Sunday, August 2, 2015

vanilla peach, mango, and strawberry sangria


Juicy seasonal fruit makes this vanilla peach, mango, and strawberry sangria perfect for summer sipping.

Good news: this sangria is so right.

It’s right for summer. It’s right for slurping. It’s right for sipping.

Tropical Fruit Salad



Ingredients:
1 cup of cleaned and peeled Muskmelon cubes
1 cup of cleaned and peeled Watermelon cubes
1 cup of cleaned and peeled Papaya cubes
1 cup of cleaned and peeled Pineapple cubes
1 cup of cleaned and peeled Honeydew Melon cubes
1 cup of cleaned and peeled Mango cubes
1 tablespoon of finely chopped fresh Mint leaves
Juice of a fresh Lemon
2 tablespoon of Sugar ( You can reduce it to 1 tablespoon if you want your salad to be less sweet)
1/2 cup of water
Method:
1. First step is to put all the tropical fruit salad ingredients at one place. There is a lot of cleaning, peeling and cutting that needs to be done before that. Make sure that you clean, peel and cut the fruits

Saturday, August 1, 2015

TROPICAL PINEAPPLE MARGARITA SLUSHIES


Ingredients
  • 4 cups frozen diced pineapple
  • Juice from 2 limes
  • 1/4 cup orange juice concentrate
  • 1/2 cup coconut sugar (or brown sugar)
  • 1-1/2 cups tequila
  • 3/4 cup triple sec
  • 1 cup ice cubes
Instructions
  1. Place all ingredients in a high-speed blender and blend on high speed until mixture is smooth and slushy. Serve margarita slushies in a salt-rimmed glass immediately, OR place in freezer until ready to serve.

No-Bake Cheesecake



No-bake cheesecake goes perfectly with many different toppings. Some of my favorites include berry sauce, fresh fruit, fruit puree, cherry pie filling, caramel or salted caramel sauce, dark or white chocolate ganache, lemon curd, basic streusel, or grated chocolate.

RASPBERRY CHEESECAKE YOGURT POPSICLES


 let’s talk about these awesome Raspberry Cheesecake Yogurt Popsicles that you need to make ASAP! Making creamy fruity popsicles is one of my favorite things to do in the summer along with eating a big bowl of ice cream of course. The popsicles however are a healthier option so I like to keep a stash of them in the freezer to satisfy my evening sweet tooth. Making these popsicles is a

Cucumber Dill Greek Yogurt Salad


INGREDIENTS:
  • 4 large cucumbers (about 2 pounds)
  • 4 tablespoon plain greek yogurt (I used 0% fat)
  • 1 tablespoon dill
  • 1 tablespoon rice vinegar (substitute red or white wine 

PARADISE COCKTAIL


Gorgeous, no?  Please note that the recipe is really just a list of ingredients without instructions, but I was sure it was just a matter of slow pouring to get the beautiful layered effect.  Of course I wanted to make it my own, so I substituted pomegranate liqueur (I found a tiny trial-sized bottle for this purpose) for the grenadine and orange juice for