4th of July Jello Cake!

Once again I was feeling quite festive with tomorrow being the 4th of July! I still haven't gotten any decorations for the house, but there was definitely lots of cake decorating going on! This is a really easy, yummy, festive recipe and can pretty much be done for any occasion with minor adjustments! All you need is a white cake mix (I like the funfetti ones if you want to be extra festive, but any white cake mix will work!), apple sauce, a box of jello mix, and frosting! Here is it!

all you need....

substitute apple sauce for the vegetable oil

mix it all up!

add in the candy bits

mix it all up!

spread cake mix in pan....

bake and then let cool!

after cooling poke holes in the cake with a fork....

add the hot water to the jello mix...

mix it up

poke holes all over the top of the cake....

pour jello mix over cake

stick it in the refrigerator for a few minutes (I usually do 10-20)

Once cooled in refrigerator, flip cake onto a dish platter

get to ready to frost!

frost it nice and good!

use easy frost to decorate around the edges in desired color

add desired wording

add sprinkles and any other desired toppings....

slice and serve!

its like a festive explosion!

between the jello and candy bits it gets quite colorful!

It is perfect for any holiday or special occasion!

4th of July Brownies

The site is back up FINALLY! yey! I've been trying to blog all week and the site has been down, but now that its back up I am excited! The 4th of July is on Monday and I have been feeling very spirited! However, it is the first holiday this year I haven't gotten to put decorations up for! Maybe Ill have to go look for some later today or tomorrow! I have two easy and fun 4th of July recipes for you! Here's the first one, 4th of July brownies! All they really are, are brownies with a little spirit! :)

all you need....

yuumy!

mix it all up!

cut it up into little squares and put them in cupcake paper

put a drop of white frosting on top....

add some drops of red and blue frosting!

aren't they cute!

Fish

Hey guys! Hope everyone had a great weekend! I think my cold is finally starting to go away! My dad went out in the boat this weekend and got lots and lots of fish, so that's what we had for dinner last night! We decided to let our creativeness get the best of us and try new ways to cook the fish and played around with different seasonings and it came out really good! Check it out! I would have to say my favorite was combo #3!

Jon sliced up the fish

Fish combination #1 was Lemon Juice and Pepper

Combination #2 Lemon Juice and Thyme

Poke

The happy cook! haha!

Cooking combination #1

Combination #3 shoyu, cinnamon sugar, and Pampered Chef Thai Red Curry Rub!

cooking combination #2

Making bean sauce with kidney beans, tomato paste, water, chili powder, and sugar

cooking combination #3

bean sauce!

all done!

rice and bean sauce!

combo #2

combo #1

combo # 3

Meatloaf

Being sick for a week I haven' t really been eating a lot, but last night I decided I needed something really filling so I decided to go with Jon's mom's meatloaf recipes! It is one of my favorites and is really simple! It came out really yummy and there are plenty of leftovers! yey! When I first started to make it, I forgot to take pictures, so here is what I got! I guess I was a little too excited to get in the kitchen and make it right after my 4 hour nap!

Mix up ground beef, bread, salt, onion, and thyme in one bowl...

mix up eggs, milk, ketchup, and mustard in another bowl....

mixture 2

mixture one

mixture one again

mix them all together

get a baking pan

all mixed up

preheat oven to 400 degrees

form mixture into little loaves

smother with ketchup....(I'm a big ketchup fan, can you tell?)

bake for 45-55 minutes

yum yum!

we had some corn on the cob to go with it!

gotta love having cob nobs!

and there it is! Yum!!