Category: Food (Page 2 of 6)

I’ve started going crazy on my Pinterest account hunting down and pinning ideas that I want to try for the Pumpkin parties.  I tend to like cute fall food.  Nothing that looks like bloody fingers or real spiders or stuff like that.  I’ve branched out a little this year into mummies and ghosts, but they are still CUTE.  And, of course, they look tasty.  That’s a big requirement for me.  Wanna see a few of my idea that I hope to do?

Yes?  You’re dying to?

Ok!

Cute Pumpkin Oranges (Website HERE)

See… healthy, easy and cute! (Website HERE)

Yum… and so pretty. (Website HERE)

I know… these are spiders. But those eyes make them super cute! (Website HERE)

Aren’t these the cuties Mummies ever? And um… who doesn’t like Milano cookies? (Website HERE)

I thought the kids would like these. (Website HERE)

Someone made these last year and I really like eating them… haha! (Website HERE)

Tim asked me to pick up some egg roll wrappers the other day while I was grocery shopping.   I figured it was no big deal.  Although I’ve never actually purchased egg roll wrappers I had a general idea of what I thought they might look like and I had heard of other people using them before.  How hard could it be to find them?

Apparently, if you’re me, it will be very hard to find them.  I walked up and down the aisles at cub twice, scouring the ethnic foods section both times.  Asked a checkout lady who directed me to freezer (or so she thought?) and walked up and down those aisles twice.  Called Tim to tell me what they were called again.  Started to google them on my phone so I could see what they should look like.   And then, FINALLY, I found them!  They were tucked away behind the guy stocking food in the ethnic food aisle.  See–I wasn’t crazy.  They were bigger than I expected.  In fact they resemble the size of tortilla shells.

This picture is exactly what they look like.

Image found here: http://www.inspiredtaste.net/13004/how-to-buy-and-use-rice-paper-wrappers/

Now, I’ve never used rice paper before.  And if you look at that picture above again, you’ll notice there are no directions on it.  Oh, and it’s not written in English.  So, after a little bit of internet help we were on our way…

It was so interesting using these.  Apparently you soak them slightly, let them rest on a paper towel until they get just a little tacky (think posty-note) and then roll them up.  It was actually fun.  We were trying to make Wonton Mozzerella Sticks.  You can find the recipe and image HERE.

Basically it’s a cheese stick with a couple of pepperoni slices rolled up and then deep fat fried.

When we fried them they didn’t actually turn nice and golden like the image on the recipe.  It was more of a whiter color.  But they had a really nice, light & crispy crunch to them.  We only made 2 just to see if we liked them.  I would definitely try making them again (and more this time!).  We enjoy trying new things once in a while.  It’s fun to experiment.

Did I ever tell you about the the deep fat fried cake balls with cream cheese frosting that we made last year?

Yeah, we like experimenting on UNhealthy foods… ha!

While we were visiting Shannon last week she let us bring home a bunch of apples from their (overflowing) apple tree.  The kids were helping me pick them, so I ended up with a few unripened ones… but that’s ok.  When I got home, I went straight to work making applesauce.  And I even got to use my new favorite item–my food mill!  I would need to add a little bit of sugar if we eat it straight, but I’m hoping to use it as an oil substitute in a few things.

Fun fun!

That’s right folks.  We’ve moved onto soup.  It’s downright embarrassing that my kids don’t know how to eat soup.  I happen to love soup.  Tim, on the other hand does not… so we did our soup project when he was gone.

First we went to the store and we each picked out a soup flavor that looked good to us.

• Josiah chose Chicken Noodle (with the noodles in the shape of Mater)
• Chloe chose Cheddar Cheese
• I chose Split Pea with Ham

Oh, and I picked up oyster cracker to make the whole ordeal more fun.  😉

Then we got home and made all three kinds and tasted them.  They gave me a thumbs up or thumbs down after tasting them…

Mator Soup: Chloe (Thumbs sideways) & Josiah (Thumbs up)

Cheese Soup: Chloe (thumbs down) & Josiah (thumbs up)

Split pea soup: Chloe (thumbs down) & Josiah (thumbs up)

I will admit, the cheddar cheese soup was terrible.  We agreed that it’s a soup that would be best to help you make something else–as an additive not as a stand alone soup.  Josiah was indifferent about all of them–saying he liked them all.

And Chloe was bound and determined NOT to like the split pea soup because it looks weird.  But I made her finish her bowl anyway and she did so with out too much drama which tells me she didn’t hate it THAT much.  (Oh, and I should add, that after trying all three, she changed her opinion of the first soup to a possible thumbs up.)

All in all, however, it was a successful meal.  They tried them all and learned that there are lots of types of soups out there, and while me may not like some, there are going to be others that we do like.  The big deal was that they tried all of them without complaining.

Success!