New Moon DVD Party... and Contest Winner

Yes, I am late on this post but I wanted to wait for my 300th post to post it.  Our New Moon DVD party was held at Jenny's (one of my BFF's) house and a good time was had by all.

They all came in the door and had to declare what team they were on.

We had lots of good food and drinks.

We enjoyed different wines of Washington State.

Even had our own signature drink, a Caramel Apple cocktail, which was absolutely delish.

Even the Mini's seemed to have a good time.

We played Twilight Scene-It on the Wii and heard a bad imitation of Carlisle but it was still fun.

and then watched the movie on Blu Ray, which shows the Sparkly One very well.

I would also like to say the decorations were quite nice as well.

       

We went with a more vampy theme with black and red with lots of candles and roses.

Photos were taken by my bestie Kim, love ya sweetie.

Since this is my official 300th post I will announce the winner of the Twilight Journals

Drum Roll Please......

Twimom227

Congrats, I sent you an email.

Recipe Tuesday... Berry Shortcake with Vanilla whipping cream

Part of this recipe is mine but the shortcake and the vanilla cream is Alton Brown's and Giada DeLaurintis.
I use a variety of berries, usually 1 pint of Strawberries, Blackberries, Blueberries and Raspberries.

Wash all berries and cut and quarter Strawberries.  Put all of them in a bowl, add a 1/2 of sugar and a 1/2 of orange juice, mix and let it sit in the refrigerator at least 4  hours or overnight to let the sugar and orange juice infuse into the berries.

Make the shortcake and vanilla cream recipes when you are ready to assemble the Shortcake.

Shortcake

Recipe courtesy Alton Brown

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8 servings

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons shortening
• 3/4 cup half and half
• Melted butter to brush shortcakes
• Berries
• Ice cream or whipped cream

Directions

Heat oven 450 degrees.

In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Cut in butter and shortening. Mix in half-and-half. Drop by large spoonfuls onto a baking sheet. Brush with melted butter and sprinkle with sugar. Bake for 15 minutes or until brown. Cool and eat with berries, ice cream and/or whipped cream.

Vanilla Cream:

·         1 cup heavy whipping cream

·         2 tablespoons powdered sugar

·         2 teaspoons vanilla extract

·         1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

In a large mixing bowl, beat the cream until it forms soft peaks. Add the powdered sugar, vanilla, and cinnamon. Continue to beat until cream holds stiff peaks.

This is the dessert I am making for the New Moon DVD party.  We are going with foods and wines of the Pacific Northwest