The Creative Cooking Blog

Hi Everyone! Seeing as it is winter, here is the perfect bedtime treat for you! Here's how to make it: Ingredients: Cocoa powder Milk (as much as you want depending on how big your mug is)  Squirting Cream Ground Cinnamon (optional) Equipment: Blender (optional) Mug Instructions: 1. Pour the milk into a mug. 2.Heat the mug in the microwave.(Small mug:40  secs -Medium mug: 1min-1min 30 secs -Large mug: 2 mins ) 3. Once the milk is done, add your cocoa powder.Stir it in. 4. Take the Squirting cream and swirl it on top of the hot chocolate. Then sprinkle the cinnamon on top. Thanks Everyone!!! Jelly Bean💋

Hi Everyone!!! I hope you are looking forward to CHRISTMAS!!!   I have just found a way to create milkshakes at home! This means that you don't need to waste money buying them from a shop and it also means that it's SUPER EASY!!! Here's How: Ingredients: Strawberries (or a fruit/ ingredient of your choice) milk (as much as you want) sugar or honey Chocolate powder (optional) Equipment:  Blender Instructions: 1. Mix everything together in a bowl. 2. Pour into blender  3. Blend until there are no lumps Hope you enjoyed this recipe  JellyBean💋

Hi Everyone! Today we will be making pancakes! Yay! I am sure that you have all eaten and tried pancakes if not then do not worry! You can try them today! Ingredients: 1 egg 110g self-raising flour 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda 150ml milk Sunflower oil for frying 200g fresh strawberries, hauled and sliced 4tbsp plain yoghurt  1.Put the egg, flour, bicarbonate of soda and milk into a bowl.Whisk up the mixture until its smooth. 2.Ask an adult to heat a tablespoon of sunflower oil in a frying pan. Use a large spoon to carefully pour the pancake mixture into the pan. 3.Fry the pancake until it is golden brown and bubbling on the top. Flip the pancake over and fry it on the other side until golden brown. 4.Serve your pancakes with strawberries and plain yoghurt. Enjoy! Just to let you know, this recipe is from the DK book 'Get Cooking'  Thank you. Jelly Bean💋     

Hi Everyone! Today's recipe is a dish that I created myself! It's The Lettuce and Mozzarella Toasty! This dish is a nice and easy snack to make after school.Here's how to make it: Makes 4. Handfull of lettuce leaves chopped in half. 4 slices of mozzarella. 2 slices bread 1. Place all the Mozzarella in the corners of the bread so that the sides of the bread are covered. 2. Cut the bread into triangles. 3. Place all triangles in the oven until lightly brown on top. 4. Once they are done, lift up the top of the sandwich and add in a piece of lettuce to each. Enjoy! Jellybean💋

Hey Everyone! Today we will finish off our last part of the pop-up restaurant.But do not worry this is not the end of my blog😁! Here are the desserts I used: Jelly(in shot-cups) Ingredients: A packet of jelly crystals packs of shot cups  1. Follow the instructions on the packet.  2. Once the jelly is done place in shot cups then put in the refrigerator. Take out when needed. Brownies. This recipe for Brownies was taken from the Hummingbird Bakery Here is the exact recipe from the cookbook. Enjoy! My final recipe can be found in the post 'Fruity ice-cream' You may want to serve it with the brownies as then it will taste extra DELISH!!! Thank you and good luck with your restaurant! Jellybean💋 

Hey Everyone! Today you will learn to make sides. Sides are a small snack you eat with your meal like chicken with a side of chips. Here are my sides I used: Salad (freshly cut) Vegetable crisps. These recipes can both be found on the posts: 'A simple Salad'             & 'Vegetable crisps' Enjoy! Jellybean💋  

Hi Everyone! Today, continuing the restaurant theme, we will be making the main course, which is the meal that you should fill up on but save a little space for dessert🍰🍮🍭🍬🍫🍪🍩🍨🍧🍦🌺. Here are the mains I used for my Pop-up restaurant: TIP no.1: You will need an adults help with these recipes as they can be dangerous.  TIP no.2:  There are different ways making these foods so you may want to use a family recipe.   Burgers Pasta and Sauce Chicken (roast) This time I will not teach you guys to make these as you will have try yourself😎. Once you have figured out how to cook at least one of the dishes on your own (adult help approved), then place the recipe in the comments section and I'd love to hear about what you've created! Good Luck:) Jellybean💋

