Sunday, November 18, 2012

Oatmeal Shake



Ingredients: 
  • 3 cups cold milk 
  • 2 cups ice cubes
  • 1/4 cup or 4 tablespoon oats 
  • 6 tablespoons sugar 
  • 1 teaspoon white vanilla extract

Preparation:
 
  1. Place all the ingredients in the blender. 
  2. It is very important to have oats crushed, so blend well for 5 minutes. 
  3. Serve with danish cookies, if desired.  Four services.

Saturday, November 17, 2012

Strawberry Pancake




Pancake Mix


Ingredients: 
 
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour 
  • 1 cup milk 
  • 1 cup water
  • 4 whole eggs  
  • 2 teaspoons sugar 
  • 2 teaspoons butter 
  • butter for frying

Blend or mix all the ingredients. 




Preparation:


Preheat a buttered pan over medium-high heat.  Pour the batter onto the hot pan (using 1/2 cup for each pancake) and fry. 

Brown on both sides and serve hotEight services. You can also use this recipe for crepes.

    Strawberry Syrop 
     
    Ingredients:

    • 3 cups strawberries
    • 2 cups water 
    • 1 1/2 cups sugar
    • 1 lemon juice

    Preparation:


    Wash strawberries with filtered water and lemon juice.  Chop into large pieces,  reserve some

    Blend all ingredients slightly.
    In a small saucepan boil the liquid and the reserved pieces over medium heat, stirring frequently for 45 minutes.  Then, serve with pancakes.

    Friday, November 16, 2012

    Onion tea




    Ingredients:

    • 1 medium red onion, peeled and halved 
    • 4 cups water 
    • 4 large lemons halved 
    • 8 tablespoons honey 
    • 1 cinnamon stick or 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

    Preparation:

    1. Bring to a boil water, onion and cinnamon in a small saucepan over medium heat for 25 minutes.
    2. Over time, remove from heat and strain. Then, add the honey and two lemons juice.
    3. Serve in cups with lemons halves.  Four services.
    Linking up with:

    Yummy Healthy Easy Saturday Night Fever 

    Thursday, November 15, 2012

    Dried plums shake



    Ingredients:

    • 2 cups cold milk
    • 2 prunes 
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 
    • 1 1/2 or 2 tablespoons sugar 

    Preparation:

    Blend well and serve.


    Linking up with: Hope in Every Seasons Homemaking Party
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    Wednesday, October 31, 2012

    Lemon mint water



    Ingredients:
    • 6 large lemons or 1/2 cup lemon juice 
    • 4 cups water 
    • 1 cup mint leaves (you can use less)
    • 10 tablespoons of sugar 
    • 1 cup ice

    Preparation:
    1. Wash the mint leaves with filtered water and lemon juice. 
    2. Blend everything on high speed for 5 minutes.

    Thursday, September 27, 2012

    Cantaloupe Water


    Ingredients:

    • 1 cantaloupe melon
    • 4 cups cold water
    • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
    • 6 tablespoons sugar or to taste
    • 2 cups ice cubes




    Preparation:
    1. Peel, remove seeds and rinds. Cut the melon into cubes.
    2. Put the diced melon in the blender, add water, sugar, lemon juice and ice. Blend at high speed.
    3. Taste to sugar.  Cool for an hour and serve.


    Linking with Rattlebridge Farm Foodie Friday

    Monday, September 17, 2012

    Bolognese Sauce

    Ingredients:

    • 1/2 cup oil (I use canola)
    • 2 red onions finely chopped
    • 1 cup shredded carrots
    • 2 tablespoons celery
    • 1 pound ground beef
    • 4 tablespoons spicy tomato sauce
    • ½ cup white wine
    • 2 cups beef broth
    • 2 bay leaves
    • ½ lemon peel
    • 2 teaspoons of salt
    • 2 crushed garlic cloves
    • 1 pinch of pepper

    Preparation:
     
    In a pan, add oil and bring to heat and when hot, add onion, carrot, celery, lightly saute these ingredients and add the ground beef. Continue stirring until lightly browned all. Add tomato sauce, white wine, beef broth, bay leaf and lemon peel. Finally, add salt, pepper and crushed garlic.

    Cover the pot and simmer over low heat for 1 hour and 20 minutes.

    Serve with white rice, fill a lasagna or serve with any kind of cooked pasta: spaghetti, macaroni, corkscrews, etc.

    Tuesday, September 11, 2012

    Pineapple and coconut drink


     



    Ingredients:




    • 3 cups of frozen chopped pineapple
    • 1 1/2 cups coconut milk
    • 6 tablespoons white sugar
    • 1 cup of ice cubes



    Preparation:

    Peel the pineapple, remove the core and cut into small cubes.  Refrigerate until frozen.





    Mix all the ingredients and blend.   Add sugar to taste.  Strain.  Decorate with a slice of pineapple.  Two services.