The Huntress

Sadly, I haven't made any new Pinterest recipes lately. Although during one of my lectures the other day I did pin 14 pictures of food that I will make...someday. This weekend and week instead I was a very studious college student...and I went hunting with my family.

 As I sat in the deer stand  last weekend I had a lot of time to ponder what it would be like to be Katniss Everdeen fighting in the Hunger Games. When I go bow hunting with my dad I feel like Katniss and not just because I am using a bow. I was sitting high in a tree (just like she did), waiting for some prey to come that I could shoot (just like she was looking for the other tributes), a bird almost attacked me (kind of like the Trackerjackers), I almost fell out of the tree when it became very windy (that is why she tied herself into the tree, what a smart girl!), and finally we were both sitting in the tree out of duty, not necessarily because we always dreamed of hunting (or being in the Hunger Games), but to fulfill our duty. Mine to do something my dad enjoys and hers to take the place of Prim, so Katniss and I are alike....very alike.

Until Next time,

Katniss Everdeen, 

(whoops I mean Miss Sass A Frass)

The Truffle Tragedy

This is a tragic tale of truffles. I found this incredible truffle recipe on Pinterest, Peanut Butter Graham Cracker Truffles. I was extremely excited to make these little suckers! I even had ghirardelli chocolate to dip them in, and ghiradelli chocolate chips to roll them in, so these were pretty legit truffles!

The balls of peanut butter are what the truffles look like before they are dipped in chocolate. All the truffles were dipped in ghirardelli chocolate, but some are rolled in rice crispys, heath, and ghiradrdelli chocolate chips. 

I made these the day we were heading home from the cabin. I needed them to freeze, so I placed them in the freezer until we left, I told my mom to remind me about them. Now this is were the tragedy happened! As we were driving along on our way home, I realized that I had LEFT THE TRUFFLES IN THE FREEZER! I was so dissipointed! I was super excited to share them with people, but they were left in the freezer :( 

I have a small glimmer of hope, my dad and my two oldest sisters went up to the cabin this weekend, I asked them to bring my truffles home...if they don't eat them first!

Crossing my fingers they will make it home!

Until Next Time,

Miss Sass A Frass

A Blast From The Past

This time, this idea did not come from Pinterest! I made Marshmallow Croissants.
These little things are yummy, sugary, and sweet....ohhhhh and drizzled with frosting :)

They are marshmallows rolled in butter, then cinnamon sugar, end wrapped in a crescent roll. When you bite into them, the marshmallow is GONE! Because it melted in the oven. These are literally bites of heaven...because they are suppose to represent Jesus rising from the grave and everyone finding the tomb empty. When I was younger my family always made these during the Easter season with some friends. Although that tradition has ended, we still make these at least once a year, if not more. These are incredibly easy to make and very yummy! 

Until Next Time, 

Miss Sass A Frass

The Expedition III

I love cookies. I love chewy cookies. I love cookies with chocolate in them. Man, I just love cookies in general, they are delicious little bits of heaven that can turn a whole day around. One day up at the cabin I decided to go ALL out and make lots of cookies! First I made chocolate with white chocolate chips cookies, then I put a new twist on the classic Peanut Butter Hershey Kiss cookies.
There is a thing about peanut butter and chocolate that immediately sends me into a blissful state. The sweet mixed with the salty....mmmmmmmmmm I love peanut butter and chocolate together so much!
Instead of using Hershey Kisses in the middle of the cookie, I used mini Reese Peanut Butter Cups!!! I made them a bit smaller than normal and they were perfect bite-sized cookies.

I proceeded to eat these cookies all day. 

Until Next Time,

Miss Sass A Frass

My Expedition II

I have seen this recipe on Pintrest multiple times and every time I start drooling. I love cinnamon rolls and in waffle form they would be even more delicious!

So I decided to try them! I just flattened the cinnamon rolls, placed them on my grandma's 50 year old waffle iron and....

