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When you grow you own strawberries they’re so much better than what you get at the store, you don’t want to overpower them with too much sugar. I make homemade shortcake with real butter, whole grain flour, crystallized ginger and just a small amount of sugar. This lets the sweetness and flavor of homegrown sun ripened strawberries be the star of the meal. The shortcakes are cooked until crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. When cooled we crumble them in a bowl, top with strawberries macerated with maple syrup and a dash of vanilla. Then we top it all off with some raw milk.
For my recipe: chiotsrun.com/2011/06/10/friday-favorite-strawberry-short...
It’s long been a tradition in my family to gather together on New Year’s Day to eat pork and sauerkraut. When I was young, my grandma was the cook and the entire family packed into her house, cousins, uncles, aunts to help eat the roasters full of kraut that she made. I never liked it growing up, usually I’d eat the tiniest bit of sauerkraut and stuff myself with the delicious dumplings that topped it. It was a meal that had to be eaten on New Year’s day to ensure that the coming year would be a prosperous one.
For the Recipe: chiotsrun.com/2012/01/02/cooking-up-some-prosperity/
My petit crustless pumpkin pies are finished - MMMMM. Now to make some ginger whipped cream.
recipe I used - but I doubled the spices and reduced amount of sugar: userealbutter.com/2008/11/25/crustless-pumpkin-pice-recipe/
One of The Curious Cake Shoppe Made From Scratch Custom Cake Designs.
Two Tier Diaper Cake for Girl
(Front View)
Contains:
Approx 25 hand rolled Luvs 1 diapers
2 Handmade flannel receiving blankets
2 Handmade coordinating washcloths
1 Handmade burp cloth
1 Bunny Stuffed Animal
1 Frog Iron-On Appliqué
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Minnie Mouse themed 2nd birthday cake with a little zebra print and the birthday girls name on stars. Baby blocks and fondant curls for accents.
One of The Curious Cake Shoppe Custom Made From Scratch Cake Designs.
Two Tier Diaper Cake for Boy
(Back View)
Contains:
Approx 25 Luvs Size 1 Diapers
2 Handmade Flannel Blankets (1 w/ Custom Embroidery)
2 Handmade Washcloths (1 w/ Custom Embroidery)
1 Handmade Burp Cloth
Click here to see more pictures and information on the handmade Gift Set
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Sleeping Angels Shea Butter Handmade Natural Soap
I've enriched this bar with shea butter, sweet almond oil and vegetable glycerin for added moisture. The color reminds me of a beautiful pink opal. I tried hard to capture this in the pics, but no cigar.
This was a sample from Brambleberry. I had never heard of it and the name isn't up my opium alley. It's not bad and for some reason it reminds me of a Christmas scent. It might be because of the name? I really don't have the words to desribe this one, so allow me to steal the words out of Brambleberry's mouth:
"This glorious fragrance is fresh, flowery and green with notes of Rose, Muget, and Musk. Delicate and floral, it's a great addition to any soap line! One customer wrote in and said, "I just wanted to let you know that I used the Sleeping Angels FO in it and I love it! It smells great. Like a cross between a baby and a field of flowers."
So there it is :-)
It is filled with homemade roast sweet potato paste (covered in crushed peanuts) and mung bean paste (black sesame seeds)
The tea is supposedly one of the top 10 Chinese teas in the world.
元宵节快樂! Happy Lantern Festival!
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One of The Curious Cake Shoppe Custom Made From Scratch Cake Designs.
Two Tier Diaper Cake for Boy or Girl
(Back View)
Contains:
Approx. 25 Luvs Size 1 Diapers
Two Handmade Flannel Receiving Blankets
One Handmade Burp Cloth
Two Handmade Washcloths
One J & J Baby Wash
One Stuffed Animal
Click here to see more pictures and information on the handmade Gift Set.
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I made Blueberry Buckle for breakfast, it was always one of my faves as a girl. I used the recipe from Rustic Fruit Desserts: Crumbles, Buckles, Cobblers, Pandowdies, and More I used freshly ground white whole wheat flour, homegrown blueberries from the freezer, and added some crystallized ginger for extra goodness. Oh yeah, and I cut the sugar in half. Quite tasty!
One of The Curious Cake Shoppe Custom Made From Scratch Cake Designs.
Two Tier Diaper Cake for Boy
(Front View)
Contains:
Approx. 25 Luvs Size 1 Diapers
Two Handmade Flannel Receiving Blankets
One Handmade Burp Cloth
Two Handmade Washcloths
One Stuffed Animal
Click here to see more pictures and information on the handmade Gift Set.
Visit our website to learn more about our Custom and Made From Scratch Diaper Cakes!
The beautiful thing about this dish is that it can be made with whatever you have in the kitchen or whatever happens to be in your harvest basket that morning. In mid summer tomatoes, peppers and basil would be heaven; in spring asparagus, leeks and cheese are perfect. The possibilities are truly endless. Assemble them the night before letting them rest on the counter overnight or if you’re squeamish about food being warm put them in the fridge overnight (they’ll cook much better if you warm them on the counter for an hour before baking).
