Craft Night! – Apple Nachos

26 Wednesday Oct 2011

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As my contribution to the feast for the Craft Night! Party, I made Apple Nachos. Which, according to the blog I got the idea from, is old news. But I had never heard of them. Added bonus—really easy and tasted AWESOME.

I did not make them quite like the source material suggested (or how most of the results I just found in a search on pinterest made them). These others were more dessert-like, with chocolate chips and such, and I wanted an appetizer.

So, I got me some apples, some apple-dipping caramel, fruit yogurt dip, and stopped at the salad counter for a couple slices of watermelon and a handful of grapes. And here is the result:

yum!

Dinner Club: Flavors of Fall

25 Monday Oct 2010

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dinner club, fall, food

Unfortunately, I didn’t take any pictures this time, so I’ll briefly describe.

My Plan

I decided to try a cheese fondue with apples, bread, & grapes to dip, and I also experimented and made some apple cupcakes to go with a Maple-flavored whipped cream. Mmmmm.

What Actually Happened

I made the fondue (which turned out yummy!) with brie, a shredded Italian cheese bag, heavy cream & apple cider. Which was amazing. I nixed the grapes, got apple slices, and used homemade bread given to me by a friend. (Laura B has an electric knife that I used to cut the bread. SO MUCH FUN! We had two large bowls of bread.)

I LEFT THE CUPCAKES AT MICHELE’S HOUSE! Which is 45 minutes away. So no cupcakes. But I had the topping. So Laura & I made Maple Shortbread Cookies. Which were soft & fabulous. And I’m making them again soon.

So that was Dinner Club. Hopefully I can steal some of Jess’ pics when she posts on her blog. ;-)

Stupid Spirit Hands!

24 Sunday Oct 2010

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butterbeer, Cauldron Cakes, Harry Potter, Magic Wands

This weekend was Harry Potter weekend, although for me it was only Harry Potter Friday. I spent Thursday and Friday at a friend’s house (Michele), and Friday we had her kids and two other teens for a Harry Potter marathon.

So, being the overachiever that I am, I had some snacks prepared.

But I’ll begin with Thursday and an impromptu shoot:

The Lovely Caitlynn

Unfortunately, I left my camera, so I only had my phone.

On to HP Weekend – Wands

I brought pretzels, molds, and chocolate and we made wands…

Arin really liked hers. Livi was jealous.

Cauldron Cakes

I started these ahead of time:

I cared more about the aesthetics than making them strictly out of cake. Black vanilla chocolate cauldron filled with chocolate cake pieces and homemade whipped cream & Biltmore’s black cherry syrup.

Butterbeer

Michele and I decided to use the simplest Butterbeer recipe we found online: cream soda and butterscotch. We didn’t end up making it Friday night, so Michele and the girls made it Saturday. Michele didn’t like it, but the girls loved it. Two of the girls have been to World of HP in Universal and said they liked this better, since it was much less sweet (and they could actually drink it all).m Here’s the pic they sent me:

Alas, they forgot to bring me some. :-( Sad times.

Coming tomorrow: Dinner Club, The Cupcakes That Time Forgot, and quite possibly An Afternoon at the Zoo.

Dinner with Friends

08 Tuesday Jun 2010

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Saturday was June’s dinner with the girls. Ashley hosted (in her new house!), and the table looked like it came right out of a Martha Stewart magazine. Very simple, stemless wine glasses, white dishes, a pitcher with hydrangeas and vases/cups with irises and gardenias.

Good times were had by all.