SUNNY Blog

I took a trip to Wegmans tonight to pick up some groceries and noticed pomegranates must be in season, because there are plenty – and at 2 for $5, I figured I’d pick a couple up. Here’s the hitch, seeding a pomegranate is THE most time consuming thing – if you’ve ever tried, you know what I mean. The yellow skin sticks to all the seeds- and sometimes it can literally take 25 minutes to seed a pomegranate and you’re left wondering if it was really worth the hastle. Well, don’t fear I am going to change your world- or at least save you some time seeding pomegranates.

Step 1: Fill a large bowl with water

Step 2: Cut pomegranate in 4 sections

Step 3: Submerge one section on fruit in water, and start peeling the seeds out of the casing. The seeds will sink and the yellow skin will float.

Step 4: Repeat

Step 5: Strain with your hands the yellow skin out of the water

Step 6: Strain seeds and store

Total time: 10 minutes max

PROBLEM SOLVED! Now, we can all finally eat some pomegranates and all the nutritional benefits they hold!

It seems like fall is going by way too fast this year! I haven’t gotten a chance to go apple picking – or even pumpkin picking! But – to not miss all of the fall time activities I picked up some local apples from the regional farmers market to make my beloved apple crisp. There are thousands of different recipes floating around out there – but I always like to mix it up a bit, so this year instead of using plain ol’ oats, I used Mu Mu Muesli!

Mu Mu Muesli is a great local product that I usually pick up at the farmers market. It’s a great alternative to using those over processed oats – Mu Mu Muesli has oats, dates, almonds, and much more – and usually I eat it like cereal or with yogurt… until today!

Anyways – here’s the recipe – and I encourage you to share yours with us as well!

• 4 large apples
• 2/3 cups of brown sugar
• 1/2 cup of Mu Mu Muesli
• 3/4 teaspoons of cinnomon
• 3/4 teaspoons of nutmeg
• 1/2 cup of flour
• 1/3 cup of melted butter

Pre heat oven to 350 degrees. Cut and dice the apples and put them in a greased pan. Mix brown sugar, Mu Mu Muesli, cinnamon, nutmeg, flour and melted butter in a medium sized bowl. Evenly distribute over the apples. Bake for at least 30 minutes in oven. Let cool and enjoy!

This week at craft night we made DIY Coasters! Click here for “how to” instructions

Want to try the simplest craft ever? Try making these!

Find yourself in the scrap booking aisle at your local craft store – and pick out some fun and funky paper that you’d like to see on some coasters. That was the best part about it!

Here’s how mine turned out….

I mixed a design paper with a plain paper. These are going to be great christmas gifts for those people you just don’t quite know what to get.

Bonus – all in all it took about 15 minutes!

Recently I was given the task of bringing a brunch dish to a baby shower.  I coulda made something with bacon (yum) but I was trying to think outside of the box. So, I found this post on Pinterest: http://inyourbackpocket.blogspot.com/2012/05/strawberry-shortcake-kabobs.html

It looked simple enough, and even looked healthy!

So, being the person I am – I modified it a little. Instead of using shortcake, I used angelfood cake. And instead of putting whipped cream on the kabob (wouldn’t it melt off quick if you prepared it even a little ahead of time?), I put the whipped cream in a bowl on the side. Here was the end result:

It was crowd pleaser to say the least, everyone oOoh and aAah’d!

This is what you need, and I’ll even show you the budget!:

• 25 wood skewers ($3)
• 2 pounds of strawberries ($6)
• 1 angelfood cake ($4)
• 1 container of cool whip ($3)
• a large white box ($2 at Michaels)
• ribbon for decoration ($1)

My first step was putting the ribbon on the box to make it “baby shower” approved. Then I poked holes about 2 inches apart each on the top of the box. Cut your strawberries in to two, and cut cake into about 2 inch pieces.  Next, put the strawberries and cake on the skewers and poke ‘em back in the box. And then you’re done! *One helpful hint, use one firm piece of strawberry on the bottom, or else it will all fall down.

Something great (and healthy) to bring to an office party, a family dinner or even a baby shower!

PINTEREST away!

Pinterest is a new thing to me, in fact – this was my first creation! There are some people who are pinning all day long, but right now – I’m just dipping my toes in it. It’s a great way to come up with new craft ideas, food recipes, design inspirations and more!

Last week I made this:

It’s a creation made with melted crayons (pictured: before, during and after)! I put my own twist on it, making a chevron design. You can see a “how to” here: http://700experience.com/2012/06/island-inspirations-melting-crayon-art/

A lot of people come up with other cool designs or it’s even neat when it’s simply a rainbow!

My friend decided to do a couple under an umbrella, it came out great! She traced an image she found online, and then painted it in – simple and it looks amazing!

It was a fun (but a little tedious) thing to do with friends, and the kids would love it too! You practically can’t mess it up – but it does get messy so be prepared with something underneath. All you need is a pack of crayons, a canvas, maybe some painters tape, a hot glue gun, a piece of cardboard and a blow dryer!

Have fun, and PINTEREST away!