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 an instructable, with tons of photos and instructions for both the clone troopers and the storm trooper versions…  Click the image below,…

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 less expensive vodka* and went home…

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 to share, just let me know! We love to feature guest posts!…

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 food inspirations from Foodwhirl.com:

How cool is this! Talk of Tomatoes shows off how she made homemade ‘pop-tart’ look-alikes! What a fun and clever idea. And so much better for you than the store bought ones, I’m sure (at least you should be able to pronounce all the ingredients!)

Janelle Says:
“I made pop-tarts today.” That wasn’t a sentence I thought I would say. I made pop-tarts from scratch!

The crust was super easy to make, the longest stretch of ‘work’ was the rolling, measuring and cutting into proper rectangles. But then, the filling was super easy: I just used nutella, jam and a quick cinnamon blend.…

Since it’s wedding season, I thought you’d like these fabulous looking (and tasty) cookies!  These cookies, basically iced and stacked sugar cookies, were used as wedding favors for a family wedding, and they were gorgeous.  I originally published this idea in 2008, but here’s a cleaned up version of the tutorial.  Here’s how they’re done.

Ingredients/Materials:

Cookie Dough:

• Prepare a large batch of cookie dough according to your favorite recipe.  IMPORTANT: Your cookie dough recipe should not have any leavening in it (ie no baking powder or baking soda), so the cookies bake flat.
  (The number of cookie cakes you need would determine the…

I remember making these when I was a kid… What a fun and unusual treat for Easter and/or Spring in general.  I could totally see these for a baby shower brunch at each place setting, maybe topped with an edible flower.  The how-to is below!

How to make Cake Eggs:

All you need:
Egg shells (Jumbo would yield larger results, but in this case, I thought brown would be pretty.)
Your favorite light in texture cake batter (for these I just used a white cake mix)

Using an icepick or other sharp pointy object, make a hole in the top of each egg shell. Carefully!…

Here’s a great idea for cake or cupcake decorating, using tootsie rolls! They come in all kinds of wonderful colors now… My friend Grieg made these (apparently he’s not just a great photographer, but a great cook as well), and was generous enough to show us how!  You can see some of his other creations at Foodwhirl, too!   (Like the Cheesecake Cookie Cupcakes, and Chocolate Hearts)

How to Make Tootsie-Roses

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Trust me.. you want to try this. Homemade Guinness Icecream topped with Bailey’s and Irish Whiskey. Trust me on the Guinness ice-cream too, if you’re going “eww, beer!??”.
Perfect for St. Patty’s! As promised yesterday, I wrote up the whole thing. Read the whole story on the making of, over at Foodwhirl.

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Dabbled LOVES Hello Naomi (aka Naomi Henderson), a favorite cupcake maker from Down Under! (Read the Dabbled Interview with her)

We’ve features her fabulous work here before (here, and here), and she has graciously given us a tutorial on how to make some lovely V-day cupcakes.

See below for

• The Vanilla Cupcake recipe
• How to Decorate them

(a few translations from us Yanks, to the best of my ability: Icing Sugar = Powdered Sugar.  Castor Sugar = a superfine sugar, which you can purchase in speciality stores here in the states, or make by pulsing regular sugar in a food processor or coffee grinder)

I’ve included…