Cake Mix Recipes: Traditional Spring Celebration Brownies

1 box fudge brownie mix

Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on brownie mix box
3 cups miniature marshmallows
1 cup pastel-colored chocolate candies
1/4 cup semisweet or milk chocolate chips
1/4 teaspoon shortening

Heat oven to 350°F. Grease bottom only of 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray or shortening. Make brownies as directed on box for 13x9-inch pan, using water, oil and eggs.


Bake 23 minutes. Sprinkle with marshmallows; bake 5 minutes longer or until marshmallows are puffed and golden. Sprinkle with candies.

In small microwavable bowl, microwave chips and shortening uncovered on High 15 seconds; stir. Drizzle over bars. Cool completely, about 1 hour. For easier cutting, use plastic knife dipped in hot water. For bars, cut into 6 rows by 4 rows.

Servings: 24
Calories: 200

52 Weeks: #14 Breakfast, Snacks, and Baking

The top cabinet doors are the breakfast, snacks, and baking supplies in the bottom cabinet is the paper goods and menu planning stuff.

The door you can't see very well that is blocked by our refrigerator and freezer leads to my bedroom. Don't worry we have another door in the hall before you go upstairs that we use for the bedroonm. The other door with the bird wreath, that I made, leads to the basement.

I forgot to take a before picture of my project so this picture is after I had cleared off the bottom self. This cabinet is called a butler's pantry because it has doors that open to the back and front. You can see the doors on the back of the empty self. We do not use the back doors to the shelves or everything would be falling out.

The bottom shelf is our breakfast shelf, this is after everything was put back after I cleaned and organized.

This is everything removed from the middle shelf which is our snack foods.

We had entirely too many marshmallows on the snack shelf opened and most were stale or gummy. They went into the garbage along with the chocolate animal crackers that nobody wants to eat.

This is the baking stuff that is not going back onto the self. The baking soda and soy flour went to the garbage because they were expired. The angel food cake, brownie mix, and white chocolate bark went to the baking shelf in the basement.

This is everything back on the shelves after it was decluttered, cleaned, and organized. It still looks alittle too crowded but it is good food and is opened so it stays on the shelves. I just won't add anything new until some of it gets eaten. I must say that by the next evening a good amount of the chips that weren't very full had been eaten. I guess everything looked more appealing after the stuff was decluttered and organized.

On the lower cabinets are our paper goods and cookbooks, cooking notebooks, coupon box, and cooking magazines which I cleaned and reorganized as well. The menu planning stuff needs alot more work but that is a project for another day since it looks good enough for now.

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I'm an Organizing Junkie 52 Weeks of Organizing

April 4-10 Menu Plan

Monday: Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole, Corn, and Green Beans

Tuesday: Leftovers

Wednesday: Pork Loin Chop, Scalloped Potatoes, and Corn

Thursday: Sautéed Worcestershire Chicken, Rice, and Corn

Friday: Hamburgers, Confetti Spaghetti Salad

Saturday: Pizza Bread Salad, Cheese-Garlic Biscuits

Sunday: Sloppy Joe Cornbread Bake, Green Beans, and Salad

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Cheese-Garlic Biscuits

2 cups baking mix
2/3 cup milk
1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese (2 ounces)
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
1/8 teaspoon garlic powder

Heat oven to 450ºF. Stir baking mix, milk and cheese until soft dough forms. Drop dough by 9 spoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until golden brown. Stir together butter and garlic powder; brush over warm biscuits.

Calories 160

Pizza Bread Salad

1/2 cup fat-free Italian dressing
1 tablespoon chopped fresh or 1 teaspoon dried basil leaves
1 bag (10 oz) hearts of romaine lettuce, torn into bite-size pieces
1 (8-inch) prebaked Italian pizza crust (from 10-oz package), cut into 1-inch pieces
25 slices turkey pepperoni (2 oz), chopped
1 large tomato, coarsely chopped (1 cup)
1 piece (4 oz) mozzarella cheese, cut into 1/2-inch cubes

In small bowl, mix dressing and basil; set aside. In large bowl, toss remaining ingredients. Pour dressing over salad mixture; toss to coat well. Serve immediately.

Serving: 8
Calories 330

Confetti Spaghetti Salad

1 package (7 oz) spaghetti, broken into thirds
2 cups frozen mixed vegetables (from 1-lb bag)
1/4 cup coarsely chopped red onion
1 medium tomato, chopped
1/2 cup Italian dressing

Cook spaghetti as directed on package, adding frozen mixed vegetables during last 5 to 7 minutes of cooking time; cook until mixed vegetables are tender. Drain; rinse with cold water to cool. Drain well.


In medium bowl, gently toss cooled cooked spaghetti and vegetables, and remaining ingredients to coat. Cover; refrigerate at least 1 hour to blend flavors before serving.
 
Servings: 8
Calories 190

52 Weeks: #13 Spices & Drink Mixes

I took everything out of the Spices & Drink Mixes cabinet one shelf at a time and cleaned and reorganized.

Before

Our under the cabinet can opener died about a year ago so I removed the part to hang it on since it hadn't been taken down yet.

After

These are the items that I am throwing into the garbage because they were old.

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I'm an Organizing Junkie 52 Weeks of Organizing