Foods and Drinks That Remind Me Of Fall

This year, fall lasts from September 22nd until December 20th.

There are so many things that make us think of fall:

lowering temperatures, leaves on the ground and yummy smells coming from the kitchen!

These are some foods that have me drooling for Fall!

8. Pumpkin

7. Cinnamon and Nutmeg

6.  Apple Cider

5.  Chilli and Soup

4. Hot Chocolate

3. Dressing

2. Gingerbread

1. EGG NOG (My Fave!)

Halloween Party Foods

Hey ya’ll

I was going to throw a Halloween party but instead I threw a surprise party for my boyfriend this week (Happy Birthday Ray!)

Since I won’t be using them, I’ve decided to share these Halloween party foods with you!

Vomit Dip

Use avocado or spinach dip and pair it with chips or crackers.

Trail the dip out of the pumpkin to add the gross effect

Blood Jello Shots
This is one of my faves!

Make 1 pkg of strawberry or strawberry kiwi jello according to the box instructions. Then mix in 1/2 cup vodka,

1/4 cup Midori/melon liqueur and 1/4 cup peach schnapps. Draw the liquid up in the syringes and refrigerate overnight!

Blood Clot Cupcakes

For the more skilled (which I claim to be LOL)

Click here for instructions on how to make these!

  

Cannibal Feast

Gross looking…I know LOL

Get a skull from any arts and crafts store (Hobby Lobby or dollar store) and cover with lunch meat

Use spare ribs as the chest cavity. A bell pepper is the heart, 2 chicken thighs for the lungs, and link sausage for the intestines.

And of course it all has to be slathered in BBQ sauce!

Finger Food

Cut knuckles into mini wieners and also cut the front of the top off. Boil. Add blood (ketchup) to the top and bottom of the wiener.

Add a nail (onion) for the finished look!

Dirty Q-Tips

Large toothpicks with peanut butter (or caramel) dipped marshmallows on both ends

Kitty Litter Cake

 Bake 2 cakes (chocolate and yellow) and crumble. Make 1 box of instant vanilla pudding and chill. Grind 1 package of golden Oreo cookies in a food processor until a sandy consistency. Separate 1/4 cup of the ground cookies in another bowl and mix in five drops of green food coloring. Mix crumbled cake, large portion of ground cookies, and pudding and put in a pan or NEW kitty litter box. Put several unwrapped Tootsie Rolls in the microwave for 12 seconds or until soft; then shape them into poop. Place them in and on top of the cake, randomly, covering some with “litter.” Add the green-specked cookies as scent crystals. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

I hope I grossed you out LOL.

If you make any of these let me know how it goes!

   Happy Halloween

-Karyssa

The Magic (or Trickery) of Makeup

Makeup does WONDERS!!!

Don’t believe me?

Not saying that any of these women are not beautiful without makeup on…

but now I get why men say that we trick them! LOL

Some Plus Size Fashion Inspiration #8

I need this look in my life! This is GORG from head to do

Photo Credit: My Documented Closet

I love this piece from Nakimuli Curvy

I’d pair this with a black blazer and oooo chile!!! I’d slay in this dress!

3 word: You. Better. WERK!

The pose is everything!! But the outfit is rockin too!

Some Plus Size Fashion Inspiration #7

I have to shout out two things really quick: Thick Chic Boutique and plussizzebeautyy

Now Plussizzebeautyy is an awesome and beautiful model and she does a lot of modeling work for Thick Chic Boutique.

 

Here she is:

Isn’t she gorg!???

Anyway here are some of my fave pieces from Thic Chic Boutique

 

 

 

Check them out!!

 

Halloween Oreo Hot Cocoa

It’s Fall! And it’s cold here in Atlanta already!!! This looks delicious and I can’t wait to try it!!

 

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup water
• 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 4 oreos, crushed

Instructions

1. In a small sauce pan, add milk, water, cocoa powder and stir over medium heat until warm (you can microwave, but stovetop cocoa just tastes better).
2. While the cocoa is warming, crush 4 oreos into small chunks and crumbles.
3. Add into cocoa and stir well.
4. Serve hot with an oreo garnish or some whipped cream!

 

 

Found this at Sweet  C’s Designs

 

 

Pepperoni Pizza Roll Ups

Ingredients:

8 Crescent Rolls

Sliced Pepperoni

Mozzarella String Cheese

Garlic Powder

Butter

Marinara (if you want to get fancy)

 

 

 

 

 

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 

Take each triangle of crescent roll dough and place about 4-6 pepperoni on the bottom of the triangle. Place half of a cheese stick on top and roll up. If you wanna be fancy, put a little marinara in the roll before rolling up. Place seam side down on a cookie sheet and bake for 10-14 minutes or until golden brown.

