chilled berry soup

My son calls this eyeball and brain soup. The berries make a thick, red "brain" while the grapes look like eyes.

You need
20 oz. berries (mostly raspberries and/ or blackberries, but you can have some strawberries and blueberries, too), either fresh or frozen
1 cup apple juice
3/4 C. whipping cream
1/2 C. Greek yogurt (I use honey flavor)
1/4 C. sour cream
1/2 C. sugar
2 TBSP lemon juice
1 C. white grapes (for garnish)

In a blender, add berries and juice. Blend till smooth. Add cream, yogurt, sour cream, sugar, and lemon juice. Continue blending till all one consistency. Refrigerate at least 1 hour, until ready to serve.
To serve, pour in bowl. Add grapes.Enjoy!

Ham & Swiss Finger Potatoes

I have an addiction to finger potatoes. They are so small and cute... Who needs russets, anyways?
Here's what you'll need:
2 cups finger potatoes
2 TBSP olive oil
1/2 cup cubed swiss cheese (smaller cubes)
1/4 cup cubed ham
cooking spray

Preheat oven to 350. Spray a 9*9 pan.
Cut potatoes into strips. I cut mine in half length-wise, then placed them flat side down and sliced 3-4 more times, length-wise. Place in a bowl. Add oil and coat potatoes. Add about 1/4 cup cheese and ham, mix well. Pour into 9*13, top with remaining cheese. Bake 30 min, until cheese is melted and potatoes soft.
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Buttered Egg

I have this cook book (one of many) from Ireland. On one of the pages in the "eggs" section, it talks about buttered eggs. You need to have access to very fresh eggs. You take the egg "before the hen misses it" and coat it in butter. It preserves the egg, and gives it a nice, buttery flavor when cooked.
Well... We just got chickens, and today got our 1st egg. So I coated it in butter. It's now sitting in the fridge waiting to be used. I can't wait to try it!!!

Tropical Fruit Cake

1 white cake mix
ingredients as listed for cake, I used hazelnut oil for the oil.
Coconut water + lemon juice instead of water
1/4 C Berry jam (I used a triple berry lime jam)
white frosting
coconut syrup
lime juice
coconut flakes
berries
Preheat oven (according to cake mix). Mix the cake mix with the ingredients called for, substituting coconut water and lemon juice for water.  Pour into appropriate size cake pan. spoon jam on top of batter in different places. Using a butter knife, swirl the batter and jam together. Bake as directed. At same time, place coconut in single layer on cookie sheet. Place under cake so it gets golden. Remove both at same time. When cool, remove cake from pan. Mix frosting with lime juice and coconut syrup. Frost cake. Sprinkle coconut over frosting. Top with fresh berries.

Fall harvest soup

Once again, no pics. I was going to make an old recipe, then couldn't find an ingredient that was right in front of me, so I switched things up.
Next time, pics!!!
You need:
1 sweet onion
about 1 cup each diced apples and pears (don't worry about being exact)
2 TBSP butter
1/2 C. sweet white wine (I'm an alcoholic cook!)
1 can pumpkin puree
1 TBSP each ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon
1/2 tsp Vanilla bean paste (I am addicted to this stuff, its better than just vanilla. And I have 5 unopened bottles, so I'm trying to go through inventory)
1 tsp cayenne pepper
2 TBSP honey
Broth as needed to thin out to your preference

In a soup pot, melt the butter. Meanwhile, peel and chop the onion. Place onion in butter. cook on low till onion browns. Add the apples and pears. Coat all with butter. Add wine. Simmer until apples and pears soft. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the onion, apple and pear into a blender or food processor. Add the pumpkin. Blend until smooth. You may need to use some of the cooking wine to thin it out. Return to the pan and mix well with the wine.add the spices, vanilla, and honey. mix well!!! (The honey will stick to the bottom of the pan at first). cook on low till serving time. If too thick, add broth.

Sweet curry citrus chicken with citrus salsa

I just threw this together and didn't take pictures cause I didn't know how it would turn out. Sorry. I will next time!
You need
1 whole chicken
2 TBSP sweet curry powder
2 TBSP Vanilla bean paste
1 tsp each: Cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, clove
1/4 C. lemon juice
1 can each pineapple chunks and mandarin oranges in juice
1/4 C. each Cilantro, green onion and red onion, all chopped

Remove insides of chicken(unless you want to eat them). Mix curry, 1 TBSP of vanilla, spices, lemon juice. Strain the cans of fruit, reserving the juice. Mix juice with the above mixture. Pour the other 1 TBSP of vanilla in cavity. Marinade chicken in mixture, flipping frequently. Marinade at least 1 hour, more if wanted.
Place chicken and sauce in crock pot. turn on low. cook 8+ hours.
Mix the pineapple, and oranges (the cans you drained) with the cilantro and onions. Serve with chicken.

Lemonade Ice Cream pie

Looks like you worked harder than you do.
Make a graham cracker crust in 9*13 pan (I used 1 cube butter and about 1 1/2 C. graham cracker crumbs)

 

 bake at 350 for about 10 minutes, then remove to cool.
Meanwhile, mix 1/2 gallon ice cream (I usually choose a fruity flavor, but plain vanilla works too).  Mix and add 1 can pink lemonade concentrate.

 

 

Mix well then pour over crust. Place in freezer. Freeze at least 1 hour, up till time to eat!

You can serve alone, top with toasted coconut and or berry topping.

Berry topping:
1 can cherry pie filling
8 oz. each: whole raspberries, hulled and sliced strawberries, any other berries
Mix well without smashing berries.