Easy Homemade Father's Day Card

Father's Day is knocking on the door! It is time to tell the Father in your life just how much you love and appreciate him. Okay, really you should do that everyday, but if you don't make sure you do on Sunday!!!

I just had to share this cute little card. 

 Don' t you love it! 

It's Dad's work shirt! It is so simple to make so grab your little ones and get started.
You need:
Paper:
I used: 2 12x12 scrapbook pages (but really you could use computer paper and crayons if that was all you had,or you could use construction paper)
scissors
A ruler
a glue stick or tape
pencil

 Fold your paper in half. Use your  ruler to measure the top (folded) part of the paper. This will be your collar.  I drew lines three inches in on both sides.

Then cut along the lines and carefully fold down.

 It should look like this

Next I wanted to draw a tie. I just free handed it. It wasn't perfect so if you are looking for perfection you best seek another tutorial:) Perfection doesn't often happen here:)

 I decided my free hand wasn't even so I fold the tie in half and cut along the edge I like best.

 It turned out like this:

 I cut the bottom of the tie to be even with the bottom of the card. Glue down (or tape) the tie and the collar.

 Here it is . . .

 If a tie seems to hard you can glue some buttons on instead. You can also cut out a square and make a pocket! Get creative!

 Anyways, here is the finished product. Don't forget to add a sweet little note to Dad!

Happy Crafting!!

XOXO,

 Amy

So- Easy- Can't- Stop- Eating- It Peach Cobbler

"That was you who made the peach cobbler wasn't it? 
I was the one who had to clean all the dishes and when 
no one was lookin' I licked the dish clean!"

Funny right?! One of the elderly ladies in our ward told me that the day after our ward party. On a table full of desserts this was the first to go! You can make it too and be the hit of the next party!

You will need:
2 cans of country peach pie filling
One box of vanilla cake mix (I used classic white in this particular time, but I like vanilla better)
and a lot of butter (I used my country crock, it might have been equal to 1 1/2 sticks of butter)
Dump the pie filling in the dish, dump the cake mix on top, and cover the surface area with little pats of butter (it looks neater if you have a stick pf butter that you slice up and plop on, I just used a spoon to dish mine out of the butter tub)

Cook on 350 for 40-45 minutes but start checking at 35 minutes. The butter should be completely melted, the top should begin to turn a golden color and the pie filling should start to bubble through the sides.

Here is a close up of the crust and the bubbly pie filling:

mmm . . . so good. It can be served alone or with ice cream or whip cream. (My husband saw me writing this post and said, "Did you just make some?!" He was sad when he realized that these were pictues from the ward party:))

You can do the same thing with cherry pie filling or apple pie filling. I usually make cherry cobbler using vanilla cake mix, but I have also made it with chocolate cake mix on occasion and it is quite a decadent treat!

Happy cooking!

xoxo, Amy

Vegekini. Vegekini?

An Easy Recipe.
My eight year old has a favorite dish. Homemade chicken broccoli fettuccine. That was to much of a mouth full for her when she was little so she called it "Vegekini." and it has been hailed as such ever since.

Ingredients:
8 oz pck of linguine or spaghetti, 1 cup fresh or frozen broccoli flowerets, 2tbs of olive oil, 1lb boneless chicken breast, cubed, 1 can cream of mushroom soup, 1/2 cup milk, 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese, 1/4 tsp pepper

prep/cook time: 20 minutes
cook linguine/ spaghetti according to packaging directions. Add broccoli for last 4 minutes. Drain.
Heat olive oil in a skillet. Add chicken, cook until browned.
In pot that you cooked linguine/spaghetti noodles, add soup milk cheese, pepper and linguine-broccoli mixture. Heat through. Serve with additional cream cheese.

I adjust the proportions as I need. You can't really mess this up:) and it really is yummy.

xoxo, Amy