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Summer Science Cold!

April 12, 2020 by Nikki Cole

Summer Science Cold! by Nikki Christiansen for Busy Mom's Helper

All this heat has me ready for summer to end!  Well, kind of, I love summer so let’s cool off with Summer Science Cold! where we will make a couple of cold treats to enjoy and hopefully cool us off.

Summer Science Cold! by Nikki Christiansen for Busy Mom's Helper

I love summer but after several months of really hot weather it starts to not be as enjoyable.  Enjoying some cooling treats helps a lot though.  With this week’s summer science we are going to make homemade ice cream and homemade butter.  Who doesn’t love ice cream and watching it form right before your eyes your kids will be amazed and then enjoy eating ice cream they actually made.  Butter is a little bit of a stretch, yes it is cold but I served it over nice warm homemade bread but it still was fantastic to make and homemade butter seems to always taste better.

Homemade ice cream!  This is where Summer Science Cold actually gets really cold. Ice cream is one of my favorite treats and with homemade ice cream I like how it is not super hard but it also is easier to get a brain freeze!  With ice cream explain to your kids how freezing works.  By filling the bag with ice and also salt the salt helps make the ice even colder causing the milk to freeze.

Summer Science Cold! by Nikki Christiansen for Busy Mom's Helper

Supplies:

  • Gallon size freezer bag
  • About 6 tablespoons Salt (I use rock salt which is available at grocery stores)
  • Ice enough to fill a gallon bag
  • Sandwich bag
  • ½ cup Milk
  • ½ teaspoon Vanilla
  • 1 ½ tablespoon sugar
  • 1 tablespoon Chocolate syrup, or cocoa powder for chocolate ice cream. (optional)
  • Toppings!

Directions:

  1. In the sandwich bag mix together milk, vanilla, and sugar. (chocolate syrup or cocoa if desired).
  2. Seal the sandwich bag really well (we placed the sandwich bag into another sandwich bag just in case it broke) and place into the gallon bag.
  3. Fill the gallon bag with ice and pour salt over.  Seal.
  4. Shake!  You might want gloves or a towel because it does get really cold!
  5. Shake until the milk mixture is solid or at least ice cream like, scoop out of the bag and enjoy!

Homemade Butter will show your kiddos how cream goes through different stages to become butter and how to make it themselves.  This experiment only involves a few simple ingredients, some muscle power, and you’ll have amazing tasting butter to enjoy! With this experiment I also made my homemade braided bread to go with the butter.  Bread is also a great experiment to show how yeast rises and expands bread.

Summer Science Cold! by Nikki Christiansen for Busy Mom's Helper

Supplies:

  • 1 pint Heavy whipping cream (room temperature)
  • Mason jar
  • 2 marbles (optional)
  • Medium sized bowl
  • Salt (optional)

Summer Science Cold! by Nikki Christiansen for Busy Mom's Helper

Directions:

  1. Fill a mason jar only about half way with the heavy whipping cream making sure there’s enough room for it to slosh around.  Having the cream at room temperature helps it become butter a little faster.
  2. Place 2 marbles in the jar, if you are worried about breaking the jars then you can leave them out, I didn’t have any problems and we shook them really hard.
  3. Screw the lid on tight!
  4. Shake!
  5. After a couple minutes it’ll stop sloshing and seem more solid, if you open the jar you will find whipped cream!
  6. Seal the lid again and Shake!
  7. It’ll get harder and little ones might need some help shaking it. The whipped cream will start the change into what looks like curdled milk.
  8. Shake until you see the buttermilk beginning the separate out and there’s a solid mass of butter.
  9. Remove from jar and place in a bowl.  Remove marbles.
  10. Pour a cup of cold water into the bowl and knead out the butter milk rinsing every now and then until water becomes clear.  Once rinsed add a little salt if you want and enjoy!

Who knew shaking butter could be so fun!  They were having contests of who could shake the longest!

Filed Under: Dessert, Kid Friendly Tagged With: bread, Butter, Chocolate, experiments, food, Ice Cream, kids, science

Tomato Basil Compound Butter

June 25, 2018 by Angela Paris

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This amazingly flavorful Tomato Basil Compound Butter seems like something you could only get at a fancy restaurant, but it’s really so simple to make at home in just a few minutes!

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Well hello there! I’m Ang – the Juggling Act Mama – and I’m thrilled to be a part of Danielle’s creative team here at Busy Mom’s Helper.  I blog about food, crafts, DIY and all kinds of other stuff, so I hope you’ll come visit me soon!

Today, I’m excited to share with you one of my most favorite kinds of recipes – 5 minute recipes!  This Tomato Basil Compound Butter comes together in just 5 minutes – for real.  It’s packed with flavor, looks beautiful, and is perfect for company, parties, or any old time you want.

Tomato Basil Buttered Penne Pasta

I love making my own compound butters.  They seem so fancy and fussy, but they’re really so simple.  And so very, very delicious!  This one pairs two of my favorite flavors – tomato and basil.  My husband, affectionately dubbed Mr. Juggling Act Mama, is Italian and I’ve come to love the flavors he grew up eating.  This Tomato Basil Compound Butter really couldn’t be simpler – the key is starting with room temperature butter.  Be sure you don’t get impatient and pop it into the microwave because that will ruin the texture.

