Ben is a definite potato farming virgin. Well, he was anyway, until Jordan took him around the farm and showed him how the vegetable is grown, harvested, sorted, graded and stockpiled. In this episode Ben digs up a plant of spuds and learns about the methods of farming the seeds of Lays potato chips.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
The Farm Virgin - Spuds 'R' Us
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Sunday, June 27, 2010
Kid Movie Party Theme
Lights! Camera! Action!
Now with our exclusive movie party theme, your birthday child can star in their own movie!
That's right, with fun kid birthday parties one-of-a-kind movie making adventure, you can turn your child's birthday party into a movie making party they'll never forget.
Imagine how excited your birthday child will be when they get to tell all their party guests that everyone is going to be in a movie... Wow! This is going to be super fun.
"The Great Birthday Treasure Hunt" is an original 3 minute mini-movie script exclusively from Fun Kid Birthday Parties and it's yours absolutely FREE.
And when you order your free movie script we'll even send you our easy to follow tips on how to put together this super fun one-of-a-kind movie party theme that everyone will love... And you'll have a great time too!
Movie Party Theme
Everyone has dreamed of starring in a movie... And now your birthday child can star in "The Great Birthday Treasure Hunt" a fun 3 minute movie production.
Movie Party Invitations
Make your invitations into a "Movie Star Contract." You might write something like this:
Movie Star Contract
"You're so talented and glamorous that (your family name) Productions would like for you to sign this fun contract to appear in our latest blockbuster movie production titled "The Great Birthday Treasure Hunt."
We're celebrating (first and last name of birthday child)'s birthday on (day and date of the party) at our (your family name) Productions movie studios from (start time and end time of your party).
(First and last name of birthday child) will be starring in our movie adventure and wants you to be one of the movie's co-stars.
"The Great Birthday Treasure Hunt" will be filmed on location in and around our movie studio.
Our movie party theme will include time for autographs, movie games and activities, movie screenings and our studio commissary will be providing delicious movie production treats for our entire cast.
Please sign this Movie Star Contract and call your agent (name of agent to ask for) at (telephone number) to RSVP for your movie star roll in our original movie production."
The (family name) Productions movie studio is located at (address).
Come dressed as your favorite movie character. (or you can have everyone show up in whatever costume you'd like, western, The Incredibles, Princess, fashion, or whatever theme you want).
Movie Party Theme Decorations
Your decorations can include a director's chair, a megaphone, scene slate, light cut outs, camera cut outs, studio signs like "Hot Set". "Birthday Movie Set", "Hollywood Studio". .
Movie Party Theme Games And Activities
You can make your movie production your entire party or you can set up some movie related activities and games.
Movie Party Theme, Screen Your Dailies
After you shoot the scenes for your movie, "The Great Birthday Treasure Hunt", you can screen the raw unedited footage. Your guest will love seeing everything, including all the fun out-takes and bloopers.
Movie Party Theme, Snacks And Refreshments
Movie sets always have lots of snack food nearby for all the actors and crew... Favorites include M & M candies, Gummy Bears, nuts, fruit slices, veggie slices, chips and dips and any other finger snacks your birthday child might like.
Have fun and put a sign on your table that reads "Studio Commissary".
Kid Movie Party World Premiere
One of the fun things about shooting a movie as a special birthday party is that you can have a second party as well. We've done this and everyone loved it!
Once your movie is edited, you'll want to have your movies "World Premiere."
Print out some movie ticket invitations, roll out a red carpet, invite the "paparazzi" (photographers) to snap pictures and video as your stars arrive.
Have some popcorn, screen your movie!
Follow your movie's world premiere with an Academy Awards style party. Hand out awards (special best actor certificates) to all your actors! And let everyone make an acceptance speech. This is a lot of fun. This will be a movie premiere that everyone will remember!
To get you started on this unique, one-of-a-kind movie making adventure, Fun Kid Birthday Parties will send you a copy of our 3 minute movie script, "The Great Birthday Treasure Hunt" absolutely free. And we'll include our easy to follow tips on how to put together this fun movie production for your birthday child.
To get your free kids movie party script visit us at Fun-Kid-Birthday-Parties.com and fill out the easy form at the bottom of the page.
