Old Bay for your Old Man!

Our nuts are always a huge hit! Hehe
Old Bay seasoning is a Maryland summer staple.

The seasoning is a mix of mustard, paprika, celery salt, bay leaf, black pepper, crushed red pepper flakes, mace, cloves, all spice, nutmeg, cardamom and ginger! Damn!
Let's coat our nuts, shall we?!

Ingredients
1 egg white
2 tbs water
1/4 cup sugar
1/3 cup of Old Bay seasoning
1 pound of raw cashews

Preheat oven to 250 degrees.
In a large bowl, beat egg white and water for a least 3 minutes, until foamy.

Slowly add all the sugar and 2 tbs of Old Bay Seasoning...if you add all the Old Bay the egg whites will deflate.
Slowly fold in cashews and mix until well coated.
The goal is to keep it foamy. Less mixing, the better.
Spread on a baking sheet and bake in the oven for about 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes.

The first time you stir, add the rest of the Old Bay seasoning...or more!
The more the merrier!

Nuts, nuts, nuts, nuts, nuts!

Happy Father's Day!

Nuts for Dad!

Dad's going to love these sweet and smokey nuts...with a bit of a kick!

Here's what you need:

3 cups mixed nuts

1 tbsp olive oil

1/2 tbsp cumin

1/2 tbsp paprika

1/2 tbsp garlic powder 

1/2 tbsp onion powder

2 tbsp brown sugar

1 tbsp salt or kosher salt

1/2 tsp cayenne pepper

1/2 tsp black pepper

1/2 tsp white pepper

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 

In a large bowl coat nuts with olive oil.
Combine all dry ingredients and add to nuts, mix well!

Spread on baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes, stirring every 5 minutes.

Love you Pops.

Cards for Dad!

It's always hard trying to figure out what to get for Dad.
Start with a card...the rest will follow!

We made these simple and fun silhouette cards.  
Perfect for Dad!

We started by cutting out silhouettes that made us think of Dad!
Andrew did this freehand.
Then we cut thin strips of magazine paper, layered and glued them on the back of our silhouettes.
After our silhouettes were complete we glued them on a folded piece of cardstock!

 We think Dad will keep this one for a while!

Dad, get off the can!

Father's Day gifts can become a little monotonous. 
So we wanted to get creative with the packaging!

We upcycled our chai can by wrapping some paper around the outside and stuffed it with some manly macho Dad things.

The can becomes apart of the gift as well!  
Dad can use it to hold pens, pencils, change...whatever floats your Dad's boat.

Love ya Dad!

SPAM Tater Tot Casserole for Dad!

My Dad loves SPAM! 
As a play on our Mommas Quiche Lorraine, we wanted to make a breakfast dish fit for Dad!

SPAM Tater Tot Casserole

5 eggs

1 small can of SPAM, cubed

1 small onion, chopped

Frozen Oreida Onion Tater Tots, enough to fill the bottom of your pie dish

1 1/4 cups of heavy cream or half and half or milk

1 1/2 cups of grated cheddar cheese

Pinch of nutmeg 

Pinch of sugar

Pinch of cayenne pepper

Salt and pepper to taste

Preheat oven 350 degrees.

In a large bowl combine eggs, cream, salt, pepper, nutmeg, sugar, and cayenne pepper and mix.

Sprinkle greased pie dish with SPAM, cheese, onion, tater tots and pour in mixture.

Bake for 45 minutes or until silver knife inserted in center comes out clean.

Top with a dollop of sour cream and sriracha...so manly!

We might have found our guilty pleasure...SPAM!

Happy Father's Day!

Macho macho man candle.

People don't really decorate for Father's Day, but we'll find any excuse to make a holiday craft!
We cut an old dress shirt and wrapped the cuff around a jar.
Father's Day. Voilà. 

"Elementary my dear Watson."