Author: Caryn

Cheesecake pots

On By CarynIn Recipe
Single-serve Cheesecake pots

We love cheesecake in this house. Even better is eating it out of a ramekin with a spoon! No crust, no sugar, low fat yumminess in single servings.

  • Two 8-oz packages of low-fat cream cheese
  • Two eggs
  • 1/2 cup Splenda
  • 1/2 cup half and half
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. In a stand mixer with a paddle attachment, beat the cream cheese with one egg until blended. Scrape down the sides, add the second egg and mix until blended. Add Splenda, half and half, and vanilla, beating between each addition. Place four 4-oz ramekins in a baking dish, then fill the ramekins with cheesecake mixture evenly. Place the baking dish in the oven and add water to about 1” depth. Bake for 45 minutes or until the cheesecake is set but slightly wobbly. Remove baking tray from the oven and set ramekins on a cooling rack. Top with chocolate chips, almond slivers, or leave plain. Eat when cool enough to touch (so good warm!), although it can be refrigerated.

Tri-fold card

On By CarynIn Craft

I enjoy using my Cricut cutter to design cards. This one is for a fellow singer who is getting married this year. I particularly like the trifold and how nice it looks in the standing position.

Tri-fold Wedding card

Last length of yarn

On By CarynIn Craft, Life Hack

A good way to neaten up the last bit of yarn from a project is to take the label, roll it up, and wrap the yarn nostepinne style around the label. Then the information stays with the yarn bit, and the yarn stays neat in your stash. I’ve mentioned this before, but it came up again in my life, and I discovered if the label is small, wrapping it around a pen gives a temporary handle, and makes winding yarn easier.

Yarn label, wrapped on a pen, then the start of the yarn wrap
Neat ball of leftover yarn

Here is the video I did on nostepinne style wrapping a year ago.

Taming static

On By CarynIn Craft

I’m getting back to my alpaca combing and spinning project, but last time I delved in it was summer and relatively humid. In the depths of winter there is far less moisture in the air and the static build up during combing was driving me up a wall. Luckily, Spin Off magazine has an article on this very problem, with first hand recommendations from many long-time spinners. The majority just use a spritz of water to calm with electrical surge. Hm. I dug out another glasses cleaning spray bottle (I do seem to have an unending supply of these), and filled it with water. It works wonders. The mist is very fine, so it doesn’t take much, and the fibers are happy and free rather than a staticky mess.

Taming combing static with a mist of water

Puppy dog eyes

On By CarynIn dog

Today I present Missy’s natural kawaii eyes. No Photoshop, no tricks, well, I was holding her ball and she was staring at me intently until I threw it. That made it easier to snap the shot.

Missy’s eyes with natural wide sparkle