...There you go! Cinnamon roll waffles! Serve them on a plate and drizzle them with frosting...or as I like to do, smother them in frosting! I really love a good cream cheese frosting! After I went through two, 4-week cake decorating sessions through Wilton when I was in 7th grade, I really started to hate the taste of buttercream frosting. I find it absolutely disgusting. Making two pounds of buttercream frosting every week for six weeks does that to you!

Anyways, happy baking this week! Try a new recipe this week! You might be surprised to find a keeper!

Until Next Time, 

Miss Sass A Frass

My Expedition Part I

Before I mention the next thing I made at the cabin, I think I need to mention the very first Pintrest recipe I ever tried, which was two weeks ago with my friend, Natalie. Natalie also has a Pintrest Obsession. One day when she came over we decided to make Peanut Butter Pretzel Bites. These were little bites of heaven. They were so yummy that my mom begged me to let her use them for snacks for her Bible Study. Not only did this recipe combine the scrumptious combination of peanut butter and chocolate, but it also included pretzels! You get the sweet, the salty, and the crunchy! A perfect combination. 

Along with these Peanut Butter Pretzel Bites, Natalie and I made chocolate dipped pretzels, Jumbo Chocolate Chip cookies (Seriously one of the best chewy chocolate chip cookies I have ever made!), and chocolate dipped animal crackers. Natalie spotted my animal crackers and I knew we had to dip them in chocolate!

Later on, some of the cookies from that day were all packaged into a little pink shoe boxed and placed on a very lucky college boy's desk when he wasn't looking. 

This was the first recipe that started my crazy cooking kick. 

Until next time,

Miss Sass A Frass

My Pintrest Obsession

I have had a Pintrest intrest...well more obsession since my best friend, Jessica, introduced me to the site. At first I though it was rather silly and strange, as I first did with Twitter. But then I saw the light. I now spend numerous minutes (possibly hours, but I will never actually admit it) on Pintrest.
 I am rather slow with catching onto social media, I never understood Twitter either. I mean who really cares about Tweets and what celebrities are saying, I though Facebook was good enough for me. But I soon learned I was wrong about that one also. I created my Twitter one day when I was bored at camp, but I never tweeted until 6 months later when all my nordic skiing friends said I "just have to tweet". I am now an avid Tweeter and I do not regret it. I will admit, unashamed, that I love Twitter.
Anyways, back to Pintrest. I love Pintrest! Between all the cute clothes, room ideas, cooking ideas, and quotes, I am going to be broke and very fat when I get older. There are so many different ideas that I want to try and to cook! 
This weekend I had the opportunity, up at my cabin, to put my Pintrest obsession to action. I looked through my 19 food pins on Pintrest and decided on a couple, simple recipes I would try. My first blog post will include my first creation.

My first one was pizza on the grill.

 Now my family likes to make fun of me, particularly my very enduring younger 15 year old sister, and my cooking skills. It is not that I am a bad cook...I just don't try very often. When I do try I make fabulous food (or so I like to think...), I just do not try very often. 
THIS pizza proved my family wrong. I can be a very good cook when I want to be and this weekend I was inspired. This pizza (which I did pick out all the ingredients AND go to the store to pick them up, thank you very much mommy for your credit card :) has mushrooms, spinach, onions, green onions, Italian sausage, Italian seasoning, mozzarella cheese, and parmeson cheese. I also made a delicious Alfredo pizza that night. 

All in all, I got a thumbs up from my cook-wanna-be sister, Maddie, My mother, and my grandma. I would say it was a pretty good start for someone who doesn't normally whip up restaurant ready food. Thursday night, I definetly considered opening a pizza parlor. Not only was it fun to make, it was yummy to eat. 

Check back for what I made for breakfast the next morning!

I am putting my pans away for today (Okay, I am SO not that much of a cook),

Night,

Miss Sass A Frass