9 your tree Recipes

your favorite cake mix , or your best cake recipe - twice, cream cheese frosting, sanding sugar

cream cheese, green peppers (to garnish ) or 1/4 yellow bell pepper (to garnish), green onion, green part only, thick n chunky salsa (your choice ), apricot preserves, fresh cilantro, chopped, assorted tortilla chips, cracker

cream cheese, basil pesto (use your favorite pre-made or make your own ), cinnamon stick, red bell pepper, chopped fine

chicken broth or 1 (16 oz) can vegetable broth, fresh broccoli, chopped (mostly trees ), heavy cream or 1/2 cup whole milk, butter, flour, cold water, cheddar cheese, shredded (or use the amount to your taste)

reduced-sodium beef broth (1 big tetra-pac), minced ginger, minced garlic, minced shallot, ground meat (your choice ), dried black mushrooms (soaked in hot water for 30 minutes,de-stemmed and sliced), tree ears, soaked and shredded, dried lily buds, soaked, trimmed and cut in half, shredded bamboo shoot, shredded carrot (pre-shredded from a bag), cellophane noodles, soaked, drained and cut into 2-inch lengths . (2 pouches, each pouch is twinky-size), mushroom soy sauce, black vinegar (or more ), mirin or 1 tbsp sherry wine, white pepper, ground, chili oil (the kind with the seeds and bits floating on the bottom-shake it up before using), green onion, chopped (for garnish )