The Cozy Corner

[CJamarous]

Sounds like a very productive evening!!

Dinner was chicken fettuccini alfredo and salad
I also made raspberry syrup for a special cocktail tomorrow and started a new jug of vanilla extract
then I prepped egg bake for our "Easter morning" tomorrow

It was a good day, yes

Mmmm nice! Chicken Alfredo is always a good option! What kind of cocktail are you making? You make your own vanilla extract?! That's awesome. So you're celebrating your Easter tomorrow? Lots of family coming over?

 

[MidwestPrincess23]

It was a good day, yes

Mmmm nice! Chicken Alfredo is always a good option! What kind of cocktail are you making? You make your own vanilla extract?! That's awesome. So you're celebrating your Easter tomorrow? Lots of family coming over?

So glad it was a good day!!

I'm doing a copycat of a 'brunch punch' we had last weekend - fresh squeezed OJ, vodka, raspberry syrup and a splash of Sprite
I do make my own vanilla extract - it's easy to do and so good!
We're just doing our family Easter tomorrow, the 4 of us. My oldest leaves for a trip early Sunday morning so we're just doing it a day early. No big family get together this year which is kind of nice

 

[CJamarous]

So glad it was a good day!!

I'm doing a copycat of a 'brunch punch' we had last weekend - fresh squeezed OJ, vodka, raspberry syrup and a splash of Sprite
I do make my own vanilla extract - it's easy to do and so good!
We're just doing our family Easter tomorrow, the 4 of us. My oldest leaves for a trip early Sunday morning so we're just doing it a day early. No big family get together this year which is kind of nice

Well that sounds delicious and way to easy to drink

Ummm recipe? (Vanilla Extract and Eggbake) Pretty please?

That actually sounds like it will be a very nice, quiet way to spend Easter. Sometimes the chaos of extended family gatherings can be skipped once in awhile. Plus you get that time with your daughter before she leaves for her trip. Hope you all have a great day tomorrow!

 

[MidwestPrincess23]

Well that sounds delicious and way to easy to drink

Ummm recipe? (Vanilla Extract and Eggbake) Pretty please?

That actually sounds like it will be a very nice, quiet way to spend Easter. Sometimes the chaos of extended family gatherings can be skipped once in awhile. Plus you get that time with your daughter before she leaves for her trip. Hope you all have a great day tomorrow!

There was a lot of drama around this holiday so my SIL said screw it and we're not doing it which I fully support - I'm looking forward to the weekend!

Vanilla extract... grab a bottle of vodka and pour a little into a glass for yourself to make room for the vanilla beans... add vanilla beans. You can either split them the long way or just cut into thirds. I use 1/4 pound of vanilla beans to a 1.75 jug of vodka - I let mine sit for a year and swish every once in a while, but it should be ready to use as soon as a month

hold tight for the egg bake recipe!

 

[MidwestPrincess23]

MWP's "it's better than it sounds" egg bake

Ingredients:

• 2 cups Minute Rice, cooked according to package directions
• 4 cups Rice Krispies cereal
• 1 lb pork sausage
• 1 onion, chopped
• 16 oz shredded cheese
• 7 eggs
• 2 cans cream of celery soup

Instructions:
Grease a 13x9-inch baking dish and set aside.
In a skillet over medium heat, cook the sausage and chopped onion until the sausage is browned and fully cooked. Drain any excess grease.
In a large bowl, beat the eggs, then mix in both cans of cream of celery soup until well combined.

Assemble the casserole:
Layer half of each of the following into the prepared dish:

• Cooked rice
• Rice Krispies cereal
• Sausage and onion mixture
• Shredded cheese

Repeat the layers with the remaining ingredients.
Pour the egg and soup mixture evenly over the top.
Cover and refrigerate overnight.

To Bake:
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Bake, covered, for 45 minutes, or until heated through and set.

 

[CJamarous]

Absolutely sounds like the right call was made there! The drama isn't worth it!

That sounds super easy! Where do you order the beans from in that volume? I wonder, could you do it in a Bourbon instead? I do love bourbon infused vanilla anything.

 

[Nylonian]

As an introvert, I just had to socialise for 4 hours and now I am depleted... Why is it so much easier to talk to you lovely people?

 

[MidwestPrincess23]

Absolutely sounds like the right call was made there! The drama isn't worth it!

That sounds super easy! Where do you order the beans from in that volume? I wonder, could you do it in a Bourbon instead? I do love bourbon infused vanilla anything.

I get my vanilla beans from Amazon
https://a.co/d/0j626Jww

You could totally make extract with bourbon instead of vodka. You also don't need to make as big of a batch as I do - @Dayhoosier makes smaller amounts at a time - he might have good smaller bean to liquid ratios for you

 

[Dayhoosier]

As an introvert, I just had to socialise for 4 hours and now I am depleted... Why is it so much easier to talk to you lovely people?

Because you don't have to look at us

But actually kinda?

