Holiday Recipes!

Hey food lovers! Hope you're all doing well =)

I love cooking for Christmas, and I'm trying to build up my recipe box a bit. I figured there's no better place to talk about food, than here!

What are some of your favorite recipes for the holidays?

We are doing a pot roast this year, with awesome sides like potatoes, cranberry sauce, green beans and pies.

What do you plan to make this year? Let us know! =D

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hiya everybody!  Happy Thanksgiving!

I know this blog has been slightly boring for a while, which I hate, and makes me cringe.  I have definite plans to get back to blogging, on all my blogs, asap.

I wanted to take time out today though, to say thank you.

I don't know what you're doing today, or what your outlook on this holiday is, or if you even celebrate it.  What I do know, is that you're awesome, and I'm thankful for YOU.  When I say my prayers today, I'll be including you in there.

Thank you all for following us, for reading our goofy posts, and for always inspiring us to do better.

Have a wonderful day, no matter what you're doing, and we'll talk to you all soon! :D

~Rose & Ken

@Desert Rose

Oh Good Grief, This Blog Is So Neglected!

I feel terrible!  This poor blog has been sitting here patiently waiting for some attention.

In my busy schedule this year, I haven't been blogging all that much.  Which is a depressing admission in and of itself.  I've got a bunch of drafts of really fun post ideas, and no time to actually write them.

See, hubster and I are currently building a few (yes, few, as in, more than one) home businesses.  Not to mention the fact I've been spending just about every spare moment writing a book, and dealing with some medical issues that are stubbornly determined to overstay their welcome.  Our time seems stretched even thinner than normal, and fun blogs have been suffering because of it.

Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not making excuses.  Just explaining what's up, so you all (and this poor, lonely blog) know that I'm not done with my blogging fun.  No way!  We have so much to do, and, obviously, so little time to do it all.  I doubt the load will diminish much, we just have to get better at juggling...

I do plan to get back to my fun blogging as soon as I can.  This Winter should, fingers crossed, free up some of our time.  I hope.  I pray.

Thanks to everyone still holding a flickering ember of interest, and I promise, it won't be for naught.  I'll be back with awesome posts, as soon as I possibly can.  Big plans ahead guys and dolls, and I can't wait!!

Thank you for your continued support - you guys rock! =D

Ciao for now,

~Rose
@Desert Rose & Fluttering Rose Petals.

What Does Your Favorite Ice Cream Flavor Say About Your Personality?

I scream, you scream, we all scream, for Ice Cream!!

What's your favorite flavor?

What Flavor Cookie Would You Be?

Cookies are amazing.  Most have a favorite, but have you ever wondered what flavor you'd be, if you were a cookie?  Find out with this quiz, and let us know below!

I got:

Oatmeal Raisin

Whether you want to deny it or not, fruit is your best friend. You are the exotic and delicious love child of Mr. Fruit and Ms. Cookies!

You're adventurous, refreshingly interesting, and uncanny in the best way possible. That's why you're the oatmeal raisin cookie! Nothing makes sense about mixing a fruit with a cookie, but that's what amazing about you--YOU make it work.

So take your raisins, and your oatmeal, and that adventurous brown sugar exotic-ness and go on another oven raisin-g adventure! 

What did you get?

It's Ken's Birthday!!

Whoo hoo!! :D  It's Ken's birthday today, and we're going to celebrate!!   In honor of this epic man, we're going to have some of his favorite foods!  Just a simple Top Tens list, nothing fancy, just for fun.

10.  Chili

9.  Steak & Potatoes

8.  Pizza

7.  Spaghetti & Meatballs

6.  Meatball Sub

5.  Curry

4.  Minestrone

3. Carbonara

2.  Lasagna

1.  Bacon Cheeseburger

Eclectic mix, isn't it??  Cuz he's deep and mysterious, that's for sure!!!  I love how diverse he is, and how much he loves little bits of everything.

Happy Birthday Ken!! :D

Which Pop Tart Flavour Are You?

Pop tarts!! :D  We all love pop tarts, right?  Well, if you were a flavour, which would you be?  Find out, and let us know below!

I got:

Rainbow Cookie Sandwich Pop Tart

Creative juices burst from your every crevice, making you a Rainbow Cookie Sandwich - your arsenal of natural talents makes you a rainbow-colored Pop Tart of awesomeness!

What did you get?

Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins!!

Have you ever heard of these?  They're amazing!!  Bananas, chocolate chips, and warm muffins - what's not to love?

I'm not a huge banana fan, myself.  I get the occasional craving, but in general, I stick with berries and nuts.

I do, however love chocolate!  I've only found one mix of chocolate and bananas I've liked (we all love those, don't we?) but this is a good second.

To Ken, I like bananas a ton, so it's really saying something that he likes these muffins more than me.  He loves obsesses over adores them - go figure!

For those who may want to try this, here's a quick recipe.  It's super easy to make from scratch, and takes about 35 mins total.

Basics

~ Prep time: 15 mins

~ Cook time: 18 - 20 mins

~ Oven temp: 350 F

~Makes 12 regular sized muffins

Ingredients

~ 1 1/2 Cups all purpose flour

~ 1 1/2 Tsp baking soda

~ 3 TBsp sugar

(we recommend raw cane sugar for the best flavor)

~ 1/4 Tsp salt

~ 1 LG egg

~ 3 TBsp buttermilk

(you can substitute 3 tbsp regular milk and 1/4 tbsp lemon juice if need be)

~ 1/2 Cup (1 Stick) butter, melted

~ 2-3 ripe bananas, mashed

~ 1/2 Cup chocolate chips

--For the bananas: if they are large, it's best to use 2, otherwise it will be a very strong banana taste.  They should be pretty ripe - blackening, like ones you'd use for banana bread.

--For the chocolate chips: you can always add more if you'd like, depending on how chocolaty you want the muffins.
       **Be sure to stir and mix in the melted butter before you add the chocolate chips, otherwise half your chocolate will melt into the batter!

Directions

1) Pre-heat oven to 350 F.

2) In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, sugar, salt and baking soda.  Mix together lightly.

3) Melt the butter.

4) Add egg, butter, and buttermilk to the flour mixture.

5) Add bananas and mix together.

6) Coat muffin pan cups in butter/non-stick spray, or line with paper muffin cups.

7) Add chocolate chips.

8) Place in middle rack in pre-heated oven, and cook for 18 mins

(20 mins for cold oven).

Once they're fully cooked, remove from pan and place on cooling rack or serving tray.  

Serve, and enjoy!!