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By Aimee, April 7, 2012

Awhile back I got an adorable book called Yum-Yum Bento Box: Fresh Recipes for Adorable Lunches. It has been sitting on my shelf for a few years, waiting for the day when I had some supplies to create cute food.

Thanks to some Amazon giftcards, the day finally arrived! I have a Panda bento box, and many fun shaped molds to make boiled eggs with. My first attempt was a Hello Kitty boiled egg, which turned out cute, except the egg was too small so it really didn’t mold. Further attempts at other shapes have worked out much better, and we are thinking of making some as a fun twist on the traditional Easter egg (we will still color eggs though).

One of my favorite YouTube shows, Cooking With Dog, has a very good video about making bento:

What about you? Have you tried making cute foods for bento boxes?

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By Aimee, November 29, 2011

Are you ready to see some of the most awesome gingerbread cookies ever? Yes? Behold, Ninjabread Men!

Aren’t they great? And of course for our first use we had to make gingerbread cookies. We even tried to decorate them, but most of them found their way into our stomachs before they really got decked out in frosting.

But never fear, one cookie was caught hanging out before getting eaten, and as you will be able to see our decorating skills need some help.

Yeah, a girl ninja! The photo quality is almost as awesome as the decorating job! But that’s not the fault of the totally fun cookie cutters! You can get your own at ThinkGeek. Next time I am going to try making sugar cookies, or even brownies! There will be so many different kinds of ninja running around our house (until they are eaten of course).

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By Aimee, October 20, 2011

Something about fall makes me want to bake. Especially pumpkin, and even more so thanks to my Pinterest addiction. I haven’t been baking lately (I’ve been sick with a cold, and my hubby has been on a very restricted diet to help heal his ulcers). However, that doesn’t mean I haven’t been filing away great ideas for fall baking. Here are some of my favorites:

S’mores cookies from Martha Stewart.

Funfetti Fudge. Confession: I love Funfetti cake mix, and my favorite thing to do with it is to make cake mix cookies. I really want to try this fudge.

Jalapeno cream cheese crescents. These sound really tasty.

Bacon and egg cups. This would make a perfect weekend breakfast. Oh how I love breakfast foods.

Does fall put you in the mood to bake too?

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By Aimee, September 26, 2011

If you love to cook, and have an iPad, then you are really going to love the Chef Sleeve!

One thing that I have always loved about having an iPad was being able to use it all over the house, and of course, being able to look up recipes.

However, I was always worried about bringing it into the actual kitchen, and because of that I would end up running back and forth between wiping off my hands to look at my recipe in the other room. The Chef Sleeve solves that problem!

Simply cover your iPad with a sleeve, and get cooking! The sleeve protects the iPad while keeping functionality intact. Truly so much nicer and sturdier than the “Ziplock” method you may have heard of. Plus, with the Chef Sleeve you can still easily scroll and swipe the screen, without worry of getting your cooking mess on your iPad!

The box comes with 25 sleeves, which while they are meant to be disposable (you can recycle them), can be used many times before you need to use a new one. Depending on how messy of a cook you are of course!

Designed for iPad, and iPad 2, but it can also work with a Galaxy Tab 10.1 and similarly sized tablets.

I loved the box they came in too, with a funny “nutritional fact” section on the back it was just as fun to get the Chef Sleeve as it was to actually use them. And, they even built the box so you could use it as a stand for your tablet! They would make a wonderful gift for the iPad owning cook in your life!

*While I was provided with the product for this review, as always, my opinions are my own, regardless of compensation.*