Make My Day Camp: December 2025

Thursday, December 11, 2025

Everything Nice (spiced rum coffee with butterscotch whipped cream)

I saw some fun cocktail ideas online and this one caught my eye - not the drink but the butterscotch whipped cream...yum! Here's the whole recipe if you're interested, I'm not a rum coffee fan but I will 100% be making the flavored whipped cream as soon as I get some Carnation dry milk.

3/4 cup heavy cream
1 1/2 T. malted milk powder, such as Carnation
1 1/2 T. dark brown sugar
tiny pinch kosher salt
6 oz. hot black coffee
2 oz. spiced rum
1 T. simple syrup*
freshly grated nutmeg, for garnish (optional)

Directions:

Combine heavy cream, malted milk powder, brown sugar, and salt in a mixing bowl. Beat using a whisk attachment until dry ingredients are evenly incorporated and cream forms soft peaks.

Combine hot coffee, spiced rum, and simple syrup in a prewarmed mug. Using a spoon, follow whipped cream on top of the coffee and top with grated nutmeg if desired.

to make simple syrup, combine 1/2 cup granulated sugar with 1/4 cup water in a small saucepan. Heat over medium heat, stirring, until the sugar is dissolved. Any extra can be stored in the fridge up to 3 months.

makes 1 drink

recipe found here at serious eats

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Wednesday, December 10, 2025

MFIH: Cowboy Casserole

I made this for 'My Fam is Hungry' and got all great reviews - I texted that it seemed like 'slop'*
with tater tots on top and they all wrote some version of 'it was def slop with tater tots and I liked it!' hahahah.

(*fyi in case you don't know, our 'slop' is made with beef, soup, cheese, mashed potatoes...)

I combined a couple recipes to make this, here's what I ended up with:

1 lb ground beef
1/2 onion, finely chopped
1/2 tsp each of salt and pepper
1 tsp each of paprika, parsley, onion powder, minced dried garlic
2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1 (10.75oz) can of cream of mushroom soup
1/4 cup sour cream
1/3 cup milk
3 cups chopped spinach
1 cup frozen corn
8 oz. shredded Colby Jack cheese
32 oz bag of frozen tater tots
4 sliced cooked bacon, crumbled
chopped chives for topping, optional

1. Preheat the oven to 375'. Spray a 13x9" baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.

2. Brown the ground beef and onion in a skillet over medium heat; drain excess fat; season with salt, pepper, paprika, parsley, onion powder and dried garlic.

3. Stir in the Worcestershire sauce, soup, sour cream, milk; mix until combined. Fold in the spinach to wilt slightly. Stir in the corn.

4. Sprinkle the cheese evenly over the top of the casserole. Place tater tots on top in a single layer. Sprinkle the top with the parmesan cheese.

5. Bake until the tater tots are golden, 30 to 35 minutes. Remove from the oven and sprinkle with bacon and chives.