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Heck, everyone needs time to unwind now and again; playing game online is a great way to do that! I drifted away from online games when life got out of control a while back but when I was invited to check out the new FarmVille 2: Country Escape game, I was more than willing to give it a try.
While I don’t have a ton of free time I do try to take a few minutes for myself each day and just do something that’s fun!
The details in the game are just great and they were the very first thing I noticed! I’m a graphics girl and I love the graphics in the new FarmVille 2 game!
So, in case you’re not familiar with the game I took a few screen shots of my “farm” to show you how it works. You basically get to plant crops, harvest them, sell them, craft recipes and decorate your own farm.
Up there, you’ll see my little farmer (me) harvesting some strawberries! Oh and it looks like while I was harvesting some strawberries that I got a huge one; a 9.77 lbs strawberry!
Haha, wouldn’t that be awesome if we could really harvest a natural 10 pound strawberry! I can only imagine all of the strawberry goodies that I could whip up with that!
So after you harvest your crops you can use them to make feed for your farm animals!
Or you can craft recipes in the kitchen! You can keep them or sell them in your market to make extra money for your farm.
Now speaking of FarmVille and cooking let me tell you about something wonderful that’s going to be happening soon! FarmVille is coming out with it’s own “FarmVille to Table” digital cookbook; real farm to table recipes from cooks just like you and I! I’m so excited about this!
When I went to BlogHer FOOD in Miami, I got to chat with the Farmville guys for a bit about the game and the digital cookbook! From what I hear, Farmville players will be able to “make and create” meals in the game and then get the REAL recipes to download on their phones, tablets and computer!
How neat is that! That feature along with the “FarmVille to Table” digital cookbook is just going awesome! So, back to the recipes and cookbook! FarmVille 2 is looking for amazing, farm to table recipes from you!You can now submit your favorite Farm to Table, fresh, fantastic recipe for a chance to be in the new FarmVille to Table Digital Cookbook!
What kind of recipe will you submit? Your favorite chicken dish? Maybe you’re famous for your apple pie? Perhaps a recipe that your grandmother taught you?
I’m submitting my Favorite BlackBerry Skillet Cobbler for the cookbook! It’s packed full of fresh blackberries and baked up in a cast iron skillet (the best kitchen tool ever!)
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3 cups blackberries 1/2 cup sugar, divided
1 cup flour
1 cup cornmeal
6 tablespoons butter, cold and cut into small pieces
1 large egg
1/2 cup milk pinch of salt
Extra butter to butter the skillet
Instructions
Pre-heat oven to 375F.
In a medium bowl combine blackberries and 1/4 cup sugar.
Set aside.
In another bowl, combine the flour, cornmeal, 1/4 cup sugar and baking powder.
Whisk together.
Cut butter into flour mixture with a pastry cutter. (Or your fingers)
In a small bowl, whisk together the egg and milk.
Stir into the flour mixture.
Butter the inside of a cast iron skillet.
Pour blackberry and sugar mixture into skillet.
Scoop dough mixture by the tablespoon on top of the blackberries.
Bake for 30 minutes or until crust is golden brown.
Want to submit your own recipe? Go to http://www.farmvilletotable.com/ and you might end up seeing your very own creative recipe in the new cookbook! Recipes that are selected by Zynga’s culinary team will be prepared, photographed and featured in the FarmVille-To-Table Digital Cookbook!
Bloggers!
You can enter your recipes too! FarmVille has tens of millions of players every month (over 400 million people have played the FarmVille game!) You could have a chance at putting your name, recipe and blog in front of a HUGE audience that’s looking for awesome recipes!
Download FarmVille 2: Country Escape today on iPhone, iPad and Google Play.
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I love my cast iron skillet, so I’m definitely bookmarking this!
Too funny – I’m making a blackberry cobbler tonight!! Love this!
Your cobbler looks delish! I may one of the few people who has not actually played the game…but, it does look like fun! The contest looks like fun too!
Farm ville cookbook? So interesting.
Who would have thought! What a great interaction with a phone app! Love it
What a neat concept!! Love it! And that blackberry cobbler looks SO good!!!
That is hilarious. I had no idea there was a cookbook out there, but it is a really cool idea!
OMG, Farmville comes to life! How funny is that? Well, that delicious looking picture of blackberry cobbler is real and I want some now!
thanks,
mItch
I’m pretty sure they’ll be putting that into the cookbook. Looks di-VINE, Angie!
I definitely lost a lot of time playing that when it first came out. Now, of course Candy Crush has taken over, lol. This is a great concept though 🙂
That cobbler looks GREAT! I rememeber when the first farmville was so big everyone was playing it on facebook.
That’s fun!! I have to tell you, I quit Farmville when I got addicted. I knew when I drove half an hour into town to harvest crops (because our power went out in a storm) that I needed help. 😉
Wow! Now I know what is for dessert! 😉
I’ve never played farmville before. But, cobbler? I can relate to the cobbler! Yum!
That’s a pretty cool idea! I do wish we could get that ten pound strawberry, though. 😉
What a great game and good idea to bring farm to the table.
This is really neat, I have never played that game but my Dad and StepMom were addicted for a LONG time. Cute idea.
You know, I never did play Farmville, but my mom just loved it! I am a huge fan of blackberries, and that cobbler sounds oh, so delightful!
That’s a cool idea! That blackberry cobbler looks amazing.
OMGosh how fun! I always loved Farmville but I haven’t played it in a couple years. LOVE the idea of the recipes, very cool!
How cool! I have never played farmville before because I knew I would become addicted.
Well now there’s something productive with Farmville! That cobbler looks delish by the way!!
I never got into playing FarmVille but like you said, those graphics are so neat and the cookbook sounds like a lot of fun! Nice cobber too. I love blackberries!
Renee – Kudos Kitchen
The blackberry skillet cobbler would be a real hit around here. Now, if my blackberry bush would produce enough for a cobbler.
What a cool idea to have a farmville cookbook!
Ooo! I love a good blackberry cobbler. If I play FarmVille, would I learn to remember to water my plants so they don’t die? 😉
LOL- I had unexpected guests last weekend and totally used the pre-made cookie mix from Farmville. Not too shabby! I want to try your Blueberry Cobbler too. Delish!
That sounds like a great cookbook. I love that mason jars with the plaid covers. reminds me of homey comfort
That’s such a fun concept – creating the recipes in game then in your own kitchen.
A farmville cook book! That is going to be a big hit!!!
I love that you bake this up in a skillet – so fun!
I don’t play Farmville, but that Blackberry Skillet Cobbler looks amazing. I know a lot of people who do play, though.
Oh my goodness! The blackberry skillet cobbler looks amazing. Summertime and berries go hand in hand!
That cookbook sounds fun. Neat idea.
Oh my goodness, that looks soooo good! I quit Farmville because I was too addicted but I feel like I have to try the new game, haha!
That is totally adorable. I used to play Farmville ALL The time, but that is so cool that it has expanded.
What a very cool idea. I never knew. So fun yet so essential in the kitchen
This cracked me up! Farmville to Table – what a neat idea! Your Blackberry Skillet Cobbler looks fantastic. Thanks for the recipe!!