Carrot in Dirt Treat

1 tube of refrigerated sugar cookie dough
yellow and red food coloring
1 package of Oreo cookies
toothpicks
green ribbon
small plastic cups

1. Dump out your cookie dough into a bowl.
2. Slowly knead in a few drops of food coloring at a time until you reach a rich, orange color.
3. Roll about a teaspoon of dough between your palms to get this skinny cone shape.
4. Take a knife and lightly touch it to each carrot 4-5 times to make some little lines. Nothing too deep.
5. Bake them at 350 for 7-8 minutes. Don't let them brown on the edges!
6. Place oreos in a bag and smash!
7. Once you've ground them into coarse crumbs, put a spoonful into each cup (about 1/3 full).
8. Once your carrots come out of the oven and cool down, you can tie a bow or knot of ribbon around the end of a toothpick and CAREFULLY stab that into the top of each cookie.
9. Place your carrot cookie in the cup of dirt and spoon a little more crumbs on each side until it stands up on its own

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Light the Night Walk

In October I will be participating in the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Light the Night Walk to help raise money for those who are battling blood cancers. I PLEAD for your help by asking you to make a small donation.
Only 39 new cancer drugs have been approved by the FDA in the past 10 years. Of those, 19 were for blood cancers. LLS funded all 19 in some way.
http://pages.lightthenight.org/noh/Clevelnd12/ForDad

 

Corned Beef and Cabbage

3 pounds corned beef brisket with spice packet
10 small red potatoes
5 carrots, peeled and cut into 3-inch pieces
1 large head cabbage, cut into small wedges

 Place corned beef in large pot or Dutch oven and cover with water. Add the spice packet that came with the corned beef. Cover pot and bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer. Simmer about 50 minutes per pound or until tender. Add whole potatoes and carrots, and cook until the vegetables are almost tender. Add cabbage and cook for 15 more minutes. Remove meat and let sit 15 minutes. Place vegetables in a bowl and cover. Add as much broth (cooking liquid reserved in the Dutch oven or large pot) as you want. Slice meat across the grain.

Italian Breaded Lemon Chicken

Italian Breaded Lemon Chicken before its cooked.

 And after...yum!

You will need:

1 package of 5 large boneless skinless chicken breast
1 lemon
1 cup Italian bread crumbs


Directions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Put the bread crumbs in a bowl, then place chicken in bowl and cover with crumbs (on both sides). Place in pan. Slice up one large lemon and place one or two slices on each piece of chicken. Cook   for about 50 minutes.