Long Time No See

Not that anyone ever read my blog, but I'm now 19 and in college, but not culinary school.  Mini Cooking Queen out.

Hayden and Quinn

Hi!!! This past week my family has been watching my cousins Hayden and Quinn because my aunt and uncle were in Boston.  Thankfully they did not get hurt during the unfortunate events at the Boston Marathon. This is a hilarious video of my 1 1/2 year old cousin Quinn.



 

                        Here is a picture of my 4 year old cousin Hayden asleep on the couch.



 

                                                  Quinn sitting on my lap eating Cheerios.



 

 

Drinking milk!!!

 

 

I'm trying to get her to smile in between gulps of milk. :)

 

 

 

 



 Hayden and Quinn helped Aunt Lisa make homemade mac n' cheese.  Hayden helped me make Jello jiggler eggs.  Hayden wanted to make a dinosaur jiggler, but we didn't remember to cut out the jigglers, so I cut out a dinosaur Jello jiggler just for Hayden.  Unfortunatly he is in a better place.

 

We had a great time with the girls, and we hope to see them again soon.  Also if you would like to see more pictures of them, my aunt has a blog called Baby Monkey Seiple.  To see the blog click the link below.

 

www.babymonkeyseiple.blogspot.com

Wrapping Up Chocolates

How to Make Chocolates

Hi Everyone!!!  Have you started to think about what you are going to get for that special someone this Valentine's Day?  If you are not sure yet, don't worry.  I think that I can help you with that.  I am going to make chocolates for my friends and family.  Chocolates are an easy and delicious gift.  You will need 1 bag of any flavor of melting chocolate, chocolate molds, a spoon, sticks, and candy making gloves.

First, you will need to open the bag of chocolate, and pour about 1/2 of the chocolate into a glass measuring cup or microwavable bowl.  Place the cup or bowl of chocolate into the microwave for about 30 seconds.  Stir the chocolate and and repeat until fully melted.

Next, pour the melted chocolate into the mold.  Fill each mold about 4/5 full.  If you would like suckers, place the sticks horizontally into the chocolate.  Place the chocolate filled molds into the freezer for about 10-15 minutes.

Finally, take the chocolate out of the freezer, once it is solid.  Put on the special candy making gloves to prevent finger prints from getting on the chocolates.  Bend the plastic mold to pop the chocolates out of the molds.  Put the chocolate in an airtight container and store in a cool dry place.  Enjoy!

Side Note:

Depending on how many chocolates you would like, you may need to use more than one bag and repeat the steps.  You can use colored white chocolate like red or pink, or you can also use milk or dark chocolate.  Dark chocolate is my favorite!

Thanksgiving and Christmas Pictures... Finally!

Sorry I haven't been posting lately.  I have been VERY busy.  These first pictures are of my pilgrim hats from Thanksgiving.

 

Here are the pictures from Thanksgiving!!

 

 

Here are the pictures from Christmas!!  We went to Hershey, Pennsylvania right before Christmas.

 



 

 

Here is my peppermint bark that I talk about in my post about Christmas gifts.

 

 



 

Also here are some pictures of my cute cousins from Christmas!

 

 

Hayden...

 

 

... and Quinn!!

If you would like to see more pictures of them my Aunt has a blog at

www.babymonkeyseiple.blogspot.com!

 

 

Good-bye 2012, Hello 2013

Sorry I have not posted the pictures from Thanksgiving and Christmas yet.  The Blogger website is not working correctly.  It will not let me upload my delicious-looking pictures to put on the blog.  I will get the photos up as soon as possible.  Thank you for looking at my blog so much this past year.  I want to share my love for cooking and baking with everyone because I would like to create a business someday, and I think this is a great way to start sharing my knowledge.  Please keep checking my blog and commenting.  I love the encouragement from you!  I am looking forward to a great year of posting!!!!

Thanksgiving

For Thanksgiving this year I finally got to spend it with my aunt, uncle, and 2 cousins.  The reason this was the first year I spent Thanksgiving with them is my aunt and uncle moved to California after they got married.  This past August they moved back to Ohio.  My cousins are both girls.  One of my cousins is 1, and my other cousin is almost 4.  She will be 4 later this January.

For Thanksgiving I helped my aunt make the mashed potatoes, and helped my uncle and my dad make the stuffing.  For dessert I made little pilgrim hats.  They were fudge striped cookies upsidedown, a chocolate covered marshmallow, and yellow icing.  They were really cute and extremly delicious.  My next post will have pictures of the bark, my Thanksgiving, and my pilgrim hats.

Christmas Gifts

I make home made gifts every year because I don't have much money, and they're fun to make.  

This Christmas I am going to send peppermint bark into work with my dad.  It is going to be dark chocolate on the bottom, crushed peppermint in the middle, white chocolate on top of the peppermint, and sprinkled peppermint on the top to make it look pretty.  I am going to break it into squares and shards, then I'm going to place it in little Christmas tins.  The tins have lids that look like green peppermints. 

 

If you would like to see my luscious, delectable bark, I will post pictures in the next week.