Creamy Sweet Corn Bread

Here is another delicious recipe for these cold days.

Ingredients

1 cup fine corn meal

2 cups milk

1 can sweet condensed milk

1 can water (use the empty sweet condensed milk can)

 3 eggs

 2 tbsp butter

 1 tbsp vegetable oil

 1 1/2 cups sugar

 3oz grated parmesan cheese

 1 tsp baking powder

 1 pinch salt

Using a blender, blend milk, condensed milk and water. Add eggs, oil and butter. In a medium bowl mix corn meal, sugar, cheese, baking powder and salt. Add the dry mix to blender jar slowly. Blend everything a little more until well mixed. Spray PAM on a 9in x 13in baking pan and coat with corn meal. Bat at 350F for about 30 minutes or until golden brown.

Thank you for stopping by. Keep warm and God bless you.

 Vanias Reed  

Creamy Hot Chocolate

Now that I live in the south I love winter because it is not as severe as in the north. Today, for instance, we woke up to a temperature of 41 degrees. So nice and dry. Now what goes really well with a cold weather? Hot cocoa of course. So today, I'm posting a recipe for a delicious, creamy, rich hot chocolate that I tried when I went to a town on a mountain in Brazil. Enjoy.

  Creamy Hot Chocolate

Ingredients

½ cup table cream

½ cup milk

1 tbsp sweet condensed milk

3oz semi-sweet chocolate chips

Whipped cream and cinnamon (optional)

In a pan stir and heat table cream, milk and sweet condensed milk in medium heat until thick. Turn off heat and add the chocolate chips. Mix well until chocolate is completely melted. Put back on stove and, in medium heat, stir it until creamy. Serve with whipped cream and a sprinkle of cinnamon.

Variations: Use mint baking chips instead of semi-sweet chocolate chips for a minty taste.

Add 1tsp of honey if you like your hot cocoa sweeter.

Thank you for visiting my blog. Stay warm and have a blessed winter.

Vanias Reed  

New Year's Resolution

This year make a resolution that will last forever, invite the Christ of CHRISTmas to be the Lord of your life./ Faca uma resolucao de ano novo que dure para sempre. Convide Jesus para ser o Senhor da sua vida.

Thank you all of you who have visited my blog during 2013, enjoyed and used my ideas, created and handmade cards and gifts, but most of all read and accepted the message of God's love for you. I wish you a very blessed 2014.

Vanias Reed  

Table Decor for the New Year

I cannot believe 2013 is pretty much over! Here comes 2014. Are you excited to begin a new year? Do you have a celebration with friends and family? Here are a couple of ideas you can use for your New Year's dinner table or save for next Christmas. Wow! Did I say next Christmas already? hahahahaha

The napkin folded as a Christmas tree is not my idea. You can find it at the link posted with the picture below, but the star is. It's a die-cut that you can use to replace the place card. I used gold scrapbook paper (Recollections) and a glitter green gel pen. 

Another idea is the place mat. This one is from the dollar store. Sew a piece of fabric, poinsettias and gold beads (middle of poinsettias) to it, and you have a beautifully decorated place mat for your table.

Here is the "how to" make the Christmas tree with the napkin. The idea is from Handimania 

 I hope you have a wonderful 2014, full of God's presence and blessings. 

Vanias Reed   

Finger Prints "Lights" Thank You

My husband and I are teaching our son not only to be grateful for what he has, but also to express his gratitude to those who bless him. So I decided to make this thank you card with him to send to dear people who gave him Christmas gifts. 

Supplies used for this card
Paper: white note card
Tools: My son's pinky, ink pads, dark green gel pen, ink pen for stamp
Stamp: thank you (stampabilities)
Make cards like this with your children to give to grandparents, uncles and aunts and you'll melt their hearts.

Thank you for visiting my blog and have a very blessed New Year.

Vanias Reed   

Christmas Thank You Card

Now that we celebrated Jesus' birthday and received gifts, it's time to thank those who were generous to us. So today I'm posting a thank you card idea for you. I'll be posting a couple more later. Here it is.

Supplies Used
Paper: White note card, red, green and off white cardstock, cream with hollies paper
Tools: Cutting/embossing machine, thank you mini embossing folder (Sizzix)
Embellishments: red ribbon and bow, red gemstone.

Make a special thank you card for those who remembered you at Christmas. 
Thank you for visiting my blog. God bless you and give you a wonderful 2014.

Vanias Reed    

If it Were Not for the Manger...

If it were not for the manger, there wouldn't be a cross.

If it were not for the cross, there wouldn't be an empty tomb.

And if it were not for the empty tomb, there wouldn't be eternal life.

This CHRISTmas we wish you eternal life through Jesus Christ.

Merry Christmas 

and a very blessed 2014. 

Supplies needed for this card

Paper: green, gold, white, dark beige (paper bag color) and red cardstock

Tools: cutting/embossing machine, stripes and border embossing folders,  1' circle punch, colored pencils (green, brown and red)

Stamp: Resurrection cross, Merry Christmas (Stampabilities)

Embellishments: light beige wool (for the manger), lable with sentiment phrase 

The best gift you can receive this year is not something wrapped and put under the tree. The best gift you can receive is the one God sent especially for you. Jesus is the GIFT that our amazing God sent to save us from our sins. Only through Him we can spend eternity with God. There is NOT any other way, and there is NOT anything you can do to earn it. It's a gift!

Thank you for checking out my blog, and have a wonderfully blessed CHRISTmas!

Vanias Reed