Enjoying life with family & friends through food
Having fun with your food is simply presenting foods in a unique way by modifying, processing, arranging, or decorating food to enhance its aesthetic appeal. For instance, making ingredients that usually go into a sandwich into an egg roll; making a cake look like a hamburger or vise versa. Try to re-imagining a dish and see what you can come up with.
If you are tired of eating too much meat and want a flavorful alternative then try these cauliflower tacos. Not only is it meat free it is also pretty low carb since it uses lettuce to wrap the taco in, instead of shells/tortillas. This saute…
I love making edible items for Valentine’s Day. I have wonderful memories of Valentine craft parties that I would have a week or two before Valentine’s Day, every year, for my youngest daughter and her friends. We’d make cards, frost cupcakes, eat, and play games.…
These cake hearts are so cute and real easy and quick to make. This recipe is basically just cutting, opening a jar, and melting to make a beautiful and tasty dessert. You can get all the ingredients premade, like I did this time, or you…
It is always fun to play with your food. Think of your plate as your canvas and create fun and delicious masterpieces that will put a smile on the person you are serving it to. This salad does just that. Make it as a side…
Cutting meat into different shapes is a fun idea if you want to ramp up the theme of the holiday, especially when they are cute hearts for your Valentine. These steaks are fun and easy to make. You can use this technique with chicken, pork…
These potatoes make a wonderful side dish. Just with a few ingredients you can make a tasty side to serve with steak, chicken, fish or just on their own. You can use any type of potato you like, I love the flavor of gold potatoes…
Valentine’s day is around the corner. If you want to skip the busy restaurants and overpriced meal and make a romantic dinner for your loved one at home then these crab cakes are wonderful and can be used as an appetizer or as the main…
Every year around the holidays I make decorated cookies. I love art/creating and love cooking/eating so it’s the perfect pastime for me to get both in one! I usually make a basic vanilla type sugar cookies for the base of my decorating but this year…
Everyone loves a good cheeseball, don’t you? It makes it even more fun and festive when it is shaped as a pumpkin, or any other holiday themed shape. This cheeseball is easy to make and tasty for you and your guests, and comes together in…
Fourth of July is around the corner. If you are having a gathering, or just cooking for your family, these recipes are easy and fun to make so you can have time to enjoy the festivities yourself. Most of them can be done, or mostly…
