Asian cuisine. The flavours and spices make for a special treat, and I like spicy food so it was double delicious.
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Monday, January 2, 2012
Fun Halloween Recipes and Ideas
Halloween has always been a favorite time of year for me. Not only is it my birthday, but the air is clean and crisp, the leaves have turned colors and it's just a very pretty time of year.
I'd like to share some fun Halloween ideas and recipes with you:
Halloween cookie cutters are a must. You can use these cookie cutters on bread to make Halloween sandwiches. Kids love jack-o-lantern shaped sandwiches. You can spread their favorite sandwich topping on the bread once it's cut.
Purchase M&M's from a store that sells specific colors. Buy orange and green M&M's and then use them in your favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe substituting the M&M's for the chocolate chips.
You can also put those same M&M's in your favorite rice krispy treat recipe. It's amazing how these two colors transform recipes into Halloween recipes.
Look for mini cookie cutters. They can often be found in kitchen specialty shops. If you find pumpkin mini cookie cutters, these work great on cheese. Buy sliced cheese. Cut the cheese with the mini cookie cutters and then put the slice of round cheese on a Ritz cracker.
Prepare your favorite brownie recipe and then top with candy corn pieces.
Make hamburgers and use your cookie cutters on full size slices of cheese. Serve open faced so that the pumpkin or ghost shaped cheese is on top.
Many stores sell spinach pasta. Green pasta with red sauce is very Halloween looking to kids.
Make english muffin pizzas. Add sauce and cheese and then cover with pepperoni slices. Use pineapple chunks to make eyes, nose and mouth.
What would Halloween be without pumpkin flavored items? Here are a few pumpkin recipes for you:
Pumpkin Dip
2 8-ounce packages cream cheese, softened
1 large 30-ounce can of pumpkin
4 cups powdered sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon
2 teaspoons ginger
Mix everything together and serve. Kids love to dip both fruit and cookies into this dip.
And what about pumpkin muffins? I love pumpkin muffins warmed with butter on them:
Pumpkin Muffins
3 1/3 cups flour
3 cups sugar
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1 cup oil
4 eggs
2/3 cup water
2 cups pumpkin
Mix all dry ingredients together in a bowl. Add the remaining ingredients and mix. Pour into muffin tins. Batter will rise, so only fill the muffin tins 2/3 of the way full. Bake at 350 degrees for about 20 minutes.
Decorating your table can be fun also. Use a combination of blacks and oranges. Use cat or witch shaped bowls. I have a friend who owns plates, creamers and tea pots in the shape of cats. You can also sprinkle your M&M's and candy corn on the table. The kids can eat the decorations.
Enjoy Halloween with your kids and their friends at home with all of the above treats and ideas.
Monday, December 26, 2011
6 No-Bake Uses For Cookie Cutter Favors
We all have gotten them before-cookie cutter party favors, especially at baby showers. At the time, we think they're so cute in the shapes of stars, hearts, fruit, leaves and even palm trees. But, let's face it. Unless you're a good cook or into baking, you're probably also thinking you won't have much use for it. Well, you couldn't be more wrong. Helping out with all sorts of projects around the house, cookie cutters are some multi-tasking tools with tons of creativity inside just waiting to be explored. Here's how you can have some fun with cookie cutters, without baking a thing!
Make mini party sandwiches!
Cookie cutters are a great way to cut out small, shaped sandwiches for parties. Add some pizzazz to that PB&J for kids parties or those ham sandwiches or cucumber sandwiches for adults. Just make your sandwiches as normal and use your sharpest cookie cutter to cut out the shapes. You can also use it to jazz up the slices on your meat and cheese tray. Voila! Your party food just went gourmet.
Fruit is fun on a stick!
Making fruit pops is so easy, a child can do it. That's why this making them is a fun activity that also encourages healthy eating. All you have to do is cut the fruit into fun shapes with the cookie cutter and insert a sucker stick. They'll love eating real watermelon, honey dew, apples, kiwi and more in these fun shapes. (Note: This also works great for cutting Rice Krispy treats.)
Start a cookie cutter collection!
Cookie cutters are quite cute these days, and collecting them is a pretty inexpensive hobby. You'll find them for holidays, special occasions and all sorts of themes. It would make you a little eccentric and will always be an interesting conversation starter when you're at parties.
Make a lasting impression!
Talk about home improvement. If you're planning some cement upgrades at your home, personalize your property using a cookie cutter. Press the cookie cutter into the cement to create the pattern. Then, simply sign your name in the star, car, duck or other cute shape for posterity. It really says something about you--long after you may have moved away.
Enjoy the sound of music!
Music, you say? From a cookie cutter? Yes, wind and cookie cutters can create a melody all their own. Simply hang the cookie cutters at varying heights to make a wind chime, hang it in a great spot and let the wind do the rest.
Roll in the dough!
Play-Doh, that is. Children can cut out all sorts of shapes and designs with Play-Doh. Guaranteeing hours of fun, you'll be amazed with their creativity.
With these alternative uses, you can unleash the magical versatility of cookie cutters. Soon, you'll discover that you were cut out for each other!
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