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Friday Flair Link Party // Feature Edition No. 10

0 · Sep 20, 2013 · 29 Comments

Friday Flair Link Party // It's Friday, Friday, Friday… Not only is it Friday, but it's my favorite time of year! When we moved into our new house a few weeks ago, we were blessed with the previous tenants bountiful tomato harvest. She had planted a few tomato plants in the yard and they have been prolific! I've been canning homemade salsa like mad. Hopefully I will have a recipe to share next week sometime. I am also sharing a fun recipe over at Pillsbury for a TASTY Fried Chicken Sandwich with Pineapple Slaw.

You'll have to head over to Pillsbury and grab the recipe for this one… It's super delish!

Now it's time for YOU to shine. Last week's Friday Flair was FULL of all kinds of goodies. Here are a few that caught my eye…

mushrooms from homework // apple pie pull apart bread from heather's french press // roasted peach ice cream from wonky wonderful

bat garland from uncommon designs // halloween food for kids from 30 handmade days // got candy printable from lizzie jane baby

alphabet printable from stampinjul // instagram art from two zero one // coral and gold dresser from the chronicles of home

balsamic fig jam from wonky wonderful // dresses from night owl corner // gourmet caramel apples from soda pop avenue

gold dipped mirror from pretty providence // painted dresser from denise designed // herb planter up cycle from circus berry

vintage door beverage station from finding home // pumpkin from posed perfection // rustic bench from reposhture studio

So many fabulous ideas…. I can't wait to see what you've been up to this week!!

Let's Get the Link Party Started!

Frankenstein Halloween Rice Krispie Treats with Free Printable

15 · Sep 19, 2013 · 12 Comments

Halloween Rice Krispie Treats // Hello awesome Whipperberry readers! Jenn here again from Clean and Scentsible! I'm not really sure where the summer went, but fall is definitely in the air around our house. And once fall arrives, Halloween will soon follow! Halloween is always such a fun holiday to plan for and the kids and I love to come up with fun food ideas to go with it….

Ingredients

4 tbsp. butter
5 cups mini marshmallows
7 cups Rice Krispies
marshmallows
green food coloring
candy eyes
green mini-marshmallows for the ears
melting chocolate {I used about half a bag}
paper straws {optional}

Directions

In a large saucepan, melt the butter over low heat. Add the marshmallows and stir until completely melted. I know it's tempting to turn the heat up but I find that this works best if done slowly over lower heat! Add the green food coloring until you have the desired color.
Once melted, remove from the heat and gradually add the Rice Krispies. Stir until the Rice Krispies are completed coated.
Using a buttered spatula {or butter your hands}, press evenly into a well greased 9×13 pan. Cool and cut into rectangles. {Mine were approximately 3 x 4 inches}. Before they are completely cooled, press in the candy eyes and add the straws into the bottom of each rectangle. Snip the ends of the straw if you would like.
Cut a toothpick in half and add a marshmallow to each half for the ears. Insert into the Rice Krispie square. Wait for the Rice Krispies to completely cool.
Melt chocolate in the microwave as per the directions on the package. For most melting chocolate, melt at medium-high heat for 1 minute, stir, and then continue heating in 10-30 second intervals until completely melted. Do not overheat!!!
Using a knife add the hair and place down on wax paper. Pipe on the chocolate for the mouth {I just used a decorating squeeze bottle} and you are done!

If you are going to be packaging these guys up for a little Halloween gift or classroom treat, I have also created a couple of free printable tags for you.

Just head over to Clean and Scentsible to download them! And don't forget to check out all of my Halloween projects while you're there! 🙂

Halloween Decor
Yarn Spiders
Halloween treat bags {with free printables}

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I hope you all have a wonderful month and thanks again to Heather for having me!!

Free Halloween Printables

6 · Sep 18, 2013 · 8 Comments

Free Halloween Printables // Hi it's Jenn from My Fabuless Life and I'm excited to be back this month to share a couple of fun Halloween printables. Can you believe that it's almost October?!!

I love Halloween! I admittedly am not much of a dresser-upper, but I love the magic of Halloween, the colors, the chill in the air and smells of fall, decorating (of course)–basically, everything.

