Happy July 4th! (with orange creamsicle Jello shots)

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Enjoy your middle of the week holiday.  

Hopefully you have the rest of the week off!

And make some Jello shots - your friends will love you!  I made a combo of orange creamsicle Jello shots and Jello shot slices adapted from this recipe.  Happy Independence Day America!

Orange Creamsicle Jello Shots
3 large oranges
2 small package orange flavored Jello
1 1/2 cup boiling water
1/2 cup juice from the oranges
1 1/2 cup (or a lot more) orange whipped creme vodka (I used vanilla vodka)

Directions:
1. Slice oranges in half. Juice the oranges and reserve the juice. Using a spoon, scoop out all the remaining flesh and pith.
2. In a bowl, mix jello and boiling water until powder is dissolved. Add orange juice and vodka and mix thoroughly.
3. Put the orange halves in muffin tins. Pour the liquid into the halves.  I poured the remaining liquid in Jello shot cups.  Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for approximately 4 hours or overnight. You can also put in the freezer for 15 minutes to speed things up.
4. When jello is very firm firm, slice each half into 4 sections. Makes about 24 shot slices + more Jello shots.

What We Did During the Last Ten Days

Pin It now! What a wonderful week off!  I was back at work today and although I'm not jumping for joy to be back, I feel completely recharged after our staycation.  We certainly took advantage of being close to home and did a lot of things during the weekday that we wouldn't have otherwise attempted during the insanely busy weekends. 

For the 4th of July weekend, we started with a baseball game at Citi Field for the Subway Series.  Besides visiting Citi Field for the first time, the highlights of the night were watching dozens of planes fly ridiculously close o the stadium and having the Yankees win (sorry Met fans!). 

We were able to watch the Macy's fireworks on our roof and I couldn't believe there were so many other firework shows throughout New Jersey and Brooklyn.

During the week, we headed out to Michael's sister's house in Jersey for a pool party and were pleasantly surprised to have his grandma visit too.  We visited the second phase of the Highline and ate the most delicious pasta and pizza at Eataly.  We relaxed by the pool.  We watched Transformers and ate BBQ.  We took a cooking class at the Institute of Culinary Education and made Italian Surf & Turf (M & I made the rice balls).  The other dishes: homemade pasta, fish soup, veal cutlets, fritto misto (fried seafood), and blood orange panna cotta.  We celebrated by sister's boyfriend's birthday at Brooklyn Bowl and Brooklyn Brewery, then we out for antelope burgers.  We met up with Alysse and Matt for brunch, toured the Red Bull Creation invention challenge in McCarren Park, and got really bad shoulder sunburns.  All in all, it was a fabulous vacation!  Back to work and back to the real world...

Happy 4th of July!

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I hope you had a great long weekend.  Enjoy the beautiful 4th of July weather today!

Happy July 4th

Pin It now! ok, this is a day late, but happy independence day!  hubby and i went out to my sister-in-law's house in nj.  she just got a new pool so it was perfect to soak in during this unbearable hot weather.  it was also hubby's nephew's birthday earlier this week so we had a huge birthday cake.  tip of the day: don't serve ice cream cake outside in 100 degree weather.  we also made it back to the city to see some of the macy's fireworks ...from the car...driving across 23rd street.

i made a pistachio cake inspired from smitten kitchen.  it didn't come exactly the way i wanted and the inside was hard as a rock and i think slightly uncooked.  it looked really pretty though!  next time i'm following her recipe exactly and hopefully it'll be just as delisicous as it's supposed to be.

Fireworks

Pin It now! this year the macy's fireworks were on the hudson river to celebrate the 400th anniversary of henry hudson sailing up the river. luckily our friend lives on the west side and we had a bbq at his place and were able to watch the fireworks.

here are FI and another friend as the grillmasters

there was a couch on the roof which we took full advantage of

gorgeous sunset from the roof

fireworks! we walked down to the street to get a better view

Happy Fourth of July!!

Pin It now! Happy 4th of July! Besides bbq's and fireworks today, dont forget to eat all the cute and delicious desserts! (This display was in our supermarket down the street)

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