Two Treats for Easter :)

 

 

Peanut Butter Easter Eggs

Ingredients:

-One tablespoon of milk

-One cup of creamy peanut butter

-1/4th a cup of butter

-One tablespoon of shortening

-One, 16 ounce package of

 confectioners' sugar

-Eight, one ounce squares of

 semi-sweet chocolate

 

Directions:

1. In a mixing bowl of any size, place the creamy peanut butter, the confectioners' sugar, and the butter. You can include the milk as well, to add moisture to the mixture. Blend all the ingredients until completely blended.

2. Afterwards, shape the mixture into small egg shaped figures. Once they are all formed however you want them to be, insert them into the freezer for about an hour.

3. While the eggs are freezing in the freezer, you can prepare the chocolate. Cut the semi-sweet chocolate into small pieces and then place them on top of a double boiler with shortening. Melt the chocolate over medium heat, constantly stirring so that it will not get stuck on the pan. Continue to stir until all the chocolate is smooth.

4. Once the eggs are frozen, take them out of the freezer and stick a long-tined fork in top of each of the peanut butter eggs. Dip them into the melted chocolate until they are completely covered. Then, drain them on waxed paper.

5. When the eggs are completely cooled and set, decorate the eggs as you please.

 

Mini Cheesecake

Ingredients:

For the Crust:

-One tablespoon of white sugar

-One tablespoon of margarine that is melted

-1/3rd cup of graham cracker crumbs

For the Filling:

-1/4th a cup of white sugar

-1 egg

-1/4th teaspoon of vanilla extract

-Half a teaspoon of grated lemon zest

-1 and a half teaspoons of lemon juice

-One, 8 ounce package of cream cheese that is softened

 

Directions:

1. Preheat your oven to 325 degrees F. Then grease a muffin pan (cupcake pan). It could be a 6 cup pan, or a 12 cup pan, whatever size you prefer for the cheesecake sizes. But, I would prefer the 6 cup so that the crust and filling will be able to fit.

2. In a mixing bowl of medium size, mix together the sugar, the melted margarine, and the graham crackers with a fork. Continue to stir until all combined.

3. Use a tablespoon to measure a fair amount of the mixture. Place it then into the bottom of each muffin cup, pressing it firmly towards the bottom. Then place it in the oven to bake for five minutes. After, remove from oven to cool, but keep oven on.

4. While the crust cools, beat together the lemon juice, vanilla, cream cheese, lemon zest, and the cream cheese until fluffy. Then, slowly mix in the egg.

5. Pour the cream cheese mixture into the muffin cups, on top of the crust. Fill until the cup is 3/4th full. Bake in the oven for 25 minutes and then remove from oven to cool completely in the pan. Then remove from the pan and refrigerate until ready to serve.

 

Refection:

To say the truth, I have not actually made both of these recipes, yet they both still look and sound delicious. I was looking for a few recipes of yummy treats that I could make for Easter, and I ran across these two and thought that I just had to make them! They seem so easy and simple, yet it seems as if it would take longer than it really would. I am looking forward to Easter so that I can make these delicious treats. Along with these two, I plan to make more, so that there will be a variety of delicacies that my family and I can try out. I will make sure to post them when I make them.

Also, both of these treats happen to be clean and easy to eat, as they are like finger foods. There will be no hassle in cutting the cheesecake and getting all the plates ready so that everyone can get the same amount. Just set out these treats, and no more having to worry about serving them out! I hope that you guys enjoy these treats. I will make sure to post my response of these treats after trying them on Easter!

 

 

Works Cited

 



"Allrecipes." Allrecipes.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2014.

 

Lynne, Valerie. Peanut Butter Easter Eggs. Digital image. Allrecipes.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2014.

 

Mini Cheescakes Lll. Digital image. Allrecipes.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2014.

