Family.com New Community and Contest

Family.com has just revamped its community and made it more personal and more fun. Not only do I blog at Family.com, I also belong to, and am active in, the community there.

Make your own avatar or family portrait from personalized avatars; join a group; let everyone know what you're up to moment-by-moment throughout your day; decorate your profile, add stickers or even make some of your own to upload!

Here's the best part - From August 1 to August 31, if you join and become an active member, you'll be eligible for a PRIZE A DAY in the Way To Go! Contest. There are awesome gifts being given including a 4 person tent, a web cam, an iPod, a DeWalt cordless screwdriver, a Bluetooth headset and MORE! Full rules are HERE.

Head on over and check it out for yourself. My profile is HERE, give it a look and you'll get an idea of what's so fun about it all!

I have NOT been idle!

Rather, I have been researching, concocting, conjuring and otherwise devising recipes and writings for Harry Potter posts over at Cookies to Caviar, my Disney Family.com blog. Go check it out if you can, and comment there if you would!

It's been a complete BLAST doing this, and I don't plan to stop here. The only thing missing is a chance to ask J.K. Rowling how she really envisioned these foods. I have a few other recipes up my sleeve, and will post them as I get the time to test and photograph them.

Meanwhile, these are photos that would not fit over at my other blog.

Onion Soup
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Butterbeer
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Pumpkin Pasties--one made and one ready to be folded
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My Pumpkin Juice guy
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One "little" mishap-baby playing on the floor while mommy is racing back and forth with flour on my hands--oops!

Stuff I'm Posting Elsewhere

Just in case you're bored here...

Recent Posts at Cookies to Caviar:

Smoothies
What to feed the kids all summer
Chicken in under 30 minutes
Few Ingredients and Almost No-Cook

The Rest of Me:

Garden photos
Contest at Family.com
Stories at dinner

R,S,C #32

Nary a recipe to be found. Not to worry, I don't have one either. I am busy lately with several things, one being some new blogging at Family.com. Not one to give up easily, I have decided to carry on Ready, Set, Cook! nonetheless, but have once again modified the rules.

R,S,C will now be a monthly game with a full week to come up with and post recipes.
Here are the rules as modified:

The first Tuesday of every month we play Ready, Set, Cook! based on the TV show that once aired on The Food Network.

We play our own non-competitive version (at the moment!) and here are the basic rules:

1) Three ingredients are given and each player must come up with a recipe that uses all three ingredients without "losing" any of them in the dish. In other words, while they must not be prominent they must be noticeable in the dish.

2) Your "virtual" pantry is fully stocked with whatever you wish. This is not a REAL game, although I have some players that like to purchase the ingredients and actually come up with a recipe, I don't expect anyone to do that. Basically this is a "virtual" game only. The ingredients will not have amounts listed to allow for greater creativity on the player's part.

3) Once you have decided what you would create with the ingredients, post it to your own blog by the second Tuesday of the month and send me the permalink to your post so I can post it for others to see. Likewise, link back to my blog so your readers can see other submissions. Mail your permalink to me at:

irishones7 (at) juno (dot) com.

Feel free to comment that you will or won't be playing!

If you would like to submit three ingredients for play let me know and you will be credited with that.
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So, stop by my newest blog venture and check out the entire site while you're there. I really like it and find it to be a great resource!