World’s best chocolate chip cookies

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I am not effing around about this either. FYI.

They are the best. My friend Denell was kind enough to share with me so now; I will share with tens of hundreds of the world!!

Denell’s Chocolate chip cookies:

  • 2 cubes COLD butter (this is key) cut up in 1 inch cubes
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 c brown sugar
  • 1 c sugar
  • 1 t vanilla

Cream together but don’t pummel it! Just till the chunks of butter are maybe pea sized Then add:

  • 1 t baking soda
  • 1 t kosher salt
  • 2 3/4 c flour
  • 2 c chocolate chips (I use semisweet)

Mix till incorporated. Bake 350 degrees for 8 to 10 min depending on your oven. They won’t look done! Take them out anyways, tap the side of the cookie sheet so that they “fall”, then let cool on cookie sheet.

Eat; then praise my name (you can also praise Denells but make sure I get top billing).

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Homemade chicken noodle soup

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A rain storm rolled in today so we must take advantage of grey skies when we can!

My mom has made this recipe since I was a child and I loved it then and I love it still. Do not fear the homemade noodles.

Chicken noodle soup:

  • 1 Rotissarie chicken ~ take all the chicken off the bone and put in a stock pot (reserve the carcass to make chicken stock). Recipe here.
  • 2 large carrots, peeled
  • 2 celery ribs
  • 1 medium onion.
  • 4-6 cups chicken stock (DO NOT use water) I will not be held responsible if you do.

Put all of these ingredients over medium heat while you make up your noodles. Turn to low once it boils.

Noodles:

  • 3 eggs
  • 3 t kosher salt
  • 3 c flour
  • 3/4 c cold water (or as little as possible till it forms a ball in your mixer)

Mix until it forms a ball and stops sticking to the sides. Remove and roll out on a floured surface. I like mine pretty thick. About 1/4 thick or so. Cut with pasta cutter or knife. Put in with your other ingredients over medium heat. You want kind of a rolling boil to be going on. Add noodles and cook for seven minutes. This will need seasoning! Add pepper and salt to taste.

Enjoy!

 

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Headboard, twice done

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I worked my booty off making a headboard with two rows of cording. It looked like crap.

Evidence.

It broke my heart. It seriously took me four hours to make. I tried to talk myself into it for two days.

Two days later I bought two more yards of fabric and started over. I happened upon a great tip though! Use a queen size bed foam pad from Target instead of the foam from Joann’s. A lot cheaper and you get a much better look covering the ENTIRE headboard.

I had my handy dandy neighbor help me with making the edges rounded and make a french cleat to hang it off the wall. So easy! You need the right equipment but if you or someone else does for sure try it!

Prior to putting my fabric on I threw some extra batting over the edges to hid the foam’s pattern. You’ll do it correctly though and put it pattern side down. I could have ripped it all off and started over again but, I have real comfort with the half ass approach.

All stapled on.

A close up of how I like to do my corners. Kind of like a present.

See how the french cleat works? You take a piece of wood and cut it on an angle. Then attach one to the wall and the other to your headboard and viola. Presto change-O you gots yourself a hanging headboard!

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Bruschetta

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Bruschetta:

  • 4 tomatoes ~any color
  • 1 T red onion, finely minced
  • 1 t garlic, finely minced
  • 2 T to 1/4 c basil, depending on your personal taste
  • 3 T balsamic vinegar~the better this is the better your bruschetta will be, I like Williams Sonomas’ or Fina brands
  • 3 T olive oil
  • kosher salt to taste, amount depends upon on how ripe your tomatoes are. Start with 1 t
  • 1/2 t fresh ground pepper

Serve with toasted artisan bread and goat cheese.

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Goodwill to beautiful, a true story of a lamp

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I posted a couple of weeks back about a sweet find at Goodwill.

All I did was tape off the brass/goldish metal at the bottom then I used some Rustoleum Oil Rubbed Bronze spray paint. In one hand I held the spray paint while spraying away and in the other I held a piece of 8 X 11 piece of card stock to protect the upper part of the lamp. Too much effort to tape off the entire thing! And if you do happen to get a bit on the lamp, just wipe it off quickly.

The finished product! Shade from Pottery barn.

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A sewing tip

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I am a novice sewer but I’ve picked up some useful tips along the way. Mostly from mistakes. If your fabric cannot rip this is the next best thing for getting precision measurements.

I use a bold colored permanent marker (that I keep in a fireproof safe monitored by a 24 hour guard dog) to mark the edges to cut. You get perfectly straight lines which paves the way to a successful easy project.

  • Measure the fabric every eight inches or so
  • Put a dash mark along that edge
  • Get out a long ruler (available at craft or fabric stores) and connect those dashes
  • Cut along the line.


Talk about cutting it close. This fabric was expensivio so I ordered just barely enough. This was seriously all that was left!

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Signage

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I’m still recovering from all my projects I did on Lily’s room a week ago.

Here is a peek at some of the finished product. Never fear, tutorials coming. . .

**Photo by Chelsea Horsley**
I was inspired for part of this project by my darling cousin. In one of her kiddos rooms she had the sweetest saying done in felt letters that just spoke to me! So, what did I do? Copycatted her exactly. See more of Chelsea and her all around fabulousness here.

I borrowed my friend’s Silhouette machine to cut out the felt letters. I set it to 2 1/2 inch sized letters. It cut them out okay, almost all of them needed a little touch up work with my scissors. If you don’t have a Silhouette machine you could always use stencils and mark the felt with a disappearing ink sewing marker. If I were to do it again I probably wouldn’t mess with the whole machine thing.

I got my felt squares at Michaels and purchased about nine different colors. When cutting out the letters I wrote out the saying and then tallied up how many L’s, M’s, I’s etc. I needed. I made sure to vary the colors so that each word wouldn’t have the same color twice.

Once they were cut I laid them out on the glass and then laid on the ground to see how Iike the placement. This step also showed me that all my letters were incorrect. You need to lay them out backwards but also not left to right but RIGHT TO LEFT. Double check just to be safe. :)

Once I got the placement correct I CAREFULLY laid a piece of fabric on top of the letters. Hear me when I say carefully. Lay down on the ground again to see how they look; then see how well you listened to me. Adjust or celebrate by sticking the backing of the frame on. This is the Ribba frame from IKEA.

I liked it somewhat whimsical and not exactly perfect. Start to finish this took me less than an hour.

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Out with the old

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Months back I listed my dining room chairs on good-ole Craigslist. I’m fickle like that.

I took my ideas to my upholstery guy and he brought me this beaut! It’s solid, velvety soft and a bit dramatic.

I love it! He’s working away on the other side for me, yay! Custom upholsterers are a great way of getting exactly what you want~and they usually are less expensive than similar products from chain stores. Shop around, compare prices and SEE THEIR WORK!

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Citrus season

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Is coming to a close in Arizona; which means lemons are abundant/cheap/almost rotten. .

I use lemon in a bunch of different recipes and in my favorite salad dressing recipe. I slice up a bunch, after they’ve dressed up my counter top for a few days and squeeze them all up.

Then just pour into ice cube trays, then freeze and viola~fresh lemon juice when the occasion strikes!

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