Banana and Peanut Butter Sandwich

INGREDIENTS:

Banana

Peanut Butter 

Two slices of bread

Butter knife

DIRECTIONS:
1. First, place the two pieces of bread on a napkin or plate. Face the side up that you wish to be the middle.
2. Second, grab your knife and spread some peanut butter on each side, preferably an equal amount on each slice.
3. Peel the banana and CAREFULLY slice up the banana into equal pieces. Don't cut yourself! Slice it the thick way, not the long way, so that it makes little cylinders of banana. Also shown in the picture to the right.



4. Place the banana slices
(or cylinders, whatever you want to call therm) onto the bread evenly.
5. You can eat any of the extra banana slices that are left over like I do! Yummy bananas(:

6. And FINALLY, you place the other slice of bread that has only the peanut butter on it over the one with bananas and Enjoy!

REFLECTION:

I tend to eat this snack right after school before I have swim practice. It is extremely simple to make, the simplest yet of all my recipes, and is extremely quick as well. Instead of waiting for your food to prepare, impatient from not eating all day, it will be done within minutes. Plus, it is not expensive at all! Also, it is healthy so it doesn't upset my stomach before or during swim. It is a good 'snack' before any sport and will not leave you still hungry! I have also eaten it for breakfast, just changing a little bit of the directions. I just toast the bread! Also, you can exchange the bananas for peanut butter and it will still be delicioso!! Hope you enjoy this quick and easy snack and begin to eat it a lot! Enjoy(:

Peanut Butter-Banana Spirals

My post today is based on the website Cooking Light (http://goo.gl/1SWavml). Part of my New Year's resolution was to begin to eat healthy, and this website has helped in many ways. This website includes just about 80 different healthy, and delicious, snacks. I, like about every other kid, am hungry when I come home from school. I usually ate a large meal that would fill me because I hadn't eaten all day. But, now that it is important to eat breakfast every single day and to eat at every meal, and if hungry in between, to eat small healthy snacks. These recipes that the website has included have allowed me to always have a different variety of healthy snacks during and after school! I will never get sick of having one thing for too long(:

INGREDIENTS:

1/2 cup reduced-fat peanut butter

1/3 cup vanilla low-fat yogurt

1 tablespoon orange juice

2 ripe bananas, sliced

4 (8-inch) fat-free flour tortillas

2 tablespoons honey-crunch wheat germ

1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

DIRECTIONS:

Combine peanut butter and yogurt, stirring until smooth. Drizzle juice over bananas; toss gently to coat

Spread about 3 tablespoons of peanut butter mixture over each of the tortillas, leaving only a 1/2 inch border.                              http://goo.gl/WMUwyY

Arrange about 1/3 cup of banana slices in a single layer over the peanut butter mixture. Then, combine wheat germ and cinnamon; sprinkle evenly over the banana slices. Lastly, roll up the bananas and roll into 6 pieces and enjoy!

It's a New Year 

Last year was a good year but I am hoping that this year will be a better year. I did make a New Year's resolution for last year but all the things that were listed were not all accomplished, and this year, they will be. This year is a new year, meaning a fresh start, not only in school but at home and for myself. 

This year, I plan to drink water constantly. I never really bothered to drink water because I was never really thirsty. I also would always forget to put water into my bag in the mornings because I would get up late. I want to start eating healthy. In the mornings I would never eat breakfast because I never had time to and wasn't really hungry. That then would make me hungry when I got home from school so I would eat like a bunch of snacks and then I would sometimes eat dinner. This is not healthy at all. It has affected my metabolism and weight as well. I am going to work out everyday so that I can get fit and healthy. I want to be stronger than I am now, which isn't that strong. I also just want to be able to be happy about my body, and I am not right now. 

This year, I hope to keep doing good in school and predict that I will not slack like I did in ninth grade during the last semester. I predict that I will find out what I would like to study so hat I can begin to focus all my classes on that area. I have been vacillating between being a lawyer or a pediatrician. But this year I will figure it out. I also predict that this year will be a better year for my family and I, better than last year. I pray that it will be and that my entire family will be safe.