What does a rabbit have to do with eggs? I often wonder how those two things got associated. Regardless, it makes for some yummy eating. While I was hanging out with Jackielantern a few weeks back, we had a few cooking escapades. One of which involved making delicious bunny rabbits. Not real ones of course, but scrumptious doughy ones! You can check out how that turned out here: More recently, this weekend to be precise, I also colored eggs with Sylvia and the Cheetah. We started off with a standard dye kit. For some reason the colored tablets were somewhat unidentifiable at first. That quickly changed once we dumped the liquid in there. Then Sylvia showed us the tricks of the egg dyeing trade. You can do all sorts of things to make designs such as wrapping a rubber band around your egg. The kit also came with some cute little stickers that Cheetah got especially creative with when she made a little butterfly. Something else you can do is crack the shell of your egg before you dye it. Then when you peel it later is has a nice crackle effect. We ended up with a pretty good haul I think. Happy Egg-laying Bunny Day!
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Last week was St. Patty's Day and I always look forward to the green. Green grass, and green food. No not the moldy kind....Shamrock Shakes! But ever since I stopped eating dairy I can't enjoy that tradition anymore. Until now!! I found a DIY Shamrock Shake on Pinterest awhile back and this year decided to try it out. It rocked! Best of all I could make it my way: vegan style! Here's how I did it: In making this shake however, it occurred to me that I can also make vegan versions of chocolate and strawberry shakes. Using the non-dairy vanilla ice cream for a base, you can either use cocoa powder for the chocolate shakes and real strawberries for the strawberry. I actually like to use Nesquik. No this is not an ad. But as someone who can't eat dairy and is rather health conscious it's surprisingly not bad. No dairy in it, no high fructose corn syrup and no fake sugars. Well...unless you get the no added sugar kind. Yeah....don't recommend getting that kind.
I suggest experimenting with these shakes in your own style with your own favorite ingredients. Try using real fruit, or maybe even Kool-Aid mixes. You could potentially make a cherry shake, an orange dreamy shake, a pina colada shake. Mmmm I'm getting hungry. Who says being lactose intolerant has to be a downer? Another year has rolled around again and this time I'm gonna take it seriously! At least that's the idea. I didn't make any new year's resolutions per say, but I feel that 2016 will be different. I can already feel a new me on the horizon. That being said my taste buds have already taken the lead. I went and ate something...a bit disgusting, but oh so delicious! Confused? You should be. Can you guess what it might be? I'll give you some hints. 1. It's really good for you. 2. It's crunchy. 3. It's spicy. 4. It smells like something died. Give up? Well here it is: It's Kimchi!!!!!
I've heard random things about it for years, but never gave it much thought. Recently I've started to really enjoy red cabbage. The flavor and especially the crunch. I LOVE that one salad with the cabbage mix, the ramen noodles and the sesame seeds. The name of that salad has eluded me at the moment but nevermind. I was wandering around the health market in the grocery store and the Kimchi caught my eye. I had absolutely no idea what was in it so I decided to take a look. It's got, ginger, red peppers, and my favorite thing: CABBAGE!! So I thought, why not? The smell is...well....disgusting. Akin to sauerkraut and really bad farts. The taste, however, is delicious! Plus it's very good for the digestion. If you like spicy, crunchy things you must try this! Just..uhhh...maybe don't eat it around other people or right before a social event. Happy Eating!! |
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