Just another share of Village Sweets page….
http://village-sweets.com/2014/11/11/love-doing-theme-cakes/
Diced Chili Cook Off at Ranting Chef
I entered a chili contest. Woohoo! I am sharing the Ranting Chef’s page with you all. The chili I entered, is a meatless chili, seems strange right ? Shouldn’t chili be full of meat ? Well mine isn’t!!! LOL Mine is a delicious Tofu chili, don’t knock it until you try it. It really, really is deliciously good. I am not the biggest fan of meat, but I do like a steak once in a blue moon. I love love chili, and I wanted to make a recipe that uses Tofu… tada so here it is. I would so love if you could VOTE for my “Audi Rose, Terrific Tofu Chili” at http://www.rantingchef.com please vote contest poll closes October 22, 2014… 😀 TANX!
http://rantingchef.com/2014/10/17/diced-chili-cook-off-audi-rose-terrific-tofu-chili/
Village Sweets
Sharing time! A page from Village Sweets… A christening cake for a baby boy
Tye Dye …. Again!
Yup! Guess I am on a Tye Dye craze. Just wanted to share a post from Village Sweets. A Tye Dye CAKE was created for awesome Caroline!
Tye Dye Mocha Cake with layers of Chocolate Whipped Cream, Frosted in Swiss Buttercream and covered in Fondant.
Tye Dye Mania
Made up a batch of Tye Dye T-shirts for my Etsy shop “Peonie’s Closet”. They are just about ready to go in the shop! I always love a little tye dye now and then…makes things fun!
Variety of shirts in tye-dye (S-M-L)
Tiki Themed Card Box
Made a card box this weekend for an engagement party. The theme was Hawaiian, so I went with a Tiki looking box. I purchased a sturdy box from the dollar store with a removable lid. Cutting the “slot” was a little difficult, but I managed. I wrapped the box and the lid in burlap and secured it with glue. I also glued two pretty shells to the lid. I purchased two lei’s and cut the string. With the loose petals I attached several together to make a more full flower and sewed a few stitches, this made it so much quicker to just have one big flower to glue to the box lid. I then glued one jeweled stone to the center of the flower. I also purchased some bamboo sticks, they were great and so easy to cut. Glue the bamboo pieces to the box and Voilà! My Tiki Themed Card Box at a small cost of $12.06 and took about 2 hours to make… Woohoo!
Tiki Card Box
“FAK !!” Strawberry-Banana Morgan
Friday Afternoon Kocktail time! Made up a slushy Strawberry-Banana Morgan cocktail, was really really good!
Strawberry-Banana Morgan
– 3 oz Captain Morgan’s Spiced Rum
– 3 oz Banana Liqueuer
– a whole container of Fresh Strawberries (reserve a few whole ones with their green tops for deco), washed and cut up (put them in the freezer for an hour or two)
– Lots of Ice (2-3 cups)
In a blender, add the very cold strawberries and blend until pureed (if you want, I pressed them through a sieve, cuz I don’t appreciate the seeds stuck in my teeth!). Return the strawberries to the blender if you pressed them and throw in the Spiced Rum, Banana Liqueur and the ice (I like lots of ice, I used more than a cup, probably 2.5 cups). Blend and blend away. Once it is thoroughly blended pour into some pretty glasses and decorate with your whole strawberries….P-R-E-T-T-Y!! and yummers to boot!
Strawberry-Banana Morgan
Girly Girl Baptism Cake
Just wanted to post Village Sweets latest cake creation (was a cake pinned on pinterest). Loved making the ruffled diaper! Heehee
http://village-sweets.com/2014/07/27/girly-girl-baptism-cake/
FAK !! ChaCha Cherry Sangria
“Friday Afternoon Kocktails” time… Made a delicious refreshing Sour Cherry Sangria. Yum yum, this hit the spot Friday afternoon after work, a tall glass loaded with ice, sitting by the pool, chilling with my Sangria, on a hot sunny day, I couldn’t ask for more. Cheers!
Sour Cherry Sangria
– 1 Bottle of Zinfandel (750ml)
– 3 Cups of FRESH squeezed Orange Juice (I used about 4 Really Big oranges).
– 2 Cups Club Soda or 7-Up (I like the fizzy and I used 7-Up)
– 1/4 Cup Triple Sec
– 1 Jar Sour Pitted Cherries, juice drained (NOT Maraschino)
– 1/2 Cup of the Sour Cherry Juice (from the jar)
– Several Slices of Oranges (keep a few to decorate your glasses)
– Several Slices of Lemons
– Lots of Ice (for the glasses not the pitcher)
In a glass pitcher add the Zinfandel, the fresh squeezed Orange Juice, Club Soda or 7-Up, Triple Sec, Sour Cherries, Sour Cherry Juice, Orange and Lemon slices. Stir well and refrigerate until very cold. In a tall glass, fill with ice, pour in Sangria, decorate the rim with a few orange slices…Enjoy! Simply refreshing !!
Cherry Sangria
“FAK!” Pina Coladas
“FAK !” I hope to have a recipe every Friday for our “Friday Afternoon Kocktails”. It is nice to just sit and relax and have a cocktail (you can make it virgin, they still taste amazing even if you don’t add the alcohol) and cocktails look soooo pretty too! Weather has been rather hot here to say the least, the humidity just makes it more unbearable. At least I have some comfort in the enjoyment of my pool and a nice cold refreshment makes it so much more enjoyable. My recipe for my cold frothy Pina Coladas. You can hold the alcohol or not, your choice. I opted for the booze (Oooops!).
PINA COLADA
– 2 Cups Fresh Pineapple (Blended and pureed and put into ice cube trays, Freeze. Do this a day ahead)
– 3 oz Rum (I used 1 oz Bacardi White Rum and 2 oz Captain Morgan’s Spiced Rum)
– 1/2 Cup Coconut Cream
– 1 Cup Pineapple Juice
– 1 Cup Crushed Ice
– Fresh Slices of Pineapple and Maraschino Cherries (on the stem if you can find them) for Decoration and eating enjoyment 🙂
Put all the ingredients into a blender and Blend, Blend, Blend… Serve immediately in a tall glass and decorate with Pineapple slice (I forgot to keep myself a few slices of fresh pineapple, o0yyy! But I did add the cherries heehee). A cute little paper parasol was missing, oh well next time.
Cold Frothy Pina Colada Drink
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