topping

1/2 c. All-purpose Flour
1/2 c. Firmly Packed Brown Sugar
1 tsp Cinnamon
1/4 tsp Salt
1 stick I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!, Cut Into Pieces

Instructions

Spray a 9x13" glass baking dish with non-stick spray.
Layer pieces of bread in baking dish.
Whisk together eggs, milk, heaving whipping cream, cake mix, cinnamon and vanilla extract in a large bowl. Pour mixture over bread.
Cover baking dish and store in the fridge overnight or for several hours.
In a small bowl add flour, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt, stir until combined. Mix in I Can't Believe It's Not Butter! to mixture. Store in fridge overnight and several hours.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Remove french toast casserole from fridge, uncover and drop topping by the spoonful randomly across french toast casserole.
Bake for 1 hour until the center is set and edges are browned.
Serve with butter and maple syrup

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The Magical Powers of My Recipe Magic

Julie Evink — Tue, 14 May 2013 12:45:44 +0000

First off have any of you heard of Six Sister’s Stuff? It’s an amazing blog ran by Six Sisters’ obviously! Well those said sisters came up with this brilliant idea to design a website to host all kinds of recipes in one spot. This sight is called My Recipe Magic.

I love it almost as much as I love Six Sisters’ Stuff. It’s pretty hard to beat my adoration for them so I’m still in love with My Recipe Magic also.

Want to know why I love it so much?

It’s really pretty simple. Well that’s the first reason I love it. It’s simple to use. Who doesn’t love that and need that in their life? Simple equal good in my life! It only takes me about 5-10 minutes to upload a recipe. So I put my recipe on My Recipe Magic and then I earn money. Yes money. How sweet is that? I don’t know anyone that doesn’t love a little extra dough in their pocket. Plus while I’m earning a little extra dough via My Recipe Magic it’s also helping me grow my sight by letting all kinds of new people check out Julie’s Eats & Treats through My Recipe Magic. I’m not going to lie. I love new readers!

And guess what? Not only can you earn some extra dough you can also earn Reward Points on My Recipe Magic. You can earn these points by sharing, liking, and submitting recipes. When you have enough points they can be redeemed for online gift cards and entries in giveaways. You can earn up to 1,000 points per day. Plus My Recipe Magic changes their prizes and giveaways every week!

You know what other cool things you can do on this website? You can share recipes of course, create custom cookbooks, menus, shopping lists, see nutrition values and much more!

And now I know what you are thinking. I’m not a blogger Julie so why do I care? Well I can upload your recipes too and earn money! You don’t even need your own blog!

If you are a food blogger it has extra benefits to you and your blog too. My Recipe Magic is a super easy resource to use for marketing your sight to all kinds of different readers and increase your traffic through this. Plus it makes backlinks to your blog when you link your recipes there and this increases your SEO. The worldwide web is a massive place so anytime you can increase your presence it’s a win!

Now I bet you are wondering how to get started with this fabulous sight right? First you just need to sign up as a chef. Then once you’ve created an account you are ready to start uploading your recipes by filling in the form on their website, uploading a picture and clicking submit! Once a recipe loving person from My Recipe Magic has verified their is no duplicate recipes on the sight your recipe is published and you beginning earning money! On the dashboard you can quickly see your page views, recipes, how much money you’ve earned and your analytics!

So anytime you see this little guy in my posts you can click on him and go over to My Recipe Magic and find out the nutritional value on that recipe!

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