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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Tuesday Talk: Favorite PINS

It's time to share my favorite Pinterest Pins with you today.

I love the finding new recipes, delicious dessert ideas, holiday activities, toddler learning games and outfit inspiration on pinterest so I thought I'd share one of my favorites from each category.  I've let almost all of my magazine subscriptions lapse and really just rely on Pinterest for my food, party and other inspiration.  You can search for just about anything and there are tons of great ideas that come up for free.  What's not to love!?!?

Are you a fan of Pinterest?
What kinds of things do you find yourself pinning the most?

I have tons of favorite pins from over the years so here are a few of them.
 10 Ways to Save Money on Birthday Parties:
10 Ways to Save Money on Birthday Parties via Polka-Dotty Place

DIY Chalkboard Birthday Poster - black foam board, metallic sharpies and your own handwriting for around $7!! Perfect way to display all of those fun facts about your little one for their first birthday party!!:
First Birthday Party Poster via Polka-Dotty Place

Graduate Cupcakes - use photos of graduates to make the perfect cupcake toppers. Just need pictures, scissors, colored paper, glue sticks, twine and a toothpick.:
Graduation Cupcakes via Polka-Dotty Place

St. Patrick's Day Rainbow Jello - jello, cool whip and layers of rainbow goodness:
Rainbow Jello & Other Rainbow Treats for St. Patrick's Day via Polka-Dotty Place


These are my current favorites from the categories I mentioned pinning:

NEW RECIPES
Pasta Salad with grapes, broccoli, bacon, and pecans. The perfect blend of sweet and salty!:
Broccoli, Grape & Pasta Salad via Spicy Southern Kitchen

 Crock Pot Brown Sugar Pineapple Ham ~ Savory ham with a brown sugar glaze and pineapple! via www.julieseatsandtreats.com:
Brown Sugar Pineapple Ham via Julie's Eats and Treats


DELICIOUS DESSERT IDEAS
 Chocolate Chip Oreo Cheesecake Bars- an easy dessert to make that everyone will love!:
 Chocolate Chip Oreo Cheesecake Bars via Deliciously Sprinkled

Wendy's Frosty - 1 can condensed milk, 1/2 gal chocolate milk, 8 oz can cool whip REALLY? YES!!!:
Copycat Wendy's Frosty via Trains and Tutus


HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES
Fruit Loop Rainbow craft ~ Simple Preschool activity:
 Fruit Loop Rainbow via Housing a Forest

Easter hand and footprint art! --- I'm going to need someone I know with kids to do this! So cute!:
Hoppy Easter Hand & Foot Print Bunny Rabbit via The Whoot


TODDLER LEARNING
 Dental Health Preschool Craft-- Brush Your Teeth! Fun process art activity to use during a dentist or tooth theme week.:
Learning to Brush Your Teeth via Cutting Tiny Bites

If you're looking for some great winter boredom busters for your little ones, you will love these 33 winter activities for toddlers!:
 Paint the Snow via My Life and Kids


 OUTFIT INSPIRATION
Navy Floral Embossed Midi Skirt - New Arrivals - Retro, Indie and Unique Fashion:
Navy Floral Embossed Midi Skirt via Chic Wish

Casual Friday today on Elle Apparel... @liketoknow.it www.liketk.it/1plhg #liketkit #leannesbabybump #ootd:
Striped & chambray via Leanne Barlow

And a few more of my own favorite pins:
 Get Well Soon Cards:
DIY Get Well Soon Cards via Polka-Dotty Place

Olive Garden Salad at Home - lettuce, croutons, parmesan, red onions, tomatoes, olives and pepperoncinis:
DIY Olive Garden Salad via Polka-Dotty Place

Perfect Buttercream Recipe - simple buttercream that holds its shape and is so simple to make!! This is my new favorite icing.:
Perfect Buttercream via Polka-Dotty Place


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Monday, June 9, 2014

Perfect Buttercream Recipe

I'm not a huge icing fan but my husband is loves it 
so I've been searching for the perfect buttercream icing for years.  

My requirements for the perfect icing were: 
that it be easy, that I'd have the ingredients on hand at all times 
and that it would harden and hold its shape really well.

I'm excited to say that I FOUND IT
and I just had to share it with you!!!!

Ingredients:
1 c unsalted butter or maragarine room temp
4 c confectioner's sugar
1/4 t salt
1 t vanilla
up to 4 T heavy cream or whole milk
food coloring/sprinkles

Directions:
Beat butter.
Add 3 c confectioner's sugar.
Add vanilla, salt and cream.
Add more sugar/heavy cream until desired consistency (smooth).

Makes 2.5-3 cups of icing.

Works great on cakes
 perfect on cupcakes

 AND it tastes delicious!!
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Monday, April 1, 2019

Homemade Chocolate Buttercream

Happy Monday, Friends!!  Hope you had a wonderful weekend.  We had a really great Spring Break week - enjoyed some time at home, traveled and celebrated our favorite 3 year old.  I'm working on lots of fun posts for you this week.

Top of the list: Homemade Chocolate Buttercream

I decided I'd try to make my own chocolate frosting for the chocolate cupcakes that Fletcher requested.  I consulted my sister, my mom  and Pinterest to come up with a recipe.

You remember my favorite PERFECT BUTTERCREAM recipe from 2014??  It's been my go to icing for almost 5 years.  I love it.  People love it.  I can't recommend it enough.  This recipe is very similar. 


