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EASTER WILL BE HERE SOON YOUR CHILDREN WON'T BE ABLE TO RESIST THESE GORGEOUS TRIPLE DECK BUNNY SANDWICHES
Cuisine type: Modern Australian Cooking time: Less than 30 minutes Special options: Kid friendly Course: Finger food, Snacks Favourite flavours: Easy recipes, Sandwich Real Living Easter recipe for triple decker bunny bite sandwiches.
INGREDIENTS
1¾ cups chopped cooked chicken, cooled (about half a BBQ chicken)
½ cup whole-egg mayonnaise 1 tbsp lemon juice 3 celery stalks, trimmed & chopped roughly Half bunch chives, trimmed & chopped roughly Sea salt & white pepper 50g butter, softened 24 slices white or wholemeal bread (or a combination of both to make white & brown bunnies) 8 slices cheddar cheese Equipment Food processor Chopping board Butter knife Spatula 10cm rabbit-shaped cookie cutter Method
Place chicken into food processor and pulse to chop.
Add mayonnaise, lemon juice, celery and chives, and process to combine. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Butter each slice of bread, then place one slice of cheese on the buttered side of 8 of the slices. Top cheese with second slice of bread, and spread chicken mixture evenly over this slice. Top with remaining slices of bread to make triple-decker sandwiches. Cut out sandwiches using rabbit cookie cutter, then serve. Thanks to Real Living Magazine
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A BABY BOY AND HIS NURSERY Painted stripes can completely transform a room.
A BIT OF A TART UP!
Inspirations for Baby Showers and Dessert Tables. Amy’s baby shower to celebrate the upcoming birth of her baby boy! 23rd January 2011.
Baby shower decorations inside and out. How cute are the baby clothes hanging on the line.
Our gorgeous, divine dessert table complete with pom poms, bunting made by us and labels from Sarah at Style Me Gorgeous.
Yummy popcorn, milk bottles, marshmallows and meringues
Yummy jelly beans, bottle with blue water and the fabulous Baby Shower Cake!
A delicious food spread and the delightful thank you gift.
www.thecelebrationemporium.com.au .......................................................................................... Our favorite party favour at the
Tools:Ingredients:
Makes: 48 Tablespoons Instructions
Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray one 13 x 9 x 2 in. sheet pan or two 8 in. or 9 in. round pans with vegetable pan spray. In large bowl, combine cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, water, oil and almond extract; beat at medium speed with electric mixer 2 minutes. Pour into prepared pan. Bake 30-35 minutes for round pans; 35-40 minutes for sheet pan, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes; remove from pan to cooling grid and cool completely. Divide cake in half; freeze one half for future use. In large bowl, use hands to crumble cake until no large chunks remain. Add icing; mix with fingers until well combined. Form mixture into cake balls. Chill in refrigerator at least 2 hours. Melt Candy Melts according to package directions. Dip sticks into melted Candy Melts and insert into cake balls; let set. Wait until candy is completely firm before dipping the pops completely in melted Candy Melts. Makes 48 – 1 tablespoon sized cake ball pops (each about 1-1/4 in. diameter) .................................................................................................................................................................................................
Looking for Christmas table setting INSPIRATIONS Christmas is around the corner, and for most of us the christmas meal is the centrepeice of the whole festive season. After all the lead-up, it's when friends and family finally converge to eat, drink and make merry. So it is only fitting that we should kick off our countdown with a collection of beautiful yuletide table settings to inspire you to make your christmas day the most creative and personal yet.
Photos and details from Home Life For further details go to FFo For your kids parties
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Traffic light fruit skewers
 Preparation time:15 mins
Makes: as many as you like: Ingredients • 1 honeydew melon • 1 rockmelon • 1 watermelon Method 1. Cut the melons in half, remove seeds and use a small melon baller to scoop out equal numbers of white, orange and red balls. Thread one of each colour in traffic-light sequence on a straw. Stick in halved oranges or limes if desired. Source: Annabel Karmel Fairy Party Far, far away in a magical place What a beautiful fairy poem to use with our enchanted forest fairy party packs that include everything you need for a beautiful party for your special one.
1 x Party plan manual
10 x Invitations from the Fairy Queen
10 x Fairy sized envelopes
10 x Shimmering leaf decorations
10 x Paper lanterns to light the way
10 x Delicate pink lunch swags
10 x Lunch swag name tags
10 x Fairy drink tags
10 x Organza silken party bags
10 x Thank you party bag tags
10 x Jewel Dust Butterfly game icons
1 x Roll of ribbon
I thought of our gorgeous girls birthday invitations when i saw these beautiful photos of a girls birthday party our invitations will surely set the scene for a fabulous birthday party.  FLOWER CAKE CENTRE PIECE
Don't you think this cottage style table setting looks so good.
I'm loving this very cute idea for a table centre piece.
It looks like a cake but it's made from flowers.
Host a Cottage-Style Dinner Party
In a sunny kitchen or a blossom-filled garden, this cottage-cozy tabletop makes the perfect setting for savoring sweet treats and delish conversation. Dress up flea-market outdoor furniture (wicker, wrought iron—even canvas and plastic pieces) with a coat of paint and a matching tablecloth and seat cushions. For a no-sew (and easy to scrub) table topper, cut inexpensive oilcloth with decorative scissors and further embellish the border with a hole punch or decorative paper punch.
Add a Dash of Floral
Instead of the usual bouquet, create a blossoming “cake” that looks good enough to eat. Place a piece of floral foam on a glass pedestal; insert fresh carnations, mums, and roses, or flowers from your garden, in layered rings around the foam. Water lightly.
  HALLOWEEN
Okay Halloween is nearly here, (as well as my husband's birthday).
