Giant chocolate bunny for big chocolate bunny lovers
A couple of weeks ago my kid broke his clavicle while wrestling another kid from our neighborhood lightweight division. Thankfully, he did not require surgery or any kind of weird clavicle cast that would have made both his and my life a living hell.
Treatment of clavicle breaks and fractures most commonly involve resting the affected extremity in a sling. Through my experience, I have learned that an even more effective over-the-counter treatment, is chocolate.
Forget Extra Strength Advil, give a kid 100mg or more of chocolate every 4 to 6 hours or as pain persists, and they’ll look forward to breaking the rest of their other still developing bones. This is why this Easter, I’m going all out for my broken clavicle crusader with a Giant Chocolate Bunny from Figi’s.
He’ll be back to wrestling Mickey Rourke style in no time.
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Sushi roller helps you sushi rock and roll at home
I have been known to frequent All-You-Can-Eat sushi joints. I have also been known to toss my Temaki shortly thereafter.
I love sushi, but your average sushi boat is downright expensive and if the guy behind the sushi bar doesn’t like your face, you might just be getting the raw end of the fish.
Now I can save money and know exactly what end of the fish is going in my Spicy Tuna Roll, thanks to this simple wok and rolling Sushi Roller I found in the Cooking Enthusiast catalog.
Now I just need to invest in some decent reusable chopsticks because you know what Confucius says… Man with one chopstick go hungry.
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XL Turkey Fryers for XL deep fried turkeys with all the fixings
When I cook and when I eat, I like to make an XL impact.
Let’s make something clear. I like my food plentiful, I like it hot, and I like it deep fried.
Whether it’s for a Thanksgiving feast I’m whipping up for my family, a block party barbecue or my weekly Turkey Sandwich Night (every Thursday night people), if I am going to cook a turkey, you can be sure of three things:
a) It’s going to be XL (and perhaps have a chicken stuffed inside of it)
b) It’s going to be deep fried
c) It’s going to leave me with leftovers for at least a week
This is why I have set my sights on this Masterbuilt Butterball XL Turkey Fryer from fireforless.com. This beautiful piece of machinery will allow me to fry my extra large Butterball indoors easily, safely and deliciously.
I don’t fry small fish either.
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Valentines Day Gifts that go beyond your everyday gift chocolate
Contrary to popular Forrest Gump belief, I do not think that life is like a box of chocolates.
True, you may never know what you’re going to get, but either way it’s going to be chocolate. So what if you don’t like cashews, coconut or chocolate covered cherries? It’s still covered in delicious, creamy chocolate. It is my belief that life is like half a box of of chocolates, mixed in with a bunch of things that are completely inedible and hard to swallow, like pencil erasers and soap.
This year for Valentine’s Day, don’t just give your loved one the same ol’ box of boring chocolates. They might be good enough for Forrest, but your sweetie deserves a unique boxed selection of treats, like this Chocoholic Valentines Day Gift box from River Street Sweets.
This way they’ll know exactly what they’re gonna get.
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Thanksgiving Dinner Delivery for a blessed Thanksgiving dinner for two
My in-laws are in town, my cat is having health issues, my son is going to be nine and I’m a woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
Last week I couldn’t even sign my name correctly on a check, and if you even mentioned the phrase “cranberry relish”, I would sucker punch you in the neck.
My outlook has drastically improved, ever since I found out that I can order a complete Thanksgiving Dinner Delivery For Two à la Gourmet Station.
It’s a saving grace for a wretch like me.
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Beef short rib meal – Gourmet beef short ribs for two
The closest I’ve ever come to preparing an impromtu meal is microwaving a Healthy Choice dinner I accidentally found in the freezer at work.
When it comes to cooking, I can’t just throw things together. I have to make a list, shop, check the nutritional content and prep, all of this before I even pre-heat the oven. As a busy working mom, who has the time?
It was a rainy Friday night when my husband and I decided to consume our recent gourmet indulgence, a succulent Beef Short Ribs Meal that we ordered from Impromptu Gourmet.
It made that stolen Healthy Choice dinner taste like chopped liver.
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Magic plate lets you twirl your spaghetti right on your plate
I love ah all da tings Italian. I order my lunch from Domenick’s Pizzeria around the corner almost ah every single day. I love ah da Grandma’s pizza, I love ah da Pasta E Fagioli, I love ah da spaghetti.
