March Ice Cream of the Month

                                  Maple Butter Walnut
                                        2/3 cup 1% milk
                                                           2 cups half and half
                                                          1/3 cup + 2 tbsp. Maple syrup
                                                          3/4 tsp. imitation maple flavoring
                                                          pinch of salt
                                                          1/2 cup walnuts
                                                          2 tbsp. butter
                                                          
     Melt butter in skillet.  Then add the walnuts.  Toast them for a few minutes.  In a medium saucepan heat the maple syrup until it is hot.  On the side pour the milk, cream, and salt into a medium bowl.  Add the maple syrup.  Then add the maple flavoring.  Pour it in the ice cream maker and freeze for 15 to 20 minutes.  If you want hard serve ice cream put it in a bowl and leave it in the freezer for at least 2 hours.

February Ice Cream of the Month

                         Triple Chocolate Ice Cream

                                                    1 cup 1% milk
                                                    1/3 cup sugar
                                                    a pinch of salt
                                                    1 pint heavy cream
                                                    3/4 tsp. vanilla extract
                                                    3 tbsp. milk chocolate chips
                                                    3 tbsp. dark chocolate chips
                                                    3 tbsp. white chocolate chips

                            Heat cream and sugar in a medium saucepan over medium heat until hot.  Divide evenly into three small bowls.  It doesn't have to be exact.  Put milk chocolate chips into the first bowl, and stir to melt.  Put the dark chocolate chips into the second bowl, and stir to melt.  Put the white chocolate chips into the third bowl, and stir to melt.  Add 1/3 cup of milk, 1/4 tsp. vanilla, and a tiny pinch of salt to each bowl.  Let each bowl chill in the fridge until cool to touch.  Pour 1 bowl at a time into the ice cream maker.  It will take about 20 minutes.  When it's done scoop into a freezer safe bowl, and freeze for at least 2 hours.  Enjoy.  

Ice cream of the month

     For the year of 2013, I will be posting an ice cream recipe each month.  These recipes are for electric ice cream makers like the Cuisinart.  All of them won't have eggs in them.  It is the easier way to make ice cream.  Sometimes I will do frozen yogurt or sorbet.  I am a little late for January, but normally I will post on the 2nd Monday of the month.

                        Nutmeg

Thanksgiving Party

This is the table.  The tablecloth and plates are from  iparty.
It was a mix of fancy and cheap.

I made pilgrim napkin rings.  This is Cilantro, Sage, and me.

This is Paprika, Coco, and Oregano.

This is called popcorn.  It is the Thanksgiving version of a Christmas cracker.

This is Sage in an indian costume I made for her.
My costume was just one I found at a consignment store.

This is Oregano playing a game called Tippy Tepee.
It is kind of like Jenga.

I made a cranberry apple pie for dessert.  It was OK.
Not quite as yummy as I was hoping.

These are bacon beanstalks.  They were pretty easy to make.

Cupcake Picture

Here is a picture of the cupcake I took to Cupcake Warz.

Cupcake Warz

     I am signing up for Dartmouth Cupcake Warz.  I like the show Cupcake Wars on the Food Network, and I like making cupcakes.  So I'm excited about it.  You bake your cupcakes the day before. Then you bring them to the place they're doing it, and set up a booth with your cupcakes for people to sample.  People make a donation, and then they can sample the cupcakes.  It is a fundraiser for CHAD( Children's Hospital at Dartmouth).
     I decided to make a cupcake that I made last Christmas.  It is a gingerbread cupcake.  Last year the frosting I made didn't turn out well.  This year I'm making a brown sugar cinnamon ginger buttercream frosting.  I made them today, and they turned out good. Yay!  Cupcake Warz is tomorrow.  I will post pictures later.

                   Nutmeg

Catching up

     My family and I had a good Christmas. I had another party on the 21st. It was a general Christmas theme. We had bagel pizza wreaths, red velvet cupcakes with mint frosting, salad, and holiday iced tea. To start I stuck stickers that said various Christmas things on everyone's back. They had to guess what they were by asking yes or no questions. We also played the box game. To play the box game all you have to do is wrap up something small, and then put it in a series of boxes(1 box inside of another). Then pick a number like 4 and tell everyone. Take turns rolling 1 or 2 dice until someone rolls the number. When someone rolls the number they have to put gloves on and try to unwrap the gift. Everyone else keeps rolling. If someone else rolls the number then they take a turn. You keep going until someone has unwrapped the gift. They win. I also got everyone stockings instead of goody bags. I filled them with things they might want before Christmas(for example:I got Sage some Christmas socks so she could wear them on Christmas morning). I made clues for them to hunt for there stockings.

Today I made ricotta,provolone,spinach,ham,and salami pie.