Lavender And Champagne Sorbet
serves 4

1 cup (8 oz) white wine
1 cup (8 oz) water
juice of 2 lemons
4 egg whites well beaten
1 cup (7 oz) caster (superfine) sugar
1/2 cup stalkless lavender flowers, dried in the oven or microwave and
crumbled to powder

Blend all the ingredients until well mixed. freeze the mixture,
stirring every 20 minutes during the freezing process. Serve slightly
slushy.

Champagne Sorbet

Alcohol sorbet defrosts quickly, so leave this in the machine until moments before serving. Serve as part of a long dinner or for dessert with fresh strawberries.

1 bottle (about 3 cups) Champagne
1 1/2 cups simple syrup

Pour the Champagne and simple syrup into the bowl of the machine and freeze. Makes about 5 cups.

New Years Eve and Christmas Recipes December 28, 2008

Carnival of the Recipes

The New Years Eve Edition of the Carnival of the Recipes is Up!

Carnival of the Recipes for New Year’s Eve

We have a tremendous selection of recipes this week for your New Years Celebrating delight. We were surprised to see so few drinks and snacks this week but perhaps participants will be inspired by the actual celebration of New Year’s Eve and will submit lot of recipes for the next carnival.

If you are interested in hosting a Carnival of the Recipes on your blog be sure to let us know by e-mail to recipe.carnival@gmail.com

Bill presents Black-Eyed Peas Recipes posted at Christmas Recipes.

Cranberry Punch

2 cups cranberries
2 cups water
1 cup sugar
Cook to pulp, then strain. When cooled, add the following:

Juice of 3 lemons
Juice of 1 lime
1 quart gingerale
Red and green cherries

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Drink Recipes – Berry Lemonade

Prep Time: 5 mins. Ready In: 5 mins.

1-1/2 quarts cold water, divided
1 pkg. (12 oz.) frozen unsweetened raspberries
1 tub COUNTRY TIME Lemonade Flavor Sugar Free Low Calorie Drink Mix

PLACE 3 cups of the water, raspberries and drink mix in blender
container; cover. Blend on high speed until smooth; strain fruit
mixture to remove seeds. Pour into large plastic or glass pitcher.
Stir in remaining 3 cups water.

REFRIGERATE until ready to serve. Stir before serving.

Makes 8 servings

Quench your thirst with this low calorie beverage. It’s also an
excellent source of vitamin C.

Nutrition Info (per Serving): Calories 25, Total Fat 0 g, Saturated Fat 0 g,
Cholesterol 0 mg, Sodium 5 mg, Total Carbohydrate 5 g, Dietary Fiber less than 1 g,
Sugars 4 g, Protein 0 g, Vitamin A 0 % DV, Vitamin C 25 % DV, Calcium 0 % DV,
Iron 0 % DV

Diet Exchange: 1/2 Fruit

Carnival of the Recipes

The Carnival of the Recipes is up at Phoenix Arizona Blog.

Some of the recipes include:

Broccoli with Lemon posted at Phoenix Arizona Blog

Hawaiian Teriyaki Chicken posted at Chicken Recipes

Chili Recipes – WHITE CHILI WITH CHICKEN RECIPE posted at Famous Recipes

Grilled Salmon Teriyaki posted at Jokes Funny

Drink Recipe – Orange Brutus (Orange Julius)

Yield: 6 Servings
 
6 c Orange juice
1Envelope Dream Whip Powder
1/2 ts Vanilla
1 pk (3.4 oz)INSTANT vanilla pudding & pie filling mix
 
 In a blender, puree 3 cups orange juice and all remaining
 ingredients until smooth. Stir in remaining 3 cups orange
 juice. Serve over cracked ice. Makes 6 drinks.

Strawberry Delight

1/2 cup sugar
5 cups water
1 cup pureed strawberries
2/3 cup lemon juice
1/3 cup powdered sugar
1/2 cup boiling water
2 cups ice

Mix sugar, powdered sugar, and lemon juice into the boiling water, disolve.

Vigorously beat strawberries into the sugar mixture.

Add sugar mixture into the 5 cups water.

Add ice.

Kiwi Martini

Ingredients

1-1/2 oz. premium vodka

dash sugar syrup

1 fresh kiwi fruit

Directions

Muddle a peeled kiwi fruit with the sugar syrup in the bottom

of the shaker. Add vodka and ice, then shake and strain into a frozen

martini glass. Garnish with a slice of kiwi.