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The Hunger Games Unofficial Cookbook is now available. After seeing this I knew I needed to whip up something to honor the opening of the movie tonight at midnight. I haven’t bought the cookbook but having read all the books and having tickets in hand to see the midnight showing I was inspired to make a Hunger Games snack. So I came up with Katniss Herb Spread with Peeta Bread, that makes me smile every time I say it!
Here is the snack:
Here is the recipe:
Katniss Herb Spread with Peeta Bread
Ingredients:
2 teaspoons oregano
2 teaspoons basil
2 tablespoons ground thyme
1 teaspoon whole thyme
2 teaspoons savory
2 teaspoons ground marjoram
1/2 teaspoons whole dry marjoram
(Any green herbs or spices that are on their last legs)
1-2 tablespoons ground sumac
1/4-1/2 cup unhulled, toasted sesame seeds, ground
1 1/2 teaspoons salt (or to taste)
1 tablespoon dried ground lemon peel or zest of two lemons
Preparation:
1. Grab a medium to large bowl. Dump in all of your dried green herbs and spices that have reached their life cycle. The varied amounts are fine. Just mix them all together.
2. Grab a cookie sheet, cover it with sesame seeds, toast them in the over on 350 degrees until lightly brown.
3. Remove from oven, cool the crush sesame seeds with a pestle in a small bowl.
4. Combine with green herbs.
5. Add in olive oil, enough to create a paste out of the herbs. It shouldn’t be dry.
6. Sprinkle on a tsp of sumac if you have some on hand
7. Add lemon zest to bowl
8.Spread on pita or ‘Peeta’ bread and bake or broil until heated through (350 degrees for 6 to 9 minutes)
Or download it here: Katniss Herb Spread with Peeta Bread
We wanted to bake for Saint Patrick’s Day and the short one was asking about the history of Leprechauns and after sharing with her she said “oh so they are sort of like fairies then?” Yes, I guess they sort of are. So for Saint Patrick’s Day we made a green fairy cake. You can’t see the actual fairies, only their clothes because you know they are invisible after all and the idea is to try to catch them.
Today I had a house full of kids who were begging me to bake. I wasn’t in the mood to make traditional cookies or cupcakes so I thought what could we do that I would also enjoy? Whoopie Pies! Making whoopie pies has been something I have always wanted to do but hadn’t gotten around to yet. It was so fun and I am glad I surrendered to the request. Here is a picture of mine – the kids were ‘creative’ also. Up next – brownie pops.
Here is the recipe for Vanilla WHOOPIE PIES with sprinkles.
Happy Halloween! I used my Cricut Cake machine and a stack of round tortilla shells to cut Halloween shapes. I then placed the cut shapes onto a baking pan, salted them and then baked them into chips. I love this idea and will do it with other shapes for other upcoming holidays. For Halloween shapes use the October 31st Cartridge.
Happy crafting and Happy Halloween xoxo
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For an afternoon project with the kids we baked Halloween sugar cookies and pushed bugs into the raw dough to make impressions, then added orange and yellow sprinkles. I am so grateful I have two bug loving girls!
For dinner we made a batch of Halloween bat and pumpkin pasta.
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