Annabel Karmel - Princess Party Cookbook: Over 100 Delicious Recipes and Fun Ideas

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To my two princesses, Lara and Scarlett

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Text copyright 2009 by Annabel Karmel

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Originally published in Great Britain in 2009 by Ebury Press

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Karmel, Annabel.

Princess party cookbook: over 100 delicious recipes and fun ideas / by Annabel Karmel.

p. cm.

Includes index.

1. Entertaining. 2. Childrens parties. 3. Cookbooks. I. Title.

TX731.K345 2009

793.2dc22 2010027225

ISBN 978-1-4391-9921-3

ISBN 978-1-4391-9922-0 (ebook)

And every little girl deserves to eat like royalty. So welcome to this wonderful collection of easy and inspiring ideas that has been specially created to feed your little princesss imagination.

Combine these deliciously simple recipes with your little girls dreams and together you can enjoy an enchanted afternoon creating magical dishes every day, and even make decorations and accessories for themed parties.

Theres nothing a princess likes more than throwing a party, and with this book the preparation for it can be just as much fun as the party itself. With nine themes to choose from, there is something here to please every princess. For example, why not have a Makeup and Jewelry Party? You could set the scene by making handheld mirrors from colored cardboard with jeweled handles as the invitation, then get your little princess involved in preparing a royal banquet with sparkling ruby mocktails, emerald pizzas, and jeweled cupcakes. At the party all the girls can make decorative bracelets and necklaces from beads or edible ones from pasta, fruit, and other treats. Each girl could even have a mini makeover to transform her into a stunning cover-girl princess and then have her photograph taken wearing a jeweled tiara, which you can send to her after the party.

With the simplest ingredients you can help your child indulge her fantasies in the sanctuary of home. By doing so shell learn how to measure out ingredients, discover how much fun it is to create great homemade food, and enjoy the mouthwatering results of her work. The recipes are so tasty you may want to serve them up at adult dinner parties too

Movie theaterstyle nachos and crunchy caramel popcorn make a magical midnight feast for a sleepover, or cook Seraphims Sticky Salmon and Cinderellas Coach Risotto to turn an everyday family supper into a royal banquet; then with heart-shaped cookies and Red Velvet Cupcakes, you can make baking together a Royal Family Affair.

By empowering your child to live out her dreams and by nurturing her vivid imagination, you can help her discover more about who she really is. And helping your child learn to make and enjoy homemade dishes gives her a wonderful start to a lifetime of loving good food.

So, fill your home with the aroma of delicious cooking, the sound of giggling princesses dashing and dancing, and the sight of your little girl enjoying a truly magical childhood.

Every girlbig or littleneeds to release her inner princess now and then. So, by royal appointment, enjoy

Annabel Karmel

Please note that in the recipes, eggs are large; milk is whole milk unless specified otherwise; flour cup measures are spooned and leveled; brown sugar cup measures are firmly packed; and butter is unsalted. Although I do not specify them in the ingredients lists, if silver drages are used for decoration, they should be removed before the cake or cookie is eaten.

Little ladies like to nibble dainty snacks while enjoying their salon sessions. Thin, crisp pizzas spread with emerald pesto and studded with tasty morsels fit the bill. If you are making large numbers of these, it may be better to bake a couple of pizzas at a time and serve wedges of those while more are baking.

Makes 4 pizzas (easily increased)

four 7-inch flour tortillas or store-bought pizza bases

2 to 3 tablespoons basil pesto

7 ounces ( pint) cherry or grape tomatoes, thinly sliced

1 cups grated mozzarella (or if you prefer, half mozzarella and half Cheddar)

Optional toppings

8 olives, pitted and thinly sliced

4 slices ham, cut into cubes

2 ounces orange Cheddar or Colby cheese, cut into cubes

Preheat the oven to 400F. Set the tortillas or pizza bases on 2 large cookie sheets and spread a thin layer of pesto over the surface of each. Put the sliced tomatoes on top of the pesto and sprinkle with the mozzarella.

Add any extra toppings the children have chosen and bake for 8 to 10 minutes, until the cheese is golden and bubbling and the tortillas or pizza bases are brown and crisp.

Golden, crunchy nuggets of chicken are likely to be added to any princesss list of treasures. Serve them with Tomato Dip or Maple Mustard Dip (below), or both, and try them with Skinny Oven Fries (page 73).