Fondue

9oz brie cheese cubed and rind removed
1/4 C. chicken broth
1 clove garlic
parmesian cheese shredded
cooked shrimp,chicken, steak. Blanched brocoli,cauliflour. Apples. Cubed french bread.

Crush garlic and rub on bottom and sides of fondue pot. Place remainder of garlic in bottom of sauce pan. add chicken broth. Add  brie cheese when broth is hot and  stir with wooden spoon to melt. Add parmesian cheese to taste. If to runny add more cheese. If too thick add more broth.   Pour into fondue pot and serve with meat, veggies, fruit, bread or anything you would like to dip.

Apricot Jam

8 C. diced apricots
1/4 C. Lemon Juice
6 C. Sugar

Combine and  bring to boil. Cook on medium high heat continually stirring for 15-20min min or until slightly thickened. Process in jam jars 10min.  I love this recipe because you don't have to use pectin. Also dont worry about peeling the skin off the apricolts either. Just remove the pits and dice. I added  jalapeno to a batch and reduced the sugar to 5 C. instead of 6 . Eat with cream cheese and crackers. Yummy!!

Cake Pops -By Kami

Cake Pops  (Our new favorite way to eat cake)

1 cake mix, mixed and baked as directed, cooled completely...(I usually make with cake extender)

3/4 can vanilla frosting (or make your own it's better)

High quality melting chocolate, melting chips or choc. chips

Sprinkles

In a large bowl crumble the cake mix into very fine pieces.  Stir in 3/4 can of frosting until well mixed (will be sticky).  Scoop out batter using a cookies scoop into your hands and roll into a 1" ball.  Place on a lined cookie sheet (waxed paper) and insert a sucker stick.  Cover and Freeze.

Melt chocolate/coating into a glass bowl.  Take 3-5 pops out of the freezer at a time and quickly dip in chocolate and shake with sprinkles.  Place in a styrafoam square to dry so they look pretty.  Repeat.  These are so fun and easy to make.  You can mix and match cake/coating flavors to your taste.  Our favorite is chocolate cake with vanilla coating.  I am making and packaging 200 for a wedding next week!  Wish me luck!!!! 

My kids (and the neighbor kids) love them...they are so fun to eat and the possibilities for flavoring/decorating them are endless!

They are also great for favors/gifts.  The one pictured on the right was made for my daughters dance teammates to wish them luck before a dance competition.  They are darling

boxed up as a boquet too!  Have fun!