Here's part two of my recent escapades in Cooking Cute. I turned my macaroni and cheese into a mouse with a 1980s retro twist. Shutter shades... Pacmen... and more attitude than the Fresh Prince of Bel Air!
Ingredients: 2 cups dry macaroni pasta, 2 cups skim milk, 2 tbs flour, 2 tbs olive oil, 1 cup grated cheddar, 1/2 cup Swiss cheese, 2 tsp Dijon mustard, carrots, cucumber
In a large saucepan, boil 3.5 cups of water. Add macaroni and cook uncovered, stirring frequently until al dente. Drain and set aside.
Heat the flour and olive oil. Add the milk and mustard, bring to a boil, and then reduce heat. Add the grated cheese and stir until melted.
Toss the macaroni and sauce together in a large bowl. Fill a small, oiled bowl to the brim with the mixture and let sit. Reverse the bowl onto a plate and remove it to form a mound.
Cut out sunglasses and a nose/mouth circle from 1/4 inch slices of Swiss cheese. Cut out a nose from cucumber skin, and add expression with rosemary. Insert cucumber slices for the ears. Cut wedges out of cucumber and carrot slices, and arrange the pieces on the plate.
Tsugino Kerori, the popular San-X frog character, changes colors depending on his mood. White means it’s a wonderful day; green equals grief. Our cheesecake Kerori is the latter… because he’s about to be stabbed with a fork and devoured!
Ingredients: 3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, 3 eggs, 25g Stevia or sugar substitute,1 tbs vanilla extract, 3 tbs matcha (green tea) powder. Decoration: 2 pizzelles (Italian waffle cookie), matcha, whipped cream.
Mix together the cheesecake ingredients. Beat at medium speed with an electric mixer for 3 minutes, or until creamy. Refrigerate for at least 3 hours.
Place a ball of cheesecake (3 inches in diameter) on top of a pizzelle. Cover with another ball of cheesecake (4 inches in diameter). Make protruding eyes and feet out of small pieces of cheesecake. Sprinkle matcha powder over the eyes and mouth. Optional: add whipped cream to the plate.
Tomorrow, we're back to Goth/Loli fashion. Wait til you see what I did to my nails!
