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I originally calling this a group challenge, and now I am calling it challenge contest. Everyone whom participates will get something out of this. Everyone will get a participation Plaque, and the first three winners in each category will be getting...

BBQ

Best Homemade Grilled Burger Recipes

Burgers help define outdoor American cookouts, warm weather and the lazy summer months, but if you're anything like me, you might be grilling near year-round. Burgers are just too good to pass up for a season or two. They're easy to make, they're sat...

Dinner Ideas

Complete Make-Ahead Summer Dinner Menu & Recipes

Summertime and the living is easy! Or maybe just easier with this complete summer dinner menu comprised mostly of recipes that can be made ahead! Some of them require quite a bit of work beforehand (potato salad generally does) but, on the day you ar...

Mexican

Flan Recipes

This lens is all about authentic Puerto Rican flan recipes. Some of this recipes comes from my family and are been used for many years within the family. Flan is one of the most popular desserts among the Hispanic community but lately non Hispanics a...

Best Mexican Chicken Fajitas Recipe

Chicken Fajitas are an easy to make Tex-Mex recipe dish (what most people just call Mexican in the United States) that usually features steak, but in this variation, features chicken, along with fresh bell peppers and onions. Served sizzling hot, thi...

Mexican Recipes

Mexican Recipes - Enjoy delicious and easy to prepare Mexican food with these recipes. If you like Mexican food, you will find the best, mouth-watering Mexican recipes right here! Mexican food never tasted so good... These Mexican recipes are easy...

Cinco De Mayo - Mexico's May 5th Holiday Celebration | Mexican Recipes | Fiesta Party Planning

The Mexican holiday of Cinco de Mayo is held each year on the fifth of May to celebrate Mexico's victory over the French at the Battle of Puebla in the year 1862. Many people assume that Cinco de Mayo is a celebration of Mexico's independence. Howeve...

Party Themed Food

Twilight Vampire Party Food, Blood Red Drinks, Recipes, and Favors

If you're planning a Twilight vampire party for a birthday, wedding, dance, prom, Halloween or the New Moon movie premiere you'll want some delicious food ideas and tasty recipes to make the party a success! You'll find lots of Twilight recipes here...

Edible Bird Nest Candy Recipe

These are the most adorable little treats to celebrate spring, Easter, and the beauty of nature. They are completely edible and look just like real bird nests. When filled with your favorite candy eggs they make great party favors and table decoratio...

Pizza

The Absolute Best Home Made Pizza Recipes

The best home made pizza recipes, made especially for you, by you! Includes the best pizza recipes, International pizza recipes, unusual pizza recipes, pizza making video, information on buying the best pizza making products and more! Ho...

Potluck

Potluck Party Guide

Personally, I think all parties should be potluck! It's fun for all, guarantees variety, and best of all, it makes having more parties, more often, more affordable, for everyone! I come from a very large family, we had over 300 people at our last f...

Potato Salad

The Best-Ever Hawaiian Potato-Salad Recipe

Hawaiian Potato Salad is not the simplest potato salad recipe ever, but is certainly one of the most delicious ones! It contains more vegetables than the average potato salad and a slightly lighter-tasting and healthier dressing that still manages to...

Appetizers and Dips

Tortilla Pinwheel Roll-Up Party Appetizers

Tortilla Pinwheel Roll Up Appetizers are very easy to make and there are many variations. They look very pretty when finished and are popular at parties. I'll be giving you a few recipes for Tortilla Pinwheel appetizers but you are only limited by yo...

Essential Party Appetizer Recipes

Looking for something interesting to serve at your next party?  Find a cavalcade of awesome appetizers to please even the pickiest palate. Appetizers are perfect to serve at Graduation parties, on New Year's Eve, at Cocktail parties, before dinne...

Essential Party Dip Recipes

Find fantastic favorite dip recipes for appetizers both hot and cold. I've listed my favorite party dips that I've found over the years at sites on the web and included my own tips and ideas for serving them.   Photo of Ar...

Brownies

How to Make Brownies

If you are a chocoholic like us, then you'll love this brownie lens. I've included several different recipes for the cake brownie and the fudge brownie people and for the beginners and the experts. We even found a great YouTube video that de...

Cinnamon Buns

Cinnamon Rolls Recipes

Yes, the holidays are almost here and the sweet smell of cinnamon buns is one of the things we love about the holidays, the fresh smell of baked cookies, or the warm smell of fresh out of the oven cinnamon rolls with delicious icing on top. Most of...

Cakes and Cupcakes

Cupcakes Ideas and Cute Gifts

Hello there and welcome to my personal cupcake world. Here you will find very useful information about cupcakes. Great recipes, items, clothes, baking ware, baking books, and basically everything about cupcakes. Let me know your thoughts! Come vis...

