Dear House Challenge

Today’s Challenge I am taking on, is to write a letter to someone, or something that you will never send out. It could be to a dog, a door, or your vehicle. The option is up to you.

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Dear House,

Hello!
I am the mother of the family that lives inside of you. I am sure you think we are a rebellious bunch that needs to move out. As you don’t like being destroyed. Or enjoy listening to the all the fighting going on. To be honest I don’t like it either.

My teens seem bent on figuring out how who can annoy each other the most. That is a typical teenager behavior.

I am sorry my daughter had one of her episodes and kicked holes in the wall. You would think being a teenager she would be over temper tantrums. When her ADHD is off the wall, she literally flips out and doesn’t know how to calm down. I and many other have tried to teach her. It seems like she doesn’t want to. Like she enjoys being angry. I know she doesn’t. She is a scared little girl afraid she is going to fail at life.

I am sorry my teen son leaves his stinky socks and clothes build up in a stack in his room. Which leaves a nasty odor leaking from his room. I am trying to curtail that. I don’t like it either. As I am OCD about those sort of things.

I am trying to get the rest of the house painted. That way you look good. I need to buy more paint. That way I can finish the living room and start on the kitchen. I need to do the laundry room as well.

First I need to start by removing all the spider webs all over the house. That seems to be a never ending battle. Since it has gotten colder. The big spiders have moved back in.  One day I will clear them all. Next day, it looks like I had not started.

I am sorry I am a bit slow at cleaning and keeping up with things. If I had more help out of the rest of the members of the family. I wouldn’t have such a hard time. Picking up after themselves would help me out in a big way.

I am trying, can you see that?

Yours truly,
The Mother

10 Different Ways To Create A Unique Flavor Making Smores

Yesterday, I shared my recipe of ‘‘No Bake Peanut butter Balls". One of my adult son's favorite snacks he requests.

Tonight, I want to talk about smores. As my family likes making smores.  It is a treat that is made at nighttime to enjoy over a campfire. Which is popular in the United States and Canada. Smores normally consist of a marshmallow roasted over a fire, with pieces of a chocolate bar layered in between two graham crackers to resemble a sandwich.

Trivia : What day is National Smores Day celebrated on each year? August 10th.

The earliest known recipe for s’mores is back in the 1920’s for the Boy and Girl Scouts of America.

People still enjoy the original smores recipes. While coming up with new and unique recipes. One such recipe I came across last year for a ‘Cookie Dough Smores Bar‘.

There are many items you can add to create smores while having a unique twist. Which are :

1. You can melt chocolate chips and marshmallows together. To dip in a graham cracker cookie as a quick snack.

2. You can take your smores ingredients and add it in making a smores cookie.

3.  You can place a marshmallow on a stick, dip in melted chocolate, then roll it in graham cracker crumbs.

4. Instead of using Hershey’s chocolate bars. Instead try other chocolate bars. Such as Reese’s peanut butter cup, Andes mint or cherry bars, or try a Cookies N’ Cream candy bar combination.

5. For little hands, you can use Teddy Grahams snacks to a mini marshmallow and a mini chocolate bar.

6. Add smores ingredients inside a biscuit or crescent.

7. Mix it by using a different flavored marshmallows, chocolate graham crackers, and replace chocolate with peanut butter or nutella.

8. Add your favorite flavor of jelly, peanut butter, marshmallow and chocolate bar inside graham crackers.

9. Add in different slices of fruit with your typical smores ingredients. Such as : pineapples, strawberries or bananas.

10. Add your typical smores ingredients and turn your treat in to a milkshake.

How you tried smores? How is your favorite way to prepare them?

No Bake Peanut Butter Balls

I did end up making a desert last night. I made “No Bake Peanut Butter Balls”. Which is similar to the recipe I made a week or so ago called “Peanut Butter Energy Balls“.

My oldest son stopped over with my grandson. I gave him a bag full of the “No Bake Peanut Butter Balls”. As he really likes peanut butter. Plus, he is in to fitness and healthy snacks or healthy alternative snacks. He says he likes this recipe better. As it is a bit sweeter and chewy. Great to have before, during and after a workout.

I do enjoy hearing how well my recipes go over. My oldest boy will take them to work or to the YMCA when he has a work out, where he will share them.

No Bake Peanut Butter Balls

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1/2 softened butter

2 cups Stevia or other alternative sugar

1/2 cup of milk

3 cups of rolled oats

1 cup peanut butter

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/2 teaspoon Chia seeds

1/2 teaspoon flax seeds

1/4 cup of dried cranberries

1/2 cup coconut

In a medium to large sauce pan, melt peanut butter, sugar, milk, and vanilla extract. Stir til everything is blended together. Bring to a boil for three minutes. Turn down heat to simmer. Simmer for two minutes. Remove from heat. Add in the remaining ingredients. Mix well.

You can use a spoon or the smallest cookie scoop to drop one by one on wax paper. Allow to cool.

*** If you need them to set up faster. Place them in the freezer to cool.

*** This recipe can be changed up by adding different dried fruits, nuts or chocolate chips to the mix.

*** Instead of peanut butter. Add Cocoa mix. You will make a chocolate no bake ball. I make one using the powder from my instant vanilla or mocha cappuccino mix.

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 Photo taken by and copyrighted to me, Sandy KS aka rusty2rusty.

Homemade Mushroom Burger

The other night I made homemade mushroom burgers for my family. Boy were they yummy! They were messy. You know the ooey gooey type, you know that take to good to resist.

it was easy and quick to make. You can make these in two ways. You can use a packet of gravy. To make the gravy. Or you can make a homemade gravy. Which I find to taste delicious. 

Homemade Mushroom Burger

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1 cup of water

1 cup of sliced or chopped mushrooms
4 tsp of flour
1/4 tsp of salt
1/2 cup of balsamic vinegar
2 tsp of butter

Instructions

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I take the flour and brown in a frying pan. Once the flour is browned. I add the butter stirring slowly as it melts. Next I add in the mushrooms and salt. Slowly I whisk in the water. Followed by the balsamic vinegar.

Using my whisk to stir as the gravy thickens. Usually takes ten minutes.

Assembling The Sandwich

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I start assembling the sandwich. I place a bun on a plate. take the top bun. Place it to the side. Add a slice of cheese and lettuce to the bottom bun. Add the hamburger patty. Top with the homemade hamburger gravy. Add a little light mayo to the top bun. Place top bun on sandwich. Serve immediately.

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Photo taken by and © belongs to

Sandy KS aka rusty2rusty.