Creative food craft ideas
I have to say, it was a bit of a challenge trying to stick with a caramel apple theme from appetizer to cocktail. But here goes…
1. The recipe that inspired this theme: caramel apple muffins from Smashed Peas and Carrots.
2.Caramel apple salad from The Food Network.
3. Follow the path to the perfect caramel apple … Read More ...
This post lacks the savory, but perhaps anyone else saddled with hundreds of leftover pieces of Halloween candy might appreciate this collection.
1. Make a Halloween candy pie at Serious Eats, from CakeSpy.
2. Find a bunch of ideas at Real Simple, including Peppermint Patty brownies, Peanut M and Ms and Jelly cookies, and Skittles meringues… Read More ...
1. Find a slideshow of 11 Grilled Cheese ideas from Martha (this is the Gruyere, Apple and Sage)
2. Find a slideshow of 12 unique sandwich combinations from Real Simple (this is the Chipotle Turkey Club).
3. A Grilled Steak Sandwich from Rachel Ray.
4.Bacon and egg salad breakfast sandwich from Better Homes and Gardens.
5. Chocolate … Read More ...
It’s very possible that this theme is inspired by my Over The Hill 
looming birthday and angst about getting oh so very old (really, I’m ancient). Or perhaps it’s just a timely theme since many of the ideas can also be used for Halloween. Whichever the case, let’s get on with things…
1. drink. Black lagoon cocktail with black ice … Read More ...
1. Pumpkin marmalade from Better Homes and Gardens.
2. Spiced pumpkin, lentil and goat cheese salad from epicurious.
3. Rigatoni with roasted pumpkin from Martha.
4. Roast pumpkin with cheese fondue from epicurious.
5. Stuffed pumpkin with cranberry-raisin bread pudding from Southern Living.
This week is all about copying. That is, recreating store-bought and restaurant foods at home.
1. Homemade Spaghetti-Os from My Kitchen Addiction (the post that inspired today’s theme).
2. Cosi’s Signature Salad from brown eyed baker (oh, my favorite salad).
3. An Orange Julius martini at YumSugar.
4. The Outback Steakhouse Bloomin Onion from Secret Copycat Restaurant Recipes.… Read More ...
I am that food lover word nerd described HERE by the kitchn. That academic with too many (pointless) masters degrees that loves such things as idiom derivatives. The kitchn leads us to THIS ARTICLE by the Smithsonian Magazine and this follow up article. “Spilling the beans” likely refers to the ancient Greek voting system of putting beans … Read More ...
1. Make a field greens and herbs salad with 2 Stews.
2. Make rosemary focaccia bread at Biggest Diabetic Loser.
3. Make chicken and basil pesto meatballs at Big, Bold, Beautiful Food.
4. Find a roundup of drinks with herbs HERE at Martha, including the dill-vodka martini.
5. Find a recipe for honey lavendar ice … Read More ...
1. Spinach and green apple salad from Food Network.
3. The dish that inspired this post and that, as a big fan of The Muppet Movie, simultaneously freaked me out and intrigued me (but more the former): Crispy fried frog legs from 2 frugal foodies.
4. Key … Read More ...
Thanks to the generosity of From Storey Publishing, I have two yummy books to giveaway! in Put ’em Up: A Comprehensive Home Preserving Guide for the Creative Cook, by Sherri Brooks Vinton and Recipes from the Root Cellar by Andrea Chesman.
My love of things in mason jars is well documented on this blog, so it’s about time I looked … Read More ...
I’m loving this simple idea for serving fruit salad: ice cream cones. Find tips on making them HERE at Bakers Royale.
[tags]fruit salad, ice cream cones, summer[/tags]… Read More ...
Usually I plan my meal by mixing colors, not sticking with the same palette, but I couldn’t resist the reds, pinks and greens of this collection.
Clockwise from top left:
1. Pizza Margherita from scratch at The Spinning Plate.
2. Prickly Pear Cooler from running with tweezers.
3. Baby spinach and strawberry salad from Golubka.
4. Homemade … Read More ...
Trying to define “edible crafts” is part of the fun of this job. But it’s tricky. I often opt for foods that are manipulated to look like other things, foods made for gifts or with clever packaging, unique kitchen tools, foods made from an artistic hand and of course pretty much anything on a stick. But the downfall of such … Read More ...
I love this idea from the kitchn to make picnic-ing ever so much more convenient (what with bugs and portability and the like): serve it in a jar. Find salad recipes to serve in a jar HERE.
[tags]jar, salad, picnic[/tags]… Read More ...
For a more interesting presentation of asparagus, try weaving! Seen on the kitchn, this idea is found HERE at Food Mayhem.
[tags]asparagus, weaving[/tags]… Read More ...
