Friday, July 22, 2011

spicy bunny smoothie recipe

okay, fair warning that you will need a juicer for the carrots...or pick up 100% carrot juice at the grocery store

1 1/2lbs organic carrots, juiced
2 bananas (peel them...do I really need to tell you that?)
1 piece of ginger the size of your thumb, washed leave the skin on and juice with the carrots
cinnamon, sprinkle
1 cup almond milk

cream it all up in the blender...add ice you want to stretch it or if you want it icy make sure the bananas are frozen.

Sunday, July 17, 2011

1 million recipes for sangria

won't be found here but they are all over the web. I made a sangria for a recent wine walk event in West Reading. I did not have too much time in advance to macerate the fruit so I cheated.

I grabbed in season fruit to make this sangria... 1 cantaloupe, 2 handfuls of strawberries, 2 peaches & 1 apple mixed with 5 liters of white wine and a splash of agave. What I forgot to add was the mint or basil. To speed the flavor process along ..my dirty secret... was grabbing a bottle of peach cream manischewitz wine. Yup, that is what I did. With so many flavored liqueurs out there why not use a little something extra when mixing up your own brew of sangria?

cheers

Sunday, July 10, 2011

welcome matt's wild cherry...

...your sweet & sunny disposition makes for a great salad. Tomato season, it's on! The tomatoes have started to make their appearance. Dan picked this one last week as the first of the season. The matt's wild cherry gives buckets of sweet, cherry tomatoes that one can eat from the brush. Of course, the plants came from Happy Cat Farms. Love their variety and the passion Tim has for his product.

I must grab some serious clippers & twine to go and tame the cukes and melons... before the sun gets high.