These Banana Fritters are great as is but I added a little vanilla extract in the batter for more depth of flavor.

My favourite side dish to a biryani is the Kerala Chicken Fry. In my family, we lovingly call it Ben Fry, named after a family member who loved it so much when he visited India. He couldn’t s…

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Issue N09 cover star Alicia Keys sits down with us to talk motherhood, success, and of course, music.

My boy turned 9 yesterday! NINE!!! A Minecraft Party was requested. The easiest way to create one of those is to look for other people's ideas! So I went here and made this board. The Sunny By Design had some great things. Here's my ode to Minecraft Party.. Creeper juice. Those little Chubby drinks. Paper torn off and faces put on. Torches= twisted pretzel sticks. I could have dipped the ends in red melted chocolate, but time got away from me. The slime balls were to be green jello squares, but that was left home in my fridge. The zombie boogies were wasabi peas! Sorry for blurry photo below. I started making little TNT bundles, then decided not to, putting them in a glass instead. My favourite part of the party was when I exclaimed," there are still lots of fruits and veggies left. If you don't eat them now, I'm putting them in your loot bags!" There was a big woosh to the table and things were being eaten. :} THe cake was a brownie instead of cake. I wanted to leave the edges un-iced and figured the brownie would be less crumby. The icing was Fluffy Boiled Frosting. It wasn't sweet at all. We made way too much for this cake, so I made meringue puffs and put them in the oven. Left those home too. Here's a new thing I learned, to make meringue, you beat your egg whites, heat the oven to 350, put them in, turn the oven off and leave until the oven cools down. Easy peasy. The signs and grass leaves were from a Sizzix dies. The old ones, the big, honkin', thick ones. You can do it in the cuttlebug using a B plate on the bottom and top of the die. Don't use the A plate a t all. We rented the local arena to let off some party energy. We go to the general skate at least once a week. this boy has come a long way in the past few weeks. He even looks like a skater now! Dad and his boy. Everybody sing...... Happy Birthday to you! Loot bag time! And the loot inside. I don't like giving loot bags with a bunch of little things. So I gave hand made creeper cookies that took 2 days and a trip to the local bakery to ice (Thanks Flying Fox), a CD of Minecraft Parodies. I googled that title on You Tube and gave it to my husband to do his magic. And then some other snacky things. Birthday party's all over! (paper characters) It was a fun one! Edited May 8: WOW y'all are probably on a reading frenzy for minecraft party ideas.What we wouldn't do for our kids. At this time, I've had close to 10,000 hits on this post. In my world, that's a lot. People have been pinning my creeper juice bottles like crazy. Awesome. But look at my sidebar. Only 13 followers. Makes me feel kinda lonely. Wanna join the party on my blog? Bookmark or follow me to see what else I've been up to. I've made ninja peggies too! You can use those for the next party. Cheers, Amanda

This Almond Joy Pie is pure coconut heaven! With all the sweets in our house right now, this is the one I cannot stop eating. It's one of my all-time favorites! And even though you have to use the stove a little bit, there's no actual baking required, so it's super easy to make!

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