Best of the Month July 2014

A recap of my most popular posts from July 2014

I'm late getting this written and posted.  I like to try to post these on the last day of the month but the end of August was opening weekend of college foot ball, Bacon Day, and then Labor Day on the 1st of September.  I'm still trying to get my blogging groove back with my weekends being occupied with football (my husband and I love football season).  So this is a little late but oh well...what can I do I like to procrastinate.

I finally broke 1,000 followers on Google Plus this month YAY!

**I've noticed that my "pin it" counter buttons don't always show the correct number of pins.  I know that I have personally pinned each picture at least once and usually more when I pin them to group boards but the counter has a big fat zero.  It also makes me wonder if my pins with a large count are correct.  This is very frustrating because I'd like to know actual counts.  Does anyone else experience this?  Know how to fix it?

Wild Rice Cherry Pecan Salad

A salad of wild rice, dried cherries, and pecans tossed in a raspberry vinaigrette.  It makes a great side dish or lunch. 241 views and 67 +1s.

Pudding Popsicles

A simple way to turn your favorite pudding into a frozen treat.  213 views and 37 +1s.

White Wine Sauce and Shrimp Scampi

A delicious and simple sauce made with white wine and butter.  Used to flavor pastas and many other dishes. 210 views and 37 +1s.

Tzatziki

A deliciously cool and refreshing yogurt dip/sauce made with cucumbers and dill.  176 views and 32 +1s.

Blue Cheese Alfredo

Whole wheat pasta tossed in a creamy, cheesy, blue cheese sauce studded with pistachios.  174 Views and 46 +1s.

Enjoy.

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Pudding Popsicles

A simple way to turn your favorite pudding into a frozen treat.

I live in a small apartment.  Did I mention that this apartment is in Hawaii?  All apartments and houses are small here, unless you are a millionaire.  That's okay because it's just me and my husband and the small apartment works for us and we get to live in Hawaii.  Anyway, I mention this to tell you that the outside facing wall is all window and sliding glass doors leading out to the lanai (porch/balcony).  We live pretty high up so we can leave our sliding glass doors open all the time (it's too high for bugs and too high for criminals).  I love it.  The temperature is usually perfect and there is typically a nice breeze so it hardly ever gets too hot.  But sometimes it gets kind of hot.  We get the afternoon sun shining in our windows so that's usually when the temperature rises a bit.  I could close up, pull down the blinds, and turn on the air but I like the city noise and fresh air so, when needed, I cool down with cool drinks and frozen treats.

I've been seeing many posts about cute popsicles made out of all kinds of things but my favorite treat is chocolate.  I also don't have any popsicle molds so I have to improvise.  That's why this pudding popsicle is so great.  The pudding comes in it's own container, you just add a popsicle stick and freeze.  Nothing could be simpler.  I used Jello pudding cups but any brand would work and any flavor.  I also used the sugar free pudding because I can't tell much difference so why eat unnecessary sugar.  This isn't so much of a recipe as a method but it makes a great frozen treat.  There is no excuse not to have some of these in your freezer at all times.

Pudding Popsicles

Individual pudding cups
Popsicle sticks

Leaving the foil cover on the pudding cup, pierce a small whole in the top.  Side a popsicle stick into this whole and give the bottom of the pudding cup a couple of wacks on the table or counter top to help settle the pudding.  Place in the freezer and freeze for 2-3 hours before enjoying.

To remove the popsicle, take off foil cover, dunk in warm water and pull and twist on the stick until it the frozen pudding slides out of the cup.

Easy peasy and you can use any type or flavor of pudding even use homemade pudding in your own popsicle molds.  Have fun and experiment.  Enjoy.

Linked to:  Pretty Pintastic, Best of the Weekend, See ya in the Gumbo, Much Ado, Merry Monday, Two Cup, Lou Lou Girls, Teach Me, Brag About it, Tasty Tues, Wonderful Wed, Whimsy Wed, Yuck Stops Here, Full Plate, Cook Craft Share, Eat Create Party, Freedom Friday



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