Recipes

Appetizers, casseroles, and delicious desserts all your guests will enjoy.

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Kids Peanut Butter Sandwich Contest

When researching fortune cookie recipes for the Gratitude Challenge, I found out about this contest winner from Riverside who invented the CRUNCHY CHINESE FORTUNE COOKIE SANDWICH recipe.(picture from their website.)Now your kids can enter their own peanut butter creation into JIF's ® annual MOST CREATIVE PEANUT BUTTER SANDWICH CONTEST (see all the winning recipes here)With each entry, kids earn the chance to win a $25,000 scholarship...

Social Networking - Using Digsby

Do you log in and out of Facebook, Twitter, and Email to communicate? Our kids won't. Applications like Digsby will allow everyone to communicate right through the desktop. Check out this video and see if you like it. Beware, as with all media these days it is pretty fast paced. I wish they would develop an extra eye to keep up with the speedy informati...

Monday, September 21, 2009

Orange Chicken Dinner and Gratitude Fortune Cookies

Looking for an orange chicken dish that you can make yourself, without all the MSG? Your search ends in the freezer section at Trader Joe's. The Mandarin Orange Chicken is a family favorite of ours. I garnish it with green onions before serving and accompany it with fried rice, a recipe made with brown rice (also from Trader Joe's) mixed with mushrooms, onions, and egg. For dessert, fortune cookies go perfect with this meal. Try this classic...