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Coming soon

01
May 2011
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My mom’s birthday is coming up soon. It’s June 24th to be exact and she’ll be 91 years old. I need to start looking for some birthday gift ideas for her. She lives in a nursing home so I can’t get her anything too extravagant or big.

I know she’d love some flowers or some fruit so I think I’ll look around and find something really nice for her. She loves strawberries so maybe some nice chocolate covered ones will do the trick.

I feel bad because I haven’t been able to make it to see her very often. Money is tight and gas is at a premium lately. I have to get her something really special for her birthday.

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Sparkling Sangria

15
May 2010
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This is a good drink for a party on a warm summer night. It can be either alcoholic or non-alcoholic. I, personally, would make it with the orange juice. It shouldn’t take credit card processing in order to pay for the ingredients either.

2 limes
2 oranges
1 lemon
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
2 bottles (25.4 oz each) white Catawba grape juice
2 tablespoons orange-flavored liqueur or orange juice
2 cups sparkling water, chilled

Cut the ends off of the fruit. In 2-quart saucepan, mix the sugar and water then add the ends of the fruit. Heat to boiling and boil for 3 minutes. Cool; discard ends. Cut remaining limes, oranges and lemon into thin slices.

In a 3-quart non-metal container, mix the sugar/water mixture, grape juice and liqueur or orange juice. Add the fruit slices then refrigerate.

Just before serving, add the sparkling water and stir gently.

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Granité

01
Jun 2008
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Granité (not to be confused with granite) is a granular ice frozen without being stirred. It can be served at the mush stage or frozen hard, then scraped up in fine, feathery shavings. It’s particularly good topped with a little fruit liqueur or rum. It sounds like something that might be served on one of those Caribbean cruises or in a fancy restaurant.

1 quart of water
2 cups of sugar
1 cup or lemon or lime juice
1 tablespoon finely grated lemon or lime rind
A few drops of yellow and/or green food coloring.

Bring water and sugar to a boil in a saucepan, stirring, then reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, 5 minutes. Cool, mix in juice and rind, and tint pale yellow or green. Pour into 3 refrigerator trays, cover, and freeze to a mush without stirring. Spoon into goblets and serve or freeze hard, scrape up with a spoon and pile into goblets. About 130 calories per 1/2 cup serving.

Fruit Granité: Boil 3 cups water and 1 1/2 cups sugar into syrup as directed. Cool, add 2 tablespoons lemon juice and 2 cups puréed fruit (any berries, peaches, pineapple, sweet cherries). Omit the rind. Freeze and serve as directed. About 140-150 calories per 1/2 cup serving depending upon fruit used.

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