Origins Of The Sangria Recipe
If you are visiting Spain, be sure to try the sangria recipe at your favourite restaurant or bar. This is a traditional Spanish drink and you will find it served in most bars and restaurants. Recipes vary from place to place, so be sure to try it with a few meals in different locations. The ingredients used in the recipe can also vary according to the food that is being served.
Sangria is served throughout the country in the summer. In the northern areas, it is considered a summer drink. In the eastern and southern areas of the country, the drink is served all year round. These areas have a warmer climate and tend to have mild temperatures even in the winter. The strength of the drink varies from place to place. In general, it is stronger in bars and tends to be weaker at dance clubs or discos.
Sangria originated in Spain. The word sangria is the Spanish word for bleeding. The drink gets its name from the red color of the wine used in a traditional sangria recipe. The drink is also made with white wine. This is called sangria blanco.
Sangria is basically a mix of wine, juices, soda water and fruit. Any young red wine can be used in a traditional recipe. Good, quality ingredients are important in this drink. Wine is the dominant ingredient, so care is taken to use a good wine.
Sangria is often served in one liter pitchers. The pitcher used should have a strainer on the lid. This strains out ice and fruit, keeping them in the pitcher and out of the glass. You can order the beverage by the glass, but it is usually served in pitchers. At parties, it is usually served in a punch bowl.
Creating Your Own Sangria Recipe
The typical recipe contains red wine, sliced fruit, a sweetener such as honey or sugar and a small amount to triple sec or brandy. A basic recipe is one bottle red wine; two cups clear soda, two cups orange juice, one half cup triple sec and sliced oranges.
The type of fruit can vary according to your taste or with the type of food that will be served. White wine can be substituted for red, if you are making sangria blanco. Be sure to use a quality white wine for this variation. Whether or not carbonation is used in the recipe is another common variation of the basic recipe.
With any recipe, it’s important to allow time for the liquid to blend with the fruit. This enhances the flavour. To allow time for this, mix all the ingredients except ice and soda. Adjust ingredients in the recipe to suit your tastes. Pour into a pitcher and leave in the refrigerator for several hours or over night.
Add soda and ice just before serving. If desired, more fresh fruit can be added just prior to serving the beverage. For parties, pour sangria into a punch bowl. Add ice, soda and more fresh fruit. Add these ingredients just before serving. Serve the beverage just after the final ingredients are added.
Try a variety of good quality red and white wines when creating this beverage. Experiment with a variety of fruits, clear sodas and fruit juices to come up with a few different recipes for different occasions. Make a note of each one and keep these notes for future reference. Try a different recipe at each party or to go with different foods you may be serving.
By: Clinton Maxwell -
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Friday, March 23, 2007
Atkins Diet Recipes
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So you’re going on the Atkins Diet. It’s not necessarily your first diet and until you try this, you can’t be certain that it will be your last diet attempt. Everything you’ve well-tried out so far has failing you and you’re on the brink of giving up diet altogether. Of course this has been the case many a time before and in time you’ve still found yourself going on diet after dieting without too much remorse. Now until now you live in the desire that with the Atkins Diet recipes that you have tucked firm in your purse, that you’ll be able to beat your track record of yo-yo dieting. You head on home full of exhilaration and plans to buy that little black dress you’ve had your eye on now for a few months. You won’t go out and get it instantly of course, no that would justjinx your diet efforts, but with the help of the Atkins Diet recipes you shouldn’t have too long to wait.
By the time you get home and sit in your kitchen going through the lists of food you’re allowed to eat you’re wondering what you got yourself into. Most of these things you have utterly no idea of how you’re going to cook, and also they don’t sound half as likeable as Joe’s pizza pie from around the corner.
Despair hits you and you kiss that little black lop goodbye, there’s no way you can live off these foods, and you don’t even think you could prepare them if you did go out and buy them. That’s when divine guidance strikes you, of course enough, and you remember the Atkins Diet recipes that you have which are now burning a hole in your purse.
You had put the two things in two different compartments of your avowedly cavernous pocketbook and had totally bewildered about the Atkins Diet recipes which you had. Your happiness levels arise again and you can see the black wearing apparel within your grasp again. So now you manikin down and make a list of the foods that you’ll need to start out on one of your very first Atkins Diet recipes.
The very thing you need to do though is take all that lovely high carb foods with which your cupboards are stuffed, to the nearest protection and make a salubrious contribution of foods. It doesn’t matter what the family says, they’re all going on the Atkins Diet with you.
