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Jims Pancakes Are Delicious, Adorable - Urlesque. Babybel Cheese Angry Bird. I drove by Future Shop a couple days ago, and I saw a big line up right outside. Later I realized that people were lining up for the new I Pad 2. Are you one of them? Ha...I didn't even know who was the Angry Bird until a few weeks ago. When it comes to technology, I'm so far behind.

It's like I'm still living in the 90s >,< This Angry Bird is made from Babybel Cheese, Swiss Cheese, Cheddar and nori (use fruit leather or olive if you have trouble finding nori). Also, check out these Angry Bird inspired food creations I found online. Angry Bird breakfast via tuaw.com. Fruit - Exotic Foods at WomansDay.com. They say an apple a day keeps the doctor away, but what about a cherimoya?

Fruit - Exotic Foods at WomansDay.com

Never heard of it? Cherimoya is a fruit native to the highlands of South America that Mark Twain once called "deliciousness itself. " While you may be a pro when it comes to pears, avocados and mangos, there are plenty of fruits considered delicacies in other countries. Mommys Kitchen: Strawberry Yogurt Popsicles "Great Way to Beat the... The kids and I have been trying our hand at making all sorts of different homemade Popsicles.

Mommys Kitchen: Strawberry Yogurt Popsicles "Great Way to Beat the...

It all started when we made the Homemade Jell-O Pudding Pops a couple weeks back. They were super yummy and so easy to make, so of course they wanted more. My kiddos love yogurt so we searched around for a few recipes. There are a so many good ones out there and we will soon be trying all of them. We settled on a recipe for Strawberry Yogurt Popsicles that we saw at the Hillbilly Housewife. I love that site, it has so many different low cost recipes made from scratch. I made the yogurt pops the night before so they had plenty of time to freeze. These are the ingredients you will need: 1 - 24 oz container plain yogurt = 3 cups, 1 small box gelatin (flavor of your choice), sugar, water, Popsicle molds or small cups and Popsicle sticks if using cups. bring water to a boil Add flavored gelatin and turn off heat.

Remove from the heat and add the plain yogurt one cup at a time. Ingredients: Directions: I Could Make That. Watermelon Lime Sorbet Slices. A sweet and tangy watermelon lime sorbet is a great way to cool off in the summer.

Watermelon Lime Sorbet Slices

As a bonus, this recipe is frozen back in the watermelon rind and cut off into slices. It’s hot. The type of heat where when you step outside the door and your skin is wet before the door swings shut behind you. It’s a hot that hangs in the air, letting you breathe it in, that is cured only by two things: being completely immersed in water or hiding indoors, the air conditioning cranked as far as it will go.I find that the heat makes me very unmotivated to do things like take a walk, water and weed the garden (though I have forced that one on myself) and prepare food and eat it. However, when the promise of cooking provides ice cold watermelon sorbet, I just may be convinced. When your simple syrup is cool and watermelon chunked, blend them together in a food processor or blender until smooth. Cool the liquid completely in the refrigerator for a few hours. This then goes into the freezer. Truly, nothing. Mingmakescupcakes.yolasite.com from yolasite.com.

Makes & recipe: ice cream cake (but not like you think) If you’ve been following along, you’re probably aware that I collect cookbooks.

makes & recipe: ice cream cake (but not like you think)

Specifically, cookbooks created by New England civic organizations between 1950 and 1980 for fundraising purposes. With yard sale season in full swing, I find myself solvent with new recipe ideas, among them one I found in this vandalized and water-damaged collection. The picture on the cover somewhat suggests the architecture of Calvary Baptist Church in Easthampton, but I bought the book in Millbury and it has no date (I’ve never been to that Church, I just tried to do some due diligence in my googling). Nevertheless, it *does* include a chocolate cake recipe with a secret ingredient: ice cream. And hey, no cake flour or fancy measuring required, because we’re using cake mix. Cinnamon Toast&Rolls. The USDA released its new food pyramid the other day (which is actually a plate now instead of a pyramid), and I am sorely disappointed to report that cinnamon rolls did not appear anywhere on that plate.

Cinnamon Toast&Rolls

I think by now most of us know what should be on our dinner plate in terms of healthy, well-rounded nutrient-laden meals, but it is my considered opinion that our breakfast plate should include cinnamon rolls now and then. And not just any cinnamon roll, mind you, but how ‘bout a homemade cinnamon roll hybrid that is a cross between a cinnamon roll and cinnamon toast, is super easy to make and gosh darn delicious. In honor of their ancestry, I call these little gems cinnamon toast rolls, and here’s all you need to make them… Yep. That’s it… some soft white bread, some butter and some cinnamon sugar. Trim the crusts off of the bread.