I Finally Made Something My Husband Likes!

My mom gets the Taste of Home magazine sent to my house. Even though it is a magazine that reminds me of my grandma (and other old people) there are some decent recipes that are easy enough that even I can make them.

I am not sure if I have ever mentioned that I am not the cook in the house. I can prep like crazy, but then cooking is another story. The husband says I just blame it on the appliance (hence my post about my oven but I still swear it doesn't work right!) But regardless, I try and try to make things that he enjoys.

My latest venture was kind of out of the ballpark with what he would normally eat. He is not a dessert person, prefers vegetables over ice cream any day (I am not sure why we are so good for each other because I could eat ice cream for dinner every day!) but sometimes when the moment is right, he will eat something besides veggies. Typically, this would be a lemon shaved ice cup, freezer pops or very rarely, but if the moment strikes, cheesecake - NO TOPPINGS!

So when I was flipping through my Taste of Home, I came across a recipe for Lemon & Cream Pops. Sounded pretty good to me and I figured he might like it since it is lemon and frozen. So I made them. I will show/explain to you how:

1. In a bowl, whisk one 14-oz. can of sweetened condensed milk, 1 cup of whole milk, 1/2 cup of fresh lemon juice, 1/3 cup of sugar and 1/2 tsp. of grated lemon peel.

*I bought 5 lemons, they were bigger, to try to get the 1/2 cup of fresh lemon juice. I hand squeezed the lemons, so notice the seeds that I scooped out. It really only took 4 lemons to get the 1/2 cup.

2. Mix all ingredients until the sugar is dissolved (it really didn't take long).

3. Pour mixture into ice pop molds or 3 oz. paper cups. I found these ice pop molds at Marshalls for $6.99! My suggestion is to just use your measuring cup to pour it into the molds. Remember to leave space for freezing!

4. Place the molds or paper cups with wooden sticks into the freezer. Freeze for 6-8 hours or until solid.

5. When frozen, be careful pulling the stick or cup off. You may need to run some hot water over the mold to get it out. Here is the final product! Not as pretty as it could've been since it was super stuck.

They are actually really good and are great for a hot evening. I hope you enjoy this easy recipe!!

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On the Eighth Working Day of Christmas…

So anyone who knows me knows that I have a crazy obsession with milk.  I love it.  I literally go through a gallon of milk every couple of days.  To me it’s delicious so I suppose that it’s only natural that I get to do 8 Maids of Milking.  But the big question is…what the heck should I write about?

Here are some fun facts about my favorite beverage milk.

·         It takes 29 cups of milk to make 1 pound of butter.

·         A cow can't give milk until she has given birth to a calf.

·         A cow drinks over 117 gallons of water in a week, no wonder cow farms smell.

·         The average cow produces 90 glasses of milk each day — or about 200,000 glasses of milk throughout her life.

·         A cow's udder can hold 25 - 50 pounds of milk.

·         Cows were first brought to Plymouth Colony in 1624.

·         Most cows give more milk when they listen to music.

·         Blue whale calves drink as much as 132 gallons of milk a day. A baby whale can increase its weight by 200 pounds in one day.

·         Yak's milk is pink.

·         Camel's milk does not curdle.

·         Cows have an amazing sense of smell — they can smell something up to 6 miles away, like food.

·         Milk is better for cooling your mouth after eating spicy food. (Milk products contain casein, a protein that cleanses burning taste buds.)

Hope you enjoyed these fun facts about milk.  Drink milk!

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