Next you hightail it to the supermarket and buy the things off your food list which you’ll need to cook the first meal on your Atkins Diet recipes list. And along the way you’ll stop off at the little dress shop round the corner and promise the little black garb displayed so prominently in the window, that you’ll be its owner before long!
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So you’re going on the Atkins Diet. It’s not necessarily your first diet and until you try this, you can’t be certain that it will be your last diet attempt. Everything you’ve well-tried out so far has failing you and you’re on the brink of giving up diet altogether. Of course this has been the case many a time before and in time you’ve still found yourself going on diet after dieting without too much remorse. Now until now you live in the desire that with the Atkins Diet recipes that you have tucked firm in your purse, that you’ll be able to beat your track record of yo-yo dieting. You head on home full of exhilaration and plans to buy that little black dress you’ve had your eye on now for a few months. You won’t go out and get it instantly of course, no that would justjinx your diet efforts, but with the help of the Atkins Diet recipes you shouldn’t have too long to wait.
By the time you get home and sit in your kitchen going through the lists of food you’re allowed to eat you’re wondering what you got yourself into. Most of these things you have utterly no idea of how you’re going to cook, and also they don’t sound half as likeable as Joe’s pizza pie from around the corner.
Despair hits you and you kiss that little black lop goodbye, there’s no way you can live off these foods, and you don’t even think you could prepare them if you did go out and buy them. That’s when divine guidance strikes you, of course enough, and you remember the Atkins Diet recipes that you have which are now burning a hole in your purse.
You had put the two things in two different compartments of your avowedly cavernous pocketbook and had totally bewildered about the Atkins Diet recipes which you had. Your happiness levels arise again and you can see the black wearing apparel within your grasp again. So now you manikin down and make a list of the foods that you’ll need to start out on one of your very first Atkins Diet recipes.
The very thing you need to do though is take all that lovely high carb foods with which your cupboards are stuffed, to the nearest protection and make a salubrious contribution of foods. It doesn’t matter what the family says, they’re all going on the Atkins Diet with you.
Next you hightail it to the supermarket and buy the things off your food list which you’ll need to cook the first meal on your Atkins Diet recipes list. And along the way you’ll stop off at the little dress shop round the corner and promise the little black garb displayed so prominently in the window, that you’ll be its owner before long!
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Friday, March 9, 2007
Creating Your Own Pizza
My kids have both always loved pizza. We discovered some great easy pizza recipes over the years. It can get very costly to keep ordering pizza from the local take out places. So, we began making our own pizzas and today, 20 years later, my kids still love the homemade pizza over the take out pizza.
There are several ideas for crusts. We have used bagels as the crust. We’ve used large bagels, small bagels, onion bagels, jalapeno bagels, cheese bagels and even egg bagels. We cut them in half, add sauce, add cheese and then add any toppings we want.
We have also used english muffins for the crust of the pizza. We like the pizza crunchy, so we always toast the english muffins before adding the sauce. As above, we add sauce, and then we add cheese and any other toppings we want. We buy pineapple chunks, black chopped olives and even use leftover cubed chicken pieces.
We have also used refrigerated biscuits as our crust. Just unroll them and flatten them out on a cookie sheet. I bake them so the dough is not raw then add your sauce and toppings and then put them under the boiler. These make wonderful mini pizzas with a very light tasting crust.
We also have used different sauces on our pizzas. We use pizza sauce, alfredo sauce and barbeque sauce. A restaurant chain here in California is famous for their barbeque chicken pizza. We can make that also. Instead of pizza sauce, we put barbeque sauce on the english muffin or the bagel, then add the cheese and chicken cubes.
If you love vegetables, you can add cut up onions, cut up bell peppers, sliced zucchini or any other vegetable your family enjoys.
You can also add meats. Sliced pepperoni is often a kids’ favorite. You can also brown hamburger meat to add to your pizza. If I use hamburger meat, I let it marinate for a little while in the pizza sauce so that the meat has flavor.
We’ve had a lot of fun trying different cheeses and different toppings on our pizzas. Ask the kids what they want and let them help with the creation.
Add a salad and you have a great inexpensive meal. Bon Appetite!!
By: Audrey Okaneko
There are several ideas for crusts. We have used bagels as the crust. We’ve used large bagels, small bagels, onion bagels, jalapeno bagels, cheese bagels and even egg bagels. We cut them in half, add sauce, add cheese and then add any toppings we want.
We have also used english muffins for the crust of the pizza. We like the pizza crunchy, so we always toast the english muffins before adding the sauce. As above, we add sauce, and then we add cheese and any other toppings we want. We buy pineapple chunks, black chopped olives and even use leftover cubed chicken pieces.
