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Marshmallow Pops tutorial

By Tricia on March 18, 2011 in Recipes, Tutorial

Happy Saint Patricks Day to everyone. One of the tutorials I have promised all my bloggy friends is the marshmallow pop tutorial from the marshmallow pops I made for Livie’s second birthday party.

Since today is Saint Patrick’s Day (also my feast day since my given name is Patricia…wink, wink) and who doesn’t love a treat on Saint Pattys day, I decided to do the tutorial today.

What you will need:

Candy melts or white bark chocolate
Marshmallow (the big kind not the tiny ones)
Sprinkles, candies or decorations for the top
Lollipop sticks
Styrofoam board to keep the pops standing on
Small cups to keep chocolate and toppings in for dipping

First thing you want to do is get your pops board ready. You do not want to be pushing pops into a board when they are not yet set up and mushy. Make holes for your pops by pushing the ends of the lollipop sticks into the styrofoam in rows across and down the board.

Put enough candy melts in your microwaveable cup (this is pretty much all that I use my microwave for) to almost fill the cup. Melt in your micorwave for about 15 seconds at a time, take out and mix. If not melted, put it back in and do another 15 seconds. If you do not watch it and it goes too long you will burn the candy melts and it will be un-useable.

Push a lollipop stick in the bottom of a marshmallow until it is in the middle, don’t push it all the way through. Holding the lollipop stick, dip the marshmallow into the melted chocolate until half covered.

Turn the pop slightly while pulling it up to get a nice covered top.

Now that you have dipped it in the chocolate, you are going to dip it in your sprinkles or top it with whatever you like. For the birthday party pops, I just put a cute m&m on top and done.

done and done.

Now, wasn’t that easy? I made all of them in about 20 minutes while painting the livingroom for our big makeover (more on this in a few weeks for my big reveal), getting ready for a Saint Patricks party tonight and making 2 trays of roasted potatoes for the party.

To decorate your pops board, you could cover the top with some nice scrap booking paper or fabric before you poke the holes but white worked with my color scheme so I just added some ribbon around the base.

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Meatless friday meal- Rice and salmon fritter burger with Joi Choi slaw

By Tricia on March 12, 2011 in Meatless Friday, Recipes

So I missed posting the Friday meal because we are up to some major projects around the house which I will be posting in two weeks so stay tuned but I am posting this on Sunday and cheating by post dating with Fridays date.

This is a super cheap and delish recipe. I made it with just whatever I had in the fridge and garden but will be making it again intentionally. You can substitute any fish you have on hand or even tuna if thats all ya got. This is actually a big fritter but works great as a burger patty.

Heres what you need:

Fritter patty
2 cups cooked rice
2 pieces of fish about the size of your palm, cooked and flaked
Cup of corn
2 eggs
2 cloves of garlic minced
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup milk (I am not sure but I think you could substitute some other liquid here if you do not drink milk)
1 tsp baking powder
Thyme (we used fresh because we have it in the garden but I suppose you could use dried) or just grow some herbs, you will use them.
Salt
oil for frying

In a bowl, mix everything together. In a frying pan add enough oil to cover the sides of your pan about an inch. On medium high heat, drop your mixture into the hot oil as if you were making pancakes. Fry until golden brown on both sides.

Joi Choi slaw

You may not be able to find this anywhere, it is one of the staples in my garden here in Moss Flower farm but you might be able to find some Bok choi and that would work the same way

2 handfuls of raw Choi
Extra virgin olive oil (because I really hate saying or reading EVOO haha)
2 cloves of garlic minced
half an spanish yellow onion finely chopped
3 tbsps pomegranate red wine vinegar (you could use any type of red wine vinegar)
salt

Chop all your veggies slaw style, season salt , pour a little (we used a few tablespoons) olive oil in your hot pan, and sautee the onions and garlic, add the choi and vinegar. Sautee it all up until wilted but still crunchy. Be careful not to burn your garlic or choi because it will become bitter.