Creative food craft ideas
If you’re planning on making something sweet for mom this year, here are a few tips, straight from candyusa.org.
Candy is the ideal ingredient for dessert recipes!
Utilizing candy products in recipes often cuts down preparation time because the desserts’ major ingredient is already prepared.
Candy products are familiar ingredients that tempt everyone to take a taste.
Candy products … Read More ...
Allchocolate.com is the perfect site for a chocoholic like myself!
Even the home page is making me drool, this is like watching “Charlie and the chocolate factory”, I need to get myself a big piece of chocolate before I begin! This is definitely the best chocolate site that I have come across, it is chockablock full of interesting information in … Read More ...
Ann Smith of Oh, Fudge! Is so busy that even reading about all she does exhausts me!
Besides working in the mornings in the kitchen of a near by school, her other part time job as a research assistant, and making her wonderful soaps and lotions, which she sells on her Etsy shop, Woodwize Body Solutions, Ann started selling … Read More ...
Alicia, from Craftgossip’s Jewelry Making blog, sent me some links to sites with instructions on making candy sushi. Â This looks like a fun project to do with my girls, so I’ll let you know how that goes once we’ve done it. Â In the meanwhile, here are the links.
http://www.notmartha.org/tomake/hostesssushi
http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/kids/feature/famf0400mocksushi/
http://www.instructables.com/id/EWG0ZMWULRETVPK51O/
Thanks again Alicia!
… Read More ...Want to spoil your mom this Mothers Day? What better way to surprise her than to make her a brunch?
Fresh Strawberry Bellini, Orange Glazed Blueberry Scones, Smoked Salmon and Cream Cheese Frittata, and fresh fruit and mint salad. If these recipes sound appealing to you, pop on over to the food network, where you can find them and many … Read More ...
Again I find myself writing about something that is not at all edible (but is crafty and they do serve food). During my last wander around cyberspace I came across the SparkCrafts site. This looks like the kind of place where I could spend a LOT of time – in fact, I would rather spend the day there than in … Read More ...
Yesterday I had one of the most unique culinary experiences ever!We decided to take the girls for a day out to Tel Aviv (a big city, about an hours drive from where I live). We visited a market (an experience in itself) and to a crafts market. We had a wonderful time there, but that is not what I want … Read More ...
Mothers’ Day is approaching and you are probably already thinking about what to get, or make, your mom this year. Ever since I can remember I’ve enjoyed making gifts for family and friends, especially for my mother, who always appreciates the effort and love I have put into her gifts.I love thinking about what craft I am going to … Read More ...
I have posted quite a few ideas and recipes for cooking and working with food together with kids, I thought that it’s about time to post some reminders about being safe in the kitchen.Â
Before you begin, it is very important to read the recipe to your children, of have them read it to you. Make sure that you … Read More ...
This one isn’t kid friendly in the making, as it involves using boiling water, but they do love the end result.� Jelly (or Jell-O) is an easy dessert for you to make, and children love to eat it.�
We have some great frog jelly moulds and the girls love eating frogs.If you don’t have any moulds you … Read More ...
This year Earth Day falls on April 22.� There are many sites full of information on Earth Day all over the internet, so I went looking for any food related Earth Day crafts which I could find.� And, this is what I found,
kidsdomain.com has some interesting Earth Day recipes for kids, as they say “What better way to honor … Read More ...
… Read More ...Edible crafts is a very diverse subject, including many different forms of crafts and also art. Why am I telling you this? Well, simply because I came across the most amazing artist’s site, Ya Ya Chou, and just had to share it with you.Ya Ya is an artist who was born in Taiwan and moved to Los Angeles in 1997
This weekend we went on a baking spree. First we made muffins, lots and lots of different muffins, which was fun, and I got my younger daughter to help, so it was also some quality time. (It also worked out well because one of my best friends gave birth a few weeks earlier than expected, so we had some freshly … Read More ...
Ever since first seeing the original Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory I’ve been dreaming of visiting a land made out of sweets with a chocolate river…you get the picture, right?
I have always suspected that I am not the only one with this sweet fantasy, but now I am sure. Â English artist, Prudence Emma Staite, creates all of … Read More ...
Here are some fun Easter facts straight from the National Confectioners Association (NCA) – the American candy industry’s leading and oldest trade association.
The first chocolate eggs were made in Europe in the early 19th century and remain among the most popular treats associated with Easter.
90 million chocolate Easter bunnies are made for Easter each year.
16 billion jelly … Read More ...