Hi everyone! Today I will show you how to make the starters I made at my Pop-up restaurant. Starters are a dish that you have before the main so guests shouldn't fill up on them and instead, should fill up on the main course.  Avocado Smoothies: The recipe for Avocado smoothies can be found on the Cold Appetisers post. Susannah's Mint and Feta Triangles: Puff Pastry, Ready-made mint, finely chopped     This is my menu so now you can have a sneak-peak at all the latest recipes coming up😉. 1 small tub of feta 1. Leave the puff pastry out for as long as the packet says before rolling out the pastry. 2. While the pastry is cooling down, put the mint in a bowl. Make sure that it is finely chopped before you put it in. 3. Take the feta and crumble it all into crumbs then put it into the bowl with the mint. 4. Mix them both together with your hands. 5. Now that the pastry is done and rolled into a straight square, take a knife, an...

Hey Everyone!  My friend had this crazy drink experiment and it turned out amazing! Why don't you have a try: makes 2 3.5 oranges 1 apple, chopped 100ml Coke 100ml 7up Blender Orange Squeezer 1. Squeeze all the oranges. 2. Chop up the apples. 3. Place all in a blender together. 4. Add in coke and 7up. 5. Pour into glasses and refrigerate. Or to make things really quick, add ice-cubes and enjoy!🍸🍹 This is part of my picnic range! Enjoy! Jellybean💋

Hi everyone!!! Today I have decided to teach you how to make canapé's for your pop-up restaurant (in the future).  Canapé's are a little snack given out before you have the starters. They are usually given when standing around.Here are the 2 canapés I used at my pop-up restaurant: Fruit Kebabs: Ingredients: strawberries grapes marshmallows Equipment: bamboo skewer sticks 1.Thread on the fruit and marshmallow. I recommend that you use one piece of each fruit per skewer. Prawn Kebabs: Ingredients: Prawns pre cooked and frozen harrisa paste salt pepper lemon juice garlic chopped Equipment: bamboo skewer sticks 1. Pour the harrisa, salt, pepper, lemon juice and garlic in a bowl and mix until well combined. 2. Mix in the prawns and make sure that they are fully covered in the marinade. 3. Once the prawns are fully covered, put them and the marinade in a tray to put in the ov...

Hi everyone!!! Today I REALLY liked the look of a recipe I saw.And the best part is that it is for fruit lovers I.e moi!!😍😋🍉🍇🍒🍓🍎🍋🍊🍌🍰🍡🍏 If you would like to try this fruitastic recipe, here it is: Ingredients: 1 mango peeled and chopped into cubes 1/2 pineapple peeled and chopped into cubes 300g/10.5oz/11/2cups fresh raspberries 1tbsp lemon juice 1tbsp butter 1tsp olive oil 2tbsp icing (confectioners) sugar Method: Skewer the fruit onto wooden kebab sticks. Purée half the raspberries with the lemon juice In a blender. Pour the purée through a sieve, Into a small dipping bowl. Carefully heat the butter and oil in a pan, on a low to medium heat. Cook the kebabs, until lightly browned on both sides. Dust with icing sugar. Serve the kebabs with the raspberry purée to dip in and the rest of the raspberries. This recipie is from Cookery Book For Girls.Published by Igloobooks. I hope you enjoy it!🍒🍏🍎🍓🍉🍇🍋🍐🍍🍦🍫🍰🍭🍪🍧😋😃😎😍🎁😀👍🏼 Jelly Bea...

Hi everyone! Today I will be teaching you how to make humas.As this dish goes really well with  the pitta crisps, it is also part of my new Picnic Range.Why don't you have them together! Here's the recipe: Ingredients: 2 tins chickpeas 5ml lemon-juice pinch salt 1/2 large pot tahini little mint Equipment: blender bowl 1.Drain the chickpeas 2.Pour everything into the bowl. 3.Blend until everything is in the yellow mixture.Make sure that there is not any bits of chickpea which are not blended. This is my own recipe!!! Enjoy! Jelly Bean P.S:make sure to look out for other recipes in my Picnic Range!

Hi everyone! Today I went to an awesome cookery workshop where I learnt how to cook pitta crisps.(yes someone called Elaine taught me how to make them so this recipe is dedicated to her)All they are, are pitta bread no and more ingredients.They are great for picnics with humus.Why don't you try them: I ngredients: pitta bread olive oil salt Equipment: tray oiled 1.Cut the pitta into quarters 2.Put them on an oiled tray then lightly oil the slices of pitta bread(not too much or they will go soggy) 3.Place them in the oven.After 15 mins, check them.If they are not crunchy and golden brown leave them in until they are. This is Elaine's recipe. I hope you enjoyed this recipe! Jelly Bean  P.S:This recipe is part of my new picnic range!!!

