What do you do with lots and lots of free oranges? I've been given more oranges than I can eat or drink by myself. Luckily it's been warm here in the Bay, so I made some juice bars and orange sorbet.
For the juice bars, simply squeeze the juice and pour into your popsicle molds. Easy like nothing else.
Even after I made the juice bars, I still had a basketful of oranges left. I made orange sherbet. This too is very simple.
Dinner Friday was a baked salmon salad. It was so easy.
Preheat over to 350 degrees Line small baking pan with foil. Place salmon filet in pan. Squeeze the juice of half a lemon, sprinkle with salt and pepper. Loosely wrap the salmon in foil. Bake for about 15 minutes or until flakey. That's it!
For the salad, I made a very simple, but delicious vinaigrette:
Meet my virtual dog, Green. I know he's yellow, but I named him Green. Isn't he cute! The Cube Dog is available on iTunes (FREE!). It's similar to the Tamagotchi's back in the early ninety's, but it's so much better because it's on your iPhone or iTouch. Cube Dog is really easy to use. Just download the app, and start creating your pet by body parts. I don't like dogs with pointy ears, so my Cube Dog, Green, has floppy ears. I love it when his eyes turn into hearts when I pet him.
And he even gets along with my cat, Angus. See them napping together on a cardboard box!
The animation and graphics are high quality and you can even rotate him to see different angles. Pret.ty cool. I've already recommended my brother and SIL get it for their kids - they have a 2 year old and a 5 year old. It'll be the perfect thing to occupy them, for whenever they get, you know, cranky or restless.
Watch this video for more info on the Cube Dog. Not only is he uber cute, I don't have to walk him, he doesn't smell and I can cuddle all day with my cats and play with him at the same time. Win!
There's a fun contest running this week, June 13-17, so be sure to visit Cube Dog on Facebook: facebook.com/cubedog. And go download the Cube Dog app and have fun!
This is a sponsored post by Cube Dog, but the opinions stated here are my own.
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Add flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, salt and butter in mixer and beat on slow until you get a sandy consistency.
2. Slowly pour the milk into the flour mixture, beating well until the ingredients are well mixed. Add the egg and beat well (scrap any unmixed ingredients from the side of bowl).
3. Spoon the batter into lined cupcake pan. Bake for 20 minutes, or until the cake bounces back when touched. Let the cupcakes cool slightly in the pan before placing on wire rack to cool completely.
4. When the cupcakes are cold, hollow out a small section in the center of each one and fill with a dollop of hazelnut and chocolate spread.
For the hazelnut and chocolate frosting:
1. Beat the confectioner's sugar and butter together in a mixer on med-slow speed until the mixture comes together and is well mixed. Turn the mixer down to a slower speed. Slowly pour in the milk, then when it is all incorporated, turn the mixer up to a high speed. Continue beating until the frosting is light and fluffy (at least 5 minutes). The longer the frosting is beaten, the fluffier and lighter it becomes.
2. Stir in the hazelnut and chocolate spread by hand until evenly mixed into the frosting.
3. Spoon frosting on top of cupcakes and decorate with hazelnuts (I used a piping bag and pink sprinkles).
