Cooking Thursday

 Here's a recipe that uses a boxed brownie mix and makes it fancy.  If you like chocolate and mint, this is the recipe for you.  It's so good!

French Cream Mint Brownies 

1 pkg brownie mix

1/2 c. margarine softened
2 c. powdered sugar
1 T. milk
1 tsp. peppermint extract
1 drop green food coloring if desired

Frosting:
1/2 c. margarine
6 oz. chocolate chips

Prepare brownie mix for a 9x13 pan as directed on package and bake.
For cream filling, mix together margarine and powdered sugar. Blend in milk, peppermint extract and green food coloring. Spread filling over cooled brownies. Refrigerate until firm.
For frosting, melt butter with chocolate chips and pour evenly over filling layer. Chill approximately 30 minutes. Cut into squares and return to refrigerator until firm. Serve chilled. Chocolate will crack if cut before it is chilled.

Wordless Wednesday

 

(This old barn has been renovated and is now used as an event space)

Halloween Dress up

 I have a few Halloween dress up pics to show you.

First, at our facility the residents get to trick or treat. The staff donate candy, crackers and cheese, pudding, or any other individual treats that the residents might like.  Quite a few people dress up for the day too, both staff and some residents.  In the afternoon, they set up different stations on both wings and the residents can then come around to each one.  If they can't make it on their own they are pushed in their wheelchairs.  They have a lot of fun doing this.
Here's a few of the managers dressed up. (I didn't dress up because I had to leave for a while to go to a funeral),

This is our administrator.  I had to get a side shot of her so you could see the puppy, that she apparently sat on.  :)

Friday morning I got a message from Laura with these pics of Alaina and Ruby, all set for the day.

Alaina is a gumballl machine.

Ruby is an ice cream cone!

And look who stopped by Saturday evening!

It's a little farming family with their cow!

Check out that cute little tail!

We don't really get trick or treaters at our house, so it was fun to see these kids!