Bon Appetit!
Lunch: Nothing better on a leftover Brioche than a BLT with Avacado.
Ground Turkey
Grinding your own turkey makes a perfect turkey burger and better yet, you know exactly what you are getting in your burger.
Cheese Cookie
Getting My Cheese Fix: These are my favorite crisps when I’m in the mood for a little cheese fix.
Individual White Chocolate Tiramisu
I never liked Tiramisu until I tasted this one from Gerhards in Lake Forest. I never make this myself. Some things just cannot be duplicated. I’ve tried.
Got Lemons? Make Lemonade!
In this weather, Lemonade is the drink
of choice. So simple to make fresh!
1
3/4 cups white sugar
8
cups water
1
1/2 cups lemon juice
In a small saucepan, combine sugar
and 1 cup water. Bring to boil and stir to dissolve sugar. Allow to cool to
room temperature, then cover and refrigerate until chilled.
Remove seeds from
lemon juice, but leave pulp.
In pitcher, stir
together chilled syrup, lemon juice and remaining 7 cups water.
TruffleTomino is a traditional style of fresh, soft cow’s milk cheeses from the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy. This one is a favorite in olive oil with Italian truffles.
I’ve been known to serve this cheese without the truffles.
Guilty!
Banana Split Cake
Banana and chocolate cake, buttercream and chocolate frosting and a cherry.
This is as good as it gets…without the ice cream!
Growing Mint
Nothing else of mine is on the rise but my mint plant which is growing wild…just in time for a Mint Julip and the Kentucky Derby this weekend!
4
fresh mint sprigs
2 1/2 oz bourbon whiskey
1 tsp powdered sugar
2 tsp water
2 1/2 oz bourbon whiskey
1 tsp powdered sugar
2 tsp water
Muddle mint leaves,
powdered sugar, and water in a collins glass. Fill the glass with shaved or
crushed ice and add bourbon. Top with more ice and garnish with a mint sprig.
Serve with a straw.
Grapefruit
DrinkBreakfast Drink: A refreshing Grapefruit Izze in a glass rimmed with sugar. With or without the Vodka.
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