Crab Rangoon

My mother-in-law told me there was a sale on crab at Jewel, so I decided to make crab rangoon and egg drop soup! I've been meaning to make crab rangoon ever since I had some at Big Bowl during our last Girls' Night. But do you really need an excuse? Absolutely not!

Ingredients:

• 16 oz cream cheese, room temp
• 6 oz crab meat
• 1/2 bunch green onions
• 2 tbsp powdered sugar
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 Package of wonton wrappers
• Canola oil 

The first thing I did was cook the crab legs. I bought about 2 pounds of crab and boiled it for 5 minutes in water. Then I took all of the meat and separated if from the shell.

In a mixer, I combined the cream cheese, salt, powdered sugar, green onion, and crab.

I put 1 tbsp of the filling on each won ton wrapper.

You can fold it in many different ways, but I chose to fold the wrapper so it made a little pouch. I wet the edges of the won ton wrapper with water I used a paper towel that I dipped in water. The steps of how I folded the wrapper are pictured below.

All done and ready to fry! Make sure all of the edges are closed so that no filling can escape during the frying. 

I fried them in canola oil and then placed them in a baking dish lined with paper towel to absorb the excess oil.

They were absolutely delicious! You could dip them in sweet and sour sauce if you have that on hand.

>> If you end up making this for dinner, tag me in an Instagram post -- @marriedtodavis or #marriedtodavis

DIY Paper Wreath

At MOPS a few weeks ago we were given the craft to make a paper wreath, and with two babies, I decided to take the craft home. I finally got the time to make it and it was surprisingly easy!

The materials needed are: 

• Pages of a book, ripped out. I took a black marker and colored the three exposed sides of the book before I ripped the pages out. 
• Marker with a flat and wide base (I used a dry erase marker)
• Glue gun and glue sticks
• Foam tube, ends taped together, approximately 12 inches in diameter
• Twine
• Sharpie (Or any pen-like object)

First, I tied a bow with the twine at the point of the foam circle where the two ends met and secured it with hot glue.

Then, I took one page and put the marker at the center and folded the page around the marker.

I then put a dab of hot glue on the flat end.

Lastly, I held the page to the wreath. You need to hold it in place for about half a minute and let the glue set. A third of the way through, I started to use a sharpie and inserted it into the middle of the page to push it into the wreath.

Completed wreath! It actually turned out pretty big, And it looks great!