Comando Cocktails

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The tradition of the Grog is a long standing one in the U.S. Army. The Grog is a mix of liquids that reflect Army history, experiences and values and it is no different for the ROTC Cadets of the Golden Knight Battalion, although their version is sadly alcohol free. On Saturday night I had the pleasure of toasting with Grog at the Spring 2010 Dining Out, which is military speak for a formal dinner put on by the battalion for friends and family. Here’s what is in that glass: Apple juice for the gold for the Clarkson Golden Knights Cranberry juice for the scarlet of the St. Lawrence Saints Grape juice for the maroon of the Potsdam Bears Blueberry juice for the blue of the Canton Kangaroos Ice for the Potsdam winter Coffee grounds for early morning physical training MRE juice mix for the FTXs (whatever the hell those are) Rock candy for Stone Mountain Chocolate pudding for the mud of Seven Springs Butter for the future (ROTC cadets graduate as 2nd Lieutenants with a gold bar on their shoulder, aka a butter bar) All it needed was a little slosh

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A Three Bean Mouthful: Winter Panzanella Salad With Preserved Tuna

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This is one of those recipes. It seems like there are a lot of steps. It’s best if you can do them over a day or two. But I promise you these are the very things that make this recipe so EASY! Because all the steps take only a few minutes of actual activity, and they can be done all at once or over several days. The cooking itself is a snap and can be made snappier with a self-timed oven. The method of preserving the tuna is really more of an oil-poaching method. It’s a wonderful method to master and can be adapted in so many ways– from salads, to main courses. I particularly like serving this tuna on toasted baguette slices with shards of red onion! So you see, it’s worth the effort, because the technique will pay you back– I promise. I think I may have originally learned this method from an Alice Waters recipe. But I am pretty sure serving it with a Panzanella Salad was my idea! But don’t quote me on it… This recipe has other virtues as well. It is a great opportunity to use up that day old bread, and those less than ideal off-season tomatoes you stupidly bought. What were you thinking? Plus, it’s fun to introduce…

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Cranberry and Walnut Cake Recipe

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How to make a Cranberry and Walnut Cake Cranberries and walnuts are a perfect ingredient combination for this season. This is a wonderful cake recipe that is moist and sweetened to perfection, the outer crust of the cake has a biscuit bite and flavour to it. Chef used sweetened cranberries, you can use unsweetened cranberries if it is your preference. Biting into a tasty cake that is infused with rustic walnuts and winter berries is just what you need with a hot cup of coffee on a winters day. Ingredients for cranberry and walnut cake recipe 1 Cup / 200g Margarine 1/2 Cup / 100g Caster sugar 1 Cup / 160g Soft brown sugar 1 + 1/2 Cup / 240g Plain all purpose flour 1 + 1/2 tsp Baking powder Pinch Salt 1 tsp Vanilla essence 3 Medium eggs 1 Cup /100g Walnuts 1 Cup /100g Dried cranberries Cranberries and walnuts. How to make a cranberry and walnut cake Cream together the margarine, caster sugar and brown sugar. In a small bowl whisk the eggs. Add the half of the eggs to the butter mixture and mix, add the last half of eggs and vanilla, mix well again. Add the flour, salt, baking powder, walnuts and cranberries, mix thoroughly. …

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Pork Loin with Cranberry Sauce

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This was yummy! I made it just after Thanksgiving, thinking I had plenty of leftover cranberry sauce from our Thanksgiving dinner. Of course, when I opened the fridge and reached for the stuff, it was nowhere to be found. The cranberry thieves are really a problem ’round these parts. I’m calling for Congressional hearings. Anyway, if you haven’t ever cooked a pork tenderloin, the sear-then-roast method I use is a good one, and lends itself to any number of different sauces or approaches. It’s flavorful and versatile, and is mild enough to carry pretty much any flavor. Yes, I’m a cattle rancher. And I eat pork tenderloin. Thank you for listening.

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SWEET LITTLE THING

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JUST CALL ME SUGAR, COOKIE! A little girl walks into a bakery And asks the baker : “Do you serve big cookies in here?” The baker leans over the counter and looks at the little girl and says: “ I don’t know. How tall are you?” – from a Peanuts comic strip Cookies are a part of our childhood: hands slipped surreptitiously into cookie jars, stolen treasure stuffed into pockets and off we rush out into the yard, climb the tree and savor each forbidden bite nestled in the branches; open up the brown paper bag and we are bedazzled by the array of cookies wrapped carefully in plastic, bringing home to the school playground; cookies as chips while playing card games with little brother or simply curling up with a book in our favorite armchair with a selection of our favorite cookies stacked up on the arm next to us, eyes locked on the page as we blindly feel for another and another. Cookies are child’s play, the perfect size, big enough to satisfy, small enough to allow for a choice, one of each, not having to choose just one. Satisfying first bite over and over again, an endless choice of flavors. Love…

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Cranberry Crumb Bars

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Do you want to know just how good these Cranberry Crumb Bars are? As Mary Poppins would say, they’re practically perfect in every way. I have made 3 pans of them just this week. Practically perfect, see? So practically perfect that they’re verging on actual perfection minus the part about how they aren’t exactly health food. Okay, before you go all oh-my-gosh-are-you-crazy? and that’s-so-bad-for-you on me let me justify those three pans first. Okay? Pan #1: made them for us. We devoured them. I had the last one for breakfast yesterday because it was calling my name in the fridge. I mean, it was the last one in the pan and the pan was just taking up way too much space since it wasn’t really serving any purpose by housing only one bar. I took the bar out. I put the pan in the dishwasher. And then I ate the bar. The end. Oh except for the part where Logan tells me that he “only [likes] the chocolate brownies .” Oh well. More for me. Did I just say that? (Sometimes there are advantages to having a picky child. The picky child just doesn’t need to find that …

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Carrie cosmo cupcake at Mini’s Cupcakes in Salt Lake City

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Via Utah Loves Cupcakes comes news that Mini’s Cupcakes of Salt Lake City is bringing their Carrie (as in, Bradshaw) csomo cupcake back (photo via Flickr ) Vanilla cake, fresh cranberries, orange cream frosting, dipped in citron vodka, topped with candied orange peel Also: Back by popular demand, the Carrie Cosmo! We will no longer have the carrot cake on Fridays, we will have our most popular cocktail cupcake. The Carrie Cosmo is a cranberry cupcake soaked in cranberry juice and vodka, frosted with lime frosting topped with a fresh cranberry. Our new seasonal cupcake is a peaches and creme. This is an amazing vanilla cupcake filled with a fresh peach puree topped with fresh cream and more peach puree.

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