Kate's Fruit Concoction

Kate invented this recipe and wanted me to put it on the blog for everyone else to try. She wrote it out for me to type it.

1/2 banana
1/2 kiwi
1/4 red apple
1/2 green apple
1 cup milk or apple juice

Put them all in a blender, pour in milk, press puree on your blender. Keep it going for a few seconds. Then pour in cup or glass. Enjoy!

Dirt Cupcakes

So this probably isn't anthing new, but Derek is so proud of himself, I had to put him on our recipe website. I've heard this done mostly with pudding, but it's good this way too. He made some Halloween Dirt Cupcakes and loves them... and loves making them.

He made just regular chocolate cupcakes in halloween paper.

Coated the top in chocolate frosting

Removed the filling from Oreo's and then crushed the cookie part and put it in a bowl

Then he dipped the cupcake in the Oreo (generously so it looks like crumbly dirt)

Then he added gummy worms to add the perfect "dirt" touch

We had some spider toothpicks from Target and he added those because "spiders play on the dirt too"

Very easy, fun, and Halloweeny!

Halloween Pretzels

I got the recipe for pretzels off of allrecipes.com, but I made them into bones for Halloween (plus Derek loves bones hahaha). Anyway, there a little burned because, lets face it, I'm new to cooking but they were delicious regardless. Here's the direct recipe from that site.

INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)

• 4 teaspoons active dry yeast
• 1 teaspoon white sugar
• 1 1/4 cups warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
• 5 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup baking soda
• 4 cups hot water
• 1/4 cup kosher salt, for topping

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DIRECTIONS

1. In a small bowl, dissolve yeast and 1 teaspoon sugar in warm water. Let stand until creamy, about 10 minutes.
2. In a large bowl, mix together flour, 1/2 cup sugar, and salt. Make a well in the center; add the oil and yeast mixture. Mix and form into a dough. If the mixture is dry, add one or two tablespoons of water. Knead the dough until smooth, about 7 to 8 minutes. Lightly oil a large bowl, place the dough in the bowl and turn to coat with oil. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
3. Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). In a large bowl, dissolve baking soda in hot water.
4. When risen, turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and divide into 12 equal pieces. Roll each piece into a rope and twist into a pretzel shape. Once all of the dough is all shaped, dip each pretzel into the baking soda solution and place on a greased baking sheet. Sprinkle with kosher salt.
5. Bake in preheated oven for 8 minutes, until browned.

I buttered mine and added kosher salt then served with cheese dip. YUM!