May 21st, 10
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I first had this punch at my Grandpas memorial service, I fell in love with it and couldn’t get enough of it, I asked my mom to make it for my baby shower as well and as soon as I started planning the menu for Maddys baptism I knew I once again had to make this punch recipe and finally feature it on my blog.
The punch is super easy throw and go, finding the sherbet on the other hand can be a challange, I forgot to put it on my grocery list and asked my mother-in-law to pick it up on her trip, they didn’t have it. I made two other trips to the store for things once again forgetting. I asked my Dad to pick up some on his way to our house and he had to go to three stores before finding it. If you are unable to find it I think any can of sherbert would work just give it different flavor. Thus the only reason this punch can be hard to make.
Punch (From: My Grandma)
- 2 liters giner ale
- 1 quart orange juice
- 1 lg. can pineapple juice
- 1 quart lime sherbert
Pour ginger ale, orange juice, and pineapple juice into a punch bowl.
Scoop in sherbert let melt for 5 minutes or so.
Serve
Mar 22nd, 10
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I love when march rolls around for one reason and manly one reason alone. Mc.Donalds gets their shamrock shakes, they are my favorite, sadly this year I only got one. I have had this recipe starred in my reader forever and finally got around to making it. Well actually Adam made these.
These had a little too much peppermint flavor to me, but you could easily use less and it would be fine. They for sure fill the void when you can’t get to Mc. Donalds.
Shamrock Shake (From: Lauren’s Kitchen)
Combine all ingredients in a blender and blend on high speed until smooth.
Stop blender to stir with a spoon if necessary to help blend ice cream.
Pour into 12-ounce cups and serve each with a straw.
Jan 7th, 09
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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.
Add cinnamon sticks to the pitcher and let rice and water stand at room temperature for a minimum of 3 hours.
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.
Aug 27th, 08
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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.
Jun 2nd, 08
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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)
Place all ingredients in a blender. Cover and blend until smooth.
Pour into popsicle molds and freeze for 24 hours, then enjoy.
