Thursday, April 25, 2013

Pink Floyd Birthday Cake?

Hi Everyone!

Last year, for my son's 25th birthday (May 27), I made him a "Snowboarder Cake"...It came out really nice and my son enjoyed it!



My son, Angelo is a huge Pink Floyd fan, so I was thinking of making this Pink Floyd album cover-cake for him...using sugar "cubes", which I noticed are available as rectangles, then using dark chocolate icing to make the lettering!  (the sugar cubes would be removed before cutting the cake?)

I know May 27th is a month away, but I like to plan these things in my head in advance!  Any suggestions are definitely welcome!
Besides snowboarding and Pink Floyd, he also likes "Game of Thrones", "Dexter", and "Sushi"...LOL

Ciao for now,
Gina D.

P.S.!

Sorry for the update delay, but here is a photo of the finished product!  Thankfully, I used regular white frosting to make the "bricks", and not sugar cubes!  LOL



Ciao for now,


Gina D.

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

R.I.P. Martin William Richard, Krystle Marie Campbell, Lingzi Lu

My heart goes out to the Families of the Boston Marathon Bombing victims who passed away, and also to all those still struggling and suffering through their injuries.  


R.I.P. Martin William Richard, age 8


In Memory of Martin
Please read about Martin here.



R.I.P.  Krystle Marie Campbell, age 29

In Memory of Krystle
Please read about Krystle here.



R.I.P.  Lingzi Lu, age 23
In Memory of Lingzi
Please read about Lingzi here.




Saturday, April 6, 2013

Greek-Inspired Chicken, Stuffed with Spinach and Feta Cheese

Yet another one of my "Greek-Inspired" recipes...lol.  Similar to a previous recipe I posted, in that this one also has spinach and feta cheese...

http://positivelygina.blogspot.com/2012/10/greek-inspired-chicken-cutlets.html

The first step is to lightly saute baby spinach in olive oil and a bit of minced garlic, then  set aside and let it cool down.

Next,
Below:  Thinly sliced chicken breast cutlets, seasoned with black pepper.  I don't add salt to the chicken because Feta cheese is already salty.


Next,
Below:  Place a bit of the spinach/garlic mixture, and a cube of Feta cheese on the cutlets as shown...


Next,
Below:  Carefully roll up the cutlets and place in a baking pan, making sure the open section is facing down...I then added some melted "Smart Balance" on top, to which I also added just a dash of hot-sauce.

Bake at 400 degrees for approximately 25 minutes.  

Don't slice them as soon as they come out of the oven.  Let them sit for 5 to 10 minutes so that they set-up a bit, and the stuffing won't come tumbling out!


Next,
Below:
Enjoy!
A nice and delicious stuffed chicken cutlet with spinach and Feta cheese...served with roasted potatoes.  Yum!


Ciao for now,
Gina D.