Happy Birthday Sunflower
Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 12:25 pm
May you have a sterling day!
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Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 12:36 pm
Happy Birthday, Sunflower! Have a great one.
Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 12:43 pm
Happy Birthday, Sunflower!
Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 12:45 pm
Hope it is a good one and those thunderstorms stay away from you.
christie - Waving to the NorthEast!
christie - Waving to the NorthEast!
Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 12:46 pm
A very happy birthday! It's been fun getting to know you. We're glad you stayed around. 
Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 12:50 pm
Thank you all for your birthday wishes!
Kay - I want to eat that cake!!! I've had about 4 birthday meals so far (not all today of course) and not one slice of bona fide birthday cake yet!!!
Christie - no such luck, I got soaked at lunch when I came out of the post office without an umbrella! But the weekend was beautiful!!
Kay - I want to eat that cake!!! I've had about 4 birthday meals so far (not all today of course) and not one slice of bona fide birthday cake yet!!!
Christie - no such luck, I got soaked at lunch when I came out of the post office without an umbrella! But the weekend was beautiful!!
Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 7:29 pm
Happy Birthday!
Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 7:59 pm
Well, I couldn't find a Sunflower Seed Birthday Cake recipe, I hope this will do as a birthday present:
Fruits and nuts are mixed with a honey butter mixture and baked into a crunchy granola snack mixture that kids love. Store in an airtight container to preserve the crunchy texture.
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Ingredients:
1/3 cup honey
4 Tablespoons (1/2 stick) unsalted butter
3 cups old-fashioned oats
1 cup mixed nuts, including slivered almonds, coarsely chopped pecans, and walnuts
1/2 cup sweetened coconut flakes
1/4 cup hulled green pumpkin seeds
1/4 cup sunflower seeds
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup raisins or golden raisins (or a combination of both)
1/4 cup dried cranberries or blueberries
1/4 cup dried banana chips
Preparation:
Make sure the oven rack is in the center position and preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
Combine the honey and butter in a small saucepan. Heat on low heat and stir until melted. Remove from the heat.
Combine the oats, mixed nuts, coconut, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, and salt in a large bowl. Stir with a large wooden spoon to mix well.
Pour the honey butter over the oat mixture and stir until well combined.
Spread the granola evenly in a thin layer on a baking sheet.
Bake, stirring every 5 minutes with a wooden spoon to prevent the granola from sticking or burning, until fragrant and golden brown, about 20 minutes. (Do not overcook-the granola will crisp as it cools.)
Using oven mitts or pot holders, remove the baking sheet from the oven and place on a wire rack to cool. When completely cooled, transfer the granola to a large mixing bowl and stir in the dried fruit.
Transfer to an airtight container and store at room temperature for up to 1 week.
Yield: 6 servings
Recipe Source: Emeril's There's A Chef In My Soup! by Emeril Lagasse (HarperCollins Publishers)
---Jay (On August 11, an ex-boxer, Gil Carter, who was toiling for the Carlsbad Potashers (who were, that year, a farm club for the Chicago Cubs), hit the longest home run ever slugged in major or minor league baseball. The shot heard around the state was hit off Wayne Schaper, a pitcher for the Odessa (Texas) Dodgers, over a 60-foot light pole, and landed 730 feet from home plate. The ball was found under a peach tree in a neighboring yard. Carter never made the major leagues, either. If you want to know the year this happened - take the current year - go back the same number of years as it is days to my air date and you will find it.)
Fruits and nuts are mixed with a honey butter mixture and baked into a crunchy granola snack mixture that kids love. Store in an airtight container to preserve the crunchy texture.
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Ingredients:
1/3 cup honey
4 Tablespoons (1/2 stick) unsalted butter
3 cups old-fashioned oats
1 cup mixed nuts, including slivered almonds, coarsely chopped pecans, and walnuts
1/2 cup sweetened coconut flakes
1/4 cup hulled green pumpkin seeds
1/4 cup sunflower seeds
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup raisins or golden raisins (or a combination of both)
1/4 cup dried cranberries or blueberries
1/4 cup dried banana chips
Preparation:
Make sure the oven rack is in the center position and preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
Combine the honey and butter in a small saucepan. Heat on low heat and stir until melted. Remove from the heat.
Combine the oats, mixed nuts, coconut, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, and salt in a large bowl. Stir with a large wooden spoon to mix well.
Pour the honey butter over the oat mixture and stir until well combined.
Spread the granola evenly in a thin layer on a baking sheet.
Bake, stirring every 5 minutes with a wooden spoon to prevent the granola from sticking or burning, until fragrant and golden brown, about 20 minutes. (Do not overcook-the granola will crisp as it cools.)
Using oven mitts or pot holders, remove the baking sheet from the oven and place on a wire rack to cool. When completely cooled, transfer the granola to a large mixing bowl and stir in the dried fruit.
Transfer to an airtight container and store at room temperature for up to 1 week.
Yield: 6 servings
Recipe Source: Emeril's There's A Chef In My Soup! by Emeril Lagasse (HarperCollins Publishers)
---Jay (On August 11, an ex-boxer, Gil Carter, who was toiling for the Carlsbad Potashers (who were, that year, a farm club for the Chicago Cubs), hit the longest home run ever slugged in major or minor league baseball. The shot heard around the state was hit off Wayne Schaper, a pitcher for the Odessa (Texas) Dodgers, over a 60-foot light pole, and landed 730 feet from home plate. The ball was found under a peach tree in a neighboring yard. Carter never made the major leagues, either. If you want to know the year this happened - take the current year - go back the same number of years as it is days to my air date and you will find it.)
Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 8:21 pm
Throw a lot of corn on there, and you've got some world class squirrel feed cake there! Mmmmmmm!!!frogman042 wrote:Well, I couldn't find a Sunflower Seed Birthday Cake recipe,
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Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 9:51 pm
Happy Birthday Sunflower! I hope you've had cake (and pie too!) since you last typed that you hadn't had any so far!
Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 10:14 pm
I hope your day was fantastic -- and that you finally found some birthday cake on your plate!
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 5:42 am
Late because I had no internet but hope you had a great day!
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 7:27 am
Hope it was terrific!
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:55 am
I did get some cake. Chocolate lava cake, with vanilla cinnamon gelato. Yummy!