How to Make Easy Meals

Archive for the ‘Beverage’ Category

Ingredients:

1 cup skim milk
1 teaspoon instant coffee
1 teaspoon cocoa powder
1 tablespoon sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cinnamon stick

Instructions:

Pour the milk into a saucepan and place over medium heat.  Add the coffee and cocoa.  Stir in the sugar and salt.  Continue stirring as the mixture heats up to help dissolve the cocoa. When the cocoa is dissolved add the vanilla extract.  Stir to incorporate all the flavors together. Remove from the heat and pour into a mug and garnish with a cinnamon stick.

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups apple juice
1 cup pineapple juice
1 cup fresh pumpkin, peel and cut into small chunks
2 teaspoons honey
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

Instructions:

Place the apple juice and pineapple juice into the blender.  Add the pumpkin chunks to the juice.  Blend until beginning to smooth.  Pour the honey into the blended mixture.  Sprinkle in the cinnamon and nutmeg on top.  Blend until all the ingredients are mixed together.  Pour into a pitcher and refrigerate until ready to serve.  Best when served chilled.

Ingredients:

2 10-oz. pkgs. frozen strawberries, thawed
1 6-oz. can lemonade concentrate, thawed
1 quart ginger ale
2 cups raisins
Gummy worms

Instructions:

Place thawed strawberries in a food processor.  Add thawed lemonade and process until smooth and starts to thicken.  Pour liquid in a punchbowl.  Add ginger ale and blend together.  Add raisins.  Mix well to be sure raisins don’t stick together.  Place some of the gummy worms in the punch and the rest put around top of punch bowl.  Serve with a gummy worm over the side of the cup.

Ingredients:

4 cups water, divided
1 cup sugar
1 cup lemon juice
1 tablespoon grated lemon peel
1 cup blackberries
2 drops blue food coloring

Instructions:

Boil 2 cups of water and sugar in large saucepan for 2 minutes.  Remove the saucepan from the heat and add remaining water, lemon juice, and lemon peel.  Let cool.  Blend in a blender 1 cup of the lemon mixture and all the blackberries until well blended.  Strain to remove the blackberry seeds and then pour into a pitcher.  Add the rest of the lemon mixture and the food coloring and then stir.  Refrigerate and serve over ice.  Makes approximately 1 1/2 quarts.

Ingredients:

4 cups milk
5 whole cloves
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
12 egg yolks
1 1/2 cups sugar
4 cups light cream
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Instructions:

Place a large saucepan over very low heat.  Put the cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla, cloves and milk in the saucepan. Heat milk about 5 minutes bringing to a boil very slowly. Whisk together egg yolks and sugar in a large mixing bowl.  Egg mixture should become fluffy.  Slowly whisk milk mixture into the eggs until blended well.  Place egg milk mixture back into the saucepan.  Being sure not to allow the mixture to boil and stirring continuously, cook mixture over medium low heat for approximately 3 minutes or until mixture thickens.  Once the mixture thickens remove cloves.  Let mixture set and cool for about 1 to 1 1/2 hours.  Once mixture has cooled stir in 2 teaspoons of vanilla, cream and nutmeg.  Blend well.  Cover and refrigerate overnight.  When ready to serve sprinkle nutmeg over the top.