Mad Over the Moon!

It's the Autumnal Equinox in the western hemisphere AND the Mid-Autumn Festival in the east - the first time since 1991 that just when the nights start getting loooonger, the moon will be at its biggest and brightest!  Chinese tradition celebrates this time of the year with paper lanterns and moon cakes - yummy breads filled with lotus seed cream and egg custards!  Western traditions celebrate the last and plentiful harvest before the long winter months, which is why the September moon is also called the harvest moon!

So wherever you are in the world, TudyGirls, celebrate the magic of this special time of the year - look up and go moon-gazing!  And when you've got your sights earth-bound again, try out this little quiz on the the loveliest orb in our night sky!

Plant More Rice!

It's better than ever!  I hope you've been testing your mental skills on one of my Tudy raves, FreeRice. It's the "click and give" website where you play educational games and raise money to fight world hunger. Founded by John Breen in 2007,  FreeRice now covers more subjects and is more interactive! Try the 2.0 version where you can tweet your results!  It's all about social networking and social giving!


And it's still all for free, Tudygirls. How smart is that?

A Toast to Summer!

Summer's on the home stretch and whether you're wistful it will all be over soon (Yikes! School!) or you're wishing for the heat to end, toast to the last halcyon days of Summer with Tudy's refreshing island drink! Just ask the grown-ups for help!

1 cup fresh or frozen mangoes (cubed)
1 peeled banana
½ cup orange juice
1 cup mango sorbet
1 cup cold, unsweetened rice milk
1 cup cold, unsweetened soy milk

Directions:
Carefully put all ingredients in a blender. Blend slow and low at first, then high till smooth. Pour into 6 or 8 oz. glasses. Garnish with fresh pineapples, oranges, or limes. (Grass skirts, flip flops, and island music are optional!)

Here's to Summer!

Tudy's Tea Time Tango

Savor summer with Tudy’s brew-in-the-sun, tea time special!

Brew 6 single, orange pekoe tea bags in a teapot. Let cool.
Fill a fruit infusion pitcher (a Tudy summer must-have!) with ice, lemon, and strawberry slices.
Now, ever sooo slowly, pour the tea along with a can or two of cranapple or pomegranate juice. Top off with a splash of OJ!

Dance to your heart's content, Tudygirls, and let manana take care of itself!  It’s summer!

For the Birds

Turkey or chicken? Chicken or turkey? Pavo o pollo? Pollo o pavo? That's the biggest conundrum facing Miguel this Thanksgiving Holiday. How do you save the turkey you've fattened up and befriended from being the Thanksgiving meal??? Well... you sharpen your social skills, Tudygirls. You involve your abuelitos, abuelitas, tios, tias and the whole community, that's how! (Si, Tudylindas, mas grande el projecto, mas mejor!)
Gracias the Thanksgiving Turkey is a frolicking, cut-to-the-chase, page turner! Sprinkled with Spanish from beginning to end, you'll have a fiesta helping Miguel figure out ways to save his pet turkey, Gracias, from being the Thanksgiving feast. (Oh, can you just imagine???) And somewhere down the line, as you hablas a little Espanol, you'll realize your family, friends, and community play such an integral part of who you can be. (Look all around you, Tudygirls. You have a lot to be grateful for!)

,,,Bueno, vamonos los muchachos y las muchachas. Feast up on this turkey. Gracias the Thanksgiving Turkey is a tried and Tudy-true holiday keeper,,,
(Shhhhh ... no hay de que, Gracias!)

The Fairy's Fizzzzz

Here's the ultimate, thirst quencher for all you trick or treaters!

Flutter home and clear out the butterfly dust and silky webs for this one.

It's a wing stopper!




Gather round:
4 cups Haagan Daz vanilla honey ice cream
(from the bees!)
2 cups Minute Maid orange juice
(from the trees!)
1 cup rice milk
(from the ground!)
Lots of orange wheels
(make sure they're round!)2 Tbsp powdered sugar
(powdery and sweet!)
1 can club or orange soda
(trick or treat!)

Now for some fairy magic (ask the elder fairies to help):

Put the ice cream, orange juice, sugar, and milk in a blender. Cover with the lid. Blend on high until smoooooth. Pour mixture into glasses. Serve as is or top off with club or orange soda. Garnish with lots and lots of orange wheels!

Now, close your eyes, drink it up! Make a wish...

... Poof!!! Wish granted!

Sugar and Spice...

And everything - CHOCOLATE! With 57% of the vote, chocolates won as your Fave Treat. Candies did sweetly with 34%, cakes and cupcakes got third tier with 30%, and cookies crumbled with 27%. Thanks for voting on my Fave Treat Poll! Sweet!

"I Scream for Ice Cream!"

Chocolate got 46% of the vote as Fave Ice Cream Flavor! Followed closely by cookie dough with 33% and vanilla with 30%. Bubble gum with 22% and strawberry with 20% closed the vote. Thanks for taking part in my Fave Ice Cream Flavor Poll. It was Tudylicious!

It's a Treat!

For a hauntingly fun time, serve up this magical brew on your next spOOktacular Tudy party. Need help? Ask the Mummy...

The Witch's Twitch

Fill an 8 ounce glass with ice cubes. Squeeze the juice of one fresh orange. Add 4 ounces of cranapple juice. Top the potion with citrus-flavored Diet Fresca or Sprite Zero. Watch the fizzzz! Garnish with a fresh lime and a berry-flavored gummy worm.

Enjoy the magic... it's Tudylicious!