Knock Your Socks Off
Last night we celebrated New Year’s Eve family style. My husband and I invited my brother’s family and our best friends, and two of our children invited two friends each. There were more kids than adults, with 8 children, ages 12 and under, and 6 adults. Being creative kids, they wanted to make their own beverages. My daughter Sam created her own special mix. As my co-author, she shared her thoughts on this drink:
“I designed the Knock Your Socks Off, a cranberry creation. It is tart with a hint of sweetness and a dash of sour. With the color of…
Banana-Berry Smoothie
I have to confess that I have a slight bit of an addiction to. . . smoothies. If you had told me a few years ago that my daily breakfast would be a smoothie, I would have laughed. Not that I ate big breakfasts, but a bowl of cereal usually was my thing. So, to go from a breakfast that involves chewing to a breakfast of drinking only seemed like it couldn’t be very filling.
I was wrong.
When I first tried smoothies as a breakfast, I would have a few sips of my husband’s smoothie and then make something for myself. …
Happy New Year!
Putting away Christmas items and “undecorating” the tree today has put me in a reflective state of mind. In the last six and a half months, I have shared daily events and recipes. Each recipe about which I have written is part of a memory of this year. There have been new foods tried, new family members added, and the adventure of writing a blog.
In the coming year, there will be new memories created. With my love of food and cooking, I am sure that some food or beverage will be part of these memories. I would venture to guess that…
Vanilla Orange Martinis
On a recent evening, we decided to stay home and have homemade appetizers. When the appetizers were prepared, I peered into our liquor cabinet to see what unique beverage I could make. Keeping our mixer options in mind, I toyed with ideas. I considered some shot drink recipes but thought a martini recipe would be better.
After a moment’s thought I decided to use orange vodka and orange juice. However, I didn’t want it to be a plain orange beverage. It needed an additional ingredient to give it a more diversified flavor. I…
Peanut Butter & Banana Smoothie
With the holiday season upon us, many of us let our good eating habits fall by the wayside. There are temptations everywhere you look: cookies, eggnog, fried latkes.
To balance these tasty munchies, I try to make meals using more healthy recipes. Quite often I do that by having a high protein breakfast, such as an egg wrap or smoothie. A smoothie is one of my favorite breakfasts, all year round, for many reasons. The smoothie can be made quickly and is a very filling breakfast. Also, it is portable, which is useful when trying to get everyone else in the house ready for the…
Ladies' Lemonade
The girls’ sleepover was a huge success the other night. My friend arrived at 6:00, and we enjoyed a yummy dinner of salad on my deck. It could have been a very leisurely dinner, except that a downpour arrived at the end of the meal, quickening our return to the house.
After our hasty retreat, it was time to make some beverages for our evening. Being that it was a warm summer evening, lemonade seemed like the beverage of choice. Of course, we’re both adults and neither of us needed to drive, so something with a little more kick seemed appropriate. …
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