It’s long been a tradition in my family to gather together on New Year’s Day to eat pork and sauerkraut. When I was young, my grandma was the cook and the entire family packed into her house, cousins, uncles, aunts to help eat the roasters full of kraut that she made. I never liked it growing up, usually I’d eat the tiniest bit of sauerkraut and stuff myself with the delicious dumplings that topped it. It was a meal that had to be eaten on New Year’s day to ensure that the coming year would be a prosperous one.
For the Recipe: chiotsrun.com/2012/01/02/cooking-up-some-prosperity/
One of The Curious Cake Shoppe Custom Made From Scratch Cake Designs.
Two Tier Diaper Cake for Boy
(Back View)
Contains:
Approx. 25 Luvs Size 1 Diapers
Two Handmade Flannel Receiving Blankets
One Handmade Burp Cloth
Two Handmade Washcloths
One Stuffed Animal
Click here to see more pictures and information on the handmade Gift Set.
Visit our website to learn more about our Custom and Made From Scratch Diaper Cakes!
It’s long been a tradition in my family to gather together on New Year’s Day to eat pork and sauerkraut. When I was young, my grandma was the cook and the entire family packed into her house, cousins, uncles, aunts to help eat the roasters full of kraut that she made. I never liked it growing up, usually I’d eat the tiniest bit of sauerkraut and stuff myself with the delicious dumplings that topped it. It was a meal that had to be eaten on New Year’s day to ensure that the coming year would be a prosperous one.
For the Recipe: chiotsrun.com/2012/01/02/cooking-up-some-prosperity/
A four-part evolution of an apple pie, made from scratch. Didn't document the making of the pie crust dough, but it did take a lot of butter--nearly 2 sticks.
Lots going on with this cake. Zebra stripes, a bow, curls and stuff sticking out of the sides. It was a fun and different Sweet 16 cake.
Both footballs were made entirely of cake, covered in fondant. The name, crown and stars were made from gumpaste.
Large fondant letters were cut to cover the top of this boy's birthday cake, music notes around the side to match the colors.
Alice falling down the rabbit hole, the Queen of Hearts and the Chesire cat (he even had a tail on the back). The cake is all vanilla buttercream with fondant accents. The pocket watch and Alice's legs and dress were made from gumpaste. A Very Merry Un-birthday to you!
So today, sans microwave oven, I made a pot of soup for dinner.
Not that I'm totally dependent on having a microwave ... right? Right? And I happen to enjoy making soup anyhow.
This was a case of "use whatever might be on hand" and turned out to be boxed chicken broth, coarsely cut potatoes (skin ON, thank you ... carefully scrubbed), a can of chicken, a bit of frozen spinach, a splash of lemon juice, and some herbs (rosemary, dill weed, lemon thyme that I'd grown myself, and dried parsley).
It turned out quite well.
209/365: 28 July 2011
Cinnamon Sugar Cocoa Butter Handmade Natural Soap
This soap is made with cinnamon sugar fragrance oil. It smells just like cinnamon and sugar, but not too sweet. Too sweet = bad news in my aromaland. I've added tons and tons and tons of cocoa butter to the base of this bar. To top it off, I've enriched with shea butter, sweet almond oil and vegetable glycerin for more moisturizing goodness. It's a very rich bar of soap and will leave you feeling silky smooth.
This would definitely be a bar of soap that I'd wash my hair with too. I use almost all of my plain (meaning no added herbs and stuff) as shampoo bars. My method: Lather up a wash cloth really REALLY good and squeeze it out onto your hair. This is easier then trying to lather your hands and then transfer. Scrub it up and use the remainder for your body. Close your eyes for the hair part though - or ouch! Then rinse and you are all done. You've saved water, time and smell great too. Ah…
Growing your own food isn't just about saving money, it's about so much more. I truly believe that as humans we posses an innate desire or need to take a hand-on role in the production of the food we consume. Whether through growing your own, foraging in the wild, hunting or even going to a local farm, knowing exactly where your food comes from provides a deep sense of appreciation for what you eat.
Blogging about Growing REAL food and WHY at Not Dabbling Today: wp.me/psbGE-297
Rainbow cheetah print done in vanilla buttercream on a buttercream background with a zebra stripe fondant bow.
Here is a close up of the hand piped tandem bike design. The tandem bike design was hand piped onto this four tier wedding cake and the design was taken off the wedding invitation.
One of The Curious Cake Shoppe Custom Made From Scratch Cake Designs.
Two Tier Diaper Cake for Boy or Girl
(Front View)
Contains:
Approx. 25 Luvs Size 1 Diapers
Two Handmade Flannel Receiving Blankets
One Handmade Burp Cloth
Two Handmade Washcloths
One J & J Baby Wash
One Stuffed Animal
Click here to see more pictures and information on the handmade Gift Set.
Visit our website to learn more about our Custom and Made From Scratch Diaper Cakes!