The only ting that is not buonissimo, is when I get ah da spaghetti all over my clothes. I ah very messy spaghetti eater. Now I can twirl-ah my pasta without getting it all over my pretty white pants with the Magic Plate from Artistica.
Watch me eat, I’m like-ah David Copperfield with a plate of angel hair and a meatballs. One minute my spaghetti there, then it disappear, like magic.
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Turkey Cake Pan to bake the perfect turkey shaped Thanksgiving cake
When it comes to Thanksgiving desserts, pecan pie is usually the pie slice of choice. Pumpkin pie comes in at a close second, but you simply can’t beat the taste of crunchy pecans, brown sugar, sweet molasses, corn syrup and melted butter all baked up in a pie.
Yes, pecan pie is every pilgrim’s pleasure, but according to Men’s Health magazine, one small slice of pecan pie has approximately 450 calories, 21 grams of fat (4 grams of saturated fat) and 65 grams of carbohydrates, and that’s from a small slice! What about seconds?
This year I’m foregoing the pecan pie and baking up my own healthy version of a Thanksgiving dessert with this Turkey Cake Pan from Goosberry Patch.
Sing a song of Sixpence
A pocket full of rye
Four and twenty turkeys
Baked in a pie!
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Julia Child cookbook – Master French Cooking with the bestselling cookbook by Julia Child
Twenty-six years ago my college boyfriend gave me one of my all time favorite gifts, one of the most coveted cookbooks ever written – Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia Child. I poured over every word in that cookbook as though French cooking was a religion and this book was my blanching, boiling and braising bible.
In short, I loved being with Child.
Fast forward to what seems like four score and seven years ago and I’ve mastered 60% of Julia’s recipes (still working on the remaining 40), became a goddess in the kitchen whether I was cooking Boeuf Bourguignon or Brisket, married the guy who brought Julia and I together, and the rest is history.
If you want your own happy ending, both in the kitchen and in life, pick up your own volume of the bestselling Julia Child cookbook from Organize.com. You’ll learn the art of preparing French cuisine even if you consider yourself culinarily challenged, because as Julia herself once said:
“If you can read, you can cook.’”
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Mini brownies in tasty mini sampler sizes
They say good things come in small packages. This is true for some things, but not all…
When it comes to my daughter’s skirts, I prefer maxi over mini.
When it comes to evening heels…the bigger the heel, the sexier the shoe.
Diamonds… enough said.
When it comes to brownies, normally I say the bigger the better… unless you’re on a diet. In that case, mini works out just fine. Now I can have my brownie cakes and eat them too with this Half Dozen Sampler of Mini Brownies from The Exceptional Brownie. I love getting to sample three delicious flavors, and so does my waistline.
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Stuffed dates stuffed with tasty pecans and chocolate dipped dates
When it comes to dates, I say stuff it.
If you’re a fruit that’s healthy or good for me, I’m generally not that into you. Apples I like, other fruits, not so much, and don’t even think of giving me a piece of melon. Although dates are considered healthy, they’re also considered sweet, plump, juicy and delicious, especially the Medjool varieties which are often jumbo sized which makes them perfect for stuffing.
Everything tastes better with a pecan or other tasty nut stuffed inside of it. Everything tastes even better when you smother it in rich, delicious chocolate. These Pecan Stuffed Dates and Chocolate Dipped Dates from Sphinx Date Ranch & Southwest Market are a match made in dating heaven.
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Smore maker makes yummy smores, 3 at a time
I’ve been on a strict, no sweet diet for what seems like all eternity. Ignoring the occasional chocolate urge, (or supressing it with cornicopious amounts of veggies) I have successfully prohibited myself from enjoying the sweeter edible things in life. After my daughter’s birthday I spent an entire week bringing in leftover sweet treats to share at the office – cake, doughnuts, cookies. I still look smashing, my co-workers gained 5 pounds.
I just returned from a vacation to Boston for the 4th of July. I celebrated the birth of America by taking in the beauty of the Cape Cod Bay while eating gooey, delicious smores (some say s’mores, I don’t need the apostrophe). I hadn’t had a smore in decades, and sans my trusted band of sweet eating co-workers, I had no choice but to submit. Now I want to eat smores round the clock, and I can with this Campfire Smore Maker from Gooseberry Patch.
I’m biting off smore than I can chew.
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