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Oct 04 2012

Homemade Oreo Cookies

Nothing beats tried and true recipes from my youth. I thought it was time to introduce my boys to the homemade Oreo cookie! Mom would try to hide these in the freezer but us kids found out they make a pretty good ice cream sandwiches!

Homemade Oreo Sandwiches

2 Devil’s food cake mixes

4 eggs

2/3 cup oil

Icing:

4 oz cream cheese

2 cup powdered sugar

2 tbsp butter

Mix eggs, oil and cake mixes, but do not overwork dough. Roll into 1 inch balls and place on cookie sheet, leaving lots of room between. Bake at 350F for 10 minutes. Cookies should flatten slightly and cracks should appear. Dough will be extremely soft, but will harden as it cools. Cream icing ingredients. When cookies are cool, sandwich together with icing.

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Aug 15 2012

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child's play, food, parties

What I want to be when I grow up…

This summer the boys and I hosted a ‘what i want to be when i grow up’ party. We asked that their friends come dressed up as their future selves. Check out their cuteness!

Shout out to Chef Guida, aka Sarah for helping with the party and grabbing the camera when I had to put it down!

Food was served for the future astronauts out there…

and the firefighters…

Food for the farmers AND drinks for sneaky mustached ninja’s.

And to top it off…the guests had their futures determined by the inside of their cupcake!

If they got a penny, they’d wind up RICH! Girls pay close attention! Hahaha…

A ring meant you’d get married and since the party consisted of mainly boys, most were hoping to find a button which meant they’d never get married!

If your cupcake had a baby inside it meant you’d have a family. Again, not super popular among the boys!

It turned out to be a typical hot Cali day so the costumes didn’t stay on for long! What was I thinking? A costume party in the summer?!

Thank you little people for a great time! Don’t grow up too fast!

Tagged children's party, mustaches, mystery cupcakes, What I want to be when I grow up party

Jan 06 2012

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food

Are you RAVENOUS?

Imagine a restaurant where you get treated like family. This is the vision of Wade Sawaya, Proprietor and Sommelier of Ravenous Cafe in Sacramento. What he has achieved is fine dining with an elegant but inviting atmosphere. Dishes that look like a work of art, that if it wasn’t for the aroma, you’d be happy just looking at it. What a mouth-watering experience to come in and photograph this establishment and be treated like one of the family.

If you weren’t hungry before, I bet you are now!

Tagged burrata mozzarella, caprese salad, creme brulee, elegant dining, fine dining, jumbo lump crab cakes, Ravenous Cafe, riverlake village, Sacramento restaurant, Wade Sawaya

Nov 15 2011

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child's play, food

EAT MORE and more and more

This week I was craving something from the homeland. A chewy Eat More (Canadian chocolate bar). Growing up, my best friend was a genius at making these homemade. I would try but mine would never turn out as good as hers. Until today. Although it could have something to do with the fact that I haven’t had one in years!

Eat More bar

1 cup of Pure Canadian Honey

2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

1 cup bran

1 cup chopped peanuts

1/2 cup chopped sunflower seeds

1/2 cup peanut butter

Melt the first 2 ingredients together over low heat. Add remaining ingredients; mix over low heat until it boils. Pour into a greased 9×13 pan; press well. Let cool. Eat. And then, eat more!

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Aug 26 2011

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child's play, food

i scream you scream we all scream for ice cream!

With the days still being so hot, it seemed about time to try to make our own ice cream…in a bag! So after school today we got busy and mixed:

2 tbsp sugar

1 cup half and half cream

and 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract

poured it in a pint size ziplock and sealed it tightly.

Next we placed:

1/2 cup of coarse salt (we used table salt)

ice cubes

in a gallon-size bag. We put our smaller bag inside as well and sealed the larger bag shut. And shook it. And juggled it. And rolled it. And made a mess as the bag opened up spilling out ice cubes. We shook some more until our hands started showing signs of frost bite. A little over 5 minutes later our small bag of ice cream mixture had hardened!