I love Lychee fruit, and a sushi restaurant that a friend and I like to visit has just about perfected the Lychee-tini. I had to see if I could reproduce at home, and it does come out pretty well!
Month: October 2012
Pomegranate Martini
A very light and refreshing cocktail that goes well with winter or summer parties.
Blackberry Mint Julep
This is way too tasty for its own good, and I don’t even enjoy Bourbon too much. This was one of my contributions to a summer cocktail party we had a couple of months ago, and it seemed to go over well. I got this from Martha Stewart.
Stinger
One of my favorite winter cocktails, and a random use for creme de menthe. It’s festive and fun for the holidays. Courtesy of Washington Post.
- Ice
- 2 ounces cognac
- 1 ounce white creme de menthe
- Twist of lemon peel
Fill a mixing glass two-thirds full with ice. Add the cognac and white creme de menthe. Shake well, then strain into an old-fashioned glass filled with three or four ice cubes (not crushed ice). Garnish with a lemon twist.
Taco Seasoning
This is a useful spice mix to use as a dry rub or to season meat for tacos, fajitas, etc.
Asian Sesame Ginger Dressing
This dressing works well both for salads and cold noodles.
Italian Pasta Salad
This is a great pasta salad to have as a meal or as a side at a picnic. Lots of flavor and easy to adjust to tastes. I got this one from Chowhound, and we made this one for our Memorial Day picnic.
Blackberry Pie
I really, really love pie. Any kind. And I really love blackberries. When our local farmer’s market had some fabulous-looking blackberries, I bought a ridiculous amount and of course had to make a pie. The result was very good, and very tart, and would have been even better if I’d had some vanilla ice cream or whipped cream on hand to go with it. I got this particular recipe from Joy of Baking, one of my favorite websites – I’ve always had fantastic luck with her recipes!
Cinnamon Pancakes
I was never a huge pancake fan until I started thinking about how good pancakes would be if they had some cinnamon in them…now this is one of my favorite breakfasts. Not something I make often, but always good when I do, and it’s really great for a cold fall or winter morning.
Spice Cake
My all-time favorite cake. I usually turn my nose up at dessert, but I can never resist this. This is probably the best recipe I have ever found, and it’s been tweaked and adapted so much that I’m not even sure of the original source, though it was somewhere on All Recipes many moons ago. You can make this cake lighter and fluffier if you use light brown sugar, or more dense and moist with dark brown sugar. My preference is the latter.
Om nom nom! 