Monday, November 28, 2011

Cooking Games and Fudge


One of the best cooking games I’ve come across lately was the box of fudge. Once upon a time you had to assemble the ingredients for fudge all by yourself. There were boxes and bags of ingredients and then you had to dig out the old family recipe so that you could figure out how to make the actual dessert. Now, however, there are boxes of fudge ingredients that you can easily make at home in a single sitting. These cooking games are simple, but they taste identical to the fudge recipes that were so tedious to make before.

Using the box of fudge, you’ll start by pulling out the various ingredients and checking to be sure that everything is there. Then, simply follow the instructions to melt the chocolate and blend the ingredients together to make the smooth fudge batter. Finally, you’ll press the fudge in the paper tray provided in the box and your cooking game will be complete – all you need to do is chill the fudge and then eat it to your heart’s content.

Monday, November 14, 2011

Cooking Games and Thanksgiving


The fun of Thanksgiving isn’t just the food, it’s the many conversations we have over the food as you enjoy it. If you’re going to sit down to Thanksgiving cooking games, don’t over think the experience. You should be able to make the food in a way that is stress free and fun to be sure that you can enjoy the whole day – not just the meal itself.

Start with the preparations a few days ahead of time. You’ll want to ask family members to help if possible with some of the dishes so that it doesn’t all fall into your lap the day of the big meal. Side dishes, breads and salad are easy to cook up at other homes and can arrive the day of the meal leaving you with the main course. Of course, having friends and family members over with you to help prepare the meal had some fun side benefits as well. Think of the fun you’ll have in the kitchen as you whip up some great meals and some even greater conversation at the same time.

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Cooking Games and Comfort Foods


As winter approaches, it is absolutely time to start thinking about comfort foods. You should be firing up your crock pot right not to make a batch of chili. Or maybe you’re more into baking and you have plans for hot bread and brownies later. Cooking games are a great way to relieve some of the stress that builds during the countless hours you spend indoors in the winter, while giving you something important to work on as well.

This is your time to start perfecting some of your favorite cooking games. Work on finding the perfect balance of color and frosting in your cupcakes. Try adding some new nuts or candies to your brownies and cookies to see if you get a great new flavor. All of those recipes you’ve cut out of magazines? Let’s give them a try! The holidays are a great time for old favorite and an opportunity to try out some new ones as well. Bake up a storm this holiday season and you’ll be bringing comfort not only to yourself, but to all of your coworkers, friends and family members as well. Enjoy!