I've created a Halloween printable for you in some of my favorite Halloween color combos. Enjoy!!

{DOWNLOAD}

You can head over to my blog for another Halloween printable (that I used on my Halloween mantel).

Happy Halloween decorating!

halloween mantel // haunted houses // halloween decor

Pumpkin Pound Cake Recipe

493 · Sep 17, 2013 · 43 Comments

Pumpkin Pound Cake Recipe // Show of hands, who here is so ready for fall baking? I have been itching to try out the collection of pumpkin recipes that have been piling up on my counter, and what better time then now?

I dug through my box of random clippings and came out with one from Taste of Home that sounded too good to be true. Pumpkin pound cake… in a bundt pan.

I’ve had a bundt pan for years but it has sat in the back of my cupboard (in the original plastic) since day one, unused. I was a little ashamed and figured this would be the perfect reason to bust it out.

There is no better way to break in a new pan then with a pumpkin recipe!

Ingredients for Pumpkin Pound Cake

2-1/2 cups sugar

1 cup canola oil

3 eggs

3 cups flour

2 teaspoons baking soda

1 teaspoon Cinnamon

1 teaspoon nutmeg

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 can (15 ounces) solid-pack pumpkin

Directions

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Spray a bundt pan with non-stick spray. Set aside. Stir together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. Set aside.

Whisk together your sugar, oil, eggs, and pumpkin. Fold in the dry ingredients and stir until combined. Pour into your pan and bake for 1 hour, or until a toothpick comes out clean.

If you were looking for your home to smell like fall, you’ve found the right recipe. My entire house smelled like pumpkin pie for days after I pulled this out of the oven. I topped it with a simple maple glaze, but it’s flavors stand on their own.

This is a great one to share with friends. Especially if you are home alone and might eat the entire thing all on your own (don’t judge).

You could even try making them in mini bread pans for a fun neighbor gift! Thanks Heather for letting me come by again!

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Roasted Garlic Butter // Recipe

590 · Sep 15, 2013 · 24 Comments

// Recipe for Roasted Garlic Butter //

I love garlic… like REALLY love garlic. The love affair became rather torrid & steamy when I discovered roasted garlic. The simple act of adding a little oil, salt, pepper with a little time in the oven transforms the normally sharp, rather harsh garlic into a sweet mellow bite. It still has all the flavor profiles of garlic, it's just garlic's soft, sweet, mellow cousin. It can be added to all kinds of dishes to add that garlic flavor. One of my favorite things to do is to make roasted garlic butter with the golden gems.

If you want to make the best garlic bread in the world… you need to take 30 minutes or so and make some roasted garlic butter. Spread it on bread and your mind will be blown. Here is how to make roasted garlic butter.

Ingredients for Roasted Garlic Butter

3 large heads of garlic

3 t extra virgin olive oil

salt & pepper

2 sticks of soft, unsalted butter

Instructions

Take three heads of garlic (I made a double batch, that's why I have six in the photos. Yea, it's that good!)

Cut the top off of each head and drizzle with olive oil and generously season with salt & pepper.

Wrap the heads of garlic in parchment and foil and place in a 375˚ oven for 30 minutes.

Remove from oven and let cool until you can handle the heads of garlic easily with your hands.

Gently squeeze the gloves of garlic out of it's skin.

Then add more salt & pepper and mash with a fork.

Next, place two sticks of softened, unsalted butter in a bowl and add all of the mashed garlic.

Fold the garlic into the butter. At this point you can serve the soft garlic butter on bread or veggies. You can even add a dollop onto a nice steak to add some flavor.

Last week, I made some Zuppa Toscana for dinner and added a little pat of butter to the bowl of soup after it was served and just that added little garnish took that soup to a whole new level. YUM!!!

You can store your roasted garlic butter in a air tight container for several weeks and always have it on had to add to a dish to make it extra special. Another night last week, I made some scrambled eggs for my husband before he rushed off to an evening meeting. I used the garlic butter rather than regular butter or bacon grease to prepare the pan for the eggs. Oh my stars…talk about tasty eggs!

I challenge you to find some creative ways to use your butter… I promise you, the uses are endless.

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