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Category Archives: Beverages
Strawberry Basil Gin Cocktail
Can a person have a “drinking career?” I was about to start this off with, When I think about my drinking career… Then I realized drinking isn’t exactly a job nor how I’d ever hope to describe the majority of my day to … Continue reading
Posted in Beverages, Booze, Gluten-Free, Vegan, Vegetarian
Tagged alcohol, cocktail, fancy gin and tonic, gin, gin and tonic, gin and tonics, gin cocktail, gin drinks, strawberry basil drink, strawberry gin and tonic, strawberry gin basil cocktail, vanilla bean and gin drink, vanilla bean cocktail
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Cinco de Mayo Favorites
Somehow it’s already the first weekend of May. My brain tries to wrap itself around how quickly time flies, but in the midst of doing so, all I can really think about is big fat veggie burritos or tacos laden … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizer, Beverages, Booze, Breakfast, Dinner, Kids, Life, Lunch, Meatless Meat, Sauces, Vegetarian
Tagged 101 Cookbooks, Chile Lime Tequila popcorn, churros, Cinco de Mayo, Cinco de Mayo Recipes, Climbing Grier Mountain Eggplant Parm Nachos, Food52, Foodie Crush salsa, guacamole recipes, homemade horchata, homemade tamales, horchata recipe, Leite's Culinaria, margaritas, Mexican food, Mexican Rice, Mexican Street Fair corn, Molletes, recipes, rice, roasted poblano guacamole, slow cooked beans, tamale casserole, vegetarian Cinco de Mayo
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Big Red Juice
I’ve never been good with diets. The first time I remember trying one I must have been nine or ten. What I remember most is a white paperback book from the late 80’s – this one, actually – and trying to … Continue reading
Posted in Beverages, Breakfast, Gluten-Free, Juice, Kids, Lunch, Snacks, Vegan, Vegetarian
Tagged beet juice, big red juice, Breville Juice Fountain, Breville juicer, diets, diets suck, eating disorders, fresh grapefruit juice, homemade juice, juice, juice cleanse, juice fast, juicer recipe, red juice, red juice recipes, ridiculous 80's diet books, think red juice
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Pineapple Sunrise Juice
Let’s discuss something. Pineapple. And how adding pineapple to anything does not make it “Hawaiian.” For instance – Hawaiian pizza, topped with pineapple and Canadian bacon. C’mon now. Being born and raised on Kauai, I have to tell you – … Continue reading
Posted in Beverages, Breakfast, Gluten-Free, Juice, Kids, Lunch, Vegan
Tagged Breville Juice Fountain, Breville juicer, fresh pineapple juice, ginger, grapefruit, grapefruit juice, Hawaii, home, juice, Kauai, Kauai oceans, pineapple, pineapple mandarin juice, ruby red grapefruit, sunrise juice, sunrises, tangy juice recipe
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Energy Boost Juice
In the last few years, I’ve learned a few things about going to the gym: 1.) If I go between 7:30 AM and 11:30 AM, the senior population scattered around the place is out of control. And parking? Forget it. 2.) … Continue reading
Cup ‘O Sunshine
I laugh to myself when I think of sharing juice recipes. Mostly because my method of making juices includes a lot (I mean a LOT) of winging it. Using what is on sale for the week, what looks and feels … Continue reading
Posted in Beverages, Breakfast, Gluten-Free, Juice, Kids, Lunch, Vegan, Vegetarian
Tagged beverages, Breville, carrot beet juice, cup of sunshine, drinks, fresh juice, golden beet juice, homemade juice, juice, Juice Fountain, juicer, liquid sunshine, nonalcoholic drinks, pear juice
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Carrot Apple Grape Juice
Since this little juice fountain showed up in our house, I’ve used it every day except one, when I wasn’t feeling so great. It’s hard to not feel healthy after drinking freshly juiced fruits and vegetables that don’t carry added … Continue reading
Posted in Beverages, Breakfast, Juice, Lunch, Vegan, Vegetarian
Tagged apple juice, beverages, Breville juicer, carrot apple grape juice, carrot apple juice, carrot juice, drinks, grape juice, homemade carrot juice, homemade fruit juice, juice, juice cleanse, juicer, juicer juices, non-alcoholic drinks, vegetable fruit juice
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No Orange-Orange Juice
As I was doing my juice fast last week, I told myself I was going to be a green juice kind of girl. I have had green juices and not once have I enjoyed any of them. At first I … Continue reading
Posted in Beverages, Breakfast, Gluten-Free, Juice, Lunch, Vegan, Vegetarian
Tagged apple juice, apples, Breville Juice Fountain, carrot juice, filling juices, fresh juice, grapefruit juice, homemade juice, homemade juices, juice, juice cleanse, juice fast, juice for dinner, No Orange-Orange Juice, sweet potato carrot juice, sweet potato juice
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Carrot Apple Beet Kale and Ginger Juice
Let’s face it. Kitchen disasters are inevitable sometimes. And as life goes, when they happen, you either adapt or not. You might say a few choice curse words. You may say such words, look at the pile of dishes you … Continue reading
Posted in Beverages, Breakfast, Gluten-Free, Juice, Lunch, Vegan, Vegetarian
Tagged apple, beet carrot juice, beet juice, carrot apple beet juice, carrot juice, fresh juice, fruit juice, homemade juice, juice, juicer, vegetable juice
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Spicy Bloody Mary
I had forgotten about a good bloody mary until recently. However, when we were out meeting some friends and it was hardly 2PM, but we were in a bar, logically, a bloody mary seemed to be the best option. Or … Continue reading
Julie Hashimoto-McCreery
