I went out to dinner with my Grandparents a few months back, when the waiter came to take our drink order my grandma pointed to the menu and ordered it. When it came I tried and sip and it was wonderful, I later searched into what it was and have since started ordering it when we go out for Mexican. When I saw Joelen post a recipe on her blog I knew I had to have my Grandma come down and serve this. It went perfect with our Mexican themed dinner.

After talking to Joelen she said the longer you can let the rice sit in the water the better off you are, I did 24 hours and it seemed to work great. This was SUMMER yummy and I really enjoyed it!

Horchata (From: Joelen’s Culinary Adventures)

• 2 cups uncooked white long-grain rice
• 10 cups water
• 2 3-inch sticks of cinnamon
• 2/3 can of condensed milk
• 1 tablespoon vanilla paste (or extract)

Pour the half of the rice and half of the water into a blender; blend until the rice just begins to break up, about 1 minute. Pour rice and water into a large pitcher. Repeat with remaining rice & water.

Strain the rice water into a pitcher and discard the rice and cinnamon sticks. Stir the condensed milk and vanilla into the rice water. Chill and stir before serving over ice.

I hosted my bff Ashley’s bachelorette party Friday. We started out the party here then went bar hoping. I wanted a signature drink that was simple and could be the one drink of the begining of the night. My wonderful friend Amber pointed me to the recipe. I am SOOO glad I tried this. I wanted to get as much stuff done beforehand as possible. I mixed this Tuesday night and then just stirred in the morning and at night, can’t get much simpler.

As for taste, this was a very light summery drink.

Yukon Jack Punch (From: Ambers Delectable Delights)

• 1 bottle (750 ML) Yukon Jack whisky
• 2 large (46 oz ) cans pineapple juice
• 2-3 two-liters Sprite or 7-up, chilled

In a large bowl mix together the entire bottle of Yukon Jack and both cans of pineapple juice. Mix well and place in freezer. Stir every 12 hours or so to keep the liquids mixed well. Mixture is ready to serve when it is frozen slushy, it usually takes 2 to 3 days to achieve this. Store mixture in freezer to keep it’s slushy consistency.

When ready to serve, fill a glass 1/3 to 1/2 of the way full with slush mixture and top off of with Sprite or 7-up. Garnish with skewer of fresh fruit (pineapple and cherries are good) if desired.

Better late then never is what I am telling myself, I had no reason to wait this long to make this, but I did have an excuse to not post it, but that wouldn’t of been a problem if I had made the recipe earlier in the month. We are gone most of the weekend for my brothers graduation and then last night when I got home to post it, my host site had an electrical fire and my site was down… I guess this is the joys of my own site… So on to the recipe…

As promised my May tasty tool event. As soon as I saw that this months tool was a blender I knew that I would need Adam for this one. I am always in a rush to get out the door in the morning and never have time to grab a decent breakfast. So I asked Adam if he would be willing to make smoothies, he said sure. So he I bought a few smoothie books and found some recipes online. So far this is by far my favorite recipe.

I asked him to make this, I would have a glass and then I had recently bought some popsicle molds that I wanted to try, so we made orange creme popsicles too. Mister Kitty was very interested in them when I took them out of the freezer!

Orange Smoothie (From: Smoothie Web)

• 6 oz Orange juice concentrate — frozen
• 1 c Milk
• 1 c Water
• 1/4 c Sugar
• 1/2 ts Vanilla
• 10 Ice cubes

Place all ingredients in a blender. Cover and blend until smooth.

Pour into popsicle molds and freeze for 24 hours, then enjoy.

• 1 can coke
• ice cubes
• 1 shot of Root Beer Schnapps
• 2 Tb. Half and half

Put 2 or 3 ice cubes in the cup, then pour in shot of schnapps.

Pour in coke, then add half and half. You can do more or less depending on your preference.

ENJOY!

I have been in the mood for a good smoothie lately. I don’t like chunks of fruit so a smoothie is an excellent way for me to get my fruit. This was my first attempt and I kind of made my own recipe but it was AWESOME!

Strawberry Banana Smoothie (From: Myself)

• 2 bananas
• 5 strawberries
• 1 small yogurt, I used fat free vanilla
• 12 ice cubes

Blend all ingredients in a blender. Enjoy. This made 2 smoothies.