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Bon Voyage

August 30, 2010 in Beverage | 1 comment

I am leaving tomorrow for a week away with family, a week in South Dakota (Yes, that’s not a typo). As I prepare to leave, a feeling of guilty swept over me…I haven’t blogged in a week. The chances of me blogging while I’m away are nil, zip, zilch…not going to happen! While I enjoy a week with my nieces and nephews ( I have a brand new 2 week old nephew I’m going to meet for the first time) I leave you a recipe that I’ve wanted to post for the last year! Yes, I have 2 posts about this recipe that were never published. I will update later with more information about Sorrel, but for now, just a recipe!

Sorrel

4 cups water

1/2 cup dried sorrel

1 cinnamon stick

10 cloves

1 inch peeled piece of ginger

sugar to taste

Add all ingredients in pot and bring to a boil. Cover and simmer for 30 mins. Remove from heat, remove all solids by straining. Chill and serve over ice.

Tags: Beverage, sorrel

Say Ahhhh….

June 17, 2010 in Beverage | 1 comment

Take a splash into summer.

Strawberry Mint Lemonade

1 cup sugar

1 cup water

Juice of 10 lemons

2 cups chopped ripe strawberries

12 mint leaves

4 cups cold water

Make a simple syrup by bring 1 cup of sugar and 1 cup of water to a boil and stirring until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat and cool. Blend lemon juice, strawberries and half of mint leaves in a blender until combined and no chunks of strawberries remain. Strain the strawberry-lemon mixture into a pitcher; discard pulp. Add 4 cups of cold water and all of the simple syrup. Chop remaining mint leaves add to the pitcher. Serve over ice and enjoy!

Tags: Beverage, lemonade, mint, strawberry, summer

Day me seh Day Oh…Tropical Rum Punch

May 30, 2009 in Beverage | No comments

ade21 This is a very simple and popular punch. I have no clue who came up with the recipe but I got the original recipe from my sister in law Terri. She served this at our crazy and out of control New Year’s Eve party. I just took the recipe and modified it to suit my tastes.