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Make Roses… for everything!

Dot — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:29:28 +0000

Flowers are a great decoration for crafts and food alike! And roses particularly have romantic connotations, or are just plain lovely.

(Well, except the Bacon Roses, those are just plain weird.)

I’ve been seeing them everywhere lately, so here are a few ways to make them:

Some fun Rose Making Links:

< how-to at Eye Candy. Also some done with purple potatoes (see pic above)

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Little Birdie Secrets has a tutorial on making really pretty paper roses, that looks very neat! Love the end product…>>

<Make these cute radish roses.. dyed pink using beets!

For your sweet tooth, Grieg shows us how to make Tootsie Roll roses, here at Dabbled.>>

More paper rose ideas:

Crepe paper roses at Dollar Store Crafts (from Filth Wizardry)
Origami roses at Instructables

Crepe Paper Roses

Origami Roses

What cool ideas could you see doing with these!?

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St. Pat’s recipe roundup

Dot — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:00:32 +0000

I know my dear sweet readers are of course voracious readers of Foodwhirl as well, right? Right? Okay, if you’re not, or if you might have missed some things, here are some of the cool Irish/St Pat’s recipes that we’ve had thus far!

(Check out all our seasonal recipes here!)

Guinness Corned Beef

Right now Niki is detailing how to actually corn a beef over in the Seasonal/Holiday category —–> How I got lucky There are still some days remaining until St. Patricks Day, so there is still time to brine your own Corned Beef. Whether you prepare your own beef, or buy the packaged one, this is a great way to cook it…

Corned Beef and Cabbage (or, how I got lucky): Part 1 of 3

Get your minds out of the gutter. Seriously! The very first meal I ever cooked for my husband when we first started dating was corned beef and cabbage. I figure it must have been lucky, because he eventually married me – right? (How to make REAL corned beef!)

Corned Beef and Cabbage (or how I got lucky): Part 2 of 3

After a week of brining, my beef brisket is finally ready to come out of its spice bath and be rinsed and cooked. It sat in the fridge all week, and I turned it two or three times to make sure all sides got equal time in the brine. It smelled pleasantly of pickles every time I uncovered it… (Part 2)

Irish Car Bomb Bread Pudding

We’ve already had an Irish Car Bomb Ice-cream recipe posted on the site, but I felt like I really needed to share this yummy concoction with you guys. I love bread pudding, and I felt like the flavors in an Irish car bomb would really lend themselves to an interesting dessert combination.

St. Patty’s Ideas – Corned Beef & Cabbage Tacos

Now that March is here, time to start thinking Green! Well, St. Patrick’s Day food anyway… and what screams St. Patty’s more than corned beef and cabbage. Twitter reader @somethingextra send us this unusual twist… Corned beef & cabbage, in taco form!

Irish Car Bomb Ice-cream Sundae

So, you want a dessert with an Irish twist for St. Patrick’s Day? Maybe something tasty for the adults? Look no further! This ice cream dessert is fabulous. The story: A while back we had lunch at Six Feet Under across from Oakland Cemetery, and they had something similar to this for dessert.

Spotlight- Guinness Spiced Muffins

I’ve been looking around for some good St. Patrick’s inspired creations, now that we’re in March, so we’ll start off with these delicious sounding Guinness Stout muffins, from Mega*Crafty. Cooking with beer, particularly stouts, yields tasty results, so pop a cold one and try it!

Leftover Potato Pancakes

Guestwhirl for St. Pat’s! Reader Melissa sends us another great potato recipe (Previous: Twice Baked Potatoes) I don’t know if anyone else out there is like me, but there are certain foods, whenever I cook them I inevitably make too much. Potatoes are one of these foods for me. Well, after making

How to Cook Greens……for St. Patricks Day!

Ok, I’m from the South, what can I say…. I love greens! I got Kale in my Gaia’s Greens box last week, and Collards this week so it was time to cook up some greens! And then when I realized it’s almost St. Patricks Day and Greens are, well….Green!

Happy Saint Patty’s day: just add pesto.

Sure you have to wear green so you won’t be pinched. I used to throw in a bright green hair ribbon when I was little, and I think we pinned on clovers more than once. Why not give green to your food too? Or greenify your kids’ lunches or get in the spirit during dinner?

Spotlight: St Pats Day Maki!

I was out looking around for interesting things to do with corned beef and cabbage, and ran across this fabulous idea from The Cooking of Joy (one of my new fave food blogs!).. How do you combine sushi and St. Patrick’s Day? With St. Patty’s Day Maki, of course! Joy says: So after I blogged

Pot o’ Gold Cupcakes

Here’s a fun St. Paddy’s Day sweet for you… what kid wouldn’t love a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow cupcake!? Reader Meg of Mega-Crafty sends us this fun idea, incorporating everything a leprechaun needs! I love how she made the rainbow icing, too…

More St. Paddy’s Sweets…

We’ve been having fun with St. Patrick’s Day sweets here on foodwhirl… Don’t miss our Irish Car Bomb Icecream & Irish Car Bomb Bread Pudding.. (hmm, I’m sensing a theme here). But here are a few more we’ve found on the web that we think are nifty and green!

Now, go get your Irish on! What are you cooking for St. Pats?

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The Chicken Egg Family

Dot — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:57:19 +0000

I’ll be posting this on Foodwhirl later this week, but here’s a preview for the ultra cool peeps who read Dabbled! Is this not the cutest thing? Get the whole HOW TO at Eye Candy Food Blog!