We have also used refrigerated biscuits as our crust. Just unroll them and flatten them out on a cookie sheet. I bake them so the dough is not raw then add your sauce and toppings and then put them under the boiler. These make wonderful mini pizzas with a very light tasting crust.
We also have used different sauces on our pizzas. We use pizza sauce, alfredo sauce and barbeque sauce. A restaurant chain here in California is famous for their barbeque chicken pizza. We can make that also. Instead of pizza sauce, we put barbeque sauce on the english muffin or the bagel, then add the cheese and chicken cubes.
If you love vegetables, you can add cut up onions, cut up bell peppers, sliced zucchini or any other vegetable your family enjoys.
You can also add meats. Sliced pepperoni is often a kids’ favorite. You can also brown hamburger meat to add to your pizza. If I use hamburger meat, I let it marinate for a little while in the pizza sauce so that the meat has flavor.
We’ve had a lot of fun trying different cheeses and different toppings on our pizzas. Ask the kids what they want and let them help with the creation.
Add a salad and you have a great inexpensive meal. Bon Appetite!!
By: Audrey Okaneko
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Eggs Are A Star Of Breakfast Camping Recipes
Breakfast camping recipes can be as quick and simple as you want, or you can prepare a large feast for your entire family or group of campers. Depending on the type of equipment you have, you can make a quick breakfast sandwich that doesn't even require a campfire, or you can prepare a dutch oven egg bake that can feed six or more people.
Eggs are a morning favorite, and many breakfast camping recipes include eggs as the main ingredient. Egg breakfasts make a great energy-providing meal that will fuel you throughout your day outdoors.
Egg breakfast camping recipes are also a great choice for the campground since the number of eggs can easily be altered to feed as many or as few people as you desire. Here are some tips to make your camp cooking breakfast egg dishes as good as they can be.
Add a little water to your eggs when you whip them up, or some milk if you have that available. This will make your eggs extra fluffy.
When scrambling eggs, be sure to stir constantly to avoid burning them. Also, if you are using a dutch oven to bake an egg dish, be careful to monitor the temperature of the dutch oven and not burn the bottom of the eggs. Burnt eggs will ruin the taste of your entire dish.
Be creative and try your favorite ingredients with your egg dishes. Including vegetables such as green peppers or mushrooms will make your egg breakfast healthy and tasty.
To avoid bringing extra cooking equipment with you to the campsite and to skip any timely preparation, whip your eggs before you leave home and store them in a portable container.
Breakfast camping recipes, including egg breakfast dishes, can be found online. Taking a quick peek at some easy breakfast camping recipes before you set out on your camping trip will allow you to have some tasty dishes in mind and ready to prepare on a hungry morning.
Bringing along the right ingredients, you can prepare an adequate breakfast in just minutes. If you would like to avoid taking with you bulky cooking equipment, try breakfast camping recipes that are simple sandwiches but will still provide you with a warm meal. For example, to prepare a hot breakfast bagel, all you need is some aluminum foil.
Open up a bagel and add your favorite deli meat, such as smoked turkey. Top with cheese, close the bagel, and wrap in aluminum foil. Placing the wrapped bagel near the campfire will produce a warm sandwich with melted cheese, perfect for a camping breakfast.
by Tom Ambrozewicz
Eggs are a morning favorite, and many breakfast camping recipes include eggs as the main ingredient. Egg breakfasts make a great energy-providing meal that will fuel you throughout your day outdoors.
Egg breakfast camping recipes are also a great choice for the campground since the number of eggs can easily be altered to feed as many or as few people as you desire. Here are some tips to make your camp cooking breakfast egg dishes as good as they can be.
Add a little water to your eggs when you whip them up, or some milk if you have that available. This will make your eggs extra fluffy.
When scrambling eggs, be sure to stir constantly to avoid burning them. Also, if you are using a dutch oven to bake an egg dish, be careful to monitor the temperature of the dutch oven and not burn the bottom of the eggs. Burnt eggs will ruin the taste of your entire dish.
Be creative and try your favorite ingredients with your egg dishes. Including vegetables such as green peppers or mushrooms will make your egg breakfast healthy and tasty.
To avoid bringing extra cooking equipment with you to the campsite and to skip any timely preparation, whip your eggs before you leave home and store them in a portable container.
Breakfast camping recipes, including egg breakfast dishes, can be found online. Taking a quick peek at some easy breakfast camping recipes before you set out on your camping trip will allow you to have some tasty dishes in mind and ready to prepare on a hungry morning.
