Category Archives: tasty treats

GRILLED PEANUT BUTTER & JELLY

#tastytreatstuesday Punch up your next PB&J by toasting it up! Forgot about this until I got a sudden craving for it. #thankthebaby Just like you’re making a grilled cheese, prepare your sandwich as usual. Spread butter (I used heart-healthy Olivio) on the outsides of the bread. Then pop it into a pan for a few [...]

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5-MINUTE BUTTERFINGER PIE

#tastytreatstuesday Thanks to my biatch, Dianna, for this!  Easiest recipe ever! WHAT YOU’LL NEED  1 bar of cream cheese (softened) 1 tub of Cool Whip 2 sleeves of Butterfinger snack size chocolate bars Graham cracker crust THE PREP  Mix softened cream cheese and cool whip in a bowl. Crush an entire sleeve of Butterfinger snack [...]

THE POPSICLE AWARDS 2012

#tastytreatstuesday I’ve never really made popsicles before… then again I’ve never really made anything edible before I moved 8 months go. But I’m going to try one of the following recipes ASAP (the Samoa cookie version,below, is in the lead). Here are the best of the best frozen creations — from subzero brewskis to creamy [...]

DINNER IDEA NO. 1: LIGHT RECIPE CHICKEN CUTLETS

Light-recipe chicken cutlets with white rice and broccoli & cheddar cheese sides This meal even included two items from hubs’ wish list. Hah! LIGHT-RECIPE CHICKEN CUTLETS These are so easy to make. Thanks to a BFF for the recipe! 1. Beat a couple of eggs in a bowl for dipping chicken cutlets. Then in another [...]

HAUTE MESS CHALLENGE: NO MORE CEREAL FOR DINNER

I guess hubs is getting tired of bagels and cereal for dinner? Found this on my fridge earlier this week… especially love the drooling happy face. For the past 9 years, I have grown accustomed to roughing it in college (i.e. surviving on cafeteria food, ramen noodles and take-out) and living on my own in [...]

BROWN SUGAR OAT BELGIAN WAFFLES

#tastytreatstuesday I’ve had a waffle iron since Christmas that has been sitting in the cabinet in its box staring back at me just begging to be used. But since I am a Haute Mess Housewife, I of course haven’t gotten around to it in 7 months. Until today! I wanted to find/create a recipe that [...]

ALMOND JOY BROWNIES

#tastytreatstuesday What’s more fun than candy bar-flavored anything? I know I say it all the time, but if you see a recipe on this site, you should automatically know that if I did it you can too. Considering that my specialties are cereal and Lean Cuisines, you understand the culinary skill set we’re working with [...]

BAKING FOR DUMMIES: HOW TO MAKE A GORGEOUS CAKE

If I can do this anyone can. #easyshiz So, maybe this is common sense, but I thought I’d share the 5-cent technique with all of my fellow non-bakers out there, since I had no idea this was even possible. All you need is a box of cake mix in any flavor (and the ingredients to [...]

PIMPED OUT SNACKS

#tastytreatstuesday LOVE that I just remembered this blog exists and so glad to share it with you all. So, there is this whole blog, called Pimp That Snack, dedicated to creating colossal-style snacks. So brillz. I’m talking the likes of 30-lb. Kit Kat bars, massive McDonald’s apple pies and huge Hostess cupcakes, to name a [...]

VODKA GUMMY BEARS

Just when you thought you couldn’t get any better than jello shots. Now you can have your candy and… drink it too!? YUP. Yeah, this is for real. HERE’S HOW Soak gummy bears (or gummy worms!) in a glass container full of vodka and pop them in the fridge to soak for a few days. [...]