It was an extremely lazy weekend around here. We did manage to get out of the house a bit, but for the most part we were like slowly moving sloths. The house was still in shambles from creating a baby shower cake last week. (Which I will be posting soon!) While I was at the shower my incredible husband actually cleaned up after me. Don’t you just love little surprises like that? These nights are extremely rare so I take what I can get.

I absolutely hate cleaning up after I cook. I don’t really think about it when I’m making the mess. It’s once I’m done that I look around and realize how many dishes I’ve used or how much flour is all over the counter and floor. I’m not the type of person who cleans as I go. Funny, because we teach Addie to play with one toy at a time and clean up as she goes.

This is where the “do as I say, not as I do” quotation comes in handy.

You may have noticed that I have a slight fixation with recipes having few ingredients. Not only is a recipe with only a few ingredients frugal, but it’s so much easier too. Easier usually means less time consuming as well which means a happy me! And you know what they say….A happy momma means a happy family.

I ran across this recipe recently at Cookies & Cups and I have no idea how. I wasn’t on Pinterest *gasp* when I found it.

This White Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge only contain 3 simple ingredients! Ritz Bits, White Chocolate Chips, and Vanilla Frosting! Does it get any simpler than that? I even used Sugar Free frosting. Hey I gotta make it as healthy as I can!

Melt the chocolate chips over a double boiler (or your rigged up pot in a pot). Once completely melted pour it into your frosting and stir until it’s all smooth.

Pour half of the mixture into a square baking dish and then place the Ritz Bits all over the top. Pour the rest over the top.

Lookie there! It will look something like this. Refrigerate it until it sets well. Then cut into pieces.

The salty. The sweet. They work together in some yummy frosting and chocolate harmony. I also LOVE the crunch that you get from the Ritz Bits.

And technically this isn’t “peanut butter” fudge because you don’t add peanut butter to it. But you do have that peanut butter flavor because of the crackers.

See? ridiculously easy. So easy that you could even make it tonight. Although, I’ve made a new rule at our house. We only make this when company comes, otherwise I’ll eat it all myself when no one is looking!

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I feel I should say Happy Tax Day or something, but for some reason it doesn’t feel right. There is most definitely no happy when it comes to taxes for me. We always owe because I’m “self-employed”. But I hope that many of you got a large refund and do have a Happy Tax Day.

I have done you a grave disservice, I have to admit. I have not yet shared with you one of my most favorite nighttime snacks. I’ve told a handful of my friends and every single one wondered where this unknown marvel was all of their life. As was I the first time I learned of this simple yet incredible treat that I have now named “Emergency Cake”.

We all have our emergencies don’t we? Tax Day maybe? The idiot who cut us off in traffic this morning. The rude cashier who didn’t accept our coupon at the store. Or perhaps your emergency is that it’s Tuesday. Whatever it is, I have the cure.

It’s called Emergency Cake. And it will come to your rescue.

You see, you only need two ingredients to make up weeks worth of this Emergency Cake. A box of Angel Food Cake and a box of your desired flavor cake. Mix them together and keep them in a container. I bought this storage container at Dollar Tree to keep my cake mix in. I actually have two of these, one for confetti cake and one for devil’s food cake.

As if only needing two ingredients wasn’t enough, it gets better. I’m a little impatient sometimes, especially during my cake emergencies. It only takes 1 minute to have a piece of cake ready for your face.

You might have heard of this being called 3-2-1 cake. That’s another way that you can remember how to make it. Although every single time we make it (which is a lot!), my husband proceeds to ask me how.

• 3 tablespoons of your cake mix
• 2 tablespoons of water
• 1 minute in the microwave

You can make this in a mug or a little dessert cup like I have here.

You have cake in a pinch and yet you won’t have to worry about a cake staring you in the face the next day. These aren’t the largest pieces of cake that you’ve ever had. But with a little whipped cream on top with sprinkles or chocolate chips, they are plenty. Although my husband would argue otherwise. He doubles the recipe most days.

Unfortunately, I’ve come to the conclusion that I have emergencies every night and therefore have to eat emergency cake. 🙂 You might just have the same issue!

You will be happy to know that it’s not bad in calories. One piece has around 50 calories depending on your cake mixes. And of course whatever you add to the top.

Let me know if you have an emergency tonight and how your cake turned out!

The Hidden Pantry shared this awesome recipe and I did some research to find out it was originally a Weight Watchers recipe which means it definitely can’t be all that bad on your diet!

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Do you remember making homemade ice cream as a kid? I remember we had one of those crank machines that took FOREVER to produce about 2 bowls of ice cream. By the time you were done doing hard labor cranking the machine, you were almost too tired to eat it! Almost…. Though I do specifically remember the taste of how amazing it was compared to the stuff that you buy at the grocery store.

It’s incredible to me how expensive that ice cream has gotten. It’s worse than GAS at $6 or $7 bucks per gallon. And just like we have to get around in our cars, we have to feed our ice cream cravings. Especially in the summer.

I’m going to go ahead and tell you that you’ll probably want to go out and buy some mason jars if you don’t already have some. It’s not good (I’m so ashamed), but sometimes I inhale eat ice cream straight from the carton with a fork. Yeah the fork thing came from my dad. It’s how he always eats it and I’ve just picked it up too. The mason jars are a great way to prevent overeating and make great portion control. It’s always great to have your own personal container. Less feels like more that way.

This recipe only involves 3 ingredients and is so perfect every time. I cannot believe that I didn’t figure this out earlier. And by the way, you won’t need one of those horrible hand-crank ice cream machines for this recipe. Just an appetite for smooth and creamy strawberry ice cream. You can always use another fruit of your choice.

I will never go without homemade ice cream again!

Recipe courtesy of Fat Girl Trapped in a Skinny Body.

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