Menu Ideas

Ingredients:
1/3 - cup unsalted butter, softened
1/3 - cup shortening
1 - cup granulated sugar
1 - tsp baking powder
dash salt
1 - egg
1 - tsp vanilla extract
2 - cups all purpose flour

Colored Icing:
2 - cup confectioner’s sugar2 - tablespoon softened butter or margarine
4 - tablespoons milk
2 - tsp vanilla extract
orange & green food coloring

Directions:
In a medium size bowl beat shortening and butter together with a electric mixer. Add sugar, vanilla extract and egg.

Mix the flour, baking powder and salt together then add...

What You Need

1 pkg. (298 g) prepared pound cake, cut into 12 slices
2 cups boiling water
2 pkg. (85 g each) Jell-O Strawberry Jelly Powder
3 cups ice cubes
3 cups sliced fresh strawberries, divided
2 cups thawed Cool Whip Whipped Topping

Make It

COVER bottom of 13x9-inch dish with cake slices; set aside.

ADD boiling water to jelly powders in large bowl; stir 2 min. until completely dissolved. Add ice cubes; stir 3 to 5 min....

A friend sent me the link to this disgusting food art knowing full well that I'd be compelled to try it with my kids. And I did. And they loved it.

If you want to try it, just stick dry spaghetti noodles through hot dogs and boil. I thought about adding a sauce, but I think the kids would see that as detracting from the fun.

Originally Posted on: http://myplumpudding.blogspot.ca/2009/05/spaghetti-dogs.html

• Save cardboard milk cartons (the 1 litre ones) coated with wax.
• Prepare a sub with meats and cheese etc
• Wrap in tinfoil then damp newspapers (regular newspapers if it is already raining) and put inside the carton
• Light the carton on fire and let it burn down
• sometimes you will have to relight it — great match lighting practice for the kids

When it's done your sandwich will be...