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My favorite joke photo ever...I made a magnet of this years ago and would bring it out for a month or so around Easter...it just makes me giggle.

What is everyone making for Easter dinner?

I will be making a ham and cornflake potatoes.  Don't worry, I will show you!

But, 'till then, just have a giggle!

Lookie what I made!

I saw this recipe all over Pinterest, of course I sort of followed it heaven forbid I actually measure and follow directions!

It's LEMON jello shots in a real lemon!
Wanna see how to make them?

cut lemons in half and squeeze the juice out and pick all the guts out too, it's not as hard to get the stuff out as it might seem. Keep the juice in a bowl you'll need it later!

I cut about 10 lemons in half.  Then put them in a muffin tin to help hold the halfs flat, they need to be flat cuz you're going to fill them up with jello.

Recipe is as follows:

2 6 oz boxes LEMON JellO

1 Cup Vodka

1/2 Cup fresh squeezed lemon juice

1 Cup HOT water

8-10 lemons

You basically make the Jiggler recipe, heat up 1 Cup of water add the JellO and stir 'till dissolved, like 3 minutes at least, in my failed attempt I didn't dissolve enough.

Then add the lemon juice and vodka, stir a bit more and pour into the lemons, fill them to the very top. Make sure they are flat and steady in the pan.  You could probably use a mini muffin pan too, just something to keep them flat.  I ended up with a few more than a dozen so I just put them in a little bowl to keep flat.

Put them in the fridge to chill for at least 4 hours.

Once they are all set turn one half upside down and cut into 3 wedges using a very sharp knife. Cutting is a little tricky, you have to really slice through gently but evenly...they turn out SO CUTE!

I stored them upside down together after I cut them because I was nervous about the jello staying in there, but it totally did!

Then you just serve them, eat the jello out of the lemon! It is super tasty and cute and FUN!

They were a big hit, they just didn't last very long.  You can do this with limes, oranges someone suggested grapefruit although that might be a little large. 

SO GO MAKE SOME and send me a picture!

Asparagus is so awesome!

My lunch date had to cancel today and I was so bummed...Then, I opened my fridge and remembered I had bought some asparagus, and grape tomatoes. It's time for an old standby that I haven't made in quite some time. I LOVE SPRING because it's time for asparagus, I don't think the local stuff is ready yet, but this is just a reminder that it's right around the corner.

I should have taken some pictures of the steps to create this delicious concoction, but I only have the finished product, sorry.

In a pan I put a handful of sliced mushrooms and a dash of water, a little granulated garlic, because I didn't want to take the time to squeeze in some fresh, and a dash of pepper, let that sizzle a bit. Then added about 8 spears of asparagus cut into about 1" pieces, a dash of water to sizzle in the pan again and stir.  After the water sizzles out you can add a bit more from time to time if the veggies look like they need a little steam. Then I threw in some grape tomatoes and stir around, add a bit more water. Threw in some salt and a little more pepper. Scramble an egg in a bowl, moved the veggies around to the outside of the pan and put the egg in the middle...scramble it up and mix in with the veggies after it's set up a bit. Stir them all together and pour out to a bowl, then sprinkle some feta cheese on top.  THIS IS SO YUMMY!

If you don't like mushrooms (you should) leave them out, if you don't like tomatoes (try it) the tomatoes get all warm and juicy inside and explode with delicious flavor!

You can put some oil in the pan but I don't, I just use water throughout my cooking process to add steam and keep things from sticking...the water also sizzles off any yummy stuff that gets kind of cooked onto the pan.

TRY IT and tell me what you think PLEASE!    THANKS,  ~T