Fried oreos

The other night I was having a bad night due to some drama going on with my father and his working partners and I decided to make my mom and me a pick me up. I tried fried oreos at the fair not to long ago and I had been wanting to try to make them so bad. We needed a good confert food that night and had all the ingredients, so we made these:

Fried Oreos

Ingredients

1 cup buttermilk pancake mix
3/4 cup ice water
1 quart vegetable oil
1 sleeve of Oreo cookies (14 each)
2 tablespoons confectioners sugar

Directions

1. Freeze cookies for 3 hours.

2. In a heavy-gauge 3-quart saucepot heat oil to 350 degrees F.

3. While oil is heating, set up a sheetpan with paper towels for draining.

4. In a medium-sized mixing bowl stir water into buttermilk pancake mix with a wooden spoon until thoroughly combined. As soon as batter is smooth, dip each cookie, one at a time, into batter and smooth batter, making a thin coat completely around the cookie. Place coated cookie carefully into hot oil. Repeat for each cookie. Fry on both sides, turning over once until golden brown.

5. Remove fried cookie from hot oil with metal tongs and drain on paper towels. Dust with confectioners sugar.

6. Let cool slightly (about 2 minutes) before serving.


They were extremely yummy, so I thought I would pass the recipe on. I have to refrain from making these often..lol.

Thanksgiving recipes

Today at Kelly's Korner (http://www.kellyskornerblog.com/) we are discussing holiday traditions and our favorite recipes. I already posted about my holiday traditions two posts ago, but I will share our usual menu and some of our recipes.

Turkey
Ham
Cranberry sauce
Rolls
Dressing(my grandmothers...i also mae my mom make some dressing for us at home, because she makes hers like my dads mother did and im not as fond of my grandmothers :(
Sweet Potato Casserole
Green beans or Green Bean Casserole
Potato Salad
Deviled eggs
Chicken and Rice
Squash Casserole
Cream corn
(the side dishes vary every year, but we usually have those no matter what)
Layered Salad

Dessert:
Pecan pie
Banana Pudding
Cherry Yum Yum
and other yummy recipes we decide to try :)

LAYERED SALAD

1 sm. head of lettuce, shredded
1 c. diced celery
4 hard-boiled eggs, sliced
1 (10 oz.) frozen peas
1/2 c. green pepper, chopped
1 c. grated carrots
1 sm. onion, diced
8 slices fried bacon, crumbled
1 can water chestnuts

LAYERED SALAD DRESSING:

2 c. mayonnaise
2 tbsp. sugar

Layer salad ingredients as listed, starting with lettuce in 9 x 13 inch pan. Spread salad dressing on top. (I like to put water chestnuts on top of salad dressing.) Cover and refrigerate overnight.



CHERRY YUM YUM

2 c. graham cracker crumbs
3/4 stick butter
1 tbsp. sugar
8 oz. pkg. cream cheese
1 c. powdered sugar
1 env. Dream Whip, prepared
1 can cherry pie filling

Mix crumbs, butter and sugar; press into long pan. Mix cheese, powdered sugar, Dream Whip and spread on crumbs. Top with cherry pie filing. Refrigerate 1 hour. It is yum, yum.

Zumba

Have you ever heard of Zumba dance? If so what haveyou heard about it and how is it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlRPHHKJt7Q

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is just around the corner. I have always loved Thanksgiving.It just might be because I have always loved to cook. Every year for Thanksgiving, my family travels to my grandparents house for Thansgiving dinnner. I remember waking up and watching the parade while getting ready and then traveling for an hour to my grandparents and then watching the rest of the parade while waiting on everybody to get there. Used to when my dads mom was alive we would hurry back for supper with that side of the family, but that side of the family has closed themselves off from us, so we spend as much time as we want on Thansgiving with my grandparents. There is always yummy food. My grandmother makes her dressing and we have turkey and ham. We also have potato salad and cranberry sauce and everybody brings a side. We always have our traditional stuff, but we always like to try new stuff also. I usually make some kind of new dessert and a cake. My mom always makes pecan pies and other pies and my aunt usually makes banana pudding and something new. I also like to make treats for the kids. I love thankgiving. I love having that day to spend with my family. The kids end up outside playing and the adults spend time talking and often remeniscing. Its such a peaceful time. I'm looking forward to it.