Bringing along the right ingredients, you can prepare an adequate breakfast in just minutes. If you would like to avoid taking with you bulky cooking equipment, try breakfast camping recipes that are simple sandwiches but will still provide you with a warm meal. For example, to prepare a hot breakfast bagel, all you need is some aluminum foil.
Open up a bagel and add your favorite deli meat, such as smoked turkey. Top with cheese, close the bagel, and wrap in aluminum foil. Placing the wrapped bagel near the campfire will produce a warm sandwich with melted cheese, perfect for a camping breakfast.
by Tom Ambrozewicz
Tuesday, February 6, 2007
Banana Smoothie Recipe With A Twist
Bananas are a staple ingredient in smoothies. Not a staple ingredient in my smoothies, but the general public seems to believe one must be included for some reason (probably this growing tumor of misinformation I keep talking about, where anybody who read an excerpt on Wikipedia, suddenly declares themselves expert on the subject).
But what I've also found, when people have approached me confused and surprisingly intimidated about smoothie recipes, is how little imagination the general public has. Of course, there are those folks out there who exploit the popularity of smoothies, knowing that people look for them, and compile 1000 combinations of 3 different fruits, and Sha-Zaam you've evidently got a smoothie recipe, they usually have not been made or tasted, but you can find that kind of crappy information anywhere and everywhere. Usually for a very cheap price.
People who opt for healthy living I'd like to think are smarter and a bit more savvy than those individuals who choose to eat instant-heart attack foods by the truckload. And people who are more open minded to being healthy, usually are more creative in their pursuits (personal experience, not clinical study), thus I am unsure what the hesitance is for this limitation of thinking. There are no rules here. You are in charge. Break Free of Smoothie Recipe Chains ... o.k toooo much carrot juice, bit of an admitted overkill.
Here's such an example of a banana smoothie recipe different than the usual train of thought. Try it tonight, or now would be even better.
Combine in a blender:
Two bananas, half to three quarters of a cup of your favorite soy milk, depending on the consistency you prefer. (I like vanilla flavored for this, but chocolate, or plain would be just fine), one tablespoon of honey, and I also like to throw in a small handful of chocolate chips. You can go with a all natural carob kinda thing, but I eat milk chocolate ones. (I was blessed with a high metabolism, and eat healthy, so I won't see any pounds, and in moderation, eat it).
Now raise that glass to your lips and..dri... No. Don't drink it silly. Put it in a container that is safe for cold temperatures and FREEZE it. Poof! Just like that you have an alternative to traditional ice cream, and an easy homemade ice cream recipe that is best for a number of reasons, including: YOU controlled ALL the ingredients to, and YOU are completely in charge of the flavor. Low calorie ice cream, especially if you choose no chips (of course, there's plenty of substitutions, or you can top it with something healthy, when you decide to eat it).
Embrace new things and live healthy!
by Robert McMackey
But what I've also found, when people have approached me confused and surprisingly intimidated about smoothie recipes, is how little imagination the general public has. Of course, there are those folks out there who exploit the popularity of smoothies, knowing that people look for them, and compile 1000 combinations of 3 different fruits, and Sha-Zaam you've evidently got a smoothie recipe, they usually have not been made or tasted, but you can find that kind of crappy information anywhere and everywhere. Usually for a very cheap price.
People who opt for healthy living I'd like to think are smarter and a bit more savvy than those individuals who choose to eat instant-heart attack foods by the truckload. And people who are more open minded to being healthy, usually are more creative in their pursuits (personal experience, not clinical study), thus I am unsure what the hesitance is for this limitation of thinking. There are no rules here. You are in charge. Break Free of Smoothie Recipe Chains ... o.k toooo much carrot juice, bit of an admitted overkill.
Here's such an example of a banana smoothie recipe different than the usual train of thought. Try it tonight, or now would be even better.
Combine in a blender:
Two bananas, half to three quarters of a cup of your favorite soy milk, depending on the consistency you prefer. (I like vanilla flavored for this, but chocolate, or plain would be just fine), one tablespoon of honey, and I also like to throw in a small handful of chocolate chips. You can go with a all natural carob kinda thing, but I eat milk chocolate ones. (I was blessed with a high metabolism, and eat healthy, so I won't see any pounds, and in moderation, eat it).
Now raise that glass to your lips and..dri... No. Don't drink it silly. Put it in a container that is safe for cold temperatures and FREEZE it. Poof! Just like that you have an alternative to traditional ice cream, and an easy homemade ice cream recipe that is best for a number of reasons, including: YOU controlled ALL the ingredients to, and YOU are completely in charge of the flavor. Low calorie ice cream, especially if you choose no chips (of course, there's plenty of substitutions, or you can top it with something healthy, when you decide to eat it).
