{"id":35733,"date":"2017-06-26T01:00:25","date_gmt":"2017-06-26T06:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=35733"},"modified":"2017-06-26T04:42:46","modified_gmt":"2017-06-26T09:42:46","slug":"35733","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=35733","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s Celebrate July 4th!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, everyone.\u00a0 We are excited about this special post today.\u00a0 We are teaming up with another mother\/daughter blog called\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/2beesinapod.com\/\"><em>2<\/em>\u00a0<em>Bees in a Pod<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0 We met Jennifer and Vicki a few years ago and said we should do something together, and we are finally getting around to it.\u00a0 Jordan and I are sharing a special July 4th dessert today, and when you finish with our post, please use the link below to visit and see what the \u00a02 Bees are up to.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-35739\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/July-4th-Graphic-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"July 4th Graphic\" width=\"640\" height=\"854\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/July-4th-Graphic-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/July-4th-Graphic-242x323.jpg 242w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/July-4th-Graphic-300x400.jpg 300w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/July-4th-Graphic.jpg 1904w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>If you are new to <em>The 2 Seasons<\/em>, then welcome.\u00a0 My daughter Jordan and I have written our blog together for over six years.\u00a0 Jordan lives in North Carolina with her husband and two year old daughter they adopted from Thailand.\u00a0 My husband and I live in Lexington, KY.\u00a0 We cover a bunch of different topics here.\u00a0 You will find decorating, crafts, DIY projects, recipes, travel, book reviews, adoption posts, budget savers, thrifting, and a whole lot of other topics that we enjoy.\u00a0 We like to say that our blog posts are like mini-magazine articles.\u00a0 Take a look around.\u00a0 We hope you like what you see and will become regular visitors and get to know us better.<\/p>\n<p>Now, let&#8217;s get to the recipe.\u00a0 July 4th is truly a family happening around here.\u00a0 We all get together here in Lexington, and I happily cook for the crew in between all of the great holiday activities.\u00a0 I love to prepare foods ahead, and this patriotic dessert recipe is definitely one that is made ahead.\u00a0 It is no-cook and no-bake.\u00a0 It is also festive and tasty, and the fact that it is red, white, and blue helps, too.\u00a0 The kids can even help make this one, but beware&#8230;&#8230;it involves food coloring!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-35740\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/RedWhiteBlue-Ice-Cream-Cake-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Red, White, and Blue Ice Cream Cake - The 2 Seasons\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/RedWhiteBlue-Ice-Cream-Cake-683x1024.jpg 683w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/RedWhiteBlue-Ice-Cream-Cake-215x323.jpg 215w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/RedWhiteBlue-Ice-Cream-Cake-300x450.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\n    <div id=\"yrecipe-container-50\" class=\"yrecipe-container-border\" >\n    <div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Recipe\" id=\"yrecipe-container\" class=\"yrecipe\">\n      <div id=\"yrecipe-innerdiv\">\n        <div class=\"item b-b\"><div class=\"yrecipe-print-link fl-r\"><a class=\"butn-link\" title=\"Print this recipe\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"yrPrint('yrecipe-container-50', 'http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/yummly-rich-recipes\/', '' ); return false\">Print<\/a><\/div><div id=\"y-recipe-link-50\" class=\"y-recipe-link fl-r hide-print\"> <a href=\"\/\/yummly.com\" class=\"YUMMLY-YUM-BUTTON yummly-button add-recipe\">Yum<\/a>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.yummly.com\/js\/widget.js?wordpress&p=wp\"><\/script>\n                <\/div><div id=\"yrecipe-title\" itemprop=\"name\" class=\"b-b h-1 strong\" >Red, White, and Blue Ice Cream Cake<\/div>\n      <\/div><div class=\"ymeta yclear\">\n      <div class=\"fl-l width-50\"><\/div>\n      <div class=\"fl-l width-50\"><\/div>\n      <div class=\"yclear\">\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div><div class=\"img-desc-wrap\"><p class=\"t-a-c hide-print\">\n              <img class=\"photo\" itemprop=\"image\" src=\"From Kraft Food and Family Magazine\" title=\"Red, White, and Blue Ice Cream Cake\" alt=\"Red, White, and Blue Ice Cream Cake\"  \/>\n            <\/p><\/div><p id=\"yrecipe-ingredients\" class=\"h-4 strong\">Ingredients<\/p><ul id=\"yrecipe-ingredients-list\"><li id=\"yrecipe-ingredient-0\" class=\"ingredient\" itemprop=\"ingredients\">Serves 12\r<\/li><li id=\"yrecipe-ingredient-1\" class=\"ingredient\" itemprop=\"ingredients\">Source - Kroger Mymagazine\r<\/li><li id=\"yrecipe-ingredient-2\" class=\"ingredient\" itemprop=\"ingredients\">4 oz (1\/2 of 8-oz. pkg.) of cream cheese\r<\/li><li id=\"yrecipe-ingredient-3\" class=\"ingredient\" itemprop=\"ingredients\">1 pkg. (3.3 oz.) white chocolate flavor instant pudding\r<\/li><li id=\"yrecipe-ingredient-4\" class=\"ingredient\" itemprop=\"ingredients\">1 tub (8 oz.) whipped topping, thawed and divided\r<\/li><li id=\"yrecipe-ingredient-5\" class=\"ingredient\" itemprop=\"ingredients\">1\/2 teaspoon each red and royal blue food colors\r<\/li><li id=\"yrecipe-ingredient-6\" class=\"ingredient\" itemprop=\"ingredients\">12 vanilla ice cream sandwiches<\/li><\/ul><p id=\"yrecipe-instructions\" class=\"h-4 strong\">Instructions<\/p><ol id=\"yrecipe-instructions-list\" class=\"instructions\"><li id=\"yrecipe-instruction-0\" class=\"instruction\" itemprop=\"recipeInstructions\">Microwave cream cheese in medium microwaveable bowl 40 sec.  \r<\/li><li id=\"yrecipe-instruction-1\" class=\"instruction\" itemprop=\"recipeInstructions\">Gradually whisk in milk and then add dry pudding mix.   Stir 2 minutes. (Will be thick) Gently stir in whipped topping.\r<\/li><li id=\"yrecipe-instruction-2\" class=\"instruction\" itemprop=\"recipeInstructions\">Spoon half the cream cheese mixture into a separate bowl; stir in red food color.  Stir blue food color into remaining cream cheese mixture.\r<\/li><li id=\"yrecipe-instruction-3\" class=\"instruction\" itemprop=\"recipeInstructions\">Place 4 ice cream sandwiches side by side, on a 24 inch long sheet of foil; cover with blue pudding mixture.  Repeat layers once, using red pudding mixture.  Top with remaining sandwiches.  Frost top and sides with remaining whipped topping.  Loosely fold foil to make packet.\r<\/li><li id=\"yrecipe-instruction-4\" class=\"instruction\" itemprop=\"recipeInstructions\">Freeze 4 hours or until firm.  Remove foil from dessert before serving.<\/li><\/ol><div class=\"y-linkback\">Schema\/Recipe SEO Data Markup by <a title=\"Yummly Rich Recipes\" alt=\"Yummly Rich Recipes\" href=\"http:\/\/plugin.yummly.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Yummly Rich Recipes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"yummly-recipe-plugin\" style=\"display: none;\">0.1<\/div><a id=\"y-printed-permalink\" href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=35733\"title=\"Permalink to Recipe\">http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=35733<\/a><\/div><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">wk_bootstrap();<\/script><img id=\"yrecipe-beacon\" src=\"http:\/\/yummly-static.s3.amazonaws.com\/pixels\/wordpress-plugin.png?url=http%3A%2F%2Fthe2seasons.com%2F%3Fp%3D35733\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\">\n        <\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-35741\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_4453-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Red, White, and Blue Ice Cream Cake - The 2 Seasons\" width=\"850\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_4453-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_4453-430x287.jpg 430w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_4453-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you are looking for some other recipes for the July 4th holiday, then you might like this <a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2014\/07\/24\/cherry-pie-jar\/\">cherry pie in a jar<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2016\/07\/21\/strawberry-cake-recipe\/\">strawberry cake<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2016\/06\/02\/easy-red-velvet-cupcakes\/\">red velvet cupcakes<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2015\/06\/18\/barbequed-chicken-recipe\/\">barbeque chicken<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2017\/04\/13\/easy-bean-salad\/\">easy bean salad<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2015\/08\/13\/fresh-peach-salad-recipe\/\">fresh peach salad<\/a>, or <a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2016\/02\/25\/edamame-quinoa-salad\/\">edamame quinoa salad. \u00a0<\/a>We also have some great adult beverages, and this <a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2015\/06\/11\/pink-lemonade-margarita\/\">pink lemonade margarita<\/a> has been our most pinned recipe ever.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-31677\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_2844-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"DIY July 4 flag pillow - The 2 Seasons\" width=\"850\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_2844-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_2844-430x286.jpg 430w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_2844-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you are looking for a simple craft project, this flag pillow can be made in about 30 minutes.\u00a0 Find out how <a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2016\/06\/29\/31644\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now, here&#8217;s the <a href=\"http:\/\/2beesinapod.com\/2017\/06\/26\/4th-july-place-settings-motherdaughter-bloggers\/\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a> to The 2 Bees in a Pod.\u00a0 Please stop by and say hello to them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2beesinapod.com\/2017\/06\/26\/4th-july-place-settings-motherdaughter-bloggers\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35761\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-26-at-5.41.21-AM.png\" alt=\"2 Bees in a Pod\" width=\"505\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-26-at-5.41.21-AM.png 505w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-26-at-5.41.21-AM-430x227.png 430w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-26-at-5.41.21-AM-300x159.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, everyone.\u00a0 We are excited about this special post today.\u00a0 We are teaming up with another mother\/daughter blog called\u00a02\u00a0Bees in a Pod.\u00a0 We met Jennifer and Vicki a few years ago and said we should do something together, and we are finally getting around to it.\u00a0 Jordan and I are sharing a special July 4th [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":35739,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35733"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35733"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35762,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35733\/revisions\/35762"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/35739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}