An Ordinary Housewife

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Tasty Tuesday: Peanut Butter Freezer Fudge

I got this recipe from Money Saving Mom for Peanut Butter Freezer Fudge. It looked super-yummy in her pictures and it had few ingredients, all of which I had. So of course I had to try it out. It was really more like a candy, when all was said and done, and it didn't really taste too different than if I had just eaten peanut butter and chocolate chips together.

I halved the recipe I saw. I didn't have quite enough peanut butter to make a whole recipe and I wanted to make sure I really liked it first, anyway. So here is what I used:

1/2 cup peanut butter

3/4 TBSP maple syrup

2 TBSP coconut oil

1/4 tsp salt

chocolate chips

First, cream everything except the chocolate.

Make it Monday: No Sew Mermaid Costume

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Nuby Nibbler (Mesh Feeder)

*I received the product here as part of the Nuby Mommy Blogger program. All opinions expressed are my own.*

If you like to feed your toddler fresh, whole foods, you might want to try something like the Nuby Nibbler Mesh Feeder. A mesh feeder has a net-like compartment where you can put any type of solid food, like carrot, apple slices or even ice.
The baby can chew on this mesh feeder and get the food, but only what can come through the tiny holes. So no big chucks for baby to choke on. That way they can eat good, fresh foods even when they're too young to eat real chunks of food.

Sparkle Farms Bloomer Shorts

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Festive Friday: Train Cake

     Today I thought I'd share the cake I made for my son's first birthday. It is not quite as simple as my daughter's flower cake, but it's not super complicated either. As you can see, it is a train cake. Not super steady work, but it was late and I was ready for bed!
     For the train cars I used a loaf pan for the cakes and Oreo cookies. After baking the mini cakes, I trimmed the tops so they were flat. I cut a couple of the loaf cakes in half and stacked the halves, as pictured below. I also took 3 oreos and "glued" them together with icing for the engine car.

I found that the Wilton cake icer tip works just right for covering 3 oreos and it also worked well for the rest of the car. I used oreos for the wheels as well! Decorate the cars as you see fit. You can use lots of candy if you want. I used a random toy my kids had and a number candle. What do you think?

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Fruit and Vegetable Keeper by Progressive International

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Weight Loss Wednesday: Creative Biosceince Challenge (Part 4)

*I received a trial of this products in order to facilitate this review. Any opinions expressed are my own.*

     Ok, I've finally completed the second month of my 90 day Green Coffee Bean trial from Creative Bioscience. For those who don't know about this challenge, basically I get to try out this product and share the results with my readers.
     My second month got slightly better results than the first. My weight still fluctuated a lot over the last month. I don't think the 10-15 lb loss is going to happen for me during this trial. But at least I'm accomplishing something.

So, today my stats are:
weight - 172 (-3 lb from last month, -4 lb altogether)
waist - 42" (-1 in. from last month, -3 altogether)
BMI - 28.6 (-.5 from last month, -.7 altogether)

     It is still difficult to remember to take the pills 30 minutes before meals. Right before would be much easier to handle. I have sometimes had to do that.
      By the way, the Life Fit Store has these products for sale for 12-60% off retail. Creative Bioscience has given me a code for an additional 15% off to share with readers. Life Fit store is currently offering free shipping as well. Just put in the code AOH to receive your extra 15% off!

     Are you a blogger who would like to participate in this challange yourself? Creative Science is currently accepting bloggers for this challenge. If you are interested, you can read about it here!