Homemade Ice Cream

So after I partied my pants off all weekend at the Bachelorette party, I came home to homemade Cherry Garcia ice cream. Nice work hubs! It is such a good recipe I wanted to share it with you. The secret is in the cherries. My brother-in-law buys the Luxardo Cherries in syrup from the store. They may be hard to find but don't give up!Also, you need to have an ice cream maker. Without this, you will fail....sorry...

What you will need:'

1/4 cup of shaved chocolate (Brady used Godiva. He doesn't mess around)

1 cup of Luxardo Cherries in syrup 

2 Large Eggs

3/4 cup of sugar

2 cups of heavy cream

1 cup of whole milk

1 tsp. of vanilla extract

First chop up the cherries and shave the chocolate.

LOOKS LIKE BLOOD!!!!Put them in two separate bowls and in the refrigerator.

Then in a large mixing bowl beat the eggs for two minutes. It's important that they look light and fluffy. Continue whisking and add the sugar a little at a time. Add the cream, milk and vanilla and whisk to blend.

 Transfer the mixture to an ice cream maker and run the machine for about 15 minutes. After 15 minutes add in cherries and chocolate and run for another 5 minutes. Transfer ice cream to air tight container and put in the freezer till frozen. THEN EAT IT! 

Hope you enjoy it as much as I did! 

xoxo

Robin

All around Great Wedding Ideas!

Well Hello there!

This weekend was the lovely Bridal Shower/Bachelorette Party for my soon to be sister-in-law Melissa, who is awesome, by the way. So this post is dedicated to some awesome affordable ideas for wedding festivities.

First, my mother, who is one crafty lady, was asked to put together a center piece for the shower for Melissa. She was told it needed to represent the life Michael (my brother...duh) and Melissa have together in Vermont. Here is a little inside on my brother. He hunts, he fishes, he remodels homes and boats and pretty much everything, he makes his own maple syrup, he cooks, he cleans, he aqua logs and builds things with those logs.....the list goes on and on but you get my drift. He is AWESOME! So, as you can imagine, it was hard for my mother to narrow this idea down. But she did.

This is such an amazing idea for center pieces at a wedding.

She took an old log and a bunch of old maple syrup taps and hammered the taps all around the log. Then she hung pictures of the two of them all around it. She used a glue gun for the moss on the top. Now, the bird's nest is actually real...BUT before you freak out, the birds had moved out. So it was vacant. Anyway, I thought I would share the centerpiece with you!

The downside to using a log....it weighs like 100lbs.

Ok, so another talent person in my life is my friend Stephanie. She made these amazing little Muffins with vanilla icing. She made personal little tags and taped them to toothpicks. How cute are these? Great idea also for a baby shower!

So, on to the bachelorette party. What a wild night. What every wild Bachelorette party needs are PENIS COOKIES! I found the cookie cutter at iParty! These are so simple I'm kind of surprised there are not always penis cookies fully stocked in my house.

Anyway, I just picked up a Betty Crocker Sugar Cookie mix from the store and made the cookies with the cutter. It took me about an hour and a half to make the cookies. Next, we had to ice them. So I recruited my Father, Uncle and Aunt to help with the process. I bought white icing and put about three drops of red food dye in the icing and mixed it well. The pink is perfect. To really bring it all together though...I used brown jimmies for hair....and voila!

It was a great weekend.

xoxo
Robin

Packing While Drinking....

Packing while drinking should be illegal. This tends to happen to me a lot. By the time I'm done with every little thing that I need to get done for the weekend travels....I'm buzzed! I can't help it. It just happens people!

It pretty much goes down like this: I start to pack and manage to lay my things on the bed. Take a sip of wine. I start to pull things off the hangers in the closet that do not match. Take a sip of wine. Try to remember what I was doing. Take another sip of wine. Remember I need something in the kitchen. Head to the kitchen and then forget what it was that I needed in the kitchen. Can't find my wine. WHERE THE HELL IS MY WINE? Head back to the bedroom. Locate the wine on the dresser. Continue to pack my bag with 1 pair of underwear and 10 pairs of socks. I start packing summer stuff even though I'm heading to VT and it's going to be in the 50's all weekend. Pair of shorts, t-shirts, couple of sundresses....no sweatshirts though. I won't need that. Oh and Flips flops too! Can't forget those. Break time. Take another sip. Remember what I needed in the kitchen. Head to kitchen. Grab more wine. Leave kitchen without getting what I needed. Head back to bed room. Everything looks great! Pack up the bag. Celebrate my accomplishment with more wine and sit on the couch.

My husband is always amazed with my super fast packing skills. Little does he know I usually have to go shopping when we reach our destination because I have forgotten at least one important item, like underwear or a bra or pants....that did happen once. Who doesn't pack pants? This girl!

The only upside to packing while drinking....the element of surprise when you unpack your bag...but that doesn't last long when realize you have no pants.....

But I never learn my lesson...it just keeps happening and I'm ok with that!

xoxo
Robin