May 27 2012
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Refreshment

Berry Lime Cocktail

This drink is one of the most delicious ones I’ve ever made on my own. There’s ao inspiration from another recipe with this one. I just had these ingredients lying around and whipped it up. Initially I wanted a mojito because I wanted to use up the going-bad mint leaves I had in the fridge but I had no rum on hand so I decided to improvise and take things up a notch. This made for a very refreshing and yummy cocktail. If you prefer, you can strain it to make it “less dirty”. Personally, I prefer the bits and pieces of everything swimming in my mouth. YUM!

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May 22 2012
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Recipe (Dessert)

Strawberry Shortcakes

Three words of advice concerning the biscuits for these shortcakes: White Lily Flour. My goodness! A couple months ago, I happened across an article that near waxed poetic about how good White Lily Flour is for Southern biscuits. Well naturally, I wanted to try White Lily Flour. Alas, there was NONE to be found in ANY supermarkets, Walmarts, Super Walmarts around here. It was quite depressing. I read another article that said that White Lily flour was mostly found in Southern states and some mid western states. Since this flour seemed so special, I texted my MIL to just ask her about what she thought of the flour. (Or was it called)…Anyways she said that it was the flour she uses for her baking. Would you know that very next week a box came in the mail and in it was White Lily flour?? Yes! My MIL paid almost $13 to send me 5lbs of flour without me even asking for the stuff. I love that woman! Long story short, I am digging up all recipes that involves biscuits, muffins or anything that calls for all purpose flour. I made some AMAZING banana muffins before making these but decided to share these shortcakes first. They’re soooo good!

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May 21 2012
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Roundup

My Weekend In Food Pt 8

This past weekend was alright. I had a very stressful Friday and was super happy to unwind. Someone stole our apartment key (with car key on keychain as well) right out of our door’s keyhole *shakes head*. Saturday, I had lunch with friends then made a quick run to grocery (commissary afterwards). Speaking of commissary, I was on my PIC’s (military) base a few weeks ago waiting on him and as I had time to spare, I made my way to the commissary. Oh my goodness!! Why did I wait that long to go. for those of you who aren’t familiar with commissaries, they’re basically military supermarkets/grocery stores. And everything is SIGNIFICANTLY cheaper than in a regular supermarket. I got butter for just a little over $2.50. I was paying a little over $4 for four sticks of butter before. So, you know I’ll be living in the commissary from now on right? Sunday was spent cleaning up, watching Frasier and cooking. After all the stress from Friday had died down, the rest of the weekend wasn’t too bad. Friday’s dinner. The recipe is included….

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May 17 2012
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Recipe (Breakfast)

Crème Brûlée Oatmeal

Anyone who knows me personally or follows my blog (closely) will know how much I love crème brûlée. Just search for the stuff in this site’s search box and posts upon posts will pop up. Whether I just mention it or actually made a version of it, you’ll see my love for this classic French dessert. Sometimes, I make it and don’t even take photos. Otherwise, I’ll be taking photos all the time. Although I’m in loveeee with the custard part of a brûlée, it’s the crackly crust that does it every time for me. Mmmmmmmmm. But there are some days when I just don’t have the time and/or energy to make crème brûlée. That’s when I try to find ways to improvise. Last time it was Yogurt Brûlée and this time it’s with oatmeal. I’m not exaggerating when I say how darn good this was!!! Try. It. Soon!

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May 16 2012
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Recipe (Seafood)

Maryland Crab Cakes

I absolutely love crab cakes. There was a year straight when whenever I went out, if crab cakes were on the menu, I would order them as my appetizer. Seriously, I love the stuff. BUT they can be pretty expensive. One crab cake with some fancy garnishes or two at most usually runs me between $16-$22 in a restaurant. Uh…right. I know it’s an appetizer and all but one hardly hits the spot no matter how delicious it is. So I gave up on buying crab cakes and I now find myself making them every now and again. At $10-$12 for a pound of lump crab meat, I can make at least 10 crab cakes myself. I think I much rather that.

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May 15 2012
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Recipe (Breakfast)

Bacon, Cheddar, Sausage and Tomato Strata

I am so far behind on posts it’s not funny. Take for example this strata. I made this since mid March (as can be told by the expiration date on the milk in the ingredients photo) and I’m finally getting around to posting it. I believe I made it the very next day after seeing the recipe. I love these filling breakfast meals because they’re perfect to hold us over on Sundays as I usually don’t serve lunch early. Plus, all the leftovers get packaged up so that my PIC can take to work for breakfast the following days. Can’t go wrong, right? This one has Italian sausage, bacon, cheese and tomatoes it in and they all blend together perfectly to make a meaty and scrumptious meal.

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May 14 2012
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Recipe

Homemade Pizza Sauce

Who doesn’t love pizza? Raise your hand if you don’t. Thought so. Everyone (or mostly everyone) loves the stuff. And as good as Dominos, Papa John and all those fabulous pizza companies are, sometimes I just want to make my own pizza. I haven’t faced my fear of yeast yet so I still use Pilsbury’s pizza dough for my homemade pizza. The pizza sauce though, I’ve got that covered!

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May 12 2012
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Refreshment

Pineapple Limeade Cocktail

Pineapple juice used to be my favorite drink ever (before I discovered alcohol). Now my favorite drink ever is an Amaretto Sour but anything with pineapple comes in right after. This pineapple limeade with rum and Grand Marnier is a delicious and refreshing cocktail that is just perfect for a gorgeous summery day.

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May 11 2012
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Recipe (Side Dish)

B.A.L.T Salad

As much as classic recipes are good and fun, one ingredient addition can take things to a whole different level. Years ago, if you gave me a BLT Sandwich, I would be the happiest person ever but one day I tried it with avocado and have never looked back. Every time I make a BLT Sandwich I add avocado to the mix. BALT sandwiches are so delicious. Remember THIS ONE? It was so scrumptious. Recently, I was craving a BALT sandwich but had no bread on hand. I wasn’t upset because the less carbs, the better. No? I went ahead and made this salad. Can someone say YUM?! It’d be the perfect the perfect accompaniment to steak or even chicken. I found it just great on its own.

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May 02 2012
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Refreshment

La Paloma

Cinco de Mayo is a few days from now and I, happily, join in celebrating with the Mexicans, their achievement of freedom and democracy on that day 150 years ago. I’ve been seeing this drink floating all over the webverse in the past few weeks and the description (and its appearance) kept tempting me until I just had to give in. Traditionally, it is made with grapefruit soda but if grapefruit soda is hard to come by, then one can always use fresh grapefruit juice and club soda in its place. Luckily for me, I had in my possession, several Jamaican grapefruit sodas. The name of the soda which traditionally comes in a green bottle is “Ting” (and the beverage is the color of ginger ale). However, I had pink Ting so I knew it would be PERFECT for my palomas. Let me tell you how refreshingly delicious this cocktail is. Next time, I think I may jazz it up a little with some Grand Marnier. I know that would be out-of-this-world GOOD!

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