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Thursday, June 24, 2010
How to Make a Sensational Breakfast Menu with a Light Fluffy Pancake Recipe that Everyone Will Love
There's nothing like a nice full and filling breakfast in the morning.
A balanced breakfast with plenty of choice makes a great start to any day!
How hard is it for you to get your entire family together for a sit-down breakfast? Don't let breakfast become endangered, add some light fluffy pancakes to your menu and live a great life!
Pancakes are so versatile and easy to make. I will show you how easy it is for you to make light fluffy pancakes that are tasty and almost melt in your mouth.
These light and fluffy pancakes are great for kids of all ages as you can add just about any topping you like or simply eat them like cupcakes. They are not too sweet so you can enjoy the nostalgic taste of maple syrup on top.
You can use ingredients straight from the fridge - which makes this pancake batter recipe a great last minute breakfast item.
I recommend using an electric beater to save time when possible. Save your time for sharing some valuable moments with your entire family at your breakfast table.
-* Light and Fluffy Pancake Recipe *-
Preparation Time: Less than 10 minutes
Cooking Time: Approximately 5 to 10 minutes
Makes about two dozen pancakes.
Ingredients you will need:
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/4 cup sugar (or icing sugar)
- 1 egg
- 1 1/4 cups self-raising flour (sifted)
- 2/3 cup of milk (light or low fat is ok, you can also just use water or a combination of water and milk)
- vanilla essence
Method:
- Beat butter and sugar until creamed or until butter is a lighter colour.
- Add the egg to the mixture, then add flour around the mixture and pour in the milk and vanilla essence.
- Mix all ingredients together until well mixed and smooth. If for some reason your pancake batter mixture is a little thick, stop the mixing and quickly add a little more milk or water. (If you are hand-beating the batter, start from the center of the mixture and beat in one direction only.)
The texture that you are looking for is a thick but liquid-y batter that you can easily pour onto the frying pan.
- Next, heat up your frying pan until it is hot. If you need to, add some oil to the pan. I use a French crêpe frying pan so I don't need to use any oil at all, but if you have to, try to use spray oil.
- Reduce heat and pour pancake batter onto pan to the size/es that you want.
- Let the pancake raise and brown slightly before flipping over.
When you flip the pancake over to cook the other side, you should see that the pancake is raising faster.
Make sure that the heat of the pan isn't too high. A good tip is to make sure that you don't see any heat smoke coming from the pan.
A safeguard way to ensure that your pancakes become light and fluffy is to cook on low heat, but I find that keeping the pan on medium low is usually ok. Just turn down the heat after a couple of batches to reduce pan temperature.
Here are some creative add-ons that you can use with your fluffy pancakes:
Blueberry Pancakes
- Add blueberries into the batter at the last minute.
Chocolate Pancakes
- Add 1 1/2 teaspoons of cocoa with the flour before mixing.
Choc-Chip Pancakes
- Cook your pancakes very thin on one side, sprinkle some choc-chips onto one pancake, flip another one over the choc-chips (so that it's sandwiched) and continue cooking on low heat. Turn over and cook the other side.
Almond Pancakes
- Add flaked almonds to the mixture at the last minute.
No more sit-down breakfast meals only on Sundays, this pancake batter recipe is fast to prepare and make. Rejoice the loving environment of what being a family means.
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Labels: Breakfast, Everyone, Fluffy, Pancake, Recipe, Sensational
Monday, June 21, 2010
Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins... for Dessert! The ending
ejtaylor.usana.com Check out my free mailing list for recipes, fitness tips and much more. So the other day was my sister in law's birthday and since I offered to make dinner (yes, it went smashingly) I put this together in the morning So as with all of my videos here's what I did. Dry ingredients: 1 3/4 cups flour 1/2 cups sugar 3 Tsp Baking powder 1/2 Tsp salt 1 cup chocolate chips (use less if you want but not to much more) Sift all dry parts (it helps the final texture) and mix together, then form a well in the center. Wet ingredients: 1 1/4 cups of milk 1 egg 1/4 cups cooking oil (I used vegetable) 3 bananas (with brown spots on the skins, about a week old) mix all liquid parts together and then add to the dry parts. mix until moist but lumpy then fill muffin cups to 3/4 of the way full and back at 400 F for 20-25 minutes. test if done with toothpick.