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Tomato Basil Compound Butter

This amazingly flavorful Tomato Basil Compound Butter seems like something you could only get at a fancy restaurant, but it's really so simple to make at home in just a few minutes!

Ingredients

  • 1 stick of salted butter room temperature
  • 2 tablespoons tomato paste
  • 2 tablespoons fresh basil chopped
  • Ground black pepper to taste optional

Instructions

  • In the bowl of your mixer, combine the room temperature butter, tomato paste and basil.
  • Whip together on medium until well combined.
  • Using a rubber spatula, transfer the mixture to a ramekin and refrigerate until firm.

Notes

Delicious over hot pasta, or spread on Italian bread and top with granulated garlic salt for the most incredible garlic bread you've ever eaten!

You can serve this Tomato Basil Compound Butter so many different ways.  My favorite is to spread it on Italian bread with a sprinkle of granulated garlic salt – it makes the most incredible garlic bread.  It’s also delicious on pasta, and even chicken or steak.

Tomato Basil Compound Butter via www.jugglingactmama.com

I have lots of compound butters on Juggling Act Mama, here are some reader favorites:

Dill Compound Butter via Juggling Act Mama

Cranberry Butter via Juggling Act Mama

I hope you’ll stop by and visit me soon!  Until next time…

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Filed Under: Recipe, Snack Tagged With: basil, Butter, Chicken, compound butter, condiment, garlic bread, Juggling Act Mama, Pasta, steak, tomato

Best Ever Pony Express Pizza Garlic Butter

May 3, 2016 by Kelly Dedeaux

Best Ever Pony Express Pizza Garlic Butter / by Busy Mom's Helper #GarlicButter #Spread #Bread #Butter

You know those things that seem to go with almost everything? I think garlic bread is just that…it goes with pastas, pizza, some salads. Sometimes before the meal or with it. So versatile, and absolutely delicious! My go-to recipe is this Best Ever Pony Express Pizza Garlic Butter!

Best Ever Pony Express Pizza Garlic Butter / by Busy Mom's Helper #GarlicButter #Spread #Bread #Butter

If you saw yesterday’s Creepy Mini Pizzas post, you read about how I grew up in a store called Pony Express Pizza. My folks owned it, and they served the best pizzas around (even though they stopped over 16 years ago now, people in town STILL ask for the recipes!). It was so fun learning how it all worked, ‘helping’ around the store, and of course taste testing! I still remember they’d make these huge tubs of their garlic butter, and I would beg for some with each batch because it was the most creamy, delicious stuff ever!

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As I grew up and moved away, I tried so many times to repeat the flavorful goodness of this recipe, but it always ended up a total fail. Then when my family visited in September, my Dad made sure we took the time to remake the RIGHT recipe with huge success! Yup, it was as amazing as I remember it to be, and now I make it all the time for my kiddos! Thanks, Daddy!

*This is enough to do about 1 French Bread loaf

Ingredients

  • 1 cube Margarine (you CAN use butter, but it won’t be as creamy)
  • 1/2 tbsp. plus 1/2 tsp. Garlic Salt
  • 1/2 tbsp. plus 1/4 tsp. Garlic Powder
  • 1 tbsp. Parmesan Cheese (use the green container kind)
  • 1/6 cup Mayo
  • 1 tbsp. Parsley

Directions

  1. In a stand mixer (or by hand, if you really must) combine all of the ingredients and whip until it’s doubled in size. Store in an airtight container in the fridge.
  2. The flavor is best after the 1st day, after all the ingredients have really come together.

Note: It also freezes really well, so make a larger batch and store some for another time!

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Filed Under: Appetizer Tagged With: bread, Butter, Dip, Pizza, Spread

Oreo Cookie Biscoff Butter from The Plaid and Paisley Kitchen

May 1, 2016 by Kelly Dedeaux

Oreo Cookie Biscoff Butter from Plaid & Paisley Kitchen / Busy Mom's Helper

Hello Everyone! I am Chandra from The Plaid and Paisley Kitchen and I am going to be your guest blogger for the day. I really want to thank Danielle for inviting me here to be with all of you. Busy Mom’s Helper is a great blog and I always enjoy reading her posts!

Oreo Cookie Biscoff Butter from Plaid & Paisley Kitchen / Busy Mom's Helper

Today I have for you one the most amazing combinations on earth!!! Oreo’s and Biscoff Cookie Spread…… Yes I know you are drooling right about now!

If you haven’t tried Biscoff Cookie Spread you are missing out. This stuff is like blogger crack seriously….. We buy it by the case full!

If you are a peanut butter fan you will go crazy for this stuff! Spread it on cookies, sliced apples, graham crackers or my favorite by the spoonful!!!

I realize that the color is not that pretty. But once you take a bite you won’t care about how it looks. A little bit goes a long way. This is so thick and creamy and rich that your taste buds will be in overload. This is serious happy food! Everyone will be mystified as to how you could create something so simple that is so amazing! You will be Queen of the Kitchen and they will sing your praises! Trust me.

All you need is a food processor and you have magic!

This is the best dessert spread that you will ever taste!

Filed Under: Dessert Tagged With: Butter, Cookies, Guest post, Oreo, Spread

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