Mini Pineapple Upside Down Cakes

This recipe was in the June 2011 edition of The Food Network Magazine. It was a yummy, quick from scratch dessert that my family enjoyed. I used 7 ounce ramekins and found they worked just as well, but took about 5 more minutes to bake.

Mini Pineapple Upside Down Cakes

Brush four 4-ounce ramekins with butter. Sprinkle brown sugar in the bottom of each and line with sliced pineapple. Whisk 1 egg, 1/4 cup buttermilk, 3 tablespoons melted butter and a dash of vanilla in a bowl, then stir in 1/2 cup flour, 6 tablespoons granulated sugar, 1/2 teaspoon baking powder, 1/8 teaspoon baking soda and a pinch of salt. Divide among the ramekins. Bake at 350 degrees F, 20 minutes. Let cool, then unmold and top with confectioners' sugar.

Enjoy!

~BLESSINGS~

Lisa

Wheels n' Wings 2011

On Thursday evening, we went to Wheels N Wings in a nearby town. It's part of the city's Thunder in the Valley Motorcycle Rally. This is not my usual scene, lol, but we had a nice time before the rain drenched us. Above is a photo of the rainbow that appeared after the rain quit.

The Shock-Top Bug...love their Raspberry Wheat Ale and I am not a beer drinker.

Dh and DD checking out a car

One shot of the street lined with motorcycles. It's hard to see how far they go up, but it's at least 3 blocks.

One of ds' s favorite cars


Thanks for stopping by!

~blessings~

Lisa

Movie Day~Cars 2

The family went to see Cars 2 yesterday. We all enjoyed it. I wanted to get a pic of ds with the poster, but he is "too cool" for that. LOL I think the movie is great for kids and has a nice theme of friendship. It's definitely a MATER movie, but who doesn't love MATER?

blessings,

Lisa

Summer Home and Patio

My new cloche...not sure if I love the display or not. I think I need to add some fabric to it...

I just love burning a candle on my kitchen island. It reminds me to say a prayer for my family each time I walk by it. I just changed the berries for summer and added the sticker to the candle jar. A little country for me, but I love it.

The tray is from Thirty-One, the birds from Michael's and the lantern from Lowe's. This is on the porch coffee table.

My display on the porch plant stand. I did have a plant there, but the chipmunks dug in the pot and chewed the stem of it. Darn chipmunks!

Blessings,

Lisa

Bandana Dress Part Two

Here is dress number two. I love this one! I'm very partial to patriotic patterns and colors. I discovered that Miss M has grown quite a bit, so the dress is a bit short. It's more like an oversized top. We paired it with leggings and I think it looks too cute on her!

Miss M in her "dress". I'm going to make another using red bandanas for her to wear to our western themed family reunion in August.

peace,

Lisa

Bandana Dress

I made this dress today for Miss M. I used 2 bandanas from Walmart that were 1.00 each and some ribbon that I had at home from other projects. I think it came out pretty cute! I'm going to do a patriotic one next. I can't believe I actually sewed something! I used this video from You Tube for the directions:

Peace,

Lisa

Closet Before and After

My children are messy. It's tough for me because I'm not. Last week dd and I tackled her closet. Since our chaotic moves last fall, things just never got put into order because life happens. Thank goodness for summer vacation. As you can see in the above photo things were just thrown into her closet....


...and now things are neat and orderly. We labeled clear shoeboxes, using my Dymo Lectratag, with the names of her small toys and sorted them accordingly. I also labeled baskets for books and coloring books. The pink bin holds all the baby dolls and the green bin holds assorted toys. We ended up with two bags to donate to St. Vincent DePaul's Thrift store. I'm so glad that job is done! I hope it stays this way.

Blessings,

Lisa