True Blood Party

I had some friends over to watch the season finale of HBO's True Blood show. Every now and then I love to do a themed party. I spent the entire day in the kitchen preparing food and it didn't even seem like a chore, it was a lot of fun. I didn't get near as many pictures as I wanted, especially of everyone hanging out. Below are some pictures of the day.

The menu:

Blood Orange Salad (picture taken from http://prouditaliancook.blogspot.com/2009/01/sicilian-blood-orange-salad.html )

I used that recipe and it was super simple and VERY good.


Spaghetti Bolognese

Baked brie with a cranberry orange topping - sorry no picture. :-(

Red Velvet cupcakes with cream cheese icing and a 'blood' drizzle.

The table. We also made blood orange/pomagranite wine spritzers. No recipe, we just made it up.

It was such a fun evening and I can't believe we have to wait until June 2010 for season 3!!!

Pooh

Please try reading this book to your child without you or your child cracking up!
I think this book was a baby gift from my sister when she was born.
Avery loves it and asks us to read it over and over and we do.

Kool-Aid Playdoh Recipe

Materials:

1 package Kool-Aid
1 tablespoon oil
1/2 cup salt
2 cups boiling water
2-3 cups flour

How to:

(Do youself a favor and use a stand mixer)

1. Mix the first four ingredients together.
2. Slowly stir in the flour until dough is a smooth consistancy.
3. Store in a self-sealing bag.

Note: I added extra food color to each batch of dough to get a brighter color.

Silly Putty Recipe

SILLY PUTTY

What you will need:
1 cup white glue
Various food colors (if you make multiple batches)
1/2 cup to 1 cup liquid (not spray) laundry starch (I could only find a big bottle of it at Wal-Mart).

What to do:
Measure 1 cup of white glue and pour into stain proof mixing bowl.
Drop in food coloring until you get desired color.
Mix well.
Measure 1 cup of liquid starch, slowly pour a little at a time into glue/coloring mixture and scrape down the sides of the bowl. Stir thoroughly. (You may not need to use all the liquid starch.) Let rest 5 minutes. Knead it with your hands, until it comes together. It will be like spaghetti, don't worry keeping folding it and kneading it in your hands. Just when you think it is ruined, it suddenly turns into a wonderful long-stranded glob!
If it seems sticky onces it is formed into the blob add more liquid starch until it goes back to a rubbery consistancy. It shouldn't be sticky if you use enough liquid starch.

Store in an air tight container. Enjoy cutting, stretching and molding.