Tasty Treats Tuesday

Greetings from the UP!  It is a crazy blizzard here and everything is covered with mounds of snow!  When I'm at home I like to bake on snowy days, so today we baked a favorite cookie recipe that I found on Pinterest and shared before on Facebook:  Pistachio-Cranberry Cookies!  These are so delicious and so easy to make.  They are perfect for Christmas (since they are festive colors), but yummy anytime!  Actually, since they are green, they could be fun for St. Patrick's Day!

 

Ingredients:

-Sugar Cookie Mix

-Box of Pistachio Pudding

-1/4 cup flour

 

-1/2 cup melted butter

-2 eggs

 

-dried cranberries (or craisins)

-shelled pistachios (whole or chopped)

 

Mix the dry ingredients together.  Then add the wet ingredients.  Fold in the cranberries and pistachios (as much or as little as you want - about a 1/2 cup of each is good.)

Bake for 8-10 minutes in a 350 degree oven.

 

(My helpers)

 

Eat and enjoy!

 

 

 

I'm also excited to share my Favorite things post this week, although I may have to post it early, since I'll be driving back to Fond du Lac on Friday.  And I'll try to post pictures of this crazy snow storm!  It's nuts!  Until next time...  

 

 

Favorite Things Friday

Hello!

It's Friday!  As one of my ideas, I'm going to designate Friday as Favorite Things day where I share a favorite product, recipe, moment, etc.  Today is one from the archives, meaning, I've been thinking of this idea for awhile.  Today I'm sharing one of my favorite salads:  Avocado and Tomatoes.  So simple and yet so delicious.   But there are a couple of tricks to make this dish spectacular:  Fresh ingredients (which is tricky because tomatoes are not in season at the same time as avocado), aged balsamic vinegar, good olive oil, coarse salt, and fresh cracked pepper.  That's all.  And yet, I can eat enough of it!  Even Lucy loves snagging a few bites from my plate when I make it.

Avocado and Tomato Salad:
-1 avocado, sliced
-half a container of grape tomatoes (I like using the Cherub brand)
-aged balsamic vinegar (which is thick and syrup like)
-good olive oil (I like mine with a bit of a fruity taste)
-coarse sea salt
-fresh cracked pepper

Slice the tomatoes and the avocado.  Drizzle balsamic vinegar and olive oil over the tomatoes and avocado.  Sprinkle coarse salt and grind black pepper over and enjoy!