Embrace new things and live healthy!
by Robert McMackey
Saturday, February 3, 2007
Cheesy Chili-Mac - recipe from Weight Watchers
* 1 spray cooking spray
* 2/3 lb extra lean ground beef
* 2 medium onions, chopped
* 29 oz canned stewed tomatoes, Mexican-style (undrained)
* 2 ½ cups canned tomato juice
* 4 oz canned green chili peppers, diced, drained
* 2 tsp chili powder
* 1 ½ cups uncooked macaroni, elbow
* 31 oz canned pinto beans, drained and rinsed
* ¼ cup low-fat shredded cheddar cheese
Coat a large skillet with cooking spray. Cook ground beef and onion over medium-high heat until meat is browned, about 10 minutes; drain fat.
Stir in undrained stewed tomatoes including juice, tomato juice, chili peppers and chili powder; bring mixture to a boil.
Stir in macaroni and beans; return to boiling. Reduce heat, cover and simmer until macaroni is tender, about 15 minutes. Spoon chili into bowls and sprinkle with cheese. Yields about 1 cup of chili and 1 ½ tsp of cheese per serving.
POINTS Value: 6
Servings 8
Go to weightwatchers.com for more Make Ahead Soups, Chilies and Stews
* 2/3 lb extra lean ground beef
* 2 medium onions, chopped
* 29 oz canned stewed tomatoes, Mexican-style (undrained)
* 2 ½ cups canned tomato juice
* 4 oz canned green chili peppers, diced, drained
* 2 tsp chili powder
* 1 ½ cups uncooked macaroni, elbow
* 31 oz canned pinto beans, drained and rinsed
* ¼ cup low-fat shredded cheddar cheese
Coat a large skillet with cooking spray. Cook ground beef and onion over medium-high heat until meat is browned, about 10 minutes; drain fat.
Stir in undrained stewed tomatoes including juice, tomato juice, chili peppers and chili powder; bring mixture to a boil.
Stir in macaroni and beans; return to boiling. Reduce heat, cover and simmer until macaroni is tender, about 15 minutes. Spoon chili into bowls and sprinkle with cheese. Yields about 1 cup of chili and 1 ½ tsp of cheese per serving.
POINTS Value: 6
Servings 8
Go to weightwatchers.com for more Make Ahead Soups, Chilies and Stews
Kalasan Fried Chicken (Indonesian Sweet Fried Chicken)
Ingredients:
4 pcs Big Red Chili (omit the seeds)
100 cc of coconut water
1 pc Tomato (Cut into 4 pcs)
2 pcs Shallots (1 pc cut into 2 pcs)
3 pcs of Salam leaves or bay leaves as a substitute
1 pc of Galangal (bruised)
1 pc of Brown Sugar
1 chicken (cut into smaller pieces)
Method:
Simmer chicken with coconut water, salt and all the ingredients until the water has almost evaporated and the chicken is tender.
Drain and allow to cool.
Set aside the red chili, tomato and red onion from the chicken to make the chili sauce.
Deep-fried chicken in hot oil until golden brown but do not fried it too crunchy.
The chicken is ready to be served with the chili sauce
Chili Sauce:
Grind the red chili, tomato and red onion that have been set aside. Add salt, sugar and shrimp paste. For serving: add Indonesian lime (limau orange) and sweet soy sauce into the chili sauce.
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4 pcs Big Red Chili (omit the seeds)
100 cc of coconut water
1 pc Tomato (Cut into 4 pcs)
2 pcs Shallots (1 pc cut into 2 pcs)
3 pcs of Salam leaves or bay leaves as a substitute
1 pc of Galangal (bruised)
1 pc of Brown Sugar
1 chicken (cut into smaller pieces)
Method:
Simmer chicken with coconut water, salt and all the ingredients until the water has almost evaporated and the chicken is tender.
Drain and allow to cool.
Set aside the red chili, tomato and red onion from the chicken to make the chili sauce.
Deep-fried chicken in hot oil until golden brown but do not fried it too crunchy.
The chicken is ready to be served with the chili sauce
Chili Sauce:
Grind the red chili, tomato and red onion that have been set aside. Add salt, sugar and shrimp paste. For serving: add Indonesian lime (limau orange) and sweet soy sauce into the chili sauce.
Hanny and her husband, Yochention, is a network marketer. She enjoys her business so much because she can do the business at the comfort of her home while she can still doing what she likes. http://www.EzInternetIncome.com
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