50 Kids Birthday Party Themes: Cake & Cupcake Pictures, Ideas and Supplies

This lens will feature cake and cupcake Ideas, Pictures and Supplies for the 50 Most Popular Kids Birthday Themes!  I have come across a lot of cake pictures while searching the Internet, however, the majority of them are nothing more than...

Creepy Crawly Cupcakes for Halloween

A cauldron full of recipes and ideas for creepy crawly (but still cute) easy-to-make, easy-to-serve Halloween cupcakes. These Halloween cupcakes are perfect for Halloween parties, school functions, or that extra special t...

Mini Cupcake Bites

This lens is dedicated to my favorite baker: Bakerella. She is the genius who came up with the idea of cupcake bites and cupcake pops. Her collection of cupcakes and different designs are amazing and unique. Her famous cupcake pops and bites were fe...

Birthday Cakes Delicious Gifts and Great Presents

Birthdays happen every day and to a lot of people you know including you! Come have a look at cakes and gifts from bath robes to bottles of scotch and wine as well as sweets.

Coca-Cola Chocolate Cake

Coca Cola Cake is a sinfully rich chocolate concoction of the 1960's. It was a favorite during my teenage years and was a standard at parties during that time. There are several different recipes for this moist, delicious sheet cake and I have gathe...

Bunches of Birthday Cupcakes

Birthday Cupcake ideas, recipes and accessories to help you choose and make the best birthday cupcakes ever. Find links to the cutest, best tasting cupcakes found on the web, specialty cupcake pans, photos to help give you cupcake decorating idea...

The Cutest Easter Cupcakes Ever

Bake and decorate the cutest Easter cupcakes ever! These cupcakes are perfect for Easter parties, springtime school functions or anytime you want to serve some really adorable yet easy to make cupcakes. Most of these sweet treats are prepared using b...

Cake Recipes

Cake Recipes - Search and find delicious and easy cake recipes. The right cake recipe is waiting right here for you... Chocolate Cake, Pound Cake, Cheesecake, Bundt Cake Birthday Cake, Wedding Cake, Sponge Cake and Red Velvet Cake Recipes are all at...

PERFECT HOLIDAY CHEESECAKE RECIPES

No one knows where cheese came from originally, it was presumed to have happened in the middle east when milk was carried in bags which were made from the cow or the goat's stomach. It was churned into cheese by the action of travelling on a camel or...

SAVORY CHEESECAKE RECIPES - THE PERFECT APPETIZER

Normally when we think of cheesecake we think of sweet combinations, redolent with the scent of fruit, rhubarb and ginger perhaps. Who can resist a chocolate cheesecake or a New York Cheesecake? Yet there is no reason to be restricted to sweet chees...

7-up Cake Recipes

7-Up Cake has been popular since the 1950's when adding the soft drink instead of water to a mix was said to make the cake "light and airy". In the early 1980's the 7-Up pound cake baked in a bundt pan became popular. We have included recipes for all...

Mini Cheesecakes

Mini Cheesecakes Most cheesecakes range from two pounds to a whopping four pounds. So, what happens if there are just two of you eating the cheesecake? Unless you consume it daily for almost a week it will spoil. That's why those who like variety sho...

Fruit Cheesecakes

Top it Off! Fruit Cheesecakes Have you ever sat across the table with someone watching them heap salt, or butter on something they haven't even tasted yet? Or can't seem to digest pancakes or French toast without seeing them on their plate doing the...

Specialty Cheesecakes

Specialty Cheesecakes are the ultimate, delectable, mouth watering dessert that is tailored to suit your occasion. Whenever your family and friends gather for a special meal, holiday party, birthday, anniversary, engagement party, or a wedding party,...

Mini Cupcake Bites

This lens is dedicated to my favorite baker: Bakerella. She is the genius who came up with the idea of cupcake bites and cupcake pops. Her collection of cupcakes and different designs are amazing and unique. Her famous cupcake pops and bites were fe...

All about cupcakes

Cupcakes are the world's most perfect dessert. It's just enough cake to satisfy but if you are still hungry, they're not so huge that you can't eat two or maybe even three. They are completely portable, no fork, knife or plate necessary. And if you d...

Carrot Cake

I searched for years, trying to find the best carrot cake recipe. I baked dozens of sub-par, dry and just so-so carrot cakes using recipes others claimed were fantastic. Sometimes I had to wonder if these people even had tastebuds. Carrot Cake is a...