Are you looking for Easter dishes that are easy and fun to make? If yes, then these “newly hatched chicks” made from hard-boiled eggs are perfect for you (along with chicken mommy, of course). You can offer them as a snack or use them to garnish a salad. Or how about an Easter picnic? Simply pack them in the egg carton you bought them in. Safe transportation and a cute way to serve.

Make a hen and chicks out of hard-boiled eggs @ Eye Candy

While we’re on the subject of eggs, here’s some cool ideas on how to dye them!
And yesterday, we learned how to blow them.

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Easter Egg Prep – How to blow eggs!

Dot — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:02:36 +0000

I love this tutorial from Wisdom of the Moon. I must admit I don’t usually blow eggs (ie remove the egg from the shell ahead of time then paint the eggshells), but this technique seems like it might make it worth the effort–can you believe the secret to this is using an aspirator (ya know, they thing you suck out babies’ noses with!?)! And I love that this way they can keep their eggs from year to year..

Wendy says:

In preparation for one of our favorite holiday craft activities, I start collecting blown eggs early. I find it helpful to blow the eggs as I use them in recipes, so I don’t end up with Mason jars full of raw eggs.

Why blow the eggs instead of just hardboiling them? Well, when you put as much effort into these suckers as we do, you’ll want to have them around year after year. And as much as we love to decorate eggs, a family can only eat so many deviled eggs.

The first year that we ever tried dying blown eggs I gave myself a serious case of TMD as Jeff’s ex-wife and I spent the better part of an hour blowing through egg after egg in order to make enough for the 4 kids to dye. Ah, good times. (But that was before I discovered the brilliance of a special tool.)

Very cool! Go read the whole things, she gives a great step by step with pictures!

While we’re on the subject of eggs, here’s some cool ideas on how to dye them!

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A couple of robot sketches for Subterranean

Dot — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:52:48 +0000

The prompt on Illustration Friday this week is Subterranean…I’ll probably do another pic for IF this week, but I thought this was cool.. Which do you like better?

I was playing around with a fun little online drawing tool called Harmony that I found via Drawn.ca.

So I sketched part of the idea I had for illustration friday this week! I really like the sparse feel to this… and it was fun I’ll probably do another IF for Subterranean, but if not, here are these two!

Speaking of robots.. check out my news from yesterday about my robot cake being featured on MSNBC

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Dabbled Cake featured on MSNBC!

Dot — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:44:24 +0000

Very cool huh? This isn’t even the favorite cake I’ve ever made (I think the dragon cake is even cuter) but he does hold a special place in my heart! See the how-to on making the robot cake, plus matching invitations and such for a Dabbled inspired Robot Party! LINK TO MSNBC article

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Cool Sushi Cake – Giant Ebi Nigiri Cake

Dot — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:07:40 +0000

Loving this giant Ebi Cake by Coco Cake Cupcakes! The rice details are a fabulous touch…

Sushi Cakes are so much fun… remember this one from Shrimp Salad Circus?

Here’s some more Sushi themed Cakes and Cupcakes from Flickr, too! (Links to the flickr pics below the large photo mosaic)

1. sushi cakes tray with “grass”, 2. sushi!, 3. sashimi boat v2.0, 4. DSC06742, 5. Chocolate-Orange Sushi Cake, 6. Vegan “sushi” cupcake

Way cool inspirations, all!

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Good Links

Dot — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:58:34 +0000

A few quick links for you, to get your day going!

Love this nautilus by The Book Collector’s Wife! It’s on my list of cool cephalopods!

Cool chess sets at Dudecraft

5 weird things I learned at culinary school at Talk of Tomatoes

Blade Runner death scene done in Legos (Blade Runner remains one of my fave all time movies. Right up there with The Princess Bride) (via Great White Snark)

Cute redone side table into play stove... love the creative re-use! (Previous play stove posts here and here)

Twittered this week:

Totally love this simple tutorial from @sisterdiane! : A super-simple way to cover a composition book
Loving these little birdie remakes at @dollarcraft! http://dollarstorecrafts.com/2010/03/anthropologie-bird/
Brussels Sprout – Wow do Brussels Sprout have a bad rap. Learn to appreciate them at @foodwhirl!.. http://foodwhirl.com/mains-sides/brussels-sprout
Loving this way cool Lego Star Wars stop motion animation at @greatwhitesnark
RT @photojojo: How real photographers drink coffee: http://bit.ly/9toiCS
This is SUCH a wonderful idea from @zakkalife How to make Paper Food Baskets!
Totally love this photo! nothumbsneeded on Flickr – Photo Sharing!

And… anyone want to give me feedback on a new site I’m designing for a client? It’s all just test data out there right now (like no prices or anything) but how does it look?

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Bacon Week at Foodwhirl..

Dot — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:49:04 +0000

Be sure to drop by Foodwhirl.com for Bacon Week this week! You know you want some.

There will be recipes featuring that delightful flavor that is bacon, all week long.

Up currently: Candied Bacon Martini & Bacon Caramel Corn… Yum!

Unrelated to Bacon Week… Niki’s doing a 3 part series on making your own Corned Beef! (I would have never thought to do that, but she says it’s delish! The first part is here.)

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My Tarot Card for the Super Punch 3 year Anniversary

Dot — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:07:53 +0000

And it’s perfect for today’s Illustration Friday: Brave. Doesn’t this king look Brave and True? You know he had to be a robot.

About the project at Super Punch:

So, about this project. I wanted to do something special for the third anniversary of Super Punch, and three weeks or so ago, the idea popped into my head of inviting my favorite artists to create tarot cards.

See all the fabulous cards thus far at Super Punch. There are some incredibly cool ones, from some very cool artists, and I’m honored to be part of the group!

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