Ingredients:
4 cups Ocean Spray Cranberry Cocktail
1 bottle of dry red wine
1/2 cup orange liqueur
Seasonal fruits
Mix cranberry juice, wine, liqueur and chopped fruits like strawberries, apples, grapes, oranges or pineapples. Chill for several hours to blend the flavours. Serve in a large wine glass with the fruits.
*You can use any fruits what’s in season. If you want more taste of the alcohol just lessen the juice.
Ingredients:
4 oz (1/2 cup) gin
12 oz (1 1/2 cup) Tangerine juice
20 oz (2 1/2 cup) Pomegranate juice
Mix all ingredients in a pitcher or a small punch bowl and add ice.
* Pomegranate juice blends well with tangerine juice.
Ingredients
1 lb bacon, chopped
2-3 leeks, chopped & cleaned thoroughly
2 cups brown rice, cooked
2 tbsp. tomato paste
1/2 cup water or low-soduim chicken stock
salt & pepper to taste
Fry bacon in a large skillet until crisp. Remove bacon and stir-fry leeks in 1 tbsp. bacon drippings until tender. Add rice, tomatoe paste, stock and salt and pepper to taste. Simmer 3-5 mins. stirring frequently until stock is absorbed. Stir in bacon.
*You can substitute the bacon with ham or spicy italian sausage just add 1 tbsp. of oil to saute the leeks. If you don’t have bron rice regular white rice is good too.
Ingredients
3 cups Lite Cool Whip, chilled
1 cup mashed ripe mango
1 tsp. vanilla extract
Thin slices of ripe mangoes
Graham Crackers
Blend cream and mashed mango, vanilla and set aside.
In a square 9 x 9-inch Pyrex or any transparent dish, assemble graham crackers on the bottom of the dish then layer with cream mixture and mango slices.
Repeat the process, ending with the cream mixture on top.
Sprinkle with chopped nuts (optional). Garnish with more slices of mangoes. Chill before serving.
*Buy the Manila mangoes they are in season spring until summer time. If it is a little bit sour you can add a few tablespoon of condensed milk. You can buy the mangoes in Chinatown, Filipino stores or you can check your local grocery stores like Loblaws or No Frills. You can substitute the mangoes to peaches, strawberries or blueberries…experiment and enJOY!
