Monday, June 29, 2015



One and a Half PineappleTropical Fruit Ice Freezey©

1 - 16 oz can Crushed Pineapple in heavy syrup
1 Tbsp Lime Juice  2 Tbsp Honey
Blend well the above ingredients.

Peel and remove necessary pits/seeds and finely dice/chop the following:
2 Peaches   2 Nectarines   2 Mangoes

Fold the Pineapple mixture into the fresh fruit blend.  
Pour into a shallow container and freeze several hours or overnight.
© 2012 Cat Brennan
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Sparkly Peach* Cooler (non alcoholic)
1 - 2 liter Bottle Lemon Lime Soda
3 - Bigelow® Perfect Peach or 3 - Celestial Seasoning's Country Peach Passion® Tea Bags.
Open the bottle of soda and pour off about 4 ounces.  Set the bottle of soda in the sink.  Stuff the Peach Tea Bags down into the soda bottle, one at a time - slowly here, because it may fizz.  Once you have placed all 3 tea bags into the bottle (tab/string and all), screw the lid back on tightly. Lay the bottle on its side and gently roll to mix.  Leave the soda sitting on the counter for 3 days - rolling a time or two each day.  When you're ready to open, place it in the sink, and very slowly begin twisting off the top; again, it may get fizzy, so go slowly.  Serve over ice.  Delicious and refreshing!



Sparkly Peach Cooler (alcoholic)
After making the above recipe, just before serving, add four to six ounces peach schnapps and one - two ounces rum.
* For Sparkly Raspberry/Peach Cooler (non alcoholic), REPLACE the 3 Peach Tea Bags with 2 Celestial Seasonings Raspberry Zinger® and 2 Peach (your brand choice) Tea Bags. Proceed with the rest of the directions. Yummy! !



© 2012 Cat Brennan

Saturday, June 6, 2015

Chocolate in the Country

Save the earth! It's the only planet with Chocolate!!! 
That quote makes me smile.
Chocolate clipart and illustrationsI have to tell you, chocolate is not my go-to for a sugar/carb fix, but there are some chocolates that I do enjoy. Hershey© Kisses top the list, followed by several different chocolate ''things'' that I make.
Just a word of warning: if you make chocolate delicacies that require melting chocolate, don't use super high heat; further, a double boiler is superior to a microwave for melting. 
One other BIG WARNING: When melting chocolate ANYWHERE and ANYTIME, do NOT get ANY liquid of ANY kind (including, water, milk, cream, flavorings) in the chocolate. IT WILL SEIZE and you WILL have a mess.  
If you would like to share your chocolate recipes with all, please send them to me and I will share.  You may send them to: Libro_Gato@Yahoo.com .. Write the word CHOCOLATE in the subject so that it doesn't get deleted. If you know mw personally, you may send your recipes to my regular email address, again, with CHOCOLATE in the subject line.
Enjoy your chocolate-ing, whether you live iin the country, or just wish you did.

© 2015 Cat Brennan