Recipes

This post is for you, Mary!

A friend of mine asked me to put my recipes all in one place. Well, I'm going to be lazy about it. ;) When I make a post, I apply a few labels/tags to it. So, here are my labels for recipes:

Recipes (this is a general, catch-all place). CLICK HERE to check them out.

Meatless Recipes (Erik and I eat meatless at least once a week. Sometimes it's rough to be creative. There are a lot of good ones here). CLICK HERE.

Drink Recipes. I actually was looking back through my recipes and saw I have a few drinks on there ... so CLICK HERE.

Also, during my 101 in 1001 project, I kept all of the recipes in one place. CLICK HERE. (My favorite peanut butter fudge recipe is in here!!!!)

# 89 — Make a batch of lemonade FROM SCRATCH

..... CHEEEEECK! :)


Last night, I figured I better knock this one out before I run out of time!!!!

Here's how to make it .....

lemon syrup:
1 c. water
1 c. sugar
zest from 1 lemon

Combine over medium heat until boiling, then let sit/seep for 15 minutes.

Combine with 1 c. freshly squeezed lemon juice AND 1.5 c. water; chill before serving.

Ummmmm.......yeeeeeeeeeeah. It is tasty stuff! It tastes like lemon candy. It's yuuuuummie! :)

EDITOR"S NOTE: The above recipe is the one I snagged from the newspaper ... if/when I make it again, I'll probably cut the sugar in half ...

Cinco de Mayo!!!!!

Last night, we celebrated Cinco de Mayo Eve (only I would come up w/ such a rediculious phrase, right?) :)

SO as I was cleaning out boxes from the middle bedroom, I came across a Sangria recipe in an old K-Stater Alumni magazine.

Oh.My.Gosh. I love this stuff!!!!!!!!!! :)


Recipe:

1 c. sugar
1 c water
1 c. lime juice
1.5 c. orange juice
1 bottle red wine
1/2 c. brandy
1 c. sparkling water
1 lemon, thinly sliced
1 orange, thinly sliced
1 apple, cored, thinly sliced
lime garnish

combine sugar + water, boil until the sugar is all dissolved.

Dump all the ingredients together/mix.

Chill.

Enjoy!!!!!!!

Happy Tuesday!

Strawberry Sorbet/Sherbet, with a smoothie on top!

I don't know what really makes something a sorbet or a sherbet. What's the difference????

Anyhow, yesterday I got another BIG bin of strawberries. :)


Erik probably thinks I'm NUTS. There were 3 containers of cut, frozen strawberries in the freezer. But I opted to make one of them into a frozen dessert last night. :)


SO I figured it's easier to blend the strawberries fresh and then freeze it. That's what I did!


It's sort of an experiment, but we'll see how things pan out. :)

AND, in other things regarding frozen strawberries ... I had a raging success w/ my smoothie. Here's the scoop:

1.5 cups frozen strawberries
1 cup other fruit (I used frozen peaches this time)
1/2 cup vanilla yogurt
1/2 a small can of pineapple (don't drain, add the juice in, too!)
1 Tbsp honey

Blend 'em all together. Now, I have to say my measurements are approximates. I honesty just dump stuff in there. I have 2 mangos, but I'm waiting on them to ripen .... and I've not seen kiwi around, but I think they'd be tasty, too. Just toss in whatever fruit is handy.

You could even toss in some milk if it is too thick for your tastes.


The reason I use FROZEN strawberries is that if I do that, it means I don't have to add in ice, thus watering down my drink.

Oh, and i made it last night and stuck it in the freezer. THEN I asked Erik to put it in the fridge before he went to bed (2 a.m. or so), so when I woke up at 6 a.m., it was nice and frosty for me. Not a solid block of ice. Whaddya think of THAT? :)