Cook and Brew.

Carrot panpipes.  Panpipes..not pan-fried or any food-related term.  Panpipes as in a wind musical instrument.  Isn’t it surprising to know that there is such a thing as musical instruments made out of vegetables?  And yes, they’re really producing melodious sounds as that of the real musical instruments made of brass, wood and strings.  There are even groups of musicians who are famous for playing such instruments.  The Flutenveg (Flute and Veg) is a talented duo from Australia who plays 12 note-carrot panpipes on festivals, corporate functions, workshops and teambuilding events.  To quote from their site, “Tuned carrot panpipes can be made to create massed harmonies followed by carrot munching.”  Now I wonder if they can also make zildjian cymbals out of any vegetable.

Did these pictures get you drooling for strawberries and ice cream?  Well, these are actually cufflinks  and not some sort of candies or jellies that can satisfy your sweet cravings.  Cute, right?

If you’re needing new unique gift ideas for your husband, brother, or any guy friend, these make great gifts on any occasion.  These are great alternatives to the traditional and formal looking engraved cufflinks.  These novelty cufflinks are excellent gifts for men of all ages.  But don’t forget to remind the recipient that these aren’t edible.

If there are two courses that I’d like to take up when I’ve got the time and resources, that would be culinary and cosmetology.  I can cook but there’s still a lot that I wish to learn.  The menus I can cook are very limited and it’s something that I want to improve.  I’m actually tempted to buy the discounted cooking class offered by The Academy For International Culinary Arts over at Metrodeal.  Unfortunately, I’m so much tied taking care of my soon to be 3 months old daughter. 

On the other hand, I yearn to study cosmetology so I can learn how to apply great make up on me by myself.  I know I can learn from watching tutorials from youtube and other online sources but I think enrolling in a cosmetology school would be better.

This blog post was based on information provided by Blogitive. For more information, please visit Blogitive.com or contact Regency Beauty Institute – 3583 Alpine Avenue NW – Walker, MI 49544

Pasta is absolutely one of my son’s favorite food.  Spaghetti, Lasagna, Baked Macaroni, Macaroni Soup..serve him any of these, it’ll be gone in a minute.  That’s why I’m constantly in search of easy, no baked macaroni recipes for him.  This is one of my recent recipe finds from squidoo.  I’ll try to cook this one of these days and if I get a thumbs up sign from the little one, this will definitely be included in my compilation of my favorite recipes. 

I’ll search for more no bake pasta recipes since googling online is so easy similar to scouting for rv insurance quotes.

For the Red Sauce:
1/2 tbsp. garlic, chopped diced
1/2 tbsp. onion, chopped diced
1 kilo ground beef
4 pcs. tomato, chopped diced
1 small can mushroom
1/2 tsp. thyme
1/2 tsp. dried oregano

For White Sauce:
1 3/4 cups milk
2 tbps. margarine
3 tbps. flour
1 cup cheese spread
1 cup grated cheese

Other Ingredients
8 ounces (2 cup) cooked elbow macaroni noodles
1 tbsp. parsley, chopped
2 tbsp. bits of bacon

Directions:

1. For the red sauce, saute onion, garlic, ground beef, tomato diced, mushroom, thyme and dried oregano. Simmer then set aside.
2. Meanwhile for the white sauce, heat the margarine, flour, cream or milk in a pan then stir and then set aside first.
3. Now bring all the sauce together, put the cooked elbow macaroni pasta in a glass pan then pour red sauce plus the white sauce on top.
4. Then put some more macaroni pasta for another layer plus again the red sauce and the white sauce to make another layer.
5. For the final finishing, sprinkle chopped parsley and bits of bacon on top. Now you are already plate.

Source: http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/naizaaoclares