Friday, June 18, 2010
Sexy Dining: Taos, Doc Martin's At The Taos Inn
Taos, New Mexico is famous for 'destination dining', with perhaps the highest number of restaurants per capita in the USA. As a feature of taosdining.com, ten top Taos restaurants were videoed in July 2009 during the summer-long 'Taos Summer of Love 2009' festivities. Doc Martin's Restaurant at the historic Taos Inn is a truly romantic place. Doc Martin's Restaurant features innovative Contemporary American Cuisine in an elegant setting. Full Service Bar specializing in Margaritas. Doc Martin's is a very relaxing place for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Chef Zippy White offers wonderful taste treats here at Doc Martin's in the center of Taos. Enjoy such treats as blue corn & blueberry hotcakes with vermont maple syrup. Kit Carson eggs poached on a yam biscuit with red chile, avacodo ceviche salad with local organic greens, crab cales baguette sandwich with root vegetable chips, macadamia encrusted halibut with chipotle & mandarin orange, organic beef ribeye with green chile polenta cake, grilled chicken breast with green chile-apricot glaze. Video by Peter Walker, in association with Moon Studios Executive Producer: JR Ransom, for taosdining.com. ©2009 Taos Music & Art, Inc.
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Monday, June 14, 2010
Homemade Flour Tortilla Chips
I love chips. I love any kind of chips, especially these flour tortilla chips that you can make right at home. And it's easy!
Flour tortilla chips are lighter and a little flakier than corn tortilla chips. It's hard to say which is better. I like these because they give a little more variety to your every day chips and salsa experience. Try making some of these flour tortilla chips and mix in some homemade corn tortilla chips the next time you have a Super Bowl Party or some other type of gathering.
The flour tortilla chips don't store as well as the corn tortilla chips, but I doubt you'll have any leftovers anyway! Make sure you make more than you think you'll need. They will disappear faster than lightning.
What you'll need:
- 12 flour tortillas
- 2 quarts of safflower or sunflower oil
- sea salt to taste (optional)
- electric fryer
Preheat your oven to 200 degrees F.
Divide your flour tortillas into 2 stacks and cut each stack into 8 wedges. Spread the wedges on a single layer on paper towels and let dry for 10 minutes. This is the secret to nice, light, flaky chips.
Pour the oil into your electric fryer or deep-fat fryer to a depth of 4- 5 inches. You can also use a heavy pot if you don't have either type of fryer. Make sure you the oil only goes up to about halfway on the sides of your container.
Heat the oil to 375 - 400 degrees F. Once the temperature is in that range, add a handful of tortilla wedges. Fry in small batches and avoid crowding. Nobody likes to be crowded! Not even chips!
Remove the chips with a slotted spoon when they start to look crispy. Put them on a paper towel to drain and season with salt if you want to. Do not fry them too long!
Transfer the chips to a baking sheet and keep them warm in the oven until you are ready to get that party started. Repeat the process until the wedges are gone and people stop coming back to the kitchen for more. Make sure you check the temperature of your oil before frying your next batch.
Here are some delicious salsa ideas to serve with your flour tortilla chips:
- Roasted Corn Salsa
- Ranchero Bean Dip
- Guacamole Chunkito dip
To learn how to make these dips, visit Easy Appetizer Recipes. See the info below.
Don't stay in the kitchen too long. You need to have some fun too!
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Friday, June 11, 2010
Raw Food Healthy Snacks for Kids: A Homemade Salsa Recipe w/ Cantaloupe!
Fruit Salsa Recipe * Tomato Salsa Recipe * Raw Food Recipes * Easy Salsa Recipes * Recipe for Salsa * ❤ Cantaloupe Fresh Salsa Recipe + Raw Vegan 'Chips' ❤ This salsa tastes better than you can imagine... * I ngredients * — 1 1/2 cups chopped tomatoes — 1 cup...
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Labels: Cantaloupe, Healthy, Homemade, Recipe, Snacks