Chocolate Buttercream Ingredients:
 1/2 c room temp butter/margarine (I use margarine)
1/2 c crisco
4-5 c powdered sugar
1/4 t vanilla
2-3T milk (I use 2%)
4 T cocoa powder

Directions:
Cream together butter and crisco until it's well blended.  Scrape down sides of the mixing bowl.  Add in powdered sugar.  Add in milk on tablespoon at a time until you get the desired consistency.  I like my icing pretty firm so it sets up nicely.   Scrape down the sides again and you're ready to go!  This recipe makes 3-4 cups of frosting.

You can make this icing ahead of time and refrigerate it.

It's delicious on cake, cupcakes, or cookies.  The best part is that it's so easy!







I also have a REALLY delicious chocolate cake mix to recommend for you today.  I picked it up on a whim and it was so good.  I had several people ask me what kind it was.  It's called Betty Crocker  Super Moist Triple Chocolate Fudge Cake Mix.  It's so good!



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Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Make Your Own Rainbows

 Funfetti is my go to cake.  I make it for birthdays, holidays and love the special holiday color editions.  It's so easy to whip up and I feel like it's a tiny bit healthier than other cupcakes because it uses egg whites... haha :)


We decided to make some rainbow cupcakes and added a bunch of rainbow sprinkles to the Funfetti mix to ensure our cupcakes were extra colorful.  It tinted the batter a bit, but they did turn out to be very colorful cupcakes.


Behind the cupcake scenes:
Olive insists on feeling them to make sure they are cool enough to add the icing.

Fletcher thinks it's hilarious to touch the cupcakes and shout YUM!
He looks so big in these pictures!


 We add our favorite rainbow sprinkles from the ice cream topping section at the grocery store.  They're around $3 for a HUGE container of them.







 I love the combo of a boxed cake mix + homemade buttercream frosting.

Clover cupcake liners for good measure.


Easy and delicious edible rainbows :)

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Monday, July 1, 2019

Easy Oreo Frosting

Homemade Oreo Frosting sounds delicious right!?!?

Olive requested chocolate cupcakes with Oreo frosting for her birthday.  How could I say no to that??  I had never made it before, but figured I could use my homemade buttercream recipe as the base and add in Oreos.  I was right!  It was delicious!

Here's my recipe for Perfect Buttercream Frosting.

It's so easy and so good for cupcakes, cakes, graham crackers, cinnamon rolls and more.

I love to used a box cake mix and top them with homemade frosting.

I bought a bag of mini oreos for the frosting making sure to save one mini Oreo for each cupcake and then crushed the rest.

Tip: Crush the Oreos really fine if you are wanting to pipe the frosting on to the cupcake.  I failed to do this and my icing got clogged in the piping bag.  I ended up just spreading the frosting on with a knife.  It tasted delicious even though it looked different than I planned.

Everyone approved!  





Who could you make these yummy cupcakes for?? 

Maybe take them to your 4th of July parties later this week?
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Monday, March 27, 2017

March Recipe Round Up

I'm excited to share a few new recipes with you today.  They're all pretty easy and really delicious.  I didn't cook quite as much as usual this month since we were out of town for Spring Break, but I still have some great things to share with you today.

// 1 //
Spaghetti and Fake Meatballs
My husband doesn't love pasta, but sometimes he requests it for dinner because he knows that everyone else loves it.  I whipped up this spaghetti dinner and it was DELICIOUS!

1 lb ground round
1/4 finely chopped purple onion
1/4 finely chopped yellow onion
minced garlic
olive oil
salt and pepper

Angel hair pasta
Ragu sauce
mozzarella cheese

Cook the ground round in a skillet and barely break it up while it cooks.  Leave it really chunky (aka fake meatballs).  Cook the onions and garlic in olive oil until they are slightly clear.  Combine the meat and onions until they start to stick together.

Cook the pasta like usual, heat the sauce and then build your own pasta bowls!!

// 2 //
Rotisserie Chicken
This was a huge time saver for me this month!  We ate big salads regularly and the chicken was the perfect addition.  My husband also dipped his in BBQ sauce instead of adding it to his salad.  To each his own :)  My favorite salad dressing in the world is Ken's Honey Mustard!


// 3 //
Breakfast For Dinner
We ate pancakes, waffles, scrambled eggs, egg sandwiches and omelets for dinners this month.  They're easy and cheap dinner options.  I love picking up thick cut bacon or turkey sausage to add to the meal along with some fresh fruit.



// 4 //
NACHOS, TACOS, QUESADILLAS, Oh my!
We had lots of Mexican food this month, but I barely took any pictures of it.  Head to Instagram (@polkadottyplace) to see my latest nacho combo.


FUN KID FOOD:
My three year old loves a good, festive meal so the edible rainbows were a hit.  I made sure to include all of her favorite foods.


TREATS:
Going BANANAS:
I shared my recipe for Banana Cake with Caramel Frosting



Banana Pops this month


Have you tried any of the Girl Scouts cereal yet??  This one was amazing!

My Perfect Buttercream Recipe never disappoints.

We enjoyed lots of rainbow treats this month.
You can never go wrong with a good chocolate chip cookie.
They are definitely MY MOST FAMOUS RECIPE



Have you tried any new recipes lately??

Now I'm starving!!  Which recipes are you anxious to try???
I'm linking up with 2 of my favorite cooking ladies today
and we're all sharing our best recipes from the month.

Linking up with Southern Plate

Katie @ Cup of Tea
New Recipes to Try March

Whitney @ Come Home for Comfort
What We're Eating March

Head over to their blogs to see what delicious meals they are sharing this month!
 We've also started a Pinterest Board called
New Recipes We've Tried and Loved!
Be sure to check it out and get some great ideas for meals at your house.
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