We bought a house!
And with this house will come lots of painting, decorating, and all that fun stuff so expect news/pictures/details each week! :)
Sunday, September 22, 2013
new beginnings!
This blog will become much more of a (fake) housewife blog this fall...
We bought a house!
And with this house will come lots of painting, decorating, and all that fun stuff so expect news/pictures/details each week! :)
We bought a house!
And with this house will come lots of painting, decorating, and all that fun stuff so expect news/pictures/details each week! :)
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
diet soda cupcakes
I'm not good at cooking and I am not that great at baking but I can make a damn good cupcake. And it has a lot less calories than a normal cupcake AND it tastes just as good.
No, really.
All you need are two ingredients. Cake mix and diet soda. And whatever you decide to use as your topping (I chose cool whip... keeps it low calorie without feeling like low calorie.
This time I went with funfetti cake mix and diet cola. I know, diet soda? But trust me.
Pre-heat your oven to 350 degrees. Then you mix the super simple ingredients.
Just empty that cake mix bag into a mixing bowl, then add about 12oz of diet soda. (Another good flavor combo is chocolate cake mix with diet cherry pepsi).
12oz of diet soda should do it but my suggestion is to pour it in little by little and mix it up everytime you pour.
Then place the batter in your cupcake tins. You might want to use a spoon to scoop it in. The batter may be sort of different than if you had used eggs and oil and I found using a teaspoon makes it less messy and easier.
Then pop the tin into the oven and give it about 18-20 minutes. But be sure to check on it. My oven is pretty wonky so I tend to overcook things but like I said the same directions on the box should do well for these.
When they cool, just put on your topping and enjoy.
And like, hello. So many less calories than if you had used eggs and oil. And you can't even tell the difference. Moist, yummy, and (sort of) on the healthy side!
No, really.
All you need are two ingredients. Cake mix and diet soda. And whatever you decide to use as your topping (I chose cool whip... keeps it low calorie without feeling like low calorie.
This time I went with funfetti cake mix and diet cola. I know, diet soda? But trust me.
Pre-heat your oven to 350 degrees. Then you mix the super simple ingredients.
Just empty that cake mix bag into a mixing bowl, then add about 12oz of diet soda. (Another good flavor combo is chocolate cake mix with diet cherry pepsi).
12oz of diet soda should do it but my suggestion is to pour it in little by little and mix it up everytime you pour.
Then place the batter in your cupcake tins. You might want to use a spoon to scoop it in. The batter may be sort of different than if you had used eggs and oil and I found using a teaspoon makes it less messy and easier.
Then pop the tin into the oven and give it about 18-20 minutes. But be sure to check on it. My oven is pretty wonky so I tend to overcook things but like I said the same directions on the box should do well for these.
When they cool, just put on your topping and enjoy.
And like, hello. So many less calories than if you had used eggs and oil. And you can't even tell the difference. Moist, yummy, and (sort of) on the healthy side!
Saturday, September 7, 2013
florida!
The fabulous Mandy & Mike invited us into their home in lovely Apopka, FL over Labor Day weekend! We were lucky enough to spend some time at the Magic Kingdom as well... here are some photos :)
<all these photos were stolen with permission from Jillian (you can find her at her blog here)!
<all these photos were stolen with permission from Jillian (you can find her at her blog here)!
The park had some fall stuff up!
our hosts!
It was a fantastic little getaway - Mandy, can we come back??
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