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At Sea Nautical Style

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At Sea Nautical Style

Refers to the sea and to ships, Sailboats & Motor Yachts. There is a romantic image of life on the sea reflected in a navy jacket with brass buttons, a crisp white sailor's uniform, a sou'wester hat and yellow slicker, or a fisherman's sweater.

Watermelon Goat Cheese Appetizer

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Watermelon Goat Cheese Appetizer

Watermelon, the essential summer refresher teams up with creamy goat cheese and crisp cucumber for a cool, tangy appetizer.  A Food Centric Life

  • 2 small Dulcinea watermelons or 1 large regular watermelon
  • 6-8 oz goat cheese
  • 1-2 tbsp milk
  • 1 Persian cucumber
  • 2-3 limes
  1. Wash watermelons well. Cut a thin slice off one side to give you a flat surface. Roll melon to flat side (which provides stability for cutting the melon) and cut 1″ wide pieces of watermelon. Lay pieces flat and using a 1 1/4″-1 1/2″ round or square cookie cutter, cut pieces of melon.
  2. With the small end of a melon baller tool, cut little half rounds out of the center of the piece. Whip goat cheese and milk together until creamy. The amount you use will depend on your goat cheese. Place the cheese into a piping bag fitted with a star tip and pipe into the indentations. Garnish with a little slice of cucumber. Place on a flat plate, squeeze lime juice over the top and serve.

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SHERRI HILL Fashion Collection – Sherri Hill is an American fashion designer and businesswoman whose specialty is formal evening wear.  Color Gallery 5 | Red, White & Yellow,

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Surprise Inside Mini Easter Bundt Cakes

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Surprise Inside Mini Easter Bundt Cakes

Mini vanilla bundt cakes stuffed with a surprise Easter candy center and topped with a vanilla glaze.  Freutcake

For the Cake:

  • 1 box white cake mix (or homemade), prepared as directed
  • vanilla glaze
  • gel food coloring
  • mixed Easter candy

For the Vanilla Glaze:

  • 2 cups confectioners sugar
  • 2 tbsp milk + more as needed
  • 1 tsp lemon juice
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  1. Butter and flour a mini bundt cake pan and set aside. Note: the pan I used makes 6 medium sized bundt cakes
  2. Prepare the cake mix and pour into cake pan. Bake as directed.
  3. Cool cakes and slice off a very small amount of the bottom (as little as possible) so that bundts can stand upright without wobbling.
  4. Prepare the glaze by mixing confectioners sugar, milk, lemon juice and vanilla extract in a bowl until smooth. Glaze should be thick but pour-able. Add more powdered sugar or milk as needed. Separate into small bowls and tint with gel food coloring.
  5. Stuff the centers of each bundt cake with candy, the more the better, and top with glaze. Try not to get too much glaze in the center. Top with more candy.

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Watermelon Cups with Cranberry Mascarpone

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Watermelon Cups with Cranberry Mascarpone

These watermelon cups are filled with Cranberry Mascarpone and garnished to perfection! Cravings of a Lunatic

  • 2 mini seedless watermelons
  • 1/4 cranberries pulsed in a food processor
  • 2 tsp ugar (honey and agave also work to sweeten the cranberries
  • 1 cup mascarpone
  • 1 bunch of basil the smaller the leaves the better – to garnish
  • 1 Zest from one orange Instructions – to garnish
  1. Cut the rind off the watermelons. Try to cut it in a way to get the fruit as square as you can. I know it’s hard with a round fruit. I suggest cutting it in half, then place the cut side down on the cutting board so you can cut the edges off easily and safely. Once the rind is gone, cut the watermelon into small squares. You can cut them into small bite size squares or larger two bite squares. Either way works.
  2. Now lay out all your squares on a platter, and use a small melon baller to remove a small circle of watermelon from each piece. (save the pieces for a salad!) Use small pieces of paper towels to soak up any juice from the wells you’ve made in each piece. I tore one paper towel into strips then placed a tiny piece in each one and left them there while I made the filling.
  3. In a food processor pulse the cranberries until they are small pieces, not quite crumbs but close. Now add sugar (honey or agave can be substituted if you’re not able to use sugar) and pulse until it’s mixed thoroughly. The sugar helps sweeten the cranberries because they can be too tart for most people.
  4. Remove the paper towel pieces from each watermelon well and discard the paper towels.
  5. Use about ½ to 1 teaspoon of mixture in each watermelon well. I rolled my cranberry mixture into balls so the presentation was pretty and also so the mixture went deep into each well.
  6. Zest one orange and use as a garnish on each watermelon cup.

  7. Tear pieces of basil and use them to garnish each watermelon cup. Ready To serve!

Unicorn Ice Cream Cupcakes

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Unicorn Ice Cream Cupcakes

Just look at all that swirly ice cream goodness!!! I really love how these Unicorn Ice Cream Cupcakes turned out and how colorful they are. They taste just as great as they look, too.  Sprinkle Some Fun

For the cake:

  • 1 Use cake mix you like follow instructions on mix for batter
  • food coloring: I used Wilton bright pink and purple

For the Ice Cream:

  • 2 cups heavy whipping cream
  • 1 can Sweetened Condensed Milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla

For the Whipped Cream Frosting:

