Donna's Kitchen

14/02/2024

Gooey Chocolate Valentine Brownies for my friends at work.

11/02/2024

Ritz & Reese’s Cookies

Ritz Crackers
Thin Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups

350°
Place single layer of Ritz on a cookie sheet.
Put 1 thin Reese’s cup on each cracker.
Place in preheated oven for only 10-12 SECONDS
Immediately take out of oven and place top cracker on top pushing lightly.
Place in refrigerator until set.
Yum

08/02/2024

Homemade Pretzel Bites made out of canned Biscuits.
Homemade Fondue made with white wine, garlic, velvetta, swiss cheese and worcestershire sauce.

04/02/2024

Tip when using bags of cheese!
I usually always grate my own cheese from a block but sometimes, you know life gets busy and a bag of cheese has to be used. WASH THE CHEESE IN A COLANDER BEFORE YOU USE IT. Yes, you read that correctly. Wash the cheese well and keep fluffing it with a fork. Drain well and dump it on a cookie sheet for awhile to air dry. Washing the cheese gets rid of most all of the nasty crap they put in the bag to keep it from sticking. After washing the cheese tastes so much better. It tastes more like freshly grated cheese. Try it and let me know what you think.

30/01/2024

These are awesome ideas!

DID YOU KNOW THIS?
Coffee filters .... Who knew! And you can buy 1,000 at the Dollar Tree for almost nothing even the large ones.
1. Cover bowls or dishes when cooking in the microwave. Coffee filters make excellent covers.
2. Clean windows, mirrors, and chrome... Coffee filters are lint-free so they'll leave windows sparkling.
3. Protect China by separating your good dishes with a coffee filter between each dish.
4. Filter broken cork from wine. If you break the cork when opening a wine bottle, filter the wine through a coffee filter.
5. Protect a cast-iron skillet. Place a coffee filter in the skillet to absorb moisture and prevent rust.
6. Apply shoe polish. Ball up a lint-free coffee filter.
7. Recycle frying oil. After frying, strain oil through a sieve lined with a coffee filter.
8. Weigh chopped foods. Place chopped ingredients in a coffee filter on a kitchen scale.
9. Hold tacos. Coffee filters make convenient wrappers for messy foods.
10. Stop the soil from leaking out of a plant pot. Line a plant pot with a coffee filter to prevent the soil from going through the drainage holes.
11.. Prevent a Popsicle from dripping. Poke one or two holes as needed in a coffee filter.
12. Do you think we used expensive strips to wax eyebrows? Use strips of coffee filters..
13. Put a few in a plate and put your fried bacon, French fries, chicken fingers, etc on them. It soaks out all the grease.
14. Keep in the bathroom. They make great "razor nick fixers."
15. As a sewing backing. Use a filter as an easy-to-tear backing for embroidering or appliquéing soft fabrics.
16. Put baking soda into a coffee filter and insert into shoes or a closet to absorb or prevent odors.
17. Use them to strain soup stock and to tie fresh herbs in to put in soups and stews.
18. Use a coffee filter to prevent spilling when you add fluids to your car.
19. Use them as a spoon rest while cooking and clean up small counter spills.
20. Can use to hold dry ingredients when baking or when cutting a piece of fruit or veggies.. Saves on having extra bowls to wash.
21. Use them to wrap Christmas ornaments for storage.
22. Use them to remove fingernail polish when out of cotton balls

26/01/2024

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19/01/2024

What a great idea for a kids party!

16/01/2024

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07/11/2023

Good to know!

18/08/2023

Stuffed Manicotti Pie

07/08/2023

For those of us that will always be Toy’s R Us kids …..
——- JiffyPop is still so much fun AND tasty.

31/07/2023

LemonCurd filled hand pies!

21/06/2023

Great idea …..

POOL NOODLE PAINT HACK 🎨 Genius!
Tutorial: https://www.hellowonderful.co/post/pool-noodle-paint-brush-hack/

05/06/2023

Cute idea!

