Tag: alcohol
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Orange Chai Spiced Wine
To set the scene, it’s New Hampshire. It’s December. We got about a foot of snow in the past week and we’re expected to get a bit more soon. It’s freaking cold. So I need a hot drink, preferably with alcohol. I’ve been seeing posts about chai hot chocolate and hot chocolate red wine, but…
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Watermelon White Wine Sorbet or Ice Pops
Sorbet is one of the things I miss terribly because almost all of the commercial versions have corn in some form in them. This is a fairly easy recipe, making it perfect for this weekend, when I was going away for my 20th college reunion. Also, just as a side note, you could also sub…
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Quick-ish Marinara Sauce
One of the things I really miss is a great meatball sub with gobs of cheese. Since I’m allergic to dairy, wheat, and eggs (in addition to what feels like 50 million other things) that’s a little hard. I haven’t totally figured it out yet, because there isn’t a vegan cheese that works for me…
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Margarita Tropical Fruit Salad
So, last weekend it snowed in New Hampshire, and this weekend it’s been 95°F all weekend. Hilarious. I don’t handle the heat well, if at all, nor do I handle the crazy freaking changes well. The humidity and corresponding air quality in New Hampshire has been known to send me right into an asthma attack.…
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Whatever Wednesday: Farmer’s Almanac Cough Syrup
So my mother discovered the Farmer’s Almanac a few years ago (or possibly re-discovered, I’ve never asked — I just assumed that city kids didn’t read the Farmer’s Almanac), and this year has a page-a-day calendar version. Despite living many states away from my mother, I always know what page-a-day she has because she mails…
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Stout Braised Corned Beef and Cabbage
St. Patrick’s Day is coming, and what says St. Patrick’s day better than beer and corned beef and cabbage? Other than bedecking yourself with green leprechaun hats, buckled shoes, and carrying around fake pots of gold, not much. The recipe as I made it has gluten in it, because I used Guinness since I can have wheat, and…
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Wine Smoothies
So, it’s Labor Day. If you have the day off, and if you imbibe alcohol, you might want to try some wine smoothies. You might note that neither of these recipes contain bananas which many smoothies do. That’s because I really, really HATE bananas. I know, it’s a weird thing, but I don’t even want…