The other day I was unloading groceries and pulled out some fresh cilantro and basil that I was going to use later in the week. I put the fresh herbs in a mason jar that was resting in the drying rack, added some water, popped it onto the window sill overlooking the sink and I had a beautiful fresh herb bouquet- all in less than 10 seconds!
Ya know those weekends where you accidentally get VIP passes to a yoga convention and find out after Day 1 post-yoga beers that you need to bring dessert to a dinner party at the end of Day 2? Make this cake. Or make it any other time you’re physically exhausted, have a bit of a buzz going on (i.e. gas stove top and oven are a bad idea), and have minimal time before you go to bed to create a dessert. It’s another 10-minute 4 ingredient dessert.
Easy Ice Cream Cake
Time: 10 minutes active time plus freezing
Ingredients
Step 1: Take half the tub of ice cream and spread on the bottom of a cake pan (I’ve used a bread pan in the past and it works well for smaller portions or 2 cakes with different ice cream flavors).
Step 2: Layer unwrapped ice cream sandwiches on top of the ice cream. Cut/eat any excess as needed/desired.
Step 3: Layer the rest of the ice cream on top of the ice cream sandwiches. If you have time/patience pop in the freezer to set up a bit.
Step 4: Heat the hot fudge until it’s a pourable consistency and pour on top of everything. If you didn’t freeze after step 3 it will turn into a bit of a melty mess but it will look and taste the same in the end.
Step 5: Freeze until it sets (I ate dinner and then returned about 30 minutes later).
Step 6: Top with Cool Whip.
This is a really easy make ahead dessert as it keeps well in the freezer and is resilient to transport (e.g. won’t spill, doesn’t need to be served warm). Take it out a few minutes before serving to make cutting easier. If you want to get fancy serve with extra ice cream topping and/or decorate with sprinkles. I obviously did not have time/patience/creativity to do anything other than put Cool Whip on top, but I was too busy licking the spoons (ice cream! hot fudge! Cool Whip!). And ya know what? So were our friends who ate it the next day.
I live with these dudes:
The are furry and smelly and dirty. I need to vacuum every day to keep the house clean. That means that when I vacuum every third day I can use every bit of help I can get. This is where this stuff comes in handy:
Et voila! Your house smells amazing and like you put way more effort into it than slapping some essential oil on a cotton ball. Even better? There is no additional cleanup as you can just dump the cotton ball with the dirt that was vacuumed up.
Sometimes I use so much essential oil even my trash can smells great. Which is awesome because I hate taking out the trash (which is an entirely different blog post)…
Here’s a recipe that takes 10 minutes, uses 4 ingredients, has minimal risk of injuring you in the kitchen (unless you can’t resist licking the spoon (warning #1)), and creates maximal refrains of “Oh my god, you need to eat this now” (seriously, I took it to a holiday party and it was such a hit).
Christmas Crack (cue angels singing)
Time: 10 minutes plus cooling (warning #2)
Ingredients
Preheat over to 400.
Melt the butter and brown sugar and bring to a boil. Do not taste because you will burn yourself. Do not lick the spoon because you will burn yourself. Wash the pan out immediately when you’re done because otherwise you will be tempted to taste the dredges and it will still be hot and you will burn yourself (warnings #3-5).
Wait a minute and then use a spatula to spread the melty chocolate chips over the surface.Let them cool, eat the non-perfect ones to remove any doubt that you can execute perfection, and if you have enough restraint, package any remaining ones for others. If you are feeling fancy, put something pretty on them. Otherwise, just be proud you were able to save enough from your face to share with others. Ta-da!
Welcome to Slack Craft! My first post is about how not to make a wreath.
Scene: Hubs and I are trimming our Christmas tree. Hipster holiday is playing on Spotify, we’re drinking eggnog lattes, and our stupid tree from Whole Foods is shedding leaves and branches like our mountain dog sheds fur in the summer.
Action: I see two twigs on the ground, grab some leftover twine that bound the tree and co-opted two suction cups from the thing that holds my razor in the shower. I tied the twigs together with the twine, tied the bound twigs to the suction cups, and affixed the holiday abomination to the glass door in front of our house. Seeing it was sufficient, I made another for the other door. Ta-da! No wreath holiday decorations made from sh!t I found around the house.
Feeling extra fancy? Add ornaments. Clearly I wasn’t feeling extra fancy.
Slack Craft Holiday Not Wreath
Hi. I’m Kat, and this project inspired Slack Craft. Learn more about me here and stay tuned for more tips on faking fancy for slackers.
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