  • 1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 1/2 tsp Unflavored Gelatin
  • 4 tsp water
  • Garnish: Sprinkles and Twirly Lollipops
  1. For the cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Fill a muffin pan with cupcake liners. Add 1 1/2 Tablespoons of batter (just enough to cover the bottom of the liners) to each liner. Bake for around 15 minutes or until the cupcakes spring back. Let cool completely before topping with ice cream mixture.
  2. For the ice cream- In a large mixing bowl whip heavy cream until stiff peaks form. Fold in sweetened condensed milk and 1 tsp. vanilla gently until combined. Separate the ice cream mixture into several bowls (as many colors as you want) and color the mixture in each bowl a different color. Add around 2 Tsp. of each color into the cupcake liners on top of the baked cupcakes. The ice cream mixture should just reach the top of the liners or a little over it. Swirl the colors of the ice cream mixture a few times to give it that swirl effect. Put the ice cream cupcakes in the freezer for 5 hours at least. When they are frozen, you can cover with plastic wrap and leave in the freezer for up to 3 days or serve immediately.
  3. For the whipped Cream Frosting: mix the water and gelatin in a large microwave safe bowl. You will want this bowl to be large because the gelatin will foam up in the microwave. Microwave on high for about 20 seconds or until all the gelatin is dissolved. Let the gelatin cool off to a lukewarm temp before adding it to the cream, but don’t let it get cold because it will become a gel. Meanwhile with an electric mixer whip the heavy cream, sugar and vanilla on high or until thickened. Add the gelatin to the whipped cream slowly and beat on high until the whipped cream forms stiff peaks.
  4. When ready to serve take the cupcakes from the freezer and top with the whipped cream. You can use this whipped cream frosting like you would any other frosting. It will hold the shape for at least 2 hours and holds longer if refrigerated, but obviously, ice cream, needs to be served immediately so you will want to top these right before serving. As with any frosting, it should not sit out too long in the heat. Put some sprinkles on the top, stick in the lollipops and enjoy your cake and ice cream all in one!

Moscow Mule Mimosas

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Moscow Mule Mimosas

These Moscow Mule Mimosas are my favorite brunch drink of choice at the moment; unique, delicious, EASY, and fun. The Cookie Rookie

  • 1 bottle orange juice
  • 1 bottle Crabbies Ginger Beer -Use Spiced Orange Flavor-
  • 1 bottle champagne or sparkling wine
  1. Pour orange juice 1/3 of the way up a champagne glass. Top with another 1/3 of the Crabbies Ginger Beer and then top with champagne or sparkling wine. Garnish with limes and orange slices.
Drink Recipes | Champagne Cocktails

Unicorn Bark Milkshake

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Unicorn Bark Milkshake

Basically, unicorn bark is different colored candy melts and various, sparkly sprinkles and decorations. Here we’ve got pink, blue, and purple candy melts with pink as the base.  Beth Cakes

For the Unicorn Bark

  • 1 pkg pink candy melts
  • 1 pkg blue candy melts
  • 1 pkg purple candy melts
  • Sprinkles and decor of your choice

For the Milkshake

  • 1/2 cup prepared frosting
  • 1 cup sprinkles
  • 1.3 quart vanilla bean ice cream
  • 1 container fresh strawberries, cored
  • 1 container fresh raspberries
  • your choice of milk
  • whipped cream (homemade or store bought)

For the Unicorn Bark

  1. Line a baking sheet with plastic wrap or wax paper.
  2. Melt pink candy melts in a microwave-safe bowl according to package directions. Do the same with blue and purple. Pour blue and purple candy melts into squeeze bottles or ziploc/piping bags with a small tip cut off.
  3. Pour melted pink candy onto the baking sheet and spread into a rectangle, about ¼-inch thick.
  4. Drizzle with blue and purple candy. Tap baking sheet against the counter or table to help the candy flatten out.
  5. Immediately top with sprinkles and decorations. (If you’re going to use gold foil, make sure to leave some empty spaces where you’d like to put it. Then once the bark is dry and set, press on the foil.)
  6. Place baking sheet in the fridge for about 30 minutes to and hour for bark to set. Once bark is hard, use a knife to cut it into pieces, or use your hands to break it up.
  7. Store in refrigerator until ready to use.

For One Milkshake

  1. Spread frosting around the outside of the top of the cup you’ll be using. Cover in sprinkles. PLace cup in the freezer. (This will keep your shake cold longer!)
  2. Place about 4-5 large scoops of ice cream in a blender. Add about ½ cup diced strawberries and ¼ cup raspberries. Add ½ cup milk. Blend until smooth. Add more ice cream or milk depending on your preferred consistency.
  3. Pour shake into the glass. Top with whipped cream, stick on some pieces of unicorn bark, cotton candy, rock candy, and sprinkles!

Colored Deviled Eggs

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Colored Deviled Eggs

Colored Deviled Eggs Appetizer

  • 10 units hard boiled eggs
  • 100` grams mayonnaise
  • 2 cups white vinegar
  • 5 teaspoons food color all different
  • 1 teaspoon mustard
  • 1/8 teaspoons salt
  • 1 teaspoon chopped chives
  • 1 teasponn ground pepper
  • 1 tbsp bacon bits
  1. Cut the eggs in half.
  2. Collect and reserve the yellows. If some whites are a little torn, filling will hide that.

Make the colors:

  1. In 1/2 glass of water mix one teaspoon of vinegar and about 3 drops of food coloring.
  2. Diving whites in colors (by 2 halves) Take the eggs when they are a pretty pastel color. Drain them on a paper towel.

Make the Fill:

  1. Crush the yolks with a fork, when they are evenly lumpy, add about half of the mayonnaise. Taste and gradually add the remaining mayonnaise until you get a creamy mixture.
  2. Add at your convenience all the extras – mustard, chopped chives, ground pepper, bacon bits, etc.
  3. Load an electric cookie press or a pastry bag (it is also possible to fill the eggs by hand with a teaspoon).
  4. Put a little of the yellow mixture in each egg, so you do not miss, then go back and add a little more on the top. Add a pinch of paprika to the top of each egg
  5. If There is a psychedelic tie-dye one – This happens when you add more food coloring to the glass with the eggs already in the water.
Appetizer Recipes | Easter