Hi everyone! Today I just thought of a really cool challenge idea but it might be a bit dangerous.This is a challenge I have created for DARE DEVILS!!! First collect as many small and tiny sweets as you can. Then put them in a bowl make sure it is full(if it is still not full,add other small foods) Set a timer for 30 seconds don't start it before you start. Press GO!And stuff your face full with sweets! as you put each sweet in your mouth,make sure you keep count of the amount of sweets you have put in as you go along. Now it's everyone else's go. Once everyone else has had a go, compare your scores.The person who ate the most sweets, is the winner.The winner gets the leftover sweets!😉😊😋😀😁😂😃😄😎😺😆😇😊💜💛💚💙💓💕💖💗 Good Luck! Jelly Bean:)

Hi everyone! Today I will be making a cold appetizer which is like a starter.This is my cold appetizer;an avocado 🥑,apple and banana 🍌 smoothie -it is very thick -then decorated with sliced banana around the plate. If you would like to try my recipe,here are the instructions: Half an avocado  2 bananas  An apple 🍏 🍎 A little milk A lemon 🍋  A blender 1.put all the food into the blender  2.once it is done ✅ and processed,pour it into a glass 🥃 and chop a lemon to hang on the side of the cup 3.place the cup on a plate then chop the second banana into slices and spread it around the plate or around the glass This is my own recipe and I hope you enjoy it 😉😁 Jelly Bean 🍬😎😋😊💝

Hi everyone! Today I am going to be frying veggie crisps.This dish is healthy but is fried.These are a great way to try the veggies you dislike for the first time.You can add salt or black pepper to it too (seasoning).Now it's your turn to fry some fantastic crisps: veggies( I recommend: beetroot,carrots,courgette and potatoes) black pepper or salt oil Special equipment: frying pan 1.Chop the veggies up. 2.Pour a little oil into the frying pan 3.Leave the stove to heat up for 3 mins 4.Place the chopped up veggies in the pan 5.Fry them until they are crisp but not burnt This is my own recipe. Enjoy!😋😍😀😁😃 Jelly Bean!🐻🐒🐵🙈🙉🙊 This is part of my picnic range.

Hi everyone, I have just made up this really awesome challenge have a go: Try to use a fruit or veggie that you dislike in a dish then share it with your family and your self and see how it tastes.Does it taste different to how it does on its own, or the same? Message the results on the comments section.You are allowed to add different foods to it. Good Luck! Jelly Bean!!

Hi everyone! Today I will be making one of my best inventions(it is a great evening snack and it's super easy): bread pizza's!Yes they sound really boring and dull but they are not.Take a look at this recipe: 1slice of bread fave pizza toppings(cheese is good as it melts) butter or tomato puree any seasoning Special equipment: oven or toaster For the toaster: 1.If you are using a toaster, place a plain piece of bread in the toaster. 2.place the toppings and spreads on top of the bread Done! Oven: 1 .place the toppings and spreads on the bread 2.put in the oven for 5 mins Done! See told you it was easy! This is my own recipe  Bon Appetite! Jelly Bean!

Hi everyone! Today,I am going to be cooking Moroccan Cous Cous. The Moroccan way is different to the way you would normally have it except this is my experiment so nothing is exactly the Moroccan way but my way. If you would like to experiment too,here is my recipe: For the Cous Cous: Boiled water 💦 (leave a centimeter of water above the cous cous) Olive oil Black pepper A bag of cous cous grains Harrisa paste Additional food: Fried carrot sticks Fried mushrooms Olives Sun-dried tomatoes 🍅 Orange juice Special Equipment: Serving spoon Kettle Bowl Fork Pan 1.Boil the water 💦 then pour it in the bowl of cous cous.Leave for 5mins 2.Fry the mushrooms and carrots in the pan for 15mins 3.Add the veggies to the cous cous including the olives. 5.pour  a glass of orange juice to go with your meal Enjoy my experiment Here's my dish Jelly Bean

Hi everyone! Today,I am going to make a salad.This is an easy but yummy dish.There many different ways of making a salad and the best bit is that you get to choose what things you get to put inside like fruit and vegetables.Salads don't always just have to have fruit and vegetables as they can sometimes have cheese and chicken too! Why don't you have a try at making your own salad.Here's my recipe: A savoury salad: 4 cold, cooked chicken strips lettuce leaves tomato's cut into slices feta cheese black pepper cucumber Special equipment: knife bowl place everything in a bowl this is a family recipe Enjoy! Jelly Bean