May 12, 2008
· Filed under Baking
I love cheesecake. But I don’t love having to wait 4-5 hours for it to set after you bake it.
I found this No-Bake Cheesecake recipe from Marthastewart.com. Its super easy to do. The results are more custardy than cakey, but it was still pretty yummy.
You will need:
2 8oz bars of cream cheese
1 14oz can of condensed milk
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice (that’s about one whole lemon)
1 tsp of vanilla extract
STEP 1:
With your mixer on medium, whip the cream cheese until smooth and creamy.
STEP 2:
Slowly mix in the condensed milk.
STEP 3:
Mix in the vanilla and the lemon juice. Scrape the sides as you go along, so that all the ingredients get mixed in.
STEP 4:
Scoop out into your prepared crust.
STEP 5:
Wrap up your cheesecake and cool in the refrigerator for about 2 hours or until firm.
This is a quick and super super easy recipe. There isn’t a real substitute for a good baked cheesecake, but this is a good back up recipe.
April 24, 2008
· Filed under Leftovers, Papercrafts
I work at an office where they like to make tons of extra copies. It bothers me to no end. We go through about 15 reams of paper in a month. I guess there’s no real way of forcing everyone into the habit of using the extra copies for printer paper or to make everyone not make extra copies.
One day I took them home and made a scrap paper notepad.
Supplies/Materials:
Scrap paper
Hard stock or used folders (I like manila folders) and magazine cut outs or pictures to decorate the covers with.
Yarn or embroidery
A hole puncher or paper needle
Scissors or a utility knife
Ruler (preferably a three sided engineering ruler, it’s sturdier than a regular flat ruler and theres not fear of accidentally cutting your hand with a utility knife)
Glue (I prefer rubber cement. It is mistake and user friendly)
Step 1: Cut your paper to the size you want your pad to be. Remember that you are going to lose an inch to a half an inch for the binding.
Step 2: Cut your cardstock/cover sheet/folder…etc to the size of the scrap paper. Remember to cut one for the back too. For the cover, fold about a half and inch to an inch down to create crease.
Step 3: Decorate you cover pieces before you bind them. I use old magazines.
Step 4: Figure out how you’re going to bind the whole thing together. I used a thick paper needle and poked holes all the way through the packet. It is easier to use a hole punch I have found.
Step 5: Take some leftover yarn/ribbon/embroidery floss and stitch everything together.
Finished Product:
I think this is a pretty good way to use up scrap paper that would otherwise end up in the trash.
April 23, 2008
· Filed under Cloth, Crochet, Leftovers
I found a bunch of old cloth we had used for wise men costumes. I salvaged them and made a rug.
Materials:
1 large crochet hook
rags or other weave-able material
Step 1: Lay out the cloth
Step 2: Cut the cloth into long strips. Leave about one inch on every other end. This will create one long strip.
Step 3: Take the ends of the trips, and sew them together.
Step 4: Roll the long strips into loose balls. You can sew all the different kinds of cloth/rag together or for an organic design, crochet them together randomly.
Step 5: Crochet away.
Since the purpose of this is to use up pieces of cloth or other materials, the end result can turn out pretty random.
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