Car Emergency Kit

This is a ___ project....if you said Pinterest, you get a cookie! Just kidding about the cookie, but it is a little something I found on Pinterest, where I find most of the things I do. I tweaked it for what I needed in my car.

 

Use and empty wipes box or shoebox to store your kit and put in it things that you might need while out and about. Notice, I don't have any wipes in my kit....that's because I carry around a package with me already with two small kiddos, along with a backup diaper or two just in case. 

Here's what's in my box:

2 sandwich zip bags

mini lint roller

small first aid kit- bandages, ointment, alcohol wipes, a few Benadryl

Tyenol

Tissues

Lotion

Shout wipes

Small sewing kit- has tiny scissors, needle, thread, safety pin, etc

Hand sanitizer

Bug repellant

Pen and notepad

Hair elastics

There's still a little room in my box in case I think of something else tiny that might be useful to have on hand. This handy little box and fit under a seat or easily in a floorboard or trunk. Just be sure when it's 2000 degrees outside that you don't have anything in there that might melt!

Pinned from Rips in My Jeans

Oreo Cheesecake Cookies....Oh. My.

Oh. My. Goodness.....that is all. These are soooooooo good!

Again, the Pinterest bug has bitten me and I was spurred to try something new and I swear I ate an entire batch of these, they were sooooooo yummy!



OREO CHEESECAKE COOKIES

Yield: About 1 dozen cookies (mine made about 1 1/2 dozen, as I used around 1 inch balls of dough)

½ cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
3 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
1 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup all-purpose flour
½ cup mini chocolate chips (I didn't have minis so I left these out)
1 cup Oreo cookie crumbs

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper (this is important! I was out of parchment and my cookies got a little overcooked on the bottom, I think the Oreo crumbs cooked quickly on the hot baking sheet and caused this) and set aside.

2. In a mixing bowl, cream together the butter and cream cheese on medium speed until smooth and well-combined.

3. Add the sugar and vanilla extract and mix until the ingredients are well-combined. Add the flour and mix on low until the flour is incorporated. Stir in the mini chocolate chips with a rubber spatula.

4. Place the Oreo cookie crumbs in a small bowl. Scoop the cookies into about 1½ to 2″ balls (the dough will be soft, don' t worry if it doesn't scoop into a well-formed ball, the crumbs will help hold it together) and then roll in the cookie crumbs. Place the cookie balls on the baking sheet. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes, or until the edges are golden and the tops are slightly puffed.

5. Cool on the pan for 2 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely. Store in an airtight container.


Recipe Pinned from Collecting the Moments (other sources on this blog for this recipe)

Summertime Updates & Fun Stuff

Since summer is in full swing now, it's a little crazy and harder for me to have time to blog without someone attached to my leg, so there will be a few less, but I am trying to keep up with garden updates, tips, etc. and some recipes. Recipes are lacking a little, as well, since I don't do as much cooking when hubby works out of town.
BUCKET LIST:
Our Summertime Bucket list is coming along quite nicely. We have managed to do about seven things...some small, some not small, but we are having fun!

GARDEN:
Wow! The garden has started to take off!! I have found some things that work well and some that don't. My latest and possibly greatest discovery, is the use of some weird stuff called diatamaceous earth . As with any garden that is producing, the more you produce and start yielding good stuff, the more the critters like it too! When squash bugs threatened to take over last week, I had to find an alternative to the time consuming method of picking them off....who has time to do that!?!?....or nasty chemicals that would be dangerous for my kiddos and pet, not to mention the environment. So, with the handy dandy google search, I found it!! This crazy stuff that dries up/scratches the little buggers but is safe for humans, even to eat it and is used in organic gardening! Hallelujah!! So far, so good on getting rid of the squash bugs. I will have to keep on top of them if I plan to plant pumpkins in a week or two.

I have to post something yummy to try, so here you go--my husband loves squash cooked this way and you can even add other stuff to make it to your taste:


Chopped Fried Squash
2-3 yellow squash/ zucchini chopped
1 small chopped onion
1 egg
Flour to coat
Salt and pepper

Coat squash with egg in a bowl, then in same bowl, add enough flour to coat it again. Add chopped onion and mix in. Heat oil in skillet then add the squash mixture, salt and pepper to taste, and fry it up to your desired crispiness! Enjoy!!!