Hot weather demands cool drinks. Lemonade is fine for the kids, but adults need a pitcher of something more entertaining.
2 parts Vodka
1 part Orange Juice
2 parts Lemonade
dash Lime Juice
Prepare in a pitcher with ice and share. Adjust quantities to taste.
Enjoy safely.
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Posted August 26, 2007 by TowerGirl
Categories: Kitchen. Tags: alcohol, drink, entertaining, hot weather, lime juice, orange juice, summer, vicar, vodka. Be the first one.
So once again, my husband called on my assistance with a Friday Food Fiesta challenge. This week’s theme was cookies and biscuits. I scoured my pantry, but alas, like Old Mother Hubbard, my cupboards were practically bare. The one interesting thing I did have was a bag of Hershey’s white chocolate chips. [...]
Posted August 5, 2007 by TowerGirl
Categories: Kitchen. Tags: chocolate chip cookie, chocolate chip cookies, cookie, flickr, freezer, ghiradelli, hershey, Homemade, ice cream, ice cream sandwiches, mini chocolate chips, old mother hubbard, sprinkles, summer, Sweets, vanilla bean, white chocolate. Be the first one.
Ok, the truth is that at MaisonBisson we celebrate all holidays with a drink. Since we take cocktails quite seriously, I wanted something very pretty for the little Fourth of July soiree we were having. I have found that the secret to a perfect strawberry daiquiri is using frozen strawberries. I also [...]
Posted July 4, 2007 by TowerGirl
Categories: Kitchen. Tags: alcohol, blue, blueberry, cocktail, cocktails, crushed ice, daiquiri, delicious drink, drink, fourth of july, frozen strawberries, holidays, Homemade, ice, independence day, july 4, july 4th, red, red white and blue, ripe banana, rum, star fruit, starfruit, strawberry, strawberry daiquiri, summer, Sweets, whipped cream, white, yankee doodle dandy. 7 Comments.
My beloved husband went off on a Boy’s Adventure Weekend. This left me with the entire house and kitchen to myself. When this happens, I become a bit like a mad scientist left alone in my laboratory. So, it was just me, the cats, and that most dangerous invention, Food Network. After some house work, [...]
Posted July 1, 2007 by TowerGirl
Categories: Kitchen. Tags: cheap wine, cold cucumber soup, cold soup, cold treats for hot days, emeril, food network, Homemade, Kitchen, lunch, Meals, pinot grigio, salad nicoise, soup, summer, sweltering heat, twin fin, wine. 3 Comments.
Like so many women, there are days when my desire for chocolate is nearly overwhelming. However, perhaps because I am a tad high maintenance, my cravings are not satisfied by a mere candy bar. When I crave chocolate I want something rich, decadent, and freshly baked, I want chocolate cake.
When one of these cravings coincided [...]
Posted June 17, 2007 by TowerGirl
Categories: Kitchen. Tags: cake, chocolate, chocolate cake, chocolate craving, chocolate frosting, chocolate ganache, chocolate glaze, cravings, Dessert, ganache, Homemade, joy of cooking, Kitchen, Meals, rich chocolate, strawberries, summer, Sweets. One Comment.
Who wouldn’t enjoy a frozen mud slide on a hot summer day? Typical recipes call for crushed ice and cream or ice cream. For some reason, we decided to try making them from ice cream, from scratch.
The MaisonBisson Frozen Mud Slide
This recipe requires an ice cream maker, we used the Deni Scoop Factory.
1.5 cups heavy [...]
Posted June 10, 2007 by TowerGirl
Categories: Kitchen. Tags: alcohol, cocktail, cocktails, crushed ice, drink, freezer, frozen mud slide, heavy cream, Homemade, hot summer, ice cream, ice cream maker, kahlua, milk, mud slide, sugar, summer, Sweets, vodka, whipped cream. One Comment.
The music has been on random for weeks now, but 33.3’s “Joanne Will,” from Plays Music played this afternoon as soundtrack to the summer rains. Brent Sirota may struggle to tell us how bad it is (while also giving it a 4.5 rating), but this “easier to listen to jazzy than to listen to jazz” [...]
Posted July 22, 2006 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Books, Movies, Music. Tags: 33.3, free mp3s, jazzy, music, rain, summer, thirty three point three. 3 Comments.