 

[CJamarous]

MWP's "it's better than it sounds" egg bake

Ingredients:

• 2 cups Minute Rice, cooked according to package directions
• 4 cups Rice Krispies cereal
• 1 lb pork sausage
• 1 onion, chopped
• 16 oz shredded cheese
• 7 eggs
• 2 cans cream of celery soup

Instructions:
Grease a 13x9-inch baking dish and set aside.
In a skillet over medium heat, cook the sausage and chopped onion until the sausage is browned and fully cooked. Drain any excess grease.
In a large bowl, beat the eggs, then mix in both cans of cream of celery soup until well combined.

Assemble the casserole:
Layer half of each of the following into the prepared dish:

• Cooked rice
• Rice Krispies cereal
• Sausage and onion mixture
• Shredded cheese

Repeat the layers with the remaining ingredients.
Pour the egg and soup mixture evenly over the top.
Cover and refrigerate overnight.

To Bake:
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Bake, covered, for 45 minutes, or until heated through and set.

Rice and rice crispies in an egg bake?! That's wild! But I will try anything once! And I'm going to try it! Thank you, Ma'am

 

[Nylonian]

There was a lot of drama around this holiday so my SIL said screw it and we're not doing it which I fully support - I'm looking forward to the weekend!

Vanilla extract... grab a bottle of vodka and pour a little into a glass for yourself to make room for the vanilla beans... add vanilla beans. You can either split them the long way or just cut into thirds. I use 1/4 pound of vanilla beans to a 1.75 jug of vodka - I let mine sit for a year and swish every once in a while, but it should be ready to use as soon as a month

hold tight for the egg bake recipe!

1.75... For the Australians in the room, is... is that gallons?

 

[MidwestPrincess23]

As an introvert, I just had to socialise for 4 hours and now I am depleted... Why is it so much easier to talk to you lovely people?

I agree with Hoosier here
you don't have to actually open your mouth and talk to us
you're not put on the spot here... we're texting, you have moments to think before you post
it all matters

 

[CJamarous]

I get my vanilla beans from Amazon
https://a.co/d/0j626Jww

You could totally make extract with bourbon instead of vodka. You also don't need to make as big of a batch as I do - @Dayhoosier makes smaller amounts at a time - he might have good smaller bean to liquid ratios for you

Awesome, thank you! I'm excited to try this!

 

[Nylonian]

Because you don't have to look at us

But actually kinda?

Oh no. I like the looking part. It's just the rapid-fire expecting me to have an insightful take on everything part...

 

[MidwestPrincess23]

1.75... For the Australians in the room, is... is that gallons?

1.75 liters or 59.2 oz according to google "equivalent" to a half gallon

 

[Dayhoosier]

Oh no. I like the looking part. It's just the rapid-fire expecting me to have an insightful take on everything part...

That actually makes every bit as much sense!!

 

[Nylonian]

I agree with Hoosier here
you don't have to actually open your mouth and talk to us
you're not put on the spot here... we're texting, you have moments to think before you post
it all matters

True... Not having to answer on the spot helps. Plus they all like to talk about such deep and esoteric and heavy things...

 

[Luci_nerdy_kink]

Ok, ladies, if we’re gonna do this kind of thing…

We’re gonna need some good books

That’s all there is to it…

I’m a big fan of philosophy, poetry, history, or Tolkien… etc…

Or just… doing nothing… that’s cool too. After 5 mins of that intellectual nonsense… no one gives a shit anyway lol.

But if I won’t shut up you’ll have a book to throw at me

Hardcover works best

 

[CJamarous]

Oh no. I like the looking part. It's just the rapid-fire expecting me to have an insightful take on everything part...

I can appreciate this 100%

 

[MidwestPrincess23]

Rice and rice crispies in an egg bake?! That's wild! But I will try anything once! And I'm going to try it! Thank you, Ma'am

did you see what I named it?? I promise you it's good!
so far the only actual mwp original recipe I've posted here
but it HAS to sit overnight (or all day if you're doing a brinner thing)

 

[Nylonian]

1.75 liters or 59.2 oz according to google "equivalent" to a half gallon

Oh haha silly me. That was already in metric. Lovely.

 

[MidwestPrincess23]

True... Not having to answer on the spot helps. Plus they all like to talk about such deep and esoteric and heavy things...

 

[Nylonian]

Thank you. I really needed that hug. I'm gonna go decompress and cry in the shower now.

 

[CJamarous]

did you see what I named it?? I promise you it's good!
so far the only actual mwp original recipe I've posted here
but it HAS to sit overnight (or all day if you're doing a brinner thing)

I did, and I was still like, whhhhaaaat when I read the recipe And I'm honored to have drawn out an MWP original recipe! Noted, overnight

 

[LatinaCarmen1980]

We ALWAYS keep homemade vanilla extract around! So so so easy and worth it

I learned how to make it just so I always have some ti make homemade flan