Delicious and simple blueberry syrup

Woke up to a sunny day at high tide with people bringing their boats out for the season. We are almost completely out of food but I had Stonewall Kitchen pancake mix. As I was making the pancakes, I realized we were completely out of syrup...what to do?!?

Luckily, I had this:

I put a 1/3 of the jar in a small saucepan, added about 1/4 cup of water and let it come to a boil. I simmered it for 5 minutes or so and had the most delicious and simple to make blueberry syrup. It was a hit with my whole family. Yum. 

Happy weekend.

a sweet little gift idea

I made my own pizza dough for the first time the other day. The recipe, from New Basics Cookbook, (my go-to cookbook) made two crusts. Half way through making it I decided it would be fun to give my mom one of the doughs to try. So I grabbed a cute gift bag and wrote out the tomato pizza sauce recipe from the cookbook on the bag. The dough will keep for a month in the freezer so she wouldn't have to feel pressure to make it right away. Could be a fun hostess gift or even something for the holidays...

quick and easy, but oh so cute, baby gift

Our neighbors' daughter had a baby girl yesterday so my daughter and I wanted to make her something. We ran out to JoAnn Fabrics and picked up some Gerber onsies and some adorable iron-on transfers. The transfers had words under the drawings but I wasn't thrilled with the fonts, so I cut them off and just went with the cute illustrations.

Within 15 minutes we had made these three adorable outfits. Perfect for the crazy heat wave we are experiencing in the Northeast.

Then we made this...

Out of this world chocolate chip ice cream.

1 c. whole milk

3/4 c. granulated sugar

2 c. heavy cream

1-2 tsp. vanilla

1/4 c semi-sweet chocolate chips

Using a whisk, mix whole milk and granulated sugar together for 1 minute or until sugar is melted. Add cream and vanilla to taste. Poor into an electric ice cream maker (we have a Cuisinart). Turn on ice cream maker and allow to mix for 25 minutes. Add chocolate chips and allow to mix for 3-5 more minutes or until the mixture looks ready.

ENJOY!