Yami Guru's Creative Vortex

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Project: New Year’s Breakfast

I saw this clever idea floating around online, so I gave it my own twist by adding real bacon mixed in the chocolate.  I love bacon and chocolate together! I highly recommend it. (^_^)b

H A P P Y   N E W   Y E A R!!!



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M E R R Y  C H R I S T M A S !!!

Here’s what’s cooking at my house:  Christmas Dinner!

Dessert:

Grinch Moon Pies



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Comfort Food: The Hot Dog My #1 favorite way to eat a hot dog is with deli mustard spread on a warm hot dog bun, and then I top the bun with an all-beef hot dog. I add chili with no beans, cheddar cheese, and freshly chopped onions on top.  Yes, there is a hot dog hiding in all that chili and cheese. :) Zoom

Comfort Food: The Hot Dog

My #1 favorite way to eat a hot dog is with deli mustard spread on a warm hot dog bun, and then I top the bun with an all-beef hot dog. I add chili with no beans, cheddar cheese, and freshly chopped onions on top.  Yes, there is a hot dog hiding in all that chili and cheese. :)


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Project:  Recycling Packaging Foam Scraps into Christmas Present Decorative Refrigerator Magnets

—>Materials:

  • leftover packing foam scraps
  • Christmas wrapping paper 
  • tape
  • yarn
  • glue gun
  • glue sticks
  • 1 inch disk craft magnets

—>Directions:

  1. Wrap the foam piece like you would a present. 
  2. Cover the present with ribbon.
  3. Hot glue and magnet to the back.
  4. Give away as a gift or decorate you refrigerator.


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Project:  Christmas Cardinal Candy Tins/Table Centerpieces 

—>Materials:

  • Cylinder Tins
  • Artificial Cardinals
  • Artificial Christmas Foliage 
  • Small Nests
  • Glitter
  • Gold and Silver Tinsel
  • Glue Gun
  • Glue Sticks
  • Pliers

—>DIrections:

  1. Arrange and hot glue foliage onto the lid of the container.
  2. Add nest, tinsel, then bird.
  3. Important to use lots of glitter!


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Project: Chocolate Coca-Cola Cupcakes Cupcake Ingredients: 2 cups sugar 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 1/2 cups small marshmallows 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened 1/2 cup vegetable oil 3 tablespoons cocoa 1 cup Coca-Cola 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 cup buttermilk 2 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Gummy Coke Bottle Candy Frosting Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter 3 tablespoons cocoa 6 tablespoons Coca-Cola 1 box (16 ounces) confectioners’ sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 cup chopped pecans Directions: Preheat oven to 350° F. In a bowl, sift sugar and flour. Add marshmallows. In saucepan, mix butter, oil, cocoa, and Coca-Cola. Bring to a boil and pour over dry ingredients; blend well. Dissolve baking soda in buttermilk just before adding to batter along with eggs and vanilla extract, mixing well for 2 minutes. Pour into a cupcake pan with liners that have 1 gummy in each cup.  Bake for 20-25 minutes. Remove from oven and frost immediately. To make frosting, combine butter, cocoa and Coca-Cola in a saucepan. Bring to a boil and pour over confectioners’ sugar, blending well. Add vanilla extract and pecans. Spread over hot cupcake. When cool, cut into squares or in half and serve.   Zoom

Project: Chocolate Coca-Cola Cupcakes

Cupcake Ingredients:

  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 cups small marshmallows
  • 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 3 tablespoons cocoa
  • 1 cup Coca-Cola
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • Gummy Coke Bottle Candy

Frosting Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 3 tablespoons cocoa
  • 6 tablespoons Coca-Cola
  • 1 box (16 ounces) confectioners’ sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup chopped pecans

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350° F. In a bowl, sift sugar and flour. Add marshmallows. In saucepan, mix butter, oil, cocoa, and Coca-Cola. Bring to a boil and pour over dry ingredients; blend well. Dissolve baking soda in buttermilk just before adding to batter along with eggs and vanilla extract, mixing well for 2 minutes. Pour into a cupcake pan with liners that have 1 gummy in each cup.  Bake for 20-25 minutes. Remove from oven and frost immediately.

To make frosting, combine butter, cocoa and Coca-Cola in a saucepan. Bring to a boil and pour over confectioners’ sugar, blending well. Add vanilla extract and pecans. Spread over hot cupcake. When cool, cut into squares or in half and serve.  


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Festive Doughnuts For Breakfast (Snowmen & Reindeer) Fun and tasty food experiment!  I saw this idea on several blogs, so I had to give it a try. I’m so glad I did :)  Reindeer’s nose is a red M&M.Snowman’s nose is a piece of Circus Marshmallow Peanuts rolled into a cone. Zoom

Festive Doughnuts For Breakfast (Snowmen & Reindeer)

Fun and tasty food experiment!  I saw this idea on several blogs, so I had to give it a try. I’m so glad I did :) 

Reindeer’s nose is a red M&M.
Snowman’s nose is a piece of Circus Marshmallow Peanuts rolled into a cone.


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Here is a picture of my food experiment, an attempt at making a homemade Sloppy Joe Hot Pocket.Conclusion: Very tasty! I will make this again. (^_^)b  Zoom

Here is a picture of my food experiment, an attempt at making a homemade Sloppy Joe Hot Pocket.
Conclusion: Very tasty! I will make this again. (^_^)b 


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Project:  Homestyle Mixed Berry Freezer Jam

Ingredients:

  • 1 package (16 ounces) frozen mixed berries, thawed
  • 3 3/4 cups sugar
  • 2 teaspoons grated orange peel
  • 1 pouch (3 ounces) liquid pectin
  • 2 tablespoons orange juice
  1. Place berries in a food processor or blender; process until pieces are about 1/4 inch in size.
  2. Combine berries, sugar, and orange peel in a large bowl; stir 2 minutes.   Let stand for 10 minutes.  Combine pectin and orange into the berry mixture.  Stir 2 minutes to blend thoroughly.
  3. Spoon into containers, leaving 1/2 inch space at the top of the container. Cover with tight-fitting lids.  Let stand in the refrigerator for 24 hours to set.  Refrigerate up to 3 weeks or freeze up to 6 months.

This also makes a great homemade gift for the holidays :)



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Project:  Christmas Apothecary

I turned my Halloween apothecary jars into candy and scenery decorations.  All you need is acrylic batting, tinsel, faux-snow, an apothecary jar, and a festive figurine.  Place a few pinches of batting in a jar, add a pinch of tinsel, place your figurine on top of the batting, and add a couple of pinches of snow on top of the figurine.  I also added some candy canes in a few of the jars.



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