It’s the 4th of July, one of my truly favorite holidays of the year. It’s all about food and fireworks. What could be better? So below are some things to do quickly that will hopefully put your in a festive mood:
Make Red, white and blue strawberries: Dip strawberries that have been patted dry, into melted white chocolate. Melt the chocolate by either putting a 1/2 cup of white chocolate chips in the microwave and zap in 30 sec intervals until melted, or melt in a double boiler. Dip so that the white chocolate comes a little more than half way up. You want to be able to see the red. For the blue, try one of the following:
- Immediately dip the tip of the strawberry into blue sugar. You can easily make your own sugar by putting some white sugar into a baggie, dropping in a little blue food coloring, seal the bag and smash until you have the color blue you desire. You can use left over sugar to make meringues (see below).
- Add blue food coloring to the melted white chocolate, along with a little bit of vegetable oil, and you’ll get a baby blue color, which can be drizzled over the dipped strawberry.
Make Blue Meringues: I found that blue meringues, with either white or dark chocolate, are quite the hit for 4th of July parties. Use your favorite meringue recipe-I tend to use one that requires at least six hours drying time in a 350 degree oven that is turned off as soon as you put the meringues in. I used the blue sugar from the strawberries to create the color. Since meringues are sensitive to wet, I find it best to color the sugar, let it dry completely and then add.
Color a stars and stripes mandala
Watch Yankee Doodle Dandy
Say it with Firecrackers-Watch Fred Astaire performs one of the most amazing dance routines with fire crackers, from the film Holiday Inn
Light your own fireworks on-line Better yet, write a message in fireworks over the London skyline
Read past 4th of July Take a Breaks: 2010 or 2011
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