summer splash
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp lemon juice (fresh)
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- 1 cup of water
- 1 mint leaf
Instructions
- In a juicer, squeez one lemonade, mostly it makes around 5 tbsp, but it depends on the size.
- Add to the lemon juice, maple and water, and stir them.
- Chill in the fridge.
- Serve with a mint leaf.
Variations
You can add honey, grape molasses or brown sugar instead of maple syrup if not available
Cooking time (duration): 5
Diet (other): Low calorie
Number of servings (yield): 1
Meal type: cocktail
My rating:5 stars: ?????
Posted: June 9th, 2010
Categories:
Cocktail,
Drinks
Tags:
chill,
fresh,
juice,
lemon,
lemonade,
maple,
mint,
non-alcoholic,
splash,
squeez,
stir,
summer,
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Summary: Sooooo Ritzy
Black and Blue Mojito
Ingredients
- 1 shot rum
- 2/3 shot blue curacao
- 1 1/3 shots club soda
- 10 blackberries
- 5-6 mint leaves
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 lime juice
Instructions
- In a shaker, muddle mint leaves, blackberries
lime juice and sugar.
- Add rum, blue curacao and mix well.
- Add ice shake 4-5 times and quickly strain over ice.
- Add soda and stir well.
- Serve with a garnish of blackberries, lime or mint leaves.
Cooking time (duration): 5
Number of servings (yield): 1
Meal type: cocktail
Culinary tradition: Central American
My rating:5 stars: ?????
Posted: April 24th, 2010
Categories:
Cocktail
Tags:
black,
blackberries,
blue,
brown,
curacao,
ice,
juice,
Leaves,
lime,
mint,
mojito,
muddle,
rum,
shake,
soda,
stir,
stray,
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You can’t call it a Salad!!!
Ingredients
- 1 pita bread (broiled or fried)
- 1 mid-size lettuce (chopped)
- 500 grams tomatoes (diced)
- 100 grams cucumbers (diced)
- 1 green pepper (chopped)
- 10 small radishes, chopped
- 1 onion (wings)
- 20 mint leaves (chopped)
- 1/4 cup parsley (diced)
- 1/2 cup purslane ( Bakleh in Lebanese)
- 1/4 cup fresh thyme
- 1 tbsp pomegranate molasses (or balsamic vinegar if not available)
- 1/2 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tbsp sumac
- 1 lemon (zest)
- 1 lemon (juice)
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp salt
Instructions
- In a bowl, chop, cut and mix lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, parsley, purslane, thyme, green pepper, radishes, mint, onion and lemon zest.
- To prepare the vinaigrette, combine molasses, olive oil, brown sugar, salt and sumac, lemon juice and then drizzle over the vegetables.
- To serve, incorporate the fried or broiled crispy pita bread in the salad and enjoy!
Cooking time (duration): 90
Number of servings (yield): 5
Meal type: dinner/lunch
Culinary tradition: Lebanese
My rating:5 stars: ?????
Posted: April 16th, 2010
Categories:
Salads
Tags:
brown sugar,
cucumber,
green pepper,
juice,
lemon,
lettuce,
mint,
molasses,
oil,
olive,
onion,
parsley,
purslane,
radishes,
salt,
sumac,
thyme,
tomato,
vinaigrette,
zest
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Ingredients
- 1 cucumber (finely sliced)
- 2 cup yogurt
- 2 clove garlic (mashed)
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- pepper and salt to taste
- 1 pinch of mint (thinly sliced)
- 1 tsp lemon juice
Instructions
- Mix in the cucumber and yogurt with all other ingredients.
- Serve Cold.
Variations
Add some Dill to taste if available
Cooking time (duration): 10
Diet type: Vegetarian
Number of servings (yield): 4
Meal type: hors d’oerves
Culinary tradition: Middle Eastern
My rating:5 stars: ★★★★★
Posted: December 18th, 2009
Categories:
Amuse-Bouche/Hors-D’œuvre,
mezza,
tapa
Tags:
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cold,
cucumber,
dill,
extra,
finely,
garlic,
juice,
lemon,
mashed,
mint,
oil,
olive,
pepper,
pita,
salt,
serve,
sliced,
virgin,
yogurt
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