Don’t Abuse the Scones!

 
Scones are among the pastry family’s most frequently abused members. The average scone is a dense, dry, powdery affair, with only a few sad little currents to relieve the monotony—unless, of course, you slather it, English style with clotted cream and Strawberry Preserves, which should make anything taste good. Scone is a Scottish word derived from the Middle English schoonbrood, meaning schoon (pure, clean) and brood ( bread).

Continue reading →

Ban the Can! …Canned Biscuits that is!

Life gets hectic and we reach for the canned biscuits in a tube. But once you make homemade biscuits and see how easy and incredibly better they are, you will never go for the canned tube style biscuit again, I promise! This week we learned how to make biscuits and my husband and I ate them for a week and they were still flaky and flavorful as the week went on; not in the least bit dry.

Continue reading →

Oh, What Tangled Webs We Weave!

These are some of the easiest wow factor cupcakes you can make and your friends will be asking where you got them. How much fun will you have telling them that you made them yourself! Spider webs are one of the essential elements for Halloween but they don’t just have to be on your front porch. Extend that theme onto the dessert tray with these spider web cupcakes. Sometimes it is downright fun to weave a tangled web!

Continue reading →

Spellbinder Eyeballs Cocktail – Friday’s 5 o’clock Wet Your Whistle Call!

 

Vampire’s Bite with Spellbinder Eyeballs

Feeling a little anemic lately? This Vampire Bite is just what the doctor ordered! As you bring the glass to your lips you will be under the spell of the floating eyeball speared across your glass. Just like in the movies when the vampire gazes into your eyes and the eerie music begins to play, pulling you close to the vampire so he can take a bite.

Continue reading →

Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble. Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble!

Witches Cauldron
I have wanted a bubbling cauldron to serve my witches brew from for years and we are always so busy that it never gets made…..until now! I described what I was looking for to my husband, David and he whipped up the best cauldron ever! It was such a hit at our Halloween party! Hope you have as much fun with this project as we did!

Continue reading →

Who Drinks This Stuff?!

The devil is in the details as they say and what better time of year to have devilish details! Once your guests arrive and have taken in all the spooktacular decorations don’t forget that they will wander about so give them little details that will amuse and delight them. One of my favorites is bottles of creepy concoctions that will make you think you have been invited over to the Addams Family for cocktails!

Continue reading →

Bloody Snake Venom – Friday’s 5 o’clock Wet Your Whistle Call!

blood rim glass
 
Isn’t Halloween the most fun! Nothing allows you the opportunity to be outrageous like this holiday! Try serving your friends a drink with blood running down the glass any other time of the year and they may have you committed. Now you can keep up with the “spooky Joneses” like the Munster’s or Adams Family who were once the only ones with these kinds of recipes. Creep-a-luscious sipping!

Continue reading →

1 … 33 34 35 36
© Copyright 2022 Life of the Party Always – all rights and trademarks (TM) reserved.

Back To Top

";