Have you got your supplies ready for all the kids when they come knocking for trick or treat!
A LOLLIPOP A DAY KEEPS THE GHOSTS AWAY! Read more at LMNOP Blog It's also not too late to organise a bunch of ghouls (ok your friends) around for an adult party. We have the perfect scary invitation. Go on..do it!!
It's Halloween let’s celebrate!
 It's Halloween! It's Halloween! The moon is full and bright
And we shall see what can't be seen on any other night.
Skeletons and ghosts and ghouls, Grinning goblins fighting duels
Werewolves rising from their tombs, Witches on their magic brooms
In masks and gown we haunt the street
And knock on doors for trick or treat
Tonight we are the king and queen, For oh tonight it's Halloween! -Jack Prelutsky
It Halloween let’s celebrate!
Why not buy some of our Spooky Halloween invitations for your scary party. They are easy to print with our free templates you can choose the wording.
 Some ideas for a Halloween kids party menu-
Orange Jelly Pumpkins
 You will need:
Oranges Jelly - we used blackcurrant A sharp knife (and an adult) Instructions:
Cut off the top of the oranges, and scoop the middle.
Mix up your jelly mix following the instructions on the packet. Pour carefully into the orange shells. Leave in the fridge to set.
Using a sharp knife, carefully cut out a face. Yum!
Marshmallow Ghosts and Ghouls
 Ingredients:
Marshmallows White chocolate chips or white chocolate Silver ball cake decorations or similar Writing icing Strawberry laces (optional) Directions: Melt the white chocolate or white chocolate chips in a glass bowl in the microwave, or over a saucepan of simmering water. This takes a minute or two. While you are waiting, start making your ghosts. Thread a couple of white marshmallows onto a paddle pop stick for each one. Now dip the ghosts into the melted chocolate and swirl them around to cover the top of the ghosts' "heads". Bring them out and lay them flat on a paper plate for the chocolate to harden, pushing a couple of silver balls on for eyes before it does.
Use a tube of writing icing to draw on a mouth and any other features you would like. Keep in the fridge until you need them.
To make the ghouls, use either white or colored marshmallows. Thread one on per stick. Add some green food coloring to the chocolate and then swirl the marshmallows in it as before, this time covering as much of the surface as possible. Use silver balls for eyes, but this time add some other decoration too: we used strawberry candy strands for hair and would have added chocolate drops for ears if we hadn't eaten them all already! Leave to harden as before.
Creepy Crawly Fruit Punch
Ingredients:
2 10oz packages frozen strawberries, thawed (or equivalent fresh) 1 6oz can lemonade concentrate, thawed (or 1 cup of undiluted lemon squash) 1 bottle ginger ale Gummy worms Instructions: Place the strawberries in a food processor. Add thawed lemonade and process until smooth. Pour into a punchbowl, add the ginger ale and blend well together. Place some of the gummy worms in the punch and put the rest around the top of the punch bowl. Serve with a gummy worm over the side of the cup!
Please feel free to print our Halloween kids coloring in picture below. Hope they have a spooky time doing them.
.gif) Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble. -Shakespeare, "Macbeth"
Love Amy and Linda
The Celebration Emporium
INSPIRATIONS
Kids on Deck / Mini Mariners
26 September – 10 October
The National Maritime Museum
02 9298 3655
Email: info@anmm.gov.au
Spring Holiday Courses
25 September – 10 October
National Institute of Dramatic Art
9697 7626
Email: open@nida.edu.au
Kids at the Library
State library of NSW
27 September – 10 October
9273 1770
Email: bookings@sl.nsw.gov.au
Sydney Children’s Festival
Carriageworks
27 September – 9 October
Kids in the park
Sydney Olympic Park
Meet the dinosaurs
Australian Museum
25 September – 10 October
Splash Festival
The Ultimate Family Fun Day!
Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre
Sunday 10 October - 10am – 5pm
Call 9752 3666
The Teddy Bear Picnic
The children’s hospital Westmead
Sunday 17th October
Rosehill Gardens 10.30 am – 4pm
My Big Fat Greek night in …
Are you a Masterchef? Are you the hostess with the mostest?? Are you a domestic goddess??? Set the scene for a gorgeous dinner party….invite your friends over for dinner with stylish invitations from The Celebration Emporium and show off your culinary prowess….what will it be? French, Italian, Greek, Mexican.. YUM!! let us know what your tastebuds decide. Well Amy and her sister decided it was going to be Greek. So the family were invited round for dinner. Amy and her sister cooked up a storm all afternoon and the results were fabulously delicious. Check out these photos of a great night with great food, wine and traditional Greek hospitality. YASSOU!       Menu Recipe Meltingly tender slow-roasted lamb shoulder
Serves 4-6
Juice of 2 lemons
2tsp Dijon mustard
1 cup olive oil
2tsp dried Greek oregano
6 large sprigs thyme, roughly chopped
6 large sprigs rosemary, roughly chopped
5 cloves garlic, crushed
1 boned lamb shoulder (about 1.5kg), some excess fat removed, but not all of it
sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Begin this recipe the day before.
In a large bowl, combine all the ingredients, except the lamb, salt and pepper. Add the lamb, making sure it is totally covered with the marinade. Refrigerate for at least 12 hours, and up to 24.
Preheat the oven to about 150o C (the temperature will depend on your oven). You can increase the temperature if you need to hurry it up.
Place the meat in a roasting tin and season well with salt and pepper. Roast the lamb for 3-4 hours, basting it from time to time with cooking juices and fat.
When the meat is cooked, leave it to rest for 20 minutes before carving or pulling apart.
Hope you enjoy your next night in.
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