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Me Want Food
December 13th, 2009I apologize for being so incredibly depressingly neglectful of this blog lately! I have been feeling rather uninspired. Add that to the fact that my MBA program is super demanding and my internship and my addiction to watching Dexter and V and it makes for a very bad blogger. I have pretty much worn boots, leggings, and a pea coat every day for a month, so blogging about clothes would get a little tedious, heh. It seems like the only exciting things I do worth blogging about lately are food related, haha. So… here is another food post!
We had a Christmas party yesterday, which I think went well. I like to set up parties and make food and such, so here are some of the favorite recipes I found!
Rachel Ray has this video on a goat cheese log, but instead of putting it on the outside we threw everything in a food processor and mixed it in. I thought it was pretty good, but people seem to generally be scared of goat cheese, haha.
She also has a video on the mini pizzas I made, only I put feta cheese and salami on them instead. Um… they tasted good, but mine look nothing at all like hers. Mine puffed up way too much and I used the same dough as her. hm…
How adorable are these pumpkin pie bites on Bakeralla?! I went to make them and realized somewhere in my transitions I lost my mini cupcake mold, and the only mold I had was for jumbo cupcakes, so I made them big and rustic instead of small and cute. I don’t like pumpkin pie, but I figured everyone else does. I whipped some cream with a little vanilla and powdered sugar and put it in a martini glass next to them.
We made this weird punch (which for the life of me I cannot find) that was 6 cups apple juice, 2 cups spiced rum, and 1 cup cinnamon schnapps, with apple slices for garnish, and it was actually pretty delicious! I didn’t want to do a regular fruit punch, so it was a nice alternative. One girl said it tasted like a scented candle, which I guess is a down side, haha.
I made chocolate creme brulee in shot glasses from my favorite recipe. I don’t think people realize how incredibly easy creme brulee is to make. The only potential problem with creme brulee is adding the hot liquid to the eggs too fast and cooking them (making ugly, unappetizing chunks). For the recipe, which is from a Mrs. Fields cookbook, click the “continue reading” image!
And as for the table, we covered it in wrapping paper (cheaper and cuter than a table cloth) and stacked bowls under plates to give everything different heights (because according to morning news segments, different heights are more appealing, haha).
Hope everyone had an exciting weekend. For all of the college students, good luck on your finals!
“Semi-Homemade” Hamburger Cupcakes
July 15th, 2009
I decided to make the hamburger cupcakes I posted about a while ago, but when I actually started buying the ingredients I got lazy and decided I wanted to do everything the easiest way possible. So, below is my super easy, done in less than one hour cupcake recipe 
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1. Bake 12 cupcakes in extra large cupcake tins. Use either yellow, vanilla, lemon, or butter flavored box cake mix. Do not use cupcake liners! Lightly grease and flour each cupcake tin. Follow baking directions on the box. This will be your “bun”.
2. Bake chocolate cookies using store bought fudge cookies dough (you could also buy chocolate cookies from a bakery). This will be your “patty”. Make sure the cookies are rather large in size, large enough to hang over the edge of your “buns”.
3. Buy canned frosting in either vanilla or cream cheese flavor. Add yellow and orange food coloring (about a 2:1 ratio, yellow:orange) and mix thoroughly until you get the color you want. This is your “cheese”.
4. Cut your COOLED bun in half, set your cookie patty in the bun, then coat the patty with ample amounts of “cheese”. Put the top of your bun on, and sprinkle a bit of sugar on top.
5. Enjoy your hamburger!
Aram Rolls
October 9th, 2008
I’ve always had a place in my heart for yummy aram rolls. I’ve been making them since I was probably 12 years old. If you’re looking for a super easy snack to put out when you have guest over or to bring to a picnic, I highly recommend these! For mine I like to put in cream cheese, spinach, swiss cheese, turkey breast, and dried salami, but really anything will work.
Howt::Recipe Yummus Hummus
October 4th, 2008
I love love love to eat (and make) hummus, and here’s my favorite recipe. I’ve been playing around with a few recipes and put more of what I like and less of what I don’t. Hummus is super easy to make, all you do is take all of the ingredients listed below and throw them in a food processor until it’s creamy with a slightly grainy looking texture. It’s amazing how much less expensive it is to make hummus than to buy it at the store!
Ingredients:
- 2 16 ounce cans of garbanzo beans (chickpeas), drains and rinsed
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp -1 tbsp crushed red pepper, to taste
- 1/2 – 2/3 cup lemon, to taste
- 1/3 cup tahini
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/3 cup olive oil OR garlic flavored olive oil
Like I said above, just throw all of the ingredients in the food processor! Serve it chilled with some pitas (or if you ate all of your pitas like I did, crackers taste fine as well).