Thai Chicken Tacos

Here's a video from Studio 5 on KSL featuring Campus Floral's Michelle Virtue Jensen. Michelle prepares one of her favorite Thai fusion dishes and shares the recipe on the show. Great job Michelle, and thanks for sharing!

Cut the Cake

By: Amberly Asay

We all know those people who we don't want anywhere near our cakes, and we especially do not want them cutting them.  Why?  Because they destroy them of course.  Well, this is a simple tip for cutting the perfect slice of cake and other soft bakery items without making a mess.

Use unscented dental floss or fishing line to cut cakes, cheese and other soft solids perfectly.  Simply hold the floss tight and cut across.  Then, slide the floss out along the bottom of the platter.  With this tip, you can cut clean slices of cake in straight lines without disrupting the icing and creating a crumbly mess.

Check out this video where we illustrate the simple technique required to produce perfect cuts:

Use a fork to dip your Oreo cookies in milk while keeping your fingers clean.

By: Amberly Asay

We all have our favorite cookie, but according to one brand they are "America's Favorite Cookie".  The Oreo was developed in 1912 and has been a staple for most children ever since.  They did have their dark days in the 1920s with a lemon filled variety, but they seem to have gotten it right since then.

Since this dessert is such a favorite, we decided we would share a simple tip to make your Oreo cookie eating experience just a little bit better.  Put the tip of a fork through the creamy center of an Oreo cookie, so your fingers don't get messy when dunking them in your milk. This way, you can enjoy the sugary goodness of your cookie without making a mess or chilling your fingers in cold milk.  

Rainbow Cake

By: Amberly Asay

Summer is here ,and there are many fun recipes and cute ideas that can be implemented during this warm season.  One of my favorites is the rainbow cake.  All you need is two white cake mixes and some food gel coloring.  Not food coloring, but gel food coloring.

Make your cake mixes and separate them into six different bowls.  Take your food gel, and place into each bowl: green, blue, purple, yellow, orange and red.  Mix the food coloring in the batter.  Place each color of batter into its own cake pan.  Cook each cake for fifteen minutes, or until it is done.  Let all of the layers cool before frosting with cream cheese frosting.

Immediately after frosting your cake, be sure to cover it with rainbow sprinkles.  The most effective way to frost and sprinkle it is by frosting two layers together and then rolling it in a pan of sprinkles.  Do that with the three different cake layers and then stick it all together. 

60 Things you can do with a Y-shaped Cookie Cutter from the BYU Creamery

1. Cookies
   
2. Rice Krispie Treats
3. Pancakes
4. Jello Y
5. Brownies
6. Sand Sculpture
7. Pizza
8. Y-shaped Peanut Butter and Jelly
9. Y-shaped Mini Cakes
10. Carve Pumpkins
11. Make clay ornaments
12. Popsicle
13. Y-shaped Pepperoni for Pizza
14. Watermelon
15. Use as a photo frame
16. Fried Egg
17. Make a pin cushion
18. Make a wreath
19. Use as a napkin ring
20. Bruleed Mini Cheesecakes
21. Organize candy in a tin gift pan
22. Make a Y-crayon (melt it)
23. Freeze whip cream on a cookie sheet and cut out Y's to go in hot chocolate
24. Cut cheese with them
25. Put felted elbow pads on sleeves
26. Make homemade cards
27. Cake Decorating (sparkles inside an indent on a cake)
28. Ice Cream Sandwiches
29. Toast
30. French Toast
31. Cream Cheese Mold
32. Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
33. Stocking Stuffers
34. Fridge Magnet
35. Ice Cream Mold
36. Butter Mold
37. Beach Toy
38. Stationary Stencil
39. Place Cards
40. Balloon Weights
41. Quilt Patterns
42. Cut out play dough shapes
43. Bread Dough Shapes
44. Fudge (Bookstore fudge?)
45. Making soap
46. Homemade Chocolates
47. Hamburgers
48. Drink Coasters
49. Give as a gift!
50. Use as a key holder (keychain)
51. Make a bird feeder
52. Create a floating candle
53. Stained Glass Candy (using jolly ranchers)
54. Make a cookie cutter night light
55. Paint an autumn tree (using the Y as a stencil for the leaves)
56. Cut out a Y of beeswax and connect it to a pillar candle
57. Create a bird feeder
58. Make baked cheddar crackers
59. Cookie Cutter Handle Glued Onto Glass (cup)
60. Ice Cubes 

Need to get one of these classic metal cookie cutters?  You can buy one at the BYU Creamery on Ninth East or online from the BYU Bookstore. 

Here's the link:
http://www.byubookstore.com/ePOS/form=robots/item.html&item_number=40003669225&store=439&design=439

Cereal 24/7

By: Amberly Asay

Living on your own you may realize a couple of things.  You have to learn to be strong, to be happy, to forgive, to study and most importantly how to cook.  When learning how to cook many people realize they love the creative outlet it provides as much as the nourishing comfort of the food itself.  But cooking takes time and money for a lot of ingredients that might not already exist in your kitchen.

Well General Mills and Betty Crocker have created a fabulous website that helps people come up with recipes using the easiest ingredients from the college student's main food group, cereal!  Did you know you can make chicken, desserts, snacks and smoothies with your favorite breakfast cereals?

The Betty Crocker website gives you themed recipes for full course meals and desserts.  It contains some classic treats, tips and awesome date ideas.  We hope that you enjoy cooking with your favorite cereals as much as we have. 

Visit the website to browse this collection of fun recipes:
http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/product-recipes/general-mills-cereals-recipes/all-general-mills-cereal-recipes