It's Summertime, Root Beer Float Time

Raoul and I are enjoying the nice southern summer! We are enjoying it by making root beer floats and black cows at home.


What is a black cow? Well, it is like a root beer float, but it has chocolate ice cream instead of vanilla.


We used to get black cows at Jerry's Curb Service all the time when I lived in Pennsylvania. Jerry's is a great little diner where the car hops come out to your car and serve you from a big tray that hooks to your window. You can eat your burger and fries in your car! And have a black cow!




What's your favorite summer drink?

Nilla One Hundred And Thirty-Eight

NILLA gets a taste of Missy's VANILLA ICE CREAM...

Mochi Making

Raoul and I made a batch of daifuku mochi! It was very simple to make, and was really yummy to boot.


We used the recipe from my candy making book. We also read some recipes online before beginning.




We added some pink food coloring to our mochi dough. Here are the pictures of how it looked when we removed the dough from the microwave. It looked like Play-doh!




We rolled and kneaded the dough after it cooled off some. Careful when it comes out of the microwave, this dough is like lava!


We added some strawberry jam to the center of the mochi, not the usual red bean paste. I was trying hard not to over fill the mochi, or else the jam would ooze out of the ball when I rolled it.


Here is the rolled mochi!

World Peace

Thought I'd follow a food post with another food post...we made some MASALA VEGGIE BURGERS the other night (got 'em from TRADER JOE'S and they are yummy)...anyways, there was a PEACE SIGN in my TOMATO SLICE. Do all tomato slices look like that?

Koala Ice Cream Treat

This time of year, when it is so cold and wintery, sometimes I crave a sweet, cold treat. I know it sounds crazy, but I remember going holiday shopping, or picking a Christmas tree, and just craving an ice cream sundae! So we would stop at Eat N Park on the ride home to have sundaes!


I made these koala ice creams for Raoul and I - don't they look so cute?


I used a chocolate covered almond for the koala's nose, currants for the eyes, and Madelines for the ears. Yummy!

Weekend Wind-Down #156

It's been a while since we've done a WEEKEND WIND-DOWN post...things have been crazy busy between caring for our sick bunnies and taking care of all the crafting biz. THANKSGIVING gave us a bit of a respite, but soon we were back firing up the factory. Good thing we made enough food to last us through our 4-day weekend...we started our Thanksgiving morning with homemade BISCUITS AND GRAVY, which we gorged ourselves on while watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade...



After a short food-coma nap, Missy started on a FANCY PUMPKIN PIE recipe she got from one of her fancy Martha Stewart cookbooks. We also ended up making little PUMPKIN PIE TARTS with all the left-over pie dough and pumpkin filling...



















While the pie cooled in the fridge, we got started on our vegetarian Thanksgiving dinner...stuffed peppers, roasted carrots, sesame-roasted brussels sprouts, stuffing, and a huge vat of my infamously-delicious mashed potatoes...









On a whim, we also picked up a couple of these ICE CREAM TURKEY LEGS from Baskin Robbins. The legs are actually upside-down ice cream cones slathered and glazed with sickly sweet caramel to give them an authentic turkey leg look...



FAVORITE MOMENT OF THE PAST WEEK?
MISSY - I.C.E. Atlanta and Thanksgiving!
RAOUL - We had our best I.C.E. Atlanta sale yet!

WORST MOMENT OF THE PAST WEEK?
MISSY - Jumbles being sick!
RAOUL - Going back to work after a long holiday weekend is always hard...

FUNNIEST MOMENT OF THE PAST WEEK?
MISSY - Watching Jumbles tip over in his sleep.
RAOUL - That dude wearing the "McShit" t-shirt was pretty funny.

WORD OR PHRASE OF THE PAST WEEK?
MISSY - "Tootserella"
RAOUL - "We gotta strive to make the world the best place on Earth"

FAVORITE MEAL OF THE PAST WEEK?
MISSY - Thanksgiving!
RAOUL - Our Thanksgiving meal, of course!

FAVORITE MUST-HAVE THANKSGIVING DISH?
MISSY - Mashed potatoes.
RAOUL - Mashed potatoes.

FAVORITE BALOON FROM THE MACY'S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE?
MISSY - I liked Hello Kitty in the airplane.
RAOUL - The KAWS "Companion" balloon.

THREE THINGS YOU ARE THANKFUL FOR?
MISSY - My family, my pets, and you!
RAOUL - Family, friends, and relatively good health.

FAVORITE T-SHIRT YOU SAW AT THE I.C.E. ATLANTA SALE?
MISSY - Cat Banana!
RAOUL - Cat Banana!

PERSONAL SOUNDTRACK FOR THE PAST WEEK?
MISSY - Fleet Foxes, The Black Atlantic, The Monkees.
RAOUL - Carb On Carb, Those Lavender Whales, Rise-Ascend, The Rondelles, Prince, The Smiths, Hornet Leg, Vampire Weekend, The Monkees, Grimes.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Check out these great "turkey legs" that I have! We got them from Baskin Robbin. These are really ice cream cones that are placed upside down and made into a turkey leg shape. It is covered in caramel for the "turkey look." They also had the whole turkey, but it was sold out. Happy Thanksgiving!

Halloween 2012

This Halloween Raoul and I made ghost pizza that I saw on Pinterest. I did not follow the recipe, but I made the ghosts the same way. I do not have a ghost cookie cutter (I know, it seems like something I should have, really) so I just cut out my ghosts by hand. They came out really good because the cheese melted nicely in the oven!


So here is how the pizzas looked before they were baked in the oven.


I did use a mini cat cookie cutter on one - can you spot the cat?






Happy Halloween!