No heat, overnight curls!!!

So got this idea from  Paper Mama
As you all know my hair is super straight and will not hold curl. But I saw this tutorial and I thought I would give it a try. So I showered last night , partially dried my hair and put it up in the headband. Then went to sleep. No product, just natural.

It turned out great! Have a look!!!

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Easy Peanut Butter Pie

Ingredients
1-1/3 cups HERSHEY'S MINI KISSES Brand Milk Chocolates, divided (I used chocolate chips)

2 tablespoons milk
1 packaged crumb crust (6 oz.) (ya i was lazy and just bought a choc-crust at HEB)
1 package (8 oz.) Neufchatel cheese (1/3 less fat cream cheese), softened
3/4 cup sugar ( i ran out of white sugar so i used about 1/2 cup white and 1/4 cup brown)
1 cup REESE'S Creamy Peanut Butter (i used low fat)
1 tub (8 oz.) frozen whipped topping, thawed (again lite Cool Whip)

Directions
1. Place 2/3 cup chocolates and milk in small microwave-safe bowl. Microwave at MEDIUM (50%) 30 to 45 seconds or just until melted and smooth when stirred; spread evenly on bottom of crumb crust. Cover; refrigerate. ( I tried to spread out the chocolate over the edges too)

2. Beat cream cheese in medium bowl until smooth; gradually beat in sugar. Stir in peanut butter and whipped topping until blended; spoon evenly into crust over chocolate mixture. Cover; refrigerate 4 to 6 hours or until set.

3. Just before serving, place remaining 2/3 cup chocolates around edge of filling. Serve cold; cover and refrigerate leftover pie.

8 servings. (shiiiit more like 16-- its so rich!)

This Pie is super yummy but VERYYYYYY rich... and VERRRRYYYY peanut buttery! And even using the low fat options it was still a hit!

Kase and point

Since my last entry i have gone to Phoenix and Mexico for some travel fun. Caught up with the fam in PHX and Tucson.. Good times and small world! Turns out my lil cousin Sara is friends with this guy named Drako or Dracco or Draco- graf names-- who the FUCK knows how to spell them. Anyway- Draco is crew with Supher and the boys... Sara cracks me up.

Sara "Marisa-- in real life i would soooo be yoour friend!"

Me "Sara- this is real life."

Oh how i love my family! Leanna-r was the hostess with the mostess! We have decided (now that i am not a virgin) that we are going to get dia de los muertos tattoos in November when i go to AZ for Analisa and Christina's wedding... Have to get working on the design... I guess it is true what they say-- once you start pop you can stop! I used to just think that applied to virgins and pringles...

Quote of the weekend by Leanna Jones:

"Water is for QUITTERS!"

Next up in April, was off to Mexico with Raquel for a wedding. Stayed in Vallarta Palace in Puerto Vallarta. AMAZING doesn't describe how much i liked it. Of course the steady flow of booze from the cabana boys hurt ;)

<-----the pool!

<-----The view from our room!

<---- Raquel in our private Jacuzzi tub... although we didn't use it. Our room came stocked with bottle of booze-- and I'm not talking about mini bottle-- I'm talking litre bottle! 1st night we ate at the Sushi restaurant at the hotel...

Got pretty loaded on sake bombs... ohhhh boy...

One of the highlights of the weekend was when i was escorted/ by the policia to the "Rerserva" and got to hold baby sea turtles! Yes i know i am a bad ass. Let me just tell you it was a sight to see-- me on with my camera and my signature Caipirinha in hand, in my bikini, riding on the back of a 4 wheeler on the beach with 2 policia. We ride up, they bang on the door, a SHOCKED (i think he was asleep) kid (and when i say kid i mean 19 or 20) opens the door and then police demand he show me the baby turtles. SOOOO cute..

We also swam with the dolphins quite cool-- but didn't want to get my new purple hair wet-- so did the pansy stuff :) The girl dolphin really liked me-- as you can see in the picture her eyes are rolling back in Ecstasy from my touch!

 

Cupcakes of the week!

Dulce Divas has been Rockin and Rollin-- here are some of the cupcakes i have done lately!

Valentine's day chocolate chip cupcakes

Vanilla with blue cream cheese frosting and little Mermaid Toppers

Chocolate cupcakes with carmel cream cheese frosting with a hershey kiss and red velvet cupcakes with strawberries for Scuba's Farewell Gig with Record Toppers!

Lemon cream with lemon butter cream and raspberries on top

This one is by far one of my favs. It uses sour cream in the batter and is super moist and cakey. here is the recipe with my changes.

Original Recipe Yield 36 servings

Ingredients
1 cup butter or margarine, softened
2 cups sugar
3 eggs
2 teaspoons grated lemon peel
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups sour cream

Directions:
In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Add lemon peel and vanilla; mix well. Combine dry ingredients; add to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream (batter will be thick). Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups with 1/4 cup of batter. Bake at 350 degrees F for 20-21 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.

FROSTING:
3/4 cup butter (no substitutes), softened

6 to 7 cups confectioners' sugar

lemon juice and grated lemon rind

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1/4 and 1/8 cup milk

Directions:

In a mixing bowl, cream butter. Beat in sugar and vanilla. Add milk until frosting reaches desired consistency.

Random boosts

Today at Ross in the shoe section this woman told me she loved my peekaboo highlights. She asked me where i get them done. She said she has never seen any she liked but she loved mine.

At the store today a man stopped me, put his hand over his heart and told me that i was "so very beautiful".

These things make me smile... i need to smile more...

Black Forest Cherry cake!! Made with Splenda!

Today i made the above! I got the recipe from Cooking Light Magazine. Click here for recipe!

But i made some changes-- i used Splenda to replace the sugar, used diet cranberry juice, used dark chocolate cocoa, egg beaters to replace the eggs and Canola oil with Omega-3. For those of you who don't know what an Omega 3 is (and i sure didn't until now-- but i knew it was good for you) I will tell you.

Omega-3 fatty acids are considered essential fatty acids: They are necessary for human health but the body can' t make them -- you have to get them through food. Omega-3 fatty acids can be found in fish, such as salmon, tuna, and halibut, other seafood including algae and krill, some plants, and nut oils. Also known as polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), omega-3 fatty acids play a crucial role in brain function as well as normal growth and development. They have also become popular because they may reduce the risk of heart disease.

Ok back to the cake.. OMG it was great but i do have to say next time i cook this i will cook it for 30 mins and check on it. The recipe calls for 40 and that was too long-- this was because i used splenda. When using Splenda reduce the backing time by 7 to 10 mins for cakes and 3 to 5 for cookies. This cake was a bit dry but still super good!! Also next time i am going to add 1/2 cup
non fat powdered milk. The Splenda website suggests this among other things. Click here for Splenda baking tips.