RAINBOW JELLY

Yesterday I made Rainbow Jelly with my cousins and my family friends. Well, actually the real recipe for Rainbow Jelly is with 8 different layers of jelly in one cup. Since doing that would take hours to do, I stuck with 2 different layers. I don't like jelly, but when I make it with JUICE, it comes out so good. :)


Rainbow Jelly:

• Packets of flavored jelly or non-flavored jelly (assorted to match the taste of the juice)
• 1C water (for each packet of jelly)
• 1C juice (for each packet of jelly), and as many different juices as you want with each layer. (thicker and/or deeper juices like orange or grape are best)
• Clear cups (to show off the colors)
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(These instructions may also be written on the jello box.)

1. Pour 1C of water into a pot and wait until boiling.
2. Take your first jello packet and pour it all into the water; mix until fully dissolved.
3. Turn off the heat then pour the 1C of juice in (the one that matches the jelly flavor).
4. Cool it until lukewarm then begin to divide the mix into cups (if you want to use the flavor again for another layer, make sure to save at least half).
5. Refrigerate at least 1hr or until the jelly layer if firm enough (poke it with your finger).
6. After firm, take it out and repeat steps 1-5 again. Do these steps for every layer you put until satisfied.
7. Serve fresh after every layer is firm, or leave overnight. Garnish and serve.

TIPS

• You can add different fresh fruits into the jelly layers. Cut into small pieces and add to the jelly mixture. I used raspberries, but other common ones are blueberries, strawberries, grapes, canned peaches, etc.
• Garnishing includes whipped cream, mint leaves, flavored syrup, etc.
• Make sure each layer if FIRM ENOUGH before putting another layer. If it isn't, it can mix with the bottom layer (that has happened to me and it tasted bad).

COMING SOON

THIS IS A COMING SOON DESIGN. My friend's birthday is coming up in August in 2 weeks and my little cousins birthday is also in the same 2 weeks. And also my friend is moving to a new house half hr away from her old house (which is 5 min by car from my house). To celebrate all this, I decided I wanted to bake a cake.

It's been a LONG time since I've baked something other than pie. And the design is a bit complicated so it's a new challenge for me too. This will probably be a little costly and I hope my mom can put up with the payments. I'll finally be buying permanent icing bags and more tips and, obviously, along with more food coloring.

I'll be making the cake in about 2 weeks. Since I started baking in the past few years, the taste of my delicacies are now always delicious. Now I want to focus on making my treats look PRETTY. Of course that means more Youtube baking tutorials and more baking tools. For the cake I've learned how to make different types of icing flowers off of Youtube. You all should check them out too, there are TONS of videos to help you. :)

IMPROVED CURRY

So I was reading this manga (Japanese comic book) called Addicted to Curry. It has A LOT of curry recipes that I want to try out in the future. We had curry for dinner and I used the book's list of "improving" ingredients.


IMPROVED CURRY:

-Curry block or powder (you can find at like ANY Asian supermarket, and if you get the block, make sure to chop finely)
-A pot
-Meat (pork, beef, or chicken is preferred, cut into chunks. If you don't eat meat, leave this out)
-Carrots (roughly chopped into big pieces)
-Potatoes (roughly chopped into big pieces)
-Onions (roughly chopped into big pieces)
-3-4 C of water (depending on how thick you like your curry)
-salt and pepper for seasoning

"Improving" ingredients:
A bit of each depending on your own taste. They DO sound weird, and I thought so too. But trust me, the ending result is DELICIOUS.

-ketchup
-hot sauce (especially those ones from the Chinese markets w/ the rooster on it)
-soy sauce
-milk
-sugar
-red wine
-coffee
-chocolate
-butter
-tomatoes
-ginger
-fresh garlic
-PLAIN yogurt
-PARMESAN cheese
-Coconut milk
-cream
-cashews (if you are allergic to nuts, do NOT use this)
-crush soft apple (soak in salt water to make is soft before crushing it into mush)
-mango (crush it into mush. Riper ones are softer)
-banana (crush it into mush. Riper ones are softer)
-mango jam


1. Finish preparing the basic ingredients. Put the chopped potatoes, carrots and onions in oil in your pot first. After they have gotten ALMOST soft, add the meat and add salt and pepper to the pot. You may use other spices too.

2. Add the water to the pot and wait for it to become hot (but not boiling). Add the curry block or powder. As it dissolves add some milk, ketchup, soy sauce, ANYTHING of liquid. Do not add too much, but also not too little that it wouldn't make a difference.

3. As the liquid ingredients get mixed in, start adding the sold ingredients. Make sure you prepare them the way told above. Mix thoroughly.

4. You may add more of any ingredients to match to your taste, and serve fresh.



TIPS

-I only had these extra ingredients in my house to use in the curry: milk, ketchup, soy sauce, flour, hot sauce, butter, tomatoes, and red wine. The curry came out fine.

-Since I have younger kids in my house (my cousins), the curry was too spicy for them. To make it a little better, I added more milk. If you add in soy sauce or anything salty, it can make your curry too salty. I didn't have cream or yogurt, but they would have helped better than milk.

-If you prefer thicker curry and it is already salty enough (so don't add anymore curry blocks or powder), then use flour. A lot of people use flour to thicken their curry, so don't worry.

-If you prefer thinner curry, either add more water, or any liquid ingredients (if your curry is salty enough, don't add salty liquids). I like using milk or red wine.

-Make sure all the vegetables are soft enough before serving. Usually people do not enjoy hard carrots and potatoes in their curry.

NOT JUST BAKING

Hey, just a heads up, I wanted to say this blog is not ONLY on baking. It may have cooking as well. It's just I don't usually look up on cooking recipes. But sometimes I will. I know I'm going to be making guacamole, so I'll definitely put that up. :)