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Let's Cook! Movie night is all about the snacks
Posted on Tue, August 4th, 2009
Written by: Jodie Fitz,
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Looking for some summer fun and a reason to get some friends together? Have a movie night!
It’s been a long-standing tradition in our household, passed down from child to child, complete with a sign on the door of what movie is showing and tickets passed out for entrance as their friends arrive. And, just like visiting the theater, it’s all about the snacks to top off the evening. Here our favorites.
Popcorn in Color
Un-popped, popcorn kernels
Food coloring
This recipe requires a little advance planning, but is fun for the young cooks in your household.
Day One: Place ½ cup of un-popped popcorn kernels into a glass bowl and add approximately five drops of food coloring (the brighter colors like red, green and blue will work best). Stir and let the mixture sit overnight.
Day Two: Line a cookie sheet with a paper towel or waxed paper. Carefully spread the wet kernels on to the covered cookie sheet. Be careful as you spread not to roll the kernels removing the excess color.
Let them dry overnight.
Day Three: Pop the popcorn as usual and you will have a faint color on your popped corn.
Tip: Follow the steps above for each individual color desired, mix the colored kernels in the pan and have a rainbow of color when you pop it. You can save excess colored kernels that are completely dry in a jar for future use.
Homemade Soda Fountain
¼ cup granulated sugar
¼ cup hot water
Cold seltzer
1/8 teaspoon orange extract
16-ounce plastic cup
Put the sugar and hot water into a cup and mix until the sugar is dissolved. Let cool. Top it off with orange extract and cold seltzer. You can also use root beer, raspberry or vanilla extract for different flavors.
In the past, we would mark the plastic cups with each visitors name and have them mix the hot water and sugar together when they arrived and then complete their soda at the beginning of intermission.
Mini Mints
8 ounces of cream cheese, softened
3 ½ cups powdered sugar
½ teaspoon of mint extract
Milk chocolate morsels
Mix the cream cheese, powdered sugar and mint extract together with a spoon or whisk (an electric mixer is not recommended). Place small spoonfuls, no larger than the size of a quarter onto a cookie sheet lined with wax paper. Place the sheet into the refrigerator and let them harden (approximately three hours ).
When the cream cheese has hardened, melt half the bag of chocolates in a glass bowl by putting them in the microwave for one minute. When you remove the chocolate from the microwave it won’t look fully melted until you mix it.
Dip the cream cheese filling into the chocolate, use either a toothpick or spoon to help coat the ball, and place the coated candy back on the cookie sheet.
Place the candies back into the refrigerator to harden for approximately 30-45 minutes. You can store the excess candy in the refrigerator in an air tight container. They taste just like Junior Mints.
The author is a mother of three children ages 16, 11 and 6. She is set to launch a kids cooking program with Price Chopper and her first book “Yikes, There are Kids in My Kitchen!” is scheduled to be released soon.
You can contact with any questions. Also, feel free to post comments below.
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Posted on Tue, August 4th, 2009
Written by: Jodie Fitz,
email:
Looking for some summer fun and a reason to get some friends together? Have a movie night!
It’s been a long-standing tradition in our household, passed down from child to child, complete with a sign on the door of what movie is showing and tickets passed out for entrance as their friends arrive. And, just like visiting the theater, it’s all about the snacks to top off the evening. Here our favorites.
Popcorn in Color
Un-popped, popcorn kernels
Food coloring
This recipe requires a little advance planning, but is fun for the young cooks in your household.
Day One: Place ½ cup of un-popped popcorn kernels into a glass bowl and add approximately five drops of food coloring (the brighter colors like red, green and blue will work best). Stir and let the mixture sit overnight.
Day Two: Line a cookie sheet with a paper towel or waxed paper. Carefully spread the wet kernels on to the covered cookie sheet. Be careful as you spread not to roll the kernels removing the excess color.
Let them dry overnight.
Day Three: Pop the popcorn as usual and you will have a faint color on your popped corn.
Tip: Follow the steps above for each individual color desired, mix the colored kernels in the pan and have a rainbow of color when you pop it. You can save excess colored kernels that are completely dry in a jar for future use.
Homemade Soda Fountain
¼ cup granulated sugar
¼ cup hot water
Cold seltzer
1/8 teaspoon orange extract
16-ounce plastic cup
Put the sugar and hot water into a cup and mix until the sugar is dissolved. Let cool. Top it off with orange extract and cold seltzer. You can also use root beer, raspberry or vanilla extract for different flavors.
In the past, we would mark the plastic cups with each visitors name and have them mix the hot water and sugar together when they arrived and then complete their soda at the beginning of intermission.
Mini Mints
8 ounces of cream cheese, softened
3 ½ cups powdered sugar
½ teaspoon of mint extract
Milk chocolate morsels
Mix the cream cheese, powdered sugar and mint extract together with a spoon or whisk (an electric mixer is not recommended). Place small spoonfuls, no larger than the size of a quarter onto a cookie sheet lined with wax paper. Place the sheet into the refrigerator and let them harden (approximately three hours ).
When the cream cheese has hardened, melt half the bag of chocolates in a glass bowl by putting them in the microwave for one minute. When you remove the chocolate from the microwave it won’t look fully melted until you mix it.
Dip the cream cheese filling into the chocolate, use either a toothpick or spoon to help coat the ball, and place the coated candy back on the cookie sheet.
Place the candies back into the refrigerator to harden for approximately 30-45 minutes. You can store the excess candy in the refrigerator in an air tight container. They taste just like Junior Mints.
The author is a mother of three children ages 16, 11 and 6. She is set to launch a kids cooking program with Price Chopper and her first book “Yikes, There are Kids in My Kitchen!” is scheduled to be released soon.
You can contact with any questions. Also, feel free to post comments below.
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