Passion fruit lassi

1 tablespoon monkfruit sugar
1 teaspoon ginger
1 cup passion fruit yogurt
1/2 cup milk

1. Blend and enjoy!

Dutch

This took me a bit...but just a hour or so. We were having burgers for dinner; but how should I dress it up? Which country should I choose? We had gouda and I wanted to use that.  So, dutch. The Netherlands is historically connected to Indonesia, so the burger now had to include Indonesian spices. I also suggest eating them with fries slathered in mayonnaise.

3 pounds ground beef

1 cup Heineken

1/2 onion

1 teaspoon ginger, cardamom, cumin, coriander, nutmeg, gloves, turmeric

1. Marinate separated meat in beer, onion, spice mixture for 1/2 hour.

2. Form patties and cook.

Substitute Shortbread

I did it! Matt pushed me to be healthier, plus i don't want a tummy for the wedding (his sister's), so i made a substitution list. I 5hen got this aborable heart cookie cutter with a cut-out to put on a coffee cup. It came with a recipe for shortbread. I subbed ground oats for flour, honey for sugar and bannanas for butter.

2 cups mashed bananas
1 teaspoon rum extract
1/4 cup honey
4 cups oats

Warning: these cookies taste too healthy.  Matt and I will figure it outn but in the meantime I suggest 1 1/2 cups mashed bananas and 1/2 cup butter or slathing the cookie with jam. Perhaps both.

1. Preheat oven to 350 F.
2. Grind oats in food processor and mash bananas.
3. Mix all together and roll out to disired thickness.
4. Cut and bake 14 mins.

Try this at home

Salsa di vino bianco con arancio dolce

Mom gave me white wine and dad doesn't like fish.

1 cup heavy cream
1/2 fruity white wine
2 tablespoons sweet orange marmalade
1 teaspoon rosemary
1 teaspoon thyme
1 teaspoon marjoram
1/2 teaspoon salt

1. Boil ingredients in saucepan stirring constantly.
2. Simmer.

Super quadruple tropical

1/2 cup olive oil
1/8 cup fresh lemon juice
1/2 cup fresh pinapple juice
1 tablespoon rosemary
1 tablespoon fresh ginger
3 large skinless boneless chicken breast halves
3 ounces plain, 0% yogurt
2 tablespoons guava paste
1 large mango, halved, pitted, peeled, cut into 1/2-inch-thick slices

1. Whisk first 5 ingredients in large bowl. Add chicken breasts; turn to coat. Cover chicken breasts and chill 3 to 4 hours, turning occasionally.
2. Preheat oven to 350 F.
3. Blend yogurt and guava paste.
4. Bake chicken for an hour.
5. Meanwhile, melt butter in another heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Add mango slices and sauté until brown, about 2 minutes per side.
6. Drizzle sauce over chicken and surround with mango.

 

Northern Dark and Stormy

We didn't have rum, only cheap whiskey

1 bottle Reed's Ginger Beer
1.5 ounces whiskey (exept bourbon)

Central Florida

1 bag key limes
1 can sweeted condensed milk
3 egg yolks
2 oz. Ginger preserves
1 prepared pie crust
2 oz. Guava paste

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Juice all limes and add to eggs and condensed milk. Whisk all together. Set aside.
3. Spread ginger preserves on pie crust and pour in filling.
4. Bake pie for 10 mins. Meanwhile,  heat paste in saucepan until it's a liquid. Swirl  in pie with knife tip.
5. Bake pie 5 more minutes then place in fridge 1/2 hour