Rock Your Palate

This is a simple, quick and yummy way to enjoy fresh fruit in a beverage. You can substitute all the listed ingredients as this is a good starter base! Strawberries and bananas are my favorite fruit. Yogurt or sour cream will work depending on your taste. You can also double the vanilla extract as this flavor will compliment the fruits. Try almond or soy milk.
I would love to hear variations as they are limitless… Enjoy!

Its a great idea to brine your fresh turkey as there is a greater concentration of salt and sugar outside the bird or in the brine and this will flow towards the inside of the bird. As the turkey absorbs the brine solution over a period of hours again entering the cells of the meat, this adds flavor to the bird. I like to experiment, add herbs, garlic, sugar and other flavorings giving your bird full flavor from the inside out.

Makes 2 dozen Cookies 1/4 LB butter [1 stick] 3/4 Cup sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 beaten egg 1/2 Cup milk 2.5 Cups flour 1 tsp nutmeg 1/2 tsp cinnamon 1/4 tsp salt 1/4 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp baking soda 1/2 Cup currants Blend butter and sugar together, add vanilla. Beat egg and [...]

Recipe serves 2 – 3 12 Pitted dates 8 oz Mascarpone cheese 12 large pecan halves Spiced Sugar [vanilla sugar, cinnamon, cardamon] Open pitted dates and lay flat on cutting board. Add small dollop of mascarpone cheese and then top with one pecan half. Close date sealing cheese add pecan inside date. Sprinkle with spiced [...]

Well it’s Monday night and we’re ready to rock!
Time to get all the hits, the bangs and the blocks.
It’s the game of the week that’s comin’ your way.
The Patriots and the Panthers are ready to play.
We gotta get ready, we gotta get right
Cause Monday Night Football kicks off tonight!

So get ready. I mean, get ready.
Are you ready for some football?! A Monday night party!

Native Americans are credited with the planting of three main native crops. These plants were squash, maize (corn) and beans. They were planted together, with the cornstalk providing support for the climbing beans, and shade for the squash. The squash vines provided ground cover to limit weeds. No one likes weeds including squash! The beans provided a nitrogen fix for all three crops.

Winter squashes (such as butternut, Hubbard, buttercup, acorn, spaghetti squash and pumpkin) are harvested at maturity, generally the end of summer.

This year I tried a new recipe from butternut squash harvest. So, I peeled, cubed and boiled until tender and then after cooling separated into 2 cup portions and froze. This is the exact amount needed for two loaves of my new Maple Butternut Squash Bread.
Enjoy!