Recipes

During the last Kroger Mega Event I picked up a couple bags of those Yoplait Smoothie Kits. I had been dying to try them for awhile and at $0.99 it was the cheapest I’d seen them. 

Delicious? Yes!  However, I was shocked by how little was actually in the in bag! A handful of fruit and what looked like frozen yogurt balls. Surely, I thought, I could put together my own homemade smoothie kits!

So I headed to the store for an ice cube tray, fat free vanilla yogurt, and frozen fruit.

The first thing to do was spoon the yogurt into the ice tray and stick them in the freezer for several hours.  After they were frozen they popped right out of the tray just like ice cubes.

I purchased my frozen fruit from Walmart, separated the mixed berries and sliced the strawberries in half.  This time of year you should be able to find fruit on sale that can be frozen to use in your smoothie kits throughout the year.  

Homemade Very Berry Smoothie Kit – Serves Two
6-Frozen Yogurt Cubes, cut in half
1/2 cup strawberries, sliced in half
1/4 cup of raspberries or blackberries
1/4 cup of blueberries

Store in your favorite freezer bag.

With all the ingredients pictured above I was able to make 6 1/2 Very Berry Smoothie Kits (total of 13 servings).

When you’re ready for a smoothie, just toss the contents of your kit into a blender and add 1 cup of milk.  If you like your smoothies a little sweeter, just add a spoon full of sugar.

Blend on HIGH 1-1.5 minutes.  Feel free to add anything else to your smoothie that you like!

Enjoy this delicious homemade treat! Store leftovers in the freezer.

Putting together these kits was so much fun.  I’m looking forward to trying some different combinations and will be keeping an eye out for cheap fruit!

What’s your favorite smoothie flavor combination?

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Here’s a yummy twist to the Traditional Chess Cake Squares made with yellow cake mix!  Another easy recipe with ingredients right from your pantry!

Ingredients
1-Box of Strawberry Cake Mix (or the cake mix of your choice)
1-8oz package of cream cheese
1 Stick of Butter
3 eggs
4 cups of powdered sugar

Directions
1.) Preheat oven 350 degrees.  Grease a 13×9 pan.

2.) In a large bowl combine cake mix, 1 stick of butter, and one egg.  Press batter into greased 13×9 pan.

3.) In another bowl cream together cream cheese, two eggs and the powdered sugar.  Pour the mixture over the cake mix.

4.) Bake 35 minutes (the top will turn a golden brown).  Keep stored in the fridge. 

Enjoy!

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These No Bake Chocolate Peanut Oatmeal Bars are a delicious alternative to No Bake Cookies.  You can throw this together in minutes with ingredients already found in your pantry.  Enjoy!

No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bars

Ingredients
3/4 c of butter (or margarine)
1/2 c of brown sugar
1 teaspoon of vanilla
3 cups of quick oats
1 cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup of peanut butter

Directions

• Over medium heat, melt butter in a large saucepan.  Mix in brown sugar and vanilla. Once combined, add the oats.
• Cook over low heat 2-3 minutes, until ingredients are well blended.
• In a 9×9 greased pan, press half of the oatmeal mixture into the bottom of the pan and place the remaining half to the side.
• In a small saucepan melt chocolate chips and peanut butter until smooth.  Pour mixture evenly over the oatmeal crust.
• Top chocolate with the remaining oatmeal mixture.  Cover and refrigerate several hours until the chocolate peanut butter mixture has set. 

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Looking for that *Perfect* Zucchini Bread Recipe?  Your search is over- I have it!  This bread is moist, flavorful, and most importantly received two thumbs up from my husband!

I really meant to cut a slice and take a picture so you could see all the yummy zucchini goodness inside, but it was gobbled up way too fast!  I hope you enjoy it as much as we did!

Cream Cheese Zucchini Bread

Ingredients
3 Eggs
2 cups of Sugar
1 cup of Oil (or Applesauce)
1 teaspoon of vanilla
8 oz package of cream cheese
2 cups of all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
2 cups of zucchini shredded

Directions
1) Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour two 9×5 pans.

2) In a large bowl combine eggs, sugar, oil and vanilla and mix until smooth.

3) Beat in cream cheese (this process will go much faster if your cream cheese is at room temp).

4) In another large bowl combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg.  Gradually add the dry ingredients to the other mixture.  Fold in zucchini.

5) Divide the batter between the two pans and bake for 50-60 minutes (i’d set it on 45 mins and check every 5 mins until it’s done to your liking).

6) Remove from oven and allow to cool in the pan for 10 minutes.  After 10 minutes, turn the bread out onto a wire rack and allow to cool completely.

Do you have a favorite zucchini recipe?

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