While rolls are cooking (with about 3 minutes left), spray with butter and dash a little garlic powder on top of the roll ups.

Serve with marinara or ranch for dipping.

 

 

 

 

 

Cajun Pot Pie

Hey ya’ll,

I haven’t come up with a recipe in a while so I decided I’d give one of my own ideas a try. I wanted pot pie and I wanted to give my boyfriend a taste of home (Louisiana). So I made Cajun pot pie!!

Ingredients:
Spicy Andouille Sausage
Chicken Breasts
Okra
Corn
Onions
Louisiana Cajun Gumbo Mix
Bisquik biscuit mix
Boil In Bag Rice
Butter

Season chicken and cook. Boil sausage. Boil the rice in the same pot as your sausage.

While the meat and rice is cooking, prepare your bisquik mix as the bag instructs.

Combine gumbo mix and 2 qts water or chicken broth. Bring to a boil. Make sure there are no lumps!

Cut up the meat.

Once mixture comes to a boil add meat and veggies. Boil until veggies are done.

Put rice in the bottom of a pan, then spoon mixture on top of it(do not over fill) and cover with bisquik mix. Put in the oven on 450° for 10-15 minutes. Leave a little on the side to add on your plate later.

Yummy!!!

Giant S’mores Stuffed Cookies

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 24 minutes

Total Time: 45 minutes

Yield: 4 gigantic cookies

Ingredients

For the cookie dough

• 2 cups plus 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
• ½ tsp baking soda
• ½ tsp salt
• 12 tbsp unsalted butter, melted and cooled until warm
• 1 cup brown sugar, packed
• ½ cup granulated sugar
• 1 large egg plus 1 egg yolk
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 ½ cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

For assembly:

• 1 cookie dough recipe, at room temperature
• 8 graham cracker squares, broken into halves
• 4 marshmallows, snipped in half lengthwise
• 1 full-size Hershey’s bar, divided between each of the prospective cookies

Instructions:

1. To make the cookie dough: Whisk the flour, baking soda, and salt together in a medium bowl; set aside. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, or by hand, mix butter and sugars until thoroughly combined. Beat in the egg, yolk, and vanilla until combined. Add dry ingredients and beat at low-speed just until combined – the batter should look a little lumpy. Stir in chocolate chips.
2. Preheat oven to 325° F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
3. To assemble and bake: Lay half of the graham crackers out on the baking sheets – two crackers per sheet. Top each cracker with 3-4 pieces of chocolate then top the chocolate with two marshmallow halves, laying them side-by-side. Lay the remaining graham crackers on top of the assemble s’mores. Sandwich the s’mores between two large spoonfuls of cookie dough and using the remaining dough to wrap around each of the s’mores; the result should resemble a small cookie brick.
4. Space the cookies at least 4 inches apart on the two baking sheets. Bake for 20-24 minutes or until the tops and edges are lightly browned and the edges just lift off the pan with a spatula. (While baking, the s’mores will press down under the weight of the cookie dough and will sink further while cooling. Don’t worry if the cookies don’t end up completely covering the s’mores – it only adds to the charm here.) Transfer the baking sheets to wire racks and cool the cookies on the sheets for at least 5 minutes. Transfer the cookies to the wire racks and cool for another 5-10 minutes before serving. Serve warm or at room temperature.

This yummy looking recipe is from the website Smells Like Home

Weight loss journey: Check in #12

Hello Everyone,

Sabotage…sabotage….sabotage

  Let me tell ya! I have been stuck at a 3 pound range for about 2 weeks. And as much as I don’t want to say it, it’s all my fault!!! I’m supposed to stick to one cheat day a week. That cheat day actually really helps the pounds come off! But when I continue to cheat the next day and the day after that smh *SIGH* Anyway I’m trying to get back into the swing of things. Hopefully with the next couple of off days I can really get back in my groove!

   Another thing is I need to make smaller goals for my self with prizes. I still have 50 lbs to lose, but I need to have it broken down to 5 and 10 pound goals. My next goal is 6 lbs away, and when I reach the goal I’m going to get my belly button re pierced as a gift to myself and a confidence booster. Then, maybe 10 lbs later, I’ll get myself a couple of outfits. I think the short term goals will keep me more motivated. Ugh…we’ll see!