Cavier

All About Roe - Fish Roe & Caviar

Find information on any type of fish roe and black & red caviar and buy here: American sturgeon caviar, Russian Beluga caviar, wild Alaskan salmon roe, Sevruga Caspian caviar, Scottish salmon caviar, Iranian Osetra caviar, golden whitefish caviar, To...

GOURMET CAVIAR - the best of gourmet caviar online

GOURMET CAVIAR is an exquisite delight to experience, and can be enjoyed by people of all walks of life - as well it should be, in my very humble opinion. The eggs of fish, caviar can come in an almost innumerable variety, capable of satisfying even...

Chocolate

The Best Chocolate Recipes Ever!

We ALL Love Chocolate and delicious treats, I can never get enough! This page is dedicated to the people with a Sweet-Tooth. Here You Find Information On What Is Chocolate And How Is It Made. Can Chocolate Improve Your Health Or Is Bad For You, Plus...

Cookies

Christmas Sugar Cookies - Traditional Gingerbread Cookies

What would a holiday season be without cookies. Chocolate cookies, oatmeal cookies, coconut cookies and sugar cookies with a cherry on the top, each one tasting better than the one before. No bake cookies and cookies baked just a slight golden brown,...

Best Ginger Snaps Cookie Recipes

My Grandmother made the World's Best Ginger Snaps (or Gingersnaps). Those Delicious Ginger Snap Cookies are still a Family Favorite! This Old-Fashion Recipe is about 100 Years Old and Delicious! Old-Fashioned Ginger Snaps Recipe: Bake the Best Ging...

Christmas or Anytime Cookie Recipes

Some of the best times I can remember were spent in the kitchen with my Mom, baking cookies. With our rush and hurry world of today, so many of the old family recipes have not been passed down as they were in times past. This lens features recipes th...

Jack-O-Lantern Cookies

Ever made a stained glass cookie before? They aren't as hard as they seem, it just takes a bit of time to do. If you aren't familiar with stained glass cookies, they are called such because of the candy pieces. When cooked and lifted towards a light...

Vegan Cookie Recipes

Are you looking for fun-to-make, delicious-to-eat vegan cookies?  I've been making vegan cookies for over 14 years and this lens is where I share my favorite vegan cookie recipes.  You'll be amazed how wonderful these cookies taste!  I...

Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipes

There are several different stories floating around as to how the first chocolate chip cookie was created. One thing that can be agreed on is the huge popularity of chocolate chip cookies--it's America's favorite! Included here you'll find recipes fo...

The Best Cookies Ever

One thing you can get a jump on for any occasion, or holiday is baking. Bake your cookies now, and throw them in the freezer. You'll be ready to pull them out at the last minute dress them up, or throw on some last minute decorations. Your friends an...

That's Creative: Easy Holiday Cookies

One of the things that kids and adults all look forward to each holiday season are the delicious treats. Chocolates, cakes, pies and pastries are bought and baked, and served on charming trays for all to enjoy. Even if you're short on time, and don't...

Black And White Cookie

Oh the black and white cookie, two flavours coming together to create the perfect cookie. You might have heard of the black and white cookie on Seinfeld or you have had the pleasure of trying one from a new york deli. Either way, browse around for a...

Crepes

Crepes Central!

Crepes are thin delicate pancakes that can be a wrap for anything from strawberries and chocolate, to cinnamon and apples, to grilled veggies, to spinach and cheese! Crepes can turn an ordinary meal into a culinary delight! Crepes can be filled and...

Desserts

Coconutties: Super Simple, Super Quick, Super Sweet!

Coconutties are the quickest, easiest dessert around, and yet they can look - and taste! - very elegant. Make these when you're headed out the door and the fancy dessert you were supposed to bring was eaten by the dog (at least that's what you'll tel...

Rice Krispie Treats

The traditional Kelloggs Rice Krispie Squares are a delicious nutritious snack that take just minutes to prepare. It takes only about ten minutes from start to finish to create an entire panfull of these tasty treats and clean up afterwards is a bree...

Trifle Recipes

I love to make Trifles it is a passion of mine and my family always picks me to make dessert. Well dutch people are known for loveing desserts so I guess you can quess why i love to make dessert. A trifle is a dessert dish made from thick (or ofte...

Delicious Dessert Recipes

Like most people, I enjoy dessert, all kinds of desserts. But, eating desserts puts weight on my frame that is VERY hard to take off. So this is one way to enjoy desserts with no regrets! This "Mounds cake" has dark chocolate layers and fresh shredde...

Black Forest Trifle And Other Flavours Too

Trifles are a favourite dessert in my home. When my husband suggests a dessert for me to make it is often a trifle. His favourite is Black Forest Trifle. There is the traditional English style trifle that is made with custard and sponge cake or lady...

Sambusa!

