Showing posts with label new ideas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label new ideas. Show all posts

Monday, October 18, 2010

Mama said there'd be days like this

Has your pantry ever looked like it just threw up? Well, apparently mine has the flu. I knew it wasn't feeling well when I started taking things out of it and it would spit out one thing before I closed the door. Unfortunately, I didn't pick up on the initial symptoms until it was too late. I pulled out a few things, lined then up nicely and just stared at them for a while. Tilting my head to the right, then back to the left. What was I waiting for? I'm not sure really. Although about 2 minutes into staring at my counter it hit me!! Iron chef! Now even though I'm enamoured with the concept, being a vegetarian, I can't always watch the show. They have some freaky secret ingredients!And I mean freaky in caps, bold, italicized and underlined! I wanted to come up with recipes using as many of these ingredients as possible.

So this is just a quick post kind of like a preview of whats to come.

The one i'm most excited about is the first one!

#1- pumpkin whoopie pies with maple marshmallow frosting!!! ( that takes care of 2 at once)

#2- Sun-dried tomato and onion bread! ( that also takes care of two at once)

#3- Caramel ( I want to go old school with this one and try the boil the can of sweetened condensed milk for hours & hope it doesnt explode method)

#4- mint chocolate chip cookies ( I found those scrumptious dark chocolate and mint chips a while ago, now its time to use them)

#5- Almond butter buttercream ( I love almond butter, in any way shape or form, although I usually just smear it on toast. This time I am going to make it into a buttercream & I think, I hope, WASC cupcakes would be just perfect!)


I hope you stay tuned to see how they all turn out. Also, just so you know, this was only the bottom shelf in the pantry. There are 4 more shelves that I havent 'thrown up' on my counter yet!


I love to challenge myself and I also very much want to use up what I have before I buy anything else.
Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you check back soon. I am very passionate about fondant and I would like to add tutorials about the figures that I make. Pictorials actually.
As always, if you have any questions, any at all, please feel free to ask! Im always happy to help any way that I can!
Bake happy!
Jess