Fab and Delicious Food

Hey guys!  Hope you all had a great day!

One of the gifts we received for Christmas was a Knott’s Berry Farm gift pack,

the Sunrise Breakfast Gift Pack

which included a pancake mix, a buttermilk biscuit mix, syrup, and two jars of assorted preserves. 

(I put a link to the gift pack so you can see how pretty it is, as I forgot to take a picture of it before I took everything out of the box!)

I decided to make the biscuits!

There are a couple of ways you can make them:

I chose to just make the biscuits, because I was craving biscuits, and also because it was the least labor intensive   I mean, all you had to do was mix the biscuit mix with water to make the dough!  So simple to make!  And then all you had to do was drop the dough by spoonfuls onto a cookie sheet!

Okay, so you know when you make cookies and it always says it will make about 36 cookies (or something like that!) and you only end up being able to make like 20 or something?!  Well, this was the opposite!  It says on the box that it will make approximately 9 biscuits, but I was able to make 15!  And they were really big spoonfuls of dough too!  It wasn’t like I was trying to make the biscuits small so that I could make more! 

Anyway, this is how the biscuits came out:

Now, these don’t look like the pictue on the box:

But that’s okay, because I actually think that they look kind of homemade:

I think they came out like this because even though I used a spoon in order to measure out each portion of dough, I used a fork to get the dough off the spoon and onto the cookie tray.  The reason I used a fork instead of another spoon is because it said to mix the dough with a fork, so it just made sense.  Also, since there was some dough leftover even after I had made 15 biscuits out of it, I kept adding a little bit of the remaining dough to each of the biscuits, and I didn’t bother flattening down the top of the biscuits.

One of the nice things about these biscuits is that you can make them pretty big and also put them close together, because they don’t spread at all! 

Here’s a closeup of one of the biscuits:

It browned a little bit on the top, but it was still kind of hard to tell if it was done or not.  

But, the bottom of the biscuit browned evenly – any longer in the oven and I think it would have burnt, this was just perfect:

Here what it looked like on the inside:

Mmmm, it was delicious!  It wasn’t doughy at all and wasn’t dry at all either!  It was just perfect!  And the flavor was so delicious, wasn’t overpowering but wasn’t nonexistent either, it was just the perfect amount of flavor.  And the texture in the middle of the biscuit was so soft, but was also slighty crisp on the outside!  These biscuits were amazing!  I loved them!  And all you have to do is add water to the mix to make them!  Oh, and I should mention that I was going to spread some of the blackberry or strawberry preserves on them (the gift pack came with a jar of each), but after tasting one bite of a biscuit, decided it didn’t need it because it was fine on it’s own!  I just had a glass of milk with it to wash everything down, but that’s it – you don’t need anything else with these biscuits, no preserves, no nothing!  They are perfect all by themselves!  Of course, that just means that I can save the blackberry and strawberry preserves to spread on bagels or toast.  And I still have to make pancakes with the pancake mix and can’t wait to try out the Boysenberry syrup (came with the gift pack) as well!  I’ll let you know how everything else is when I try them! 

Have a good night, everyone!

March 2nd, 2010 | Tags: Buttermilk biscuits, Knott's Berry Farm, milk | Category: Uncategorized | Comments (8)

Hey everyone!  Hope your day has been going well!  I have a product review for you today! 

I was sent a sample of Skin MD Natural Shielding Lotion to review on the blog!  Thanks, Cat! 

Here is some information about the Skin MD Natural Shielding Lotion, from the Skin MD website:

“Skin MD Natural is a shielding lotion, a very special type of lotion helping the skin restore its integrity, enhance its protective functions so that the skin is able to heal naturally and regain its youthful appearance. Skin MD Natural works by bonding with cells of the skin’s outermost layer to form what works as an invisible shield. This layer of protection prevents environmental irritants and pollutants from penetrating the skin, while sealing in the skin’s own natural oils and moisture, helping resolve the dry skin condition.

Skin MD Natural uses only the finest natural ingredients, and is focused on urging the skin to be active, and to use its own moisture to effectively heal itself. It is not oily or sticky, doesn’t sit on top of your skin leaving a greasy residue on everything you touch, it doesn’t rub or wash off easily, is hypoallergenic, fragrance, colorant and paraben free and dermatology tested.”

It says on the bottle that the Skin MD Natural Shielding Lotion is for the face, hand and body, but I only used it on my hands which can get very dry. The directions say to “Apply small amount, initially every 2-8 hours until moisture level improves, then just once every 12-24 hours.”  Now, I actually don’t use lotion a whole lot, only once in a while when I notice how dry my hands are getting, so when I used the Skin MD Natural lotion, I actually only applied it once a day from the start since I’m not all that used to putting on lotion all the time.  I think one of the reasons I don’t like to use lotion a whole lot is because most of them tend to leave your hands feeling all greasy.  However, the Skin MD Natural lotion is very light, is quickly absorbed into your skin, and leaves your skin feeling smooth and soft.  You almost can’t tell it’s there!  As for the smell, it has the normal lotion scent that you would expect since it is a lotion, but it’s not overly strong, which is nice.  I used the Skin MD Natural lotion for a few days and noticed that my hands did seem softer and smoother.  And even though I have used the lotion even more since then, sometimes I forget to use it every single day since I’m just not used to putting on lotion all the time.  But when I do remember to use the Skin MD Natural lotion, I do notice the difference.  And since the Skin MD Natural Shielding Lotion goes on so nice and smooth and absorbs so quickly, when I do use any lotion at all, I am much more apt to use it over other lotions!   

February 25th, 2010 | Tags: Product review, Skin MD Natural Shielding Lotion | Category: Product review | Comments (3)