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Kids, there is no frickin way I can recount the foodie adventures this past month!
It has been a crazy long time since my last post and CDR and I hosted Friendsgiving, we made mozzarella (yeah, we did!), and made FRESH guava jam. We milled our own flour, I catered a WEDDING, and a million little yummies happened in between. So, in no particular (though I tried to stay chronological) order, feast your eyes on the glory that was our month in food!
*For the mozzarella, jam, and flour grinding, there will be separate and more in-depth posts.
FIRST. Let’s talk about the curtains I made! I ordered this fabric on Fabric.com and when I had some time to do nothing except make curtains and watch Law and Order: Criminal Intent, I measured out the 10 yards of fabric.
I used no-sew adhesive tape! Iron on some tape, peel the paper off to expose the other sticky layer, fold your hem over, iron again and you got curtains!
Have your handy, dandy CDR hang up your curtain rod and attach these babies with clip-on rings from IKEA. We have another window decked out in the same fabric.
Complete the look with a Christmas tree. Isn’t it cute?! Whoville, anyone?
And that’s phase 1 of Christmas!
For Friendsgiving, we were in charge of the stuffing, turkey, gravy, an appetizer, and a dessert. I made bacon-wrapped dates and cheesecake. The turkey was from Trader Joe’s. Awesome. And the stuffing:
The stuffing is so incredibly delicious. And sweet. We added chopped carrots and fennel to clear out the fridge! Recipehttp://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/italian-sausage-and-bread-stuffing-240559
Also, this pretty lady turned 17 on Nov 17th! Golden Birthday!
And here’s just a few pictures of the cheese making, the guava paste, and flour milling. Waiting on a certain SOMEONE to send me some more pictures from the wedding. 🙂 So, I’ll update the post in a few hours!
Simmering guava juices and sugar has to get to 212 degrees before you can whip it and cool it! YUM! The WHOLE Dunn-Rankin house smelled like GUAVA!
You’ll have to wait for the in-depth post to get the full scoop on the mozzarella, but here’s an “after” shot.
Grind whole wheat through the mill THREE times. You’ll go from this after one grind…
To THIS.
Again, more pictures are coming! CDR has to send me some wedding pictures, and I’ll put the pictures of my cupcakes and small bites up too! Stay tuned, too. Because I’m about to launch The Cheesecake Addiction Store.
Back soon–and for REAL this time.
UPDATE***
Here’s some more pictures courtesy of my honey, CDR!
Peanut Butter cups, anyone? These guys were so YUMMY!
Check out these gorgeous vanilla cupcakes! Buttercream and strawberries on top? With some gold sprinkles? Country-chic Cupcakes.
Cheesecake bite, peanut butter cup, pumpkin cupcake, and a vanilla cupcake. The only thing missing on the plate were the brownies…which were SO NOT from a box…wink, wink.
Annie approves. Cousin love.
The Cheesecake Addiction 