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The Caroling Cup
By contreratara
To a saucepan, add 3 cloves, 1 stick cinnamon and the peel of 1 whole orange
- 3 cloves
- 1 stick cinnamon
- 1 peel of 1 whole orange
- 8 oz apple cider
Wheat Germ Smoothie
By contreratara
1. Cut banana into chunks
- 1 ripe medium banana
- 1 cup vanilla low-fat or nonfat yogurt
- 1/4 cup fresh orange juice
- 1/4 cup wheat germ
- 1 cup cracked ice
- 1 cup sliced fresh peaches or banana slices
Carrot Lime Smoothie
By contreratara
2 servings at 245 calories
- 12 ounces of fresh carrot juice
- 2 cups of vanilla yogurt
- 1/2 of a peeled lime
- 3 baby carrots
- 8 ice cubes
Potassium Broth
By contreratara
Coarsely chop and combine all ingredients at once
- 2-3 medium potatoes (scrubbed but not peeled)
- 3 carrots (scrubbed not peeled)
- One large onion (some skin is OK)
- One small to medium beet (unpeeled)
- 2 stalks of celery (halved)
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
- 1 bay leaf
- 10 cups of water
Russian Tea Cakes
By contreratara
Beat butter with wooden spoon in a bowl until creamy
- 1 cup unsalted butter, room temp
- 1/2 cup confectioners sugar
- 2 cup all purpose flour
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 tsp vanilla
- More confectioners sugar
Paleo Protein Balls
By contreratara
Run the nuts and pumpkin seeds in a food processor until ground into a fine flour
- To taste:
- Almonds
- Walnuts
- Pecan nuts
- Hazel nuts
- Pumpkin seeds
- 3-6 dates
- 2-4 tablespoons virgin coconut oil
- Unsweetened cocoa powder
- Freshly ground coffee
- Shredded coconut
Lambrusco Sangria
By contreratara
8 servings at 263.9 calories
- 1 Peach, slived
- 1 plum, slived
- 1 lemon, sliced
- 1 cup of freshly squeezed orange juice
- 1/2 cup of brandy or fruit schnapps
- 2 bottles of Lambrusco — frizzante red Italian wine
White Sangria with Fruit
By contreratara
In the summer, white sangria is a refreshing change from white wine
- 4 (750-ml.) bottles dry white wine
- 3 cups raspberries or blackberries
- 3 cups peeled, thinly sliced peaches (5 medium)
- 1 cup peach brandy (optional)
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup fresh orange juice (3 medium)
- 1/4 cup fresh lime juice (3 to 4 medium)
- 1 1/2 quarts (6 cups) well-chilled sparkling water
Garlicky Mashed Potatoes with Thyme
By contreratara
8 servings @ 279.1 calories
- 4 lbs Yukon gold potatoes (about 8), peeled and halved
- kosher salt and pepper
- 1 cup milk
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 4 tbsp (1/2 stick) butter
- 1 head garlic, halved horizontally
- 12 springs fresh thyme
- 1/8 tsp freshly ground nutmeg
- To make ahead: leave at room temperature for up to 2 hrs or refrigerate for up to one day.
- Reheat from room temperature in a large saucepan, adding milk as necessary to adjust
- the consistency.
Not Your Aunt's Creamy Potoato Salad With Avocado
By contreratara
4 servings @ 214.1 calories
- The bounty cometh, it is summer after all. Not only is it the season for all things grown fresh it’s also BBQ, picnic, firework celebrations and stay up late season.
- I like potato salad when it’s still barely warm, but this can easily be cooled and packed perfectly for a picnic.
- CREAMY POTATO SALAD WITH AVOCADO
- 1 1/2 1 1/2 1/2 Lbs red Potatoes, scrubbed
- 1 1 1 Large Ripe Avocado
- 1/2 of 1/2 Lemon
- 1/4 1/4 to teaspoon Kosher Salt, or to taste
- Freshly Ground Black Pepper
- 2 2 2 Tablespoons Mixed Chopped Herbs, Try dill&chives, cilantro&scapes or parsley&tarragon – or mix and match them all together.