Leftover Love - Mini Meatloaf Scramble

Last night, I made one of my kids' favorite dinners: breakfast. Since I was low on variety of individual elements to the meal, I decided to chuck in a couple of chopped up leftover mini meatloaves from the other night (that's the Pinterest idea here, a great idea from this site.) 

My boys enjoyed it, especially since it was a little sweet from the ketchup.

For anyone who may want to make this for their own family, here's two meals in one:

MINI MEATLOAVES:

Preheat oven to 400°

1 lb. Ground beef
2 slices of bread, dried and crumbled (I used a food processor)
2 eggs
1 onion, diced
1/4 C. Parsley
1 Tbsp. Oregano
2 tsp. garlic salt
Dash of pepper
Ketchup

Combine all ingredients in a large bowl, including 3 Tbsp. of ketchup. Mix well with hands, until all ingredients are evenly mooshed together.
Spray muffin tin with non-stick cooking spray, add slightly-smaller-than-fist-sized globs of meatloaf mixture to each muffin hole. Pat down slightly to fill shape of muffin hole. Squirt thin, zig zag lines of ketchup to tops of loaves. Bake at 400° for 20 minutes.

LEFTOVER SCRAMBLE:

6 eggs
1/4 C. Milk
2 mini meatloaves, chopped or diced
Shredded cheddar cheese
Dash of garlic salt
Dash of pepper

Blend eggs and milk (best if whisked or blend in food processor). Add to non-stick frying pan over medium heat. Toss in chopped chunks of meatloaf, as garlic salt and pepper. Intermittently scrape the bottom of the pan to form the scrambles. When scrambles are solid and all liquid has gone, remove from heat and add shredded cheese to the top of the eggs.

Yum!

T-shirt Tote Bags: a Quick Scratch for a Late Night Craft Itch

Well, it's damn near 11pm on a Monday night, but I had this insatiable desire to create RIGHT. NOW. So, I picked a simple Pinterest project that my boys can use for summer camp next week: the t-shirt tote bag.

I hand-sewed the two of these, because for me it's faster, and there are no machines to dick with. Like I said earlier, it's late. Especially for me.

Nevertheless, I'm pleased with how these turned out, and I'm sure my boys will love them. I also saved the sleeves so I can make little drawstring bags to go with them, to hold any money I may give them for the ice cream truck that comes by the camp. <3

Homemade Fruit Snacks, Part Two: the Result!

Oh my god, I'm a genius!
Not really, the site kinda dummy-proofed it. But look at the result! And the taste good, too!

For anyone who wants to try to make these, here's the site that was pinned: Homemade Jello Fruit Snacks Recipe.

SUCCESS!  This totally makes up for my failed Rice Krispie treat snowman pops idea (that's another story, and the reason I don't trust marshmallows) My boys are gonna pee themselves, this is so cool.

*note: if you do try to make them, I don't recommend using silicone molds. Little trouble getting them out. But if you stick the mold in the freezer, you can peel them out. Worth the trouble!

First Pin-try: Handmade Fruit Snacks

Why? Because I had a box of cherry lemonade jello and two packets of unflavored jello laying around. It. Was. Fate.

I also have lemon slice-shaped, silicone ice trays that begged to be used for something. Now, is just funny (with the cherry lemonade jello and all).

I hope my boys like them...

Here the in-the-mold result:

To be continued...

My sister may be right...

Well, two days ago, my life ended, as we know it: I found out exactly what Pinterest is. And I love it. When I told my sister (she's known what this warlock is for some time now), and she said, "It was nice knowing you."

She may be right; this magic entity had opened my world to a ton of crafty shit that will keep me busy forever. And mostly with stuff I already have access to, or know where to find for dirt-cheap. So, in the new age spirit of sharing everything about everything I find interesting, amazing, and otherwise, I've decided to start this weblog to share with the world all of the results of Pinterest crap I tackle.

IT STARTS NOW!
THIS IS HAPPENING!!!