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Here are easy to make/bake recipes.Remember to have someone with cooking experience to help you out.-Adult Supervision-
Tell us what's your favourite foods+beverages? Also,post your recipes!If you try any of the recipes in this thread tell us how it came out.Did it taste/look good,disaster,etc...

~Beverages/Mocktails~(Non-alcoholic)

The English Garden Sipper:
Fill a cooler glass with ice.Add 4oz. iced tea and 4oz. raspberry juice.Garnish with fresh lemon and raspberries.

The Cherry Ale:
Fill a glass with ice.Add 2oz. cherry juice,1/2 oz. lime cordial and top with ginger ale.Garnish with lime wheel or cherries.

The Gentle Breeze:
Fill a goblet with ice.Add 4oz. cranberry juice and 4oz. grapefruit juice.Garnish with a fresh cranberry and mint leaf.

Sparking Lemon Float
You will need:
Vanilla Ice Cream(2 scoops per cup)
Sparkling Lemonade(from 2Litre bottle)
-Opinional fruit for garnish.Total time: 2 minutes

Frosty Coffee Smoothie
1/2 cup(125mL) cold water with coffee(instant)
1/2 cup(125mL) milk
4 scoops vanilla ice cream
Top it off with chocolate sprinkles.Serves 2.

Snowman In A Mug
Mint candy adds fresh, frosty flavour to this creamy white chocolate drink. Delightfully different! A perfect gift when you scoop some of this tasty mix into a homemade Snowman Jar (directions below).
Skim milk powder 2 cups 500 mL
White hot chocolate mix 1 cup 250 mL

Powdered coffee whitener 1/2 cup 125 mL
Candy cane pieces (or hard
mint candies) 1/4 cup 60 mL

Miniature marshmallows
1 cup 250 mL
Candy canes (or candy sticks), 4 4

4 inches (10 cm) each,
for garnish

Process first 4 ingredients in blender or food processor until fine powder. Transfer to large bowl.
Add marshmallows. Stir well. Spoon into jar with tight-fitting lid.
Tie candy canes with raffia or ribbon to jar. Makes about 4 cups (1 L).

Directions for Snowman-In-A-Mug:
Spoon 3 to 4 tbsp. (50 to 60 mL) Snowman-In-A-Mug Mix into each of 4 large mugs. Add 3/4 cup (175 mL) boiling water. Stir. Garnish each with 1 candy cane for stirring. Serves 4.

~Yummy Desserts~
Rice Krispies® Treats® Spider

Ingredients

* 3 tablespoons margarine or butter
* 1 package (10 oz. about 40 marshmallows) or 4 cups miniature marshmallows
* 6 cups Rice Krispies®

Directions

1. In a large microwave-safe bowl, melt margarine and marshmallows on HIGH for 2 minutes, stirring after 1 minute. Add a few drops of food coloring and stir mixture until smooth.

2. Add Kellogg's Rice Krispies cereal, stirring until well coated. Let cereal mixture slightly until it is safe to touch. With buttered hands, shape cereal mixture into spider shapes and place on waxed paper. Let cool.

3. Decorate spider using candy corn for eyes, candy-coated gum for teeth, licorice for web and colored coconut for hair. Attach decorations with frosting. Tip: Color coconut by soaking in warm water with a few drops of food coloring for about 30 minutes. Dry coconut on paper towels before using.

Yield: 3 - 5 spiders


Boo Cups

3 1/4 cups cold milk
2 (3.25-ounce) packages JELL-O Chocolate Flavor Instant Pudding & Pie Filling
1 (8-ounce) tub COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, thawed, divided use
20 OREO Chocolate Sandwich Cookies, crushed, divided use
30 miniature semi-sweet chocolate chips

1. Pour milk into large bowl. Add dry pudding mixes. Beat with wire whisk 2 minutes or until well blended. Gently stir in half of the whipped topping and half of the crushed cookies.
2. Spoon 1 tablespoon of the remaining crushed cookies into each of 15 individual cups. Spoon pudding mixture evenly into cups; top with remaining crushed cookies.
3. Drop remaining whipped topping by spoonfuls onto desserts to create "ghosts."
4. Decorate with chocolate chips to create "eyes." Refrigerate until ready to serve. Watch the ghosts disappear! Store leftover desserts in refrigerator.

Makes 15 servings.

Candy Corn Popcorn Balls

1/4 cup butter or margarine
1 (10.5-ounce) package Jet-Puffed Miniature Marshmallows
1 (3.25-ounce) package Jell-O Brand Gelatin, any flavor
12 cups popped popcorn
1 cup candy corn

1. Microwave butter and marshmallows in large microwavable bowl on HIGH 1 1/2 to 2 minutes or until marshmallows are puffed. Stir in gelatin until well blended.
2. Pour marshmallow mixture over combined popcorn and candy corn in large bowl. Mix lightly until well coated.
3. Shape into 16 (2-inch) balls or other shapes with greased or wet hands.

Makes 16 servings.

Extra Special:
Wrap each ball in plastic wrap and tie with raffia or ribbon, if desired.

Chocolate Mousse
All you need:
Half a bag of chocolate chips and half whip cream(from tub)
Let boil for 20 minutes in coffee machine-Stir immediately after.Put inside freezer for 2 hours.

Rice Pudding
6 cups cold milk
2 cups water
3/4 c. long-grain rice
3/4 cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract
ground cinnamon

In one pan put the milk to boil (low heat). In another pan bring water to boil, and put rice in the boiling water. When the rice is soft and the water has disappeared, put the hot milk into the rice and stir constantly. Add sugar and vanilla (stirring). Once the
rice-milk is thick then you are done, put it in bowls and let it cool down, (later put it in the refrigerator). Sprinkle cinnamon before serving.
*When I make rice pudding I don't use vanilla extract.Instead I put in lemon skins.*

HOMEMADE VANILLA CAKE

2 sticks butter, softened
1 3/4 c. sugar
3 c. flour
2 tsp. baking powder
4 eggs (separate)
1 tsp. vanilla
1 1/2 c. milk

Beat yolks, sugar and butter. Add flour, milk, baking powder and vanilla. Beat egg whites slightly. Add shake of salt. Turn into other bowl. Mix. Pour in square aluminum pan. Flour and grease. Bake at 350 degrees until done, 40-50 minutes.

VANILLA POUND CAKE

2 1/4 c. sugar
1 1/2 c. butter (3 sticks), softened
1 tbsp. vanilla extract
3/4 tsp. salt
6 lg. eggs
3 c. cake flour

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour 10 inch bundt pan.

2. In large bowl, with mixer at low speed, beat sugar and butter just until blended. Increase speed to high; beat until light and fluffy about 5 minutes. Add vanilla, salt and eggs on low speed; beat until well blended. Increase speed to high; beat 3 minutes. Fold in cake flour just until smooth.

3. Spoon batter into pan. Bake 60 to 70 minutes until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool cake in pan on wire rack 10 minutes. Remove from pan and cool completely on rack.

No one has a favourite meal?

So do I! I have a cup of Mr.Noodles at least 3 times a week.Flavours:Chicken Mushroom,Spicy Chicken,Shrimp, and Oriental.Mmm...can't forget the worm-like Shanghai noodles 3nodding

This thread is making me hungry xd heart

sounds yummy

Yummy indeed 3nodding
Archedcutie:Vanilla cake recipe is up.
I made Sparking Lemon Float(very quick and easy)minus the fruit garnish -it tasted better than I expected .

can you get the recipe for won ton soup plz blaugh