What's Cooking? - Deviled Eggs

Happy Easter Peeps! Today my recipe is my very famous deviled eggs. And to celebrate, I decided to post linky pictures of some cute handmade eggs from other sellers (I have to do this more often. Please click on the pics to follow through to the merchandise.

This recipe is going to be a little different. I'm not giving you the exact proportions. Well kind of, you need to mix it to taste like we do. You have to do a little of the work.

Bacon and Egg Deviled Eggs

Halved Hard Boiled Eggs (use only half the yolks)
Real Mayonnaise
crushed Corn Flakes (about 1 cup per dozen)
Liquid Smoke

I made this recipe to cut calories in the eggs, not sure it really does though. And now they say yolks are healthy fat. Oh well.

Mix yolks with enough mayo to make it pretty creamy. Add crushed corn flakes and liquid smoke to taste. This makes a yummy bacon and egg flavored filling. The corn flakes stay crispy and give extra flavor and a bit of bacony crunch.

Stop by ajsweetsoap and cattoy4 to get the yummy eggs pictured.

Life on Mars - Holidays and Restless Nights

I had so much design work to do this week it was just NUTS. I had a birthday too. There was so much going on this week that I almost forgot I had one. I didn't get to enjoy it much. I worked for 14 hours to complete one project. Then I worked another 14 hours straight on Thursday to complete another project. I did, at least get to have a very nice dinner my daughter made me for my birthday. Lamb chops and my favorite "cake". A meringue torte with whipped cream frosting.

The sun was out a lot, and with the sun comes the neighbors. Poppy's MIL is feeling better and out and about working in the yard and not getting any sleep. After 14 hours of work Thursday, I had to watch some videos to unwind. Just after I fell asleep around 1 am, apparently she needed to go out and look for her cat. Of course she forgot to check the lock on the door (again) and pounded, screamed and cried at the door, until someone let her in. I would have called over there, but they don't answer their individual cell phones, in case it's a collection agent (at 1 in the morning).


Saturday, she decided to decorate for Easter. OK, so it's her yard and she can crap it up as much as she wants, right? But did she have to hang those plastic Easter eggs from twine and a big ugly bow on Our Fence post? Technically it's her fence post too, but they seem to not know that their property is not theirs when they are renting it out. BTW this fence post is just in the middle of the yard with no fence. When we first moved here, there was a piece of wood making a step that stuck out above the ground about 3 inches and it made a nice pond of ice. I slipped on it and caught my wrist on the post and almost impaled it.

So out in the front yard in her planted old tire that is cut, turned inside out, and painted, she put some kind of green fabric, and some stuffed rabbits. The rabbits didn't stand, so she grabbed one of my tomato cages to stand them up. Again, anything that's in the yard is hers, like my shovel that I finally got her to return after she uses it, after two years.

And there's the Basket on the lamp post. That's her knitting basket. I'm not even sure what's in it, because she hung it to high for anyone to see. She must really love her decorations, because she takes that knitting basket everywhere with her. That's some nasty old wooden cross tied over the basket.

We don't let her decorate for Halloween, and I think that annoys her.

March 2012 Giveaway

I have been promising you a giveaway and I've been so busy that I haven't taken the time to do it. You are in luck, because I've been so far behind I am going to give away TWENTY, you hear it right twenty brooches. That's $240 worth of lovely merchandise. And it's not even going to be that hard for you to win.


What's the Prize? One of my lovely Pick a Bouquet Brooches So cute to wear for Summer and the Spring holidays and Men can even wear a s boutonniere. These are so cute on a t-shirt with jeans too, or on your purse strap or a fabric headband. Very versatile.


Speaking of Spring Holidays, this giveaway is kind of like an Egg Hunt. Not on the Whitehouse Lawn, but at my New Website akacinders.com.

The first 20 people who can find the hidden coupon code on my website will get a brooch of their choice. There are only a few requirements

You must wear the brooch and pass out my business card to interested friends (after all, I'm looking for you for advertising)

You must pay shipping only for your brooch (International buyers will be refunded the difference between priority and first class as I will ship international first class)

You must follow the link to my Artfire shop for your brooch.

You will receive a coupon good for $12 off of the purchase price of the brooch (full price excluding shipping). If you choose to purchase additional items, remember Artfire patrons receive and additional discount.

Here is a clue, the hidden page is on a hidden page on akacinders.com. Click a link to find a link to the page.

Easter Eggs

Such a late Easter this year, but I guess it goes along with Such a Late Spring. Sometimes Easter is in Early March and there are lots of flowers blooming. I remember one Spring where the kids in the neighborhood were playing on lawns covered with the early violets.

Easter is in Late April this year and the daffodils have barely bloomed, no violets yet here, no lilacs, and no garden planted yet.

But Easter is always full of Eggs - the Symbol for Rebirth. I made a collection at Artfire this morning. This one here. You can click on it to get a better view.

Later today we will be making my famous Deviled Eggs.  I'm going to share the secret with you all but you'll have to experiment to get it just right for yourself.

One year, I thought I'd make my Deviled Eggs a little lower in calorie, so I decided to add cornflakes and low fat mayo. The cornflakes would take the place of some of the yolk. They were out of this world. I also added liquid smoke to make them kind of like Bacon and Eggs. Now I use real mayo and stuff the eggs over filling.

So here's my secret, crushed cornflakes, mayo, liquid smoke, salt, and pepper. Mix well with the yolks, stuff the egg halves and sprinkle with a bit of good paprika. Here's my secret, you have to figure out the proportions yourself, but you won't be sorry you did. Happy Easter to those who celebrate and Happy Deviled Eggs to those that love them.