In the kitchen with Elise

I was asked to make a fruit kebob yesterday for an event; I made 100 and they were completely devoured by guests in about 20 minutes :  ) That yummy huh!!!  Fruits have never looked so appetizing.  The vibrant mix of colors makes anyone want to eat it, even those who don't even like fruit. Have you ever seen meat kebobs? Yes, this is the same except with loads of yummy fruits. You can do it with any type of fruit. Use your creativity. Fruits tend to come in almost any shape, size, color, taste so you can really go wild with this one. Make your own fruit kebob as a show stopper on your next event, house party, family treat or as a gift to friends. It is really inexpensive to make and does not take an unbearable amount of time to make. Believe me the efforts as worthed. Have you ever seen these fruit kebobs with a company called 'Edible Arrangements'? They make really beautiful looking fruit kebobs which are great gifts to anyone but their prices range from a w...

One of the emails that I received this last week was from a blog viewer all the way from South Africa. She is asking an important question. Before the cooking and decorating there is the shopping... How to shop for the right foods to cook with? Take a look. Dear Mrs Elise My name is **** and currently stay in Cape Town (South Africa). I follow and read your blog and I am enjoying it. I stumbled across your blog while I was doing some research on your husband's book for a Godllywood task I was doing last year. I would just like to know from you what are the basic things that need to be in a shopping list. For example, I am aspiring homemaker and cook, so what are the things that I need to have on my grocery list. Secondly, what are the things that I need to have always in my kitchen, meaning utensils, materials, etc. I enjoy your blog and learn many things from it, like cleaning chicken I really hope to hear from you soon. Many kisses I had previous...

Here in this video I show you how to make oatmeal raisin, snicker and peanut butter cookies from scratch in a new kitchen, be creative with your cookies and kitchen designs. Before you can feel comfortable cooking or baking in your own kitchen you have to make it feel cozy and suite you. (For more kitchen tips and ideas on how to renew your kitchen with little money check out how I completely remodeled my last kitchen with less than $20. It became beautiful. Search on the right hand side under the name 'stepping into my kitchen' and you will see. The kitchen I am in right now is a bit smaller but also more comfy, and cozy. Take a look. While you are at it. Learn how to make cookies from scratch and in less than 12 minutes. Delicious, mouth watering, melt in your mouth, yummy cookies. Get baking... All you need is 5 ingredients 1 cup sugar 2 cups butter 3 eggs                                 ...

Setting the table for my guests. Notice that I included flowers even a champagne glass of chocolate ( every womens dream  :  ) This last week I had the opportunity to serve Hors d' oeuvres at one of the events held by the group  'Sisterhood'  all of these things were completely fun  and exciting for me to make. It does take a little more time to make  for instance 30  Hors d' oeuvre than it would for instance one huge thing because you have to do it over and over again in tiny forms Here I made a fruit basket out of a whole cantaloupe Hors d' oeuvres is mini delicate yet nicely garnished finger foods.  H ors d' oeuvre  can be a regular dish that you would normally eat but instead made into tiny finger held portions. This is usually served in a fancy get together, where you would like your guests to enjoy food whilst  mingling with others, or when you want your  lady guests to enjoy their food whilst not destroying the...