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My fave Thanksgiving dish: Sweet Potato Casserole

November 21, 2011 | Also posted in Topic: food, Tutorials/Tips
My fave Thanksgiving dish: Sweet Potato Casserole
Wow, it’s already thanksgiving week?  Where is the year going?  In any case, one of my favorite things about this time of year is the food, and my favorite holiday casserole is this one!  It’s simple to make, not too sweet, and always a crowd favorite.  I wrote up an extensive step by step how to last year at Foodwhirl, so I’m not going to go through it all again — just go read it there : Dot’s Sweet Potato Casserole Recipe.
…perfect for Thanksgiving!  I don’t know if sweet potatoes are on your typical
… Read on...

Angry Birds cupcakes won 2nd place! (and more cake tutorials)

July 8, 2011 | Also posted in Topic: food, my food
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I’m pleased to announce that my Angry Birds cupcake tutorial instructable won second place in the Instructables cupcake contest! More photos of all the birds and pigs, and download the tutorial, here (Make Angry Birds Cupcakes) Some of my previous cake/cupcake tutorials: Perry the Platypus

Tutorial: Make Angry Birds Cupcakes

June 20, 2011 | Also posted in Topic: food, my food, recent, Tutorials/Tips
Angry Birds Cupcakes Tutorial
My son, he who inspired the Clone Trooper Cupcakes, Dragon Cake, and Perry the Platypus Cake, is obsessed with Angry Birds.  Well, he’s really obsessed with about a dozen games on the iPhone or Android when we’ll let him play them — and he got to play a lot while we were on vacation in Mexico.  And we had a 4 hour delay so I played my share of Angry Birds, too.  Anyway.  So here they are in cupcake form (here are a bunch of other Angry Birds creations,… Read on...

Bacon Skewers, bunny cake, and more

April 3, 2011 | Also posted in Topic: food
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We’ve been posting a bunch of new stuff on Foodwhirl lately… and here are a few I thought you’d like: Bacon Wrapped Sweet Potato Skewers The other day my husband mentioned going to a local Baconfest event  (bands, fun, & bacon), but we didn’t manage to make it.  So with friends, we decided to have our OWN BaconFest that evening!   My cool friend Beth made these an an appetizer, and after oohing and aahing I insisted on stealing the recipe!  Like a retro rumaki, but with sweet potato inside.  Read the Whole thing… Read on...

St Patrick’s Day cooking…

March 8, 2011 | Also posted in Topic: food, Seasonal/Holiday
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St. Patrick’s day is coming up… got any cooking plans?  Here are some of the recipes we shared last year on Foodwhirl.com.
Guiness Corned Beef

Octopus Baby Shower Cookies

February 2, 2011 | Also posted in Topic: Featured Craft, food, my food, party, recent, Tutorials/Tips
Octopus Baby Shower Cookies
For a friend’s baby shower, we did an octopus theme (the mom was having twins, so the theme was “she’s going to need 8 arms!” These cookies match the invitation. Here are the cookies I made as shower favors.  They weren’t overly difficult, but a tad time consuming. I’ll post the recipe in a later post if anyone is interested, but basically it’s a non-leavened sugar cookie, covered with royal icing.  With small skewers for sticks, inserted before the cookie is baked. The octopus is drawn on freehand, and it doesn’t take artistic talent… Everyone is cute, unique,… Read on...

How to Make Clone Trooper (and Stormtrooper) Candy Pops

August 17, 2010 | Also posted in Topic: food, recent
How to Make Clone Trooper (and Stormtrooper) Candy Pops
Need a little more Star Wars in your life?  Inspired by this summer’s Clone Cupcakes and the Stuff on a Stick contest on Instructables, I was inspired the other day to create this tasty little Clone Army… The pops are basically Rolo candies, covered in marshmallow fondant, with fondant details.  No baking required! Though I do admit that they are a bit time consuming… But were definitely appreciated by the young Star Wars fans… Wanna Make them yourself? I’ve written up the whole thing as anRead on...

How to make Citrus Vodka (from the cheap stuff!)

August 11, 2010 | Also posted in Topic: featured, food, my food
How to make Citrus Vodka (from the cheap stuff!)
One my sweetie’s favorite libations (other than a fancy craft beer!) on a summer evening is Citron & Tonic. So last time we were at the store, eyeing the big $30 bottle of Absolut Citron, we decided to see if we could make something similar (or even better) ourselves, for less money! I’d read previously that you could filter cheap vodka and get it closer to premium vodka using a water filter pitcher–and we already knew how to infuse spirits with citrus (remember Making Limoncello?) –, so we figured why not try? We bought a… Read on...

A new series at Foodwhirl: an Asian recipe Mix!

July 8, 2010 | Also posted in Topic: food
A new series at Foodwhirl: an Asian recipe Mix!
So what’s this?  Tofu.  And it’s really good, I promise.  I just posted the how to at Foodwhirl, and I’ll be adding some yummy Pad Thai tomorrow. Plus next week comes Summer Shrimp Sushi, and Asparagus Shrimp Noodle Salad… All with overlapping ingredients, so you can plan several days worth of meals without over spending! Also upcoming, blackberry tarts…or dewberry tarts, really. I just have to get around to writing it up! So hop over to Foodwhirl to check it out. And if you think you have some inspired foodie goodness… Read on...

Iced Tea Gelato, and more Summer Recipes!

June 24, 2010 | Also posted in Topic: food, my food
Iced Tea Gelato, and more Summer Recipes!
The other day I  had an inspiration… We have a mint plant that is growing like crazy, and I adore a little sprig of mint in my Iced Tea in the Summer time.  So a recipe creation was in order… What about gelato, inspired by the flavors of good ol Southern iced tea?  The experiment was quite a success – although next time I think I’ll add a bit of lemon zest to the mix to really capture a perfect iced tea.  Go get the recipe over at Foodwhirl: Southern Mint Iced Tea Gelato. More Summer… Read on...