Showing posts with label "ice cream". Show all posts
Showing posts with label "ice cream". Show all posts

Monday, August 25, 2014

Happy National Banana Split Day!

Blogger of the Day: Audrey at The Artsy Vegan

Some people get lost for hours on Pinterest, some on Facebook...for me, it's etsy...just type in a word, any word, and you get dozens to hundreds of crazyinteresting creative interpretations. Try "banana split" and you get lip whips and luggage tags...posters and pendants...candy, candles and crocheted baby wraps. Celebrate Split Day any artsy way you like!  :)

Painter and Chalkfester Audrey is creative in many ways, presenting easy yumful vegan meals, often on her own handpainted plates. She features a palette from TexMex to sushi, but she's a Southern girl at heart so expect plenty of Georgia country cooking. Her Banana Split Pops can be served without ice cream but today's a flaming scorcher around here so my Splits will be sinking in a colorful bowl of frostycool scoops!  ;)












Which split sticks would you opt for your pops? What are your pop toppings of choice? Favorite scoop flavors for your banana split bowl? Which would you choose...Banana Split Pop or Chocolate Mud Pie?  :)

Find more feasts in our 2014 Daily Food Holiday and Featured Blogger Series!

Thursday, August 21, 2014

Happy National Spumoni Day and National Pecan Torte Day!

Blogger of the Day: Penni at Raw Food Rehab
Pubs: Penni's books include Raw Food Cleanse, Real Juice Daily, Revealing Your Inner Rawk Star, Falling Into Raw, Resolve to Evolve, Go FRESH and Raw For The Holidays

NPR had a great story on the other day about culinary incubators...basically kitchens you can rent to test out your fledgling food business. The advantages are that you get access to a commercially licensed kitchen and to equipment that you might not yet be able to afford...40 gallon tilting skillets, 60 quart mixers, double deck convection ovens, doughnut fryers, bread slicers, walk in fridges and freezers. A budding chef's heaven. Perhaps the most valuable asset is collaboration. It's easy to pick up tips and advice from fellow entrepreneurs about licenses, insurance, bookkeeping and boosting your business. Bounce your ideas off of other creative minds, win, lose, laugh and learn together...this may be the magic you need to grow your business and your confidence. Sometimes it takes a community to kick off a kitchen.  :)

Collaboration is key for Penni, today's Blogger of the Day. She hosts Raw Food Rehab, where members can share blogposts, photos, news, Q&A and of course recipes! Penni also publishes guidebooks and cookbooks on healthy nutritious living, runs the website Upgrade Your Plate and is the Market Administrator at Cherry Street Farmers Market in Tulsa, not to mention she's a talented recipe developer too! She rises to the challenge every time...she doesn't just invent a new ice cream...she goes for the whole spumoni! Spumoni is a striped Italian ice cream treat layering rich frozen flavors mixed with chunks of fruits and nuts. Penni's raw vegan version uses Pistachio Ice Cream, Cherry Vanilla Ice Milk and Chocolate Cacao Crunch...each soooo good on it's own but smashingly fabulous mashed together in a glass! Here's a glimpse of this triple deliciousness...












and a peaceful treat for National Pecan Torte Day!


Feeling lazy? Enjoy a triple scoop Spumoni with your favorite cherry, chocolate and nutty ice creams. Spinningly yumful!  :)

Have you ever used a culinary incubator? Do you enjoy cooking with others or do you love flying solo? What food business ideas are swirling in your creative brain? What 3 flavors would you stripe in your Spumoni?  :)

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Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Happy National Soft Ice Cream Day!

Blogger of the Day: Jessica at The Alkymist

Alchemists throughout history have pursued the secrets for transforming the plain into the precious...usually trying to turn simple minerals into gold. Jessica flips it a bit (and changes up the spelling) by using common ingredients to create delicious allergyfree recipes. This is all yumful comfort food...her Blue Moon Soft Serve is one of my favorites, especially with blueberries added into the mix. You can sub in other fruits to create your own frozen "gold" too!  :)











What's your favorite flavor for soft serve?  :)

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