Potato Packets

A summer staple in our house.  I love these because they are so tasty and easy (yay for no peeling).  And as a bonus you can make them in your oven, on the grill, on a campfire easily.  It is rather versatile.

Potatoes 1 large per person or a few smaller ones (I always make too many for 2 1/2 people)
1 medium onion (I like red)
1-2 tablespoons butter
season salt and pepper
parsley (I use dried)

Slice of the potatoes, about 1/2 inch thick.  You don't want them too many of them too thin or they are too mushy, too thick and they take forever to cook.  Slice the onion then cut the slices in half.

Get out some aluminum foil and sprinkle season salt, pepper, parsley and some of the butter on it, then put the onions and potatoes on it.  Then top it off with some more salt, pepper, parsley and the rest of your butter (alternatively you could spray the foil to help it not stick so much).  Cover with another sheet of foil and then crimp the edges up.  Put it in the grill for about 20-30 minutes until the potatoes are softened.

I like these with steak, chicken, fish but I would eat it alone too they are so good.

Popsicles III

This time one of my favorite summer treats gets a twist.  Root beer floats!  I'm rather partial to Faygo, being it is Michigan company, but my second is A&W root beer.  We used to have floats as a kid and I thought they were the best thing ever, the way it got all foam and you had to drink some of the foam to pour more pop on.

So when I saw this recipe I had to make these (by the way, I love the background on that blog).

 The only thing I did different was chop up the cherries because I used 3 different sized popsicle molds and some were too small for a whole.  And I only made half a batch.

Popsicles II

In honor of it being humid and warm today, some more lovely summer treats.  This time a pudding pop.  I again used stuff I had on hand to make them. This time it was about a can of peaches and a small box of french vanilla pudding.

First I buzzed the peaches in the mixer for a little bit.  I wanted them to be bit chunky.

Then I mixed the juice from the peaches with milk to make 2 cups of liquid, with the instant pudding mix.  Whisked it for about 2 minutes then stirred the peaches in.

So good!  I had bit left over so I put them in to my little jello shot cups and after it set up for a while I put tooth picks in them.  Who doesn't love mini popsicles.

Popsicles I

Can I just say right here, I love popsicles.  Last year I picked up a couple popsicles molds to try out and got like making them even if they were rather simple.  Yesterday changed that, I started googling some recipes and found a few that sounded good and tried them out with things I had in the house.

First up I made Banana, peanut butter chocolate chip.  I kind of made it up as I went after I saw the recipe.
1 banana
2 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
1 t vanilla extract
milk (I eyeballed it so I have no idea how much it was 1/3-1/2 cup maybe)
1/8 cup mini chocolate chips (optional of course)

First put the mini chips in the bottom of the mold.

I put all but the milk in the smoothie maker thing and when it was smooth added milk and the mixed it again until I got a pretty good consistency.  You don't want it to be too thick.  Then add a few chips to the top if you want and put it in the freezer.

It will need about 4 hours to fully set up.

 

 Now you'll have to look for me to do a series of popsicles since there are so many that I want to try.