So what are some of your traditions?

Dear Santa...

Can I have these?

From Pb Teen:

Sweet Treat Storage Holders


Berkeley Sleepover Duffle


Berkeley Sleepover Toiletry Bag


Legally Blonde Dog Bed


Dress Frame Jewelry Holder


Chloe Rotating Jewelry Display


Easel Beauty Set


Jewelry Beauty Roll


Charmed Bird Necklace


Chloe Jewelry Vanity Pinboard


Carry-All Case


Dot-To-Dot Beauty Bins


Painted Dot Mirror


Spa Foot Bath


Pink Dottie Take-It Video Camcorder


Supercool Fridge


Dottie Fabric Organizer

You have to go through the bad to get to the good.

It's been a while since I've blogged, but I thought it was time to fill everyone in on my life as of now. It took me a while to figure out how to talk about all of this on my blog, because I know I have family that reads this and I know I should have listened to some of the things they said, but I also had to make mistakes and learn for myself.
A while ago I posted about my struggles with trying to date a certain person who my family did not approve of. I dated him for 5 months with most of my family knowing. I hid the fact that I knew they knew and the only person I could discuss my problems with was my mom, but she too did not agree with my decisions. Because I was her daughter she let me make my own mistakes and was just there for me through this. Times got really hard. My life consisted of waking up, going to school, and then having to go to my exes house until after midnight. It was hard. I didnt have time to do online classes, because I was expected to be there with him 24/7. The only meal I ever ate was lunch, because I was not offered anything while I was there. I lost 20 pounds within those five months I was dating him and it wasnt from healthy eating, it was from not eating at all. I lost my close relationship with my mom, because I had to always be with him, if I wasn't we was fighting. Saturday were always days I spent with my grandparents and my mom. I was always getting rushed and finally I just stopped having those special saturdays. Life was so hard and I didnt know what to do. I couldnt see my friends and I ended up having to be friends with his friends in order to have friends. I never knew life could get so hard. At the start of our relationship I hit his truck with my car after telling him I was dizzy and did not want to drive. He made me and I accidently ran into his lowrider. I was always scared to leave him because of that also. He was always saying stuff to me like if you dont come right now we are done and finally one day I had the perfect opening to just say okay and go my own way. The next day he was begging me back and I was like no. I hung out with friends, some being his friends, and life was amazing. I was happy for once. I thought it would be then end of us and I could move on, but he started calling me and texting me begging me back and I finally gave in. He told me he had changed and would let me have a life. As soon as we started back dating, I could tell he was trying to let me have my space, but I could tell it wouldnt last for long. I could also tell that there was stuff there that scared me. We fought about everything. For one of my classes I had to go to college event that started at 9 and went until after midnight, and he called me chewing me out for not being home and right then I said I was done. I broke up with him. I couldnt handle him anymore. HE texted and called everyday, but there was no turning back. One night he called until 5:30 in the morning non stop threatening to kill himself. The next day I changed my number, told his mother, and deleted my myspace. I didnt know what else to do. Also after 4 months his truck finally needed to be fixxed though I asked him many times before to get the police report and turn it into insurance. Anyways we brought the parts and I am happy.
I am sooo happy. I have a life. I am having a wonderful college life. I've made plenty of new friends and I'm happy with life. Life is amazing.

Also just yesterday, my brother returned from over seas. I can't wait to see him Friday.

Bye Bye cold for a little while longer :(

Hmm theres not much going on in my life at the moment besides school. They still do not know what is going on with my sister and my brother has called once from over seas. He has been to many places, like Japan, Korea, Guam, and the list goes on. He almost drowned last week along with a few other guys. They got carried away by the tide while scuba diving. They swam for a good hour after they got their fins off to save themselves and then he posted on his myspace yesterday that he believes he broke his arm. What great luck, right?

Anyways, I'm loving this cold front, but sad that tonight will be the last cold night here in Albany, Ga for a while. I was soo happy with the weather to hear on the news a few minutes ago that it will be gone after tonight. :(

In the spirit of fall, I would love for y'all to leave me some fun fall traditions of yours. Also feel free to leave your favorite fall recipes, y'all know how i love to cook and try new things :D