If you have never had sambusa you really are missing one of the great culinary delights on the planet. I had never heard of it either, until I worked a job where I had lots of Somali co-workers and the Islamic holiday of Ramadan rolled into my world...

10 Fabulous Summer Backyard Barbecue Dessert Ideas

I love summer desserts! Most of my favorite fruits are in season, and full of flavor. Blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, peaches, and apples, ohhh my! Fruity cool light desserts are what I usually think of when I think of summer desserts. Here...

7 Layer Bars

Sometimes I like nothing better than to make complicated confectionery creations in my kitchen (of course afterward, I fantasize about someone ELSE cleaning up the mess). In reality though, I don't usually have too much time for those extravagant bak...

Frozen Yogurt Recipes

The benefits of yogurt are as plentiful as our flavors, they include: 1. Good source of calcium & protein 2. Healthy bacteria, which helps to boost immune systems, believed to lower cholesterol level and enhance digestion 3. Low in lactose 4. Won...

Eggs

Making Amazing Japanese Molded Eggs

For those of you who love cute food, have kids, are obsessed with bento lunches, or just want to try something different: I give you Japanese Egg Molds. Here's a step-by-step guide on how to transform the common egg into something eggstraordinary (s...

Traditions - Deviled Eggs

Summertime and the picnics are coming! Do you know where your deviled egg recipe is? Don't have a deviled egg recipe? Come on into my lens and I'll hook you up with some of the countries leading chef's and their deviled egg recipes. (Did you know th...

Fruits and Vegtables

How To Make an Edible Gourmet Bouquet Centerpiece

I made this gourmet bouquet for a New Year's Eve party. These are always a hit and they are not hard to make. This is a fairly basic one. If you learn some fancy garnishes you can put those in your gourmet bouquet too. Make this edible vegetable cent...

Fruit Salad for a Party

A special fruit recipe for any kind of party and feeding a group of people. It has the perfect sweetness with all natural fruit. You can be as organic as you like or use canned or frozen fruits. This recipe has grapes (red and green), strawberries, p...

Halloween

Halloween Recipes

Halloween Recipes - The ghosts, ghouls and goblins are out tonight, and they're hungry! Feed them with these easy and delicious Halloween Recipes for Halloween treats, cakes, cookies, drinks and more. No tricks here... it's all treats!

Ice Cream

How to make homemade icecream

Desserts might come last on the menu but they're high on the list of life's pleasures. And ice cream, during the hotter months, is a favourite. There are many different ways to make homemade ice cream; the normal freezing method, using bench top comm...

Jello

JELLO Jigglers Fun With Food Creations

The essential fancy food of kids everywhere...those tasty Jello Jigglers. That's my kind of fancy... easy to make, inexpensive, and jiggly. It shimmies. It shakes. It evokes memories of a cool treat on summer evenings or easing the sting of a sore th...

Jello Recipes

You can't go to a family picnic, or a neighbor's birthday party without seeing a jello dish of some sort on the table. This are the recipes lovingly made and passed on within families. These are the down to earth recipes that memories are based on. T...

Pies

Easy Banana Cream Pie Recipe

Start with fresh bananas to make the easiest home made banana cream pie ever! This is one dessert that you will find yourself making again and again, not only because of it's simple preparation but because it tastes so good! Banana cream pie travels we...

Snacks For Kids

Easy To Make - Ants On A Log Are A Healthy Snack Kids Love

Ants On A Log is a healthy snack that's great for kids of all ages. It's pretty simple, some celery, peanut butter and raisins. Except for people who don't like peanut butter, or are allergic to peanuts, it's a pretty delicious treat! Along with toa...

Drinks

The Best-Ever Hawaiian Punch Recipe

The best-ever Hawaiian punch recipe you will ever find is available right here on this page! A homemade recipe, it is simple to put together, it is nutritious and it is definitely delicious! I actually have THREE delicious punch recipes but, after a b...

Making Lemonade

This lens is about how to easily make your own delicious, homemade lemonade. Here are recipes and suggestions for flavor variations, links to more information about lemons and lemonade, and links to fun and helpful lemonade-related websites. And ther...

Wine and Cheese

Pairing Wine and Cheese

Pairing wine and cheese doesn't have to be a big mystery any more! Do you enjoy wine and cheese but just aren't quite sure which fine wine goes with which cheese? Allow me to teach you how to properly pair wine and cheese to encounter the most savory...

Alcoholic Drinks

Guinness Recipes - traditional food for the family.

There's nothing better on a cold winter's day than sitting back with a bowl of hearty stew in front of a hot fire. Traditional food recipes such as beef stew have been handed down from generation to generation and still form the core of healthy and h...

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