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October 22, 2011

PRINCESS ELMO BIRTHDAY PARTY IDEAS

Today my little one turned 1.  We had a party with ELMO food/cake and a purple princess tutu dress.  It was fun and very easy to do!  Here are the ideas:

DIY Tutu Table Skirt
~~~ Tutorial from sweetcraftcakes.com ~~~


ELMO 7 Layer Dip
~~~ classic 7 layer mexican dip recipe ~~~
~~~ tomatoes for face, black olives for mouth, carrots for nose ~~~
~~~ cream cheese or sour cream for white of eyes with black olives for pupils ~~~

ELMO Fruit Tray
~~~ strawberries for face, blackberries for mouth ~~~
~~~ clementine for nose, banana slices for eyes ~~~

M&M Jar with Number 1
~~~ peanut M&Ms with number 1 candle ~~~
~~~ just add a few M&Ms to a clean tomato sauce jar ~~~
~~~ then set number on side in middle and fill up the rest of the jar with M&Ms ~~~

Number 1 Brownies
~~~ Make brownies, cut them, and design a number 1 on some aluminum wrapped cardboard ~~~

I also made homemade sausage balls and a generic sandwich tray.
Hope some of these ideas help make a cool party for you too!

October 11, 2011

FUDGY MOIST FLOURLESS BROWNIES - YUM!



A friend of mine posted this Gluten Free Brownies recipe from Taste & See on pinterest a couple of days ago.  I just had to try them and see!  I didn't have any chocolate chips or canola oil in the house, so I did a few substitutions.  Here is my recipe...they turned out yummy!
Even the hubby liked them & was surprised when I told him there was ZERO flour.

Fudgy Moist Flourless Brownies

1/2 cup + 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
6 tablespoons butter
1.5 tablespoons water
8 ounces chickpeas (garbanzo beans), drained and rinsed
3 egg whites
3/4 cup sugar in the raw
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon cinnamon (optional)
1/2 teaspoon salt

Preheat oven to 350-degrees F. Spray a 8 x 8-inch pan with baking spray.
(Use 8 x 4 loaf pan if you want thicker brownies.)

Melt the butter in microwave in large glass bowl.

Stir in cocoa powder and water until smooth.
(I used a fork.)

Add chickpeas and egg whites. Blend until smooth with stick blender.

Add remaining ingredients to glass bowl and mix until smooth.
(I used a rubber spatula.)

Pour the batter into the baking pan.

Bake for 30 minutes or until a knife inserted into the center of the brownies comes out clean. Cool in pan. These are easiest to cut if they've had time to sit overnight.
Otherwise, just grab a spoon and DIG IN!

October 7, 2011

5 FUN/FAST/FABULOUS IDEAS

A "Mumkin" - hollow out a pumpkin, put in a pretty plant (with the nursery pot or the pumpkin will rot), and tie a pretty ribbon around the plant.  Voila' 

Salad placed in closed containers for outdoor party bug prevention.

Brownies or fudge in cookie cutters for cute holiday gifts.
Just bake/make/decorate and place in plastic bags.
Christmas shown here, but you could use cookie cutters of ANY holiday.

Get some chalkboard contact paper, place your food/drink, write your notes - cool party idea!

What a neat idea to do with cheese cubes, cherry tomatoes, and fresh herbs!