It's Tuesday! And this is our recipe find for the week!
This cheesecake is awesome!
If you love cheesecake,
but sometimes it is just a little too rich for you - try this combination.
This tastes great, but isn't so thick and rich that it is too much.
The strawberries at the bottom bring a fun surprise for those who don't know they are there! Also, here are some fun Christmas ideas to make for your home!
Strawberry Cheesecake Pie
Ingredients:
2 cups of Sliced Fresh Strawberries
¼ cup chopped Almonds, toasted
1 Tbsp. Sugar
1 Graham Cracker Crust (9 inches)
1 pkg. (8 oz.) Cream Cheese, softened
1 cup of Cold Milk
1 pkg. (3.4 oz.) Instant Vanilla Pudding Mix
Whipped cream and strawberry slices optional
Directions:
In a bowl combine your strawberries, almonds and sugar. Pour this into
your crust. In a mixing bowl, beat your cream cheese until it is smooth and
gradually add in ½ cup of your milk. Add the pudding mix and remaining milk with
the cream cheese and beat for 1 minute or until it is well blended. Pour this
over your strawberries that are already in your crust. Cover your pie and
refrigerate for at least 2 hours or until it is set. You can put your whip
cream and strawberry slices on top if you would like.
Enjoy your pie!!!
*Note: Make sure your cream cheese is all the way softened. If it isn't
you can put it in the microwave for a few seconds to soften it. If it is hard right out of the fridge or isn't soft it won’t blend well. You will have
many small chunks of cream cheese in your pie and it won’t taste like it
should. (I have learned this from experience)
Adapted from Best of Country Pies
Place Mats!
Santa Hats!
Look how fun these are!
1. Measure the back of your chairs at your house - the width and the length.
(these ones are around my dining room table)
2. Go buy red and white material to fit your chair - as much as you would need
for as many chairs you want to do. (these are made out of felt)
Don't forget a white ball to use for the top of the hat!
3. Draw out a Santa hat pattern to fit your chair. (newspaper is easy to use
because it is big enough)
4. Trace this pattern onto your material and cut out two sides for the hat.
5. Measure the bottom of the hat and cut two white strip out for the bottom
that will fit the hat.
6. Sew both white strips to the bottom of both red tops. Then sew around the
entire hat to complete it.
7. Don't forget to finish it with a white fluffy ball on top!
Fun to have for the holidays!
greatastestuesdays SWEEPSTAKES!
Win a handcrafted table runner for Valentines Day!
+ Plus there will be a second and third place prize!
Rules: There are many chances to get a chance to put your name in the drawing. The first and the easiest way is to find us on face book ( Great Tastes Tuesdays ) and "Like" our page. This will give you your first chance to get your name in the drawing.
The other way to get your name in the drawing is to come on our blog and make a comment on any of our posts. At the end of each post put your first name and last initial. You can post up to 10 comments!! These comments may be about a recipe that you have tried on our blog and want to write about, something you want us to improve on or see different on the blog, or maybe a recipe you would like to see on it. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated - and hopefully keep them positive comments.
Last but not least email us your first and last name and your email address underneath it. This won't be used for anything else but to contact you if you win. If you don't do this last step, and you win, we won't be able to contact you.
email address: greatastestuesdays@gmail.com
So, "Like" us on Facebook and write up to "10" comments on our blog gives you "11" chances to win in our Valentine's Day Sweepstakes drawing! Stay in watch on our blog too! There might be even more chances to get your name in the drawing before January 22nd 2013!
The last day to post a comment will be Tuesday January 22nd 2013. We will draw for the Sweepstakes the next day on Wednesday January 23rd 2013 and contact the winners then.
Post comments today! We would love to hear your input! And maybe you will even see something on our blog that you may have suggested.
Place Mats!
1. For each place mat you make you need
* 2 pieces of fabric that are measured 14 x 20 inches.
* Fringe 2 pieces 14 inches long for each place mat.
* Batting you would use in a quilts 14 x 20 inches for each place mat.
2. Cut out your fabric, fringe and batting.
3. Pin all of these together how they would be when you sew them together.
4. Now you need to sew all of these together so the place mat doesn't ever
bunch up in the middle. Draw on your fabric with a white sewing pencil
where you would like to sew. These could be diagonal lines, swirls, or
anything you would like. If you look closely you can see that I did two
rectangles around the outer edges and then swirls in the center.
5. Now iron all the sides under 1/4 inch and pin it all together.
6. Pin you fringe inside to the two shorter sides.
7. Now sew all the way around your place mat.
8. You now have a pretty place mat!
* You can use any kind of material to go with any holiday or occasion!!!
Look how fun these are!
1. Measure the back of your chairs at your house - the width and the length.
(these ones are around my dining room table)
2. Go buy red and white material to fit your chair - as much as you would need
for as many chairs you want to do. (these are made out of felt)
Don't forget a white ball to use for the top of the hat!
3. Draw out a Santa hat pattern to fit your chair. (newspaper is easy to use
because it is big enough)
4. Trace this pattern onto your material and cut out two sides for the hat.
5. Measure the bottom of the hat and cut two white strip out for the bottom
that will fit the hat.
6. Sew both white strips to the bottom of both red tops. Then sew around the
entire hat to complete it.
7. Don't forget to finish it with a white fluffy ball on top!
Fun to have for the holidays!
greatastestuesdays SWEEPSTAKES!
Win a handcrafted table runner for Valentines Day!
+ Plus there will be a second and third place prize!
Rules: There are many chances to get a chance to put your name in the drawing. The first and the easiest way is to find us on face book ( Great Tastes Tuesdays ) and "Like" our page. This will give you your first chance to get your name in the drawing.
The other way to get your name in the drawing is to come on our blog and make a comment on any of our posts. At the end of each post put your first name and last initial. You can post up to 10 comments!! These comments may be about a recipe that you have tried on our blog and want to write about, something you want us to improve on or see different on the blog, or maybe a recipe you would like to see on it. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated - and hopefully keep them positive comments.
Last but not least email us your first and last name and your email address underneath it. This won't be used for anything else but to contact you if you win. If you don't do this last step, and you win, we won't be able to contact you.
email address: greatastestuesdays@gmail.com
So, "Like" us on Facebook and write up to "10" comments on our blog gives you "11" chances to win in our Valentine's Day Sweepstakes drawing! Stay in watch on our blog too! There might be even more chances to get your name in the drawing before January 22nd 2013!
The last day to post a comment will be Tuesday January 22nd 2013. We will draw for the Sweepstakes the next day on Wednesday January 23rd 2013 and contact the winners then.
Post comments today! We would love to hear your input! And maybe you will even see something on our blog that you may have suggested.
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