Basil Lemonade (really limeade?…)
1/2 cup sugar + 1 cup water
4 whole basil leaves
4 limes, quartered
1/4 cup sweetened condensed milk
4 cups cold water
Garnish with basil, mint or watermelon stars*
Makes 1 1/2 quarts
Put sugar and water into a small saucepan. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat, stir in basil and chill. When cold, pour it into blender with limes, condensed milk and 2 cups cold water. Blend 4 seconds on high. Strain into pitcher. Rinse blender with 2 cups cold water, pour it through remains in the strainer into pitcher (to get rest of juice). Pour into glasses over crushed ice, garnish.
*To make watermelon stars: cut out stars with a cookie cutter type item; thread onto a wooden skewer. If you freeze them, stars will adhere to wood and won’t slide around on the skewer.
from susanbranch.com
Energy Bites
1 cup dry oatmeal, quick
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup mint chocolate chips
1/3 cup honey
1 Tbsp chica seeds*
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 tsp almond flavoring
(* can use chica seed/flax seed/ coconut flakes blend)
Mix everything together with a spoon. Cover, refrigerate 2-3 hours. Roll mixture into balls (a little smaller than golf balls). Put on a plate and freeze until firm. Store in a ziplock bag in the freezer.
-Rena Marketon, Park Rapids, MN
Cranberry Sloppy Joes
1 lb hamburger
1 cup celery, chopped
1 cup onion, chopped
1 cup bell pepper (1/2 regular & 1/2 semi hot)
1 can tomato soup
1 can whole cranberry sauce
pepper to taste
1/2 tsp oregano
buns, toasted
Cook first 4 ingredients in a skillet. Then stir in tomato soup, cranberry sauce, pepper and oregano. Simmer 20-30 minutes. Serve on toasted buns.
-Lael Koster, Osage, IA
“Lazy” Cake Mix Cookies “Bar”
1 box yellow or white cake mix
2 beaten eggs
5 Tbsp melted butter
2 cups M&Ms or mini chips
Grease bottom of 9×13″ cake pan. Mix cake mix, eggs and butter. Spread mixture evenly in pan. Bake at 350F for 20 minutes.
-Jean Meester, Bigelow, MN
All of the above recipes are from the County Register of Eden Valley, Cold Spring and Waite Park-July – August 2014
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