How adorable is this? kitty bed?!😻
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05/06/2023

GREAT IDEA for kids parties!!

DIY BUBBLE REFILL STATION...and Homemade Bubble Recipe!
Directions ➡️ http://bit.ly/2qYNGVT
This makes the BEST bubbles!

22/05/2023

Overripe Bananas? Feed the butterflies! They absolutely LOVE them! Just wrap them in wire or vine and hang in the garden. 🦋

07/05/2023

Pecan Upside Down Cake

Topping:
1/2c packed brown sugar
1/4c corn syrup
1/2c melted butter
1c chopped pecans
1/4t salt

Cake:
1 box vanilla cake mix-super moist type
1/2c vegetable oil
3 large eggs
3T sour cream
1c water

PREHEAT OVEN to 350
Spray bundt pan generously
I used a silicone pan so no need to spray.

Melt your topping ingredients (minus pecans) on stove top whisking well to blend/melt everything.
Add pecans and stir well, making sure everything is coated.
Pour onto prepared pan and place a side.

Combine bake ingredients for 2 minutes in stand mixer or use hand mixer.
Carefully pour batter over pecan mixture in bundt pan.

Bake 40-45 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
Once cake is baked place on cooling rack for 10 minutes!
DO NOT SKIP THIS STEP - 10 MINUTES!

When ready for unmoving, tap pan about 10 times on hard surface.
Place serving platter on top and carefully turn-over, making sure all pecan goodness has dripped out onto cake.

Let cool before serving!

30/04/2023

Hash Brown Casserole

Ingredients…
1 pkg. (30oz) Hash Browns - I used O’Brien Potatoes
1c Shredded Cheddar Cheese
1 (16oz) Sour Cream
2 cans Cream of Celery Soup
1 small Onion - finely chopped
1/2c grated Parmesan

Directions …
Preheat oven to 400
Spray a 13x9 pan

Mix frozen hash browns, cheddar cheese, sour cream, soup, and onions in a bowl. Mix well.

Spread into baking dish.
Cover with foil and bake 30minutes.
——Take foil off —-
Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
Bake for 30-40 more minutes or until browned and tender.

14/04/2023

No Knead Focaccia Bread Made From Frozen Dinner Rolls. This recipe is so easy and so very good. Get creative with your own veggies, herbs, spices. Beautiful to serve to company.

*Recipe is from No Knead Focaccia Bread

02/04/2023

Potatoes Romanoff

These are a little time consuming but well worth the wait.
Don’t rush the steps.

Ingredients:
3-4 Large Russet Potatoes, scrubbed very well
1/4 cup finely minced Shallots, I used a little more
3 t Kosher Salt
1/2 t freshly cracked Black Pepper
21/2 c grated Sharp a white Cheddar - grate fresh, it’s better😉
13/4 c Sour Cream

Directions:
Preheat oven to 400degrees
Poke holes all over scrubbed potatoes with a knife.
Wrap each potato in foil.
Place wrapped potatoes on baking sheet.
Bake in preheated oven about 1hr 15min - pierced easily with a knife.

LET POTATOES COOL TO ROOM TEMPERATURE
UNWRAP & PLACE ON A PLATE
COVER WITH SARAN WRAP AND PLACE IN REFRIGERATOR OVERNIGHT!
🛑Do not rush this step🛑

The next day preheat oven to 425
Grease a casserole dish.
LEAVE SKINS ON POTATOES and grate with cheese grater in to a large bowl.

Add finely minced shallots to potatoes, salt & pepper& toss lightly with 2 forks until well combined.
Add grated Cheddar Cheese & toss well with the 2 forks.
Add Sour Cream & once again using 2 forks toss gently until barely combined.
Transfer mixture to prepared baking dish, piling it up high & then patting it down very lightly.
Bake in preheated oven until piping hot and the top is browned for 30 to 35 minutes.

29/03/2023

FoodDolls Brioche Bread Pudding with Chocolate Chips.
I added a yummy Rum Cream Sauce on top.

This*Recipe*Is*Delicious