Showing posts with label food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label food. Show all posts

Friday, February 24, 2012

friday food files

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 Shameless Cupcakes photo taken using Instagr.am

There's a new little business here in Sonora called Shameless Cupcakes and their cupcakes are divine!  We went in for the first time to pick up a little surprise for the kiddos and ended up buying a dozen little surprises!  We tried to pick out one of each flavor that sounded yummy to us, hoping that we would find our favorites and can keep buying those flavors.  However, we've loved each and every cupcake that we have tried thus far.  This might prove to be a little dangerous.  ((snicker)) 



I'm sure we've all heard how important it is for families to eat dinner together (Time Magazine article  |  NPR  |  The New York Times).  At our house we've been slacking on this quite a bit lately, and Troy and I would really like to get back into this very important habit.  This book by Laurie David has been in my cart at Amazon and I think it may be time to check out. 




Penne Pasta with Sun-dried Tomato Cream Sauce is something that I'd really like to try soon.  A bunch of pasta-heads live in my house, so I'm sure it will be a hit!  I'll be sure to update here if we do give it a go...


These Easy Chicken Enchiladas are truly yummy!  I've made them twice since I came across the recipe a couple of weeks ago and they got devoured both times.
I usually plan on serving them with some homemade Spanish rice and refried beans, but my hubby has insisted that the enchiladas will be enough -- if I were to serve anything else with them, it means he won't be able to eat as many enchiladas.  Silly boy.



Another favorite in this house is stews and soups during cooler weather.  This Spicy Chicken Stew recipe looks like it could be a winner.  I'll let ya know!

Thank you so much for stopping by today and having a look at my F r i d a y F o o d
 F i l e s . Do you have any new food finds you'd like to share? If so, I'd love to hear about them!

Friday, October 28, 2011

friday food files: halloween edition




Welcome to the Halloween Edition of F r i d a y  F o o d  F i l e s.  With Halloween coming up in just a few short days,  I have been busy preparing costumes for the kidlets.  This year I am making them from scratch and have only gotten one about 1/2 way done -- it has proven to be difficult.  It may even prove to be the death of me.  Yikes!  Luckily, the other costume looks to be reasonably easy.  Yay!   So let's hope that I live through making the first costume so I can move onto the next. 

Halloween is one of my favorite Holidays.  It ranks right up there with Christmas.  In fact, I was just talking to my mom about how the people that make Holidays into "official" Holidays (you know, to give businesses an excuse to close and give kids the day off from school) really should decide to include Halloween on their list.  And perhaps the day after Halloween as well so we could all recover from our candy hangovers. 

Warning:  As I was looking through my photos to put this post together, I realized that I have quite a few cupcake links.  That's OK, though... cupcakes are always good. 



Jack Skellington cupcakes (source:  Kempenfelt Cakes)



Mummy dogs (source:  Our Best Bites)



Candy Corn sugar cookies (source:  Kathie Cooks)



Dexter Blood Slide suckers (source:  Instructables)



Tentacle Pot Pies (source:  The Family Kitchen)



Strawberry Ghosts (source:  Taste of Home)



Ghostly Pizzas (source:  My Recipes)



Caramel Apple Cheesecake Bars (source:  The Girl Who Ate Everything)




Jello Blood Worms (source:  The Idea Room)



Pizza Mummies (source:  Family Fun)



Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars (source:  My Recipes)



Halloween Oreo Cookies (source:  Gingerbread Bagels)




Candy Corn Cupcakes (source:  The Sugar Turntable)



Earwax Appetizers (source:  Quick Dish)


Well, those are some of my favorite Halloween party foods.  Will you be finding yourself at a Halloween party this year?  Are you throwing a Halloween party this year?  Planning on any interesting foods? 

Thanks so much for stopping by and I'll see you next time! 

P.S.  Please excuse my absence lately.  I'm buried under a pile of fabric! 

Friday, October 14, 2011

new friday feature

Those that know me know that besides my family and scrapbooking, food is one of my favorite things!  All food.  Except okra. 

I've decided to add a new feature here called  F r i d a y  F o o d  F i l e s.  Every Friday I will be sharing either my favorite recipes with you, sharing new foods that I found throughout the previous week, or sharing food related products and ideas.  


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I made this earlier this week and it was a huge hit!  The only change I made was omitting the blue cheese because hubby is not a fan of it.  But i have two teenagers visiting this week, plus my two wee ones, and all of us loved it!  It was a lot of prep work, but well worth it.  











I'm going to try this dish very soon as it is definitely a healthier alternative than my normal breakfast of pastries and coffee.  

Have you found any new recipes this week that you'd love to try?  Do you have any tried and true recipes you'd like me to share here?  Let me know!
Thanks so much for stopping by and I'll see you next time!