Chocolate Peanut Butter Love Cake

Here's a cool and creamy treat that's sweet yet not too heavy, 

with all the favorite goodies.

 

Ingredients

2 cups heavy whipping cream
½ cup creamy peanut butter
½ cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
20 Oreos or similar cookies
2 Reeses Cups or similar candy

Mix together ¼ cup of the whipping cream and all of the peanut butter until smooth.

In another bowl, beat the rest of the whipping cream together with the powdered sugar and vanilla until the mixture is puffed up and forms little ripples.  Combine this with the peanut butter mixture, adding a bit at a time.

Separate the Oreos just like you did when you were a kid.  Lay them out along the bottom of an 8"x8"x2" pan.  (For nice presentation, it's best if you have a springform pan or a recyclable one that you don't mind ruining, so you can cut the sides off when it's cooled.)

Spread about half of the whipped mixture evenly over the cookies.  Repeat with another layer of cookies, and another one of the whipped mixture.  For the top, break the remaining cookies into small pieces and line the border with them.  Sprinkle finer crumbs over the rest of the cake.  Cut up the Reeses Cups into small pieces as well and add them to the border.

Refrigerate for at least 5 hours.  To serve, remove the edges of the pan and leave it as it is or transfer it to another serving platter.

East Indian Style Rice

This is a great way to spice up rice with a unique flavor combination!

Ingredients

4 cups cooked white or basmati rice (about 2 cups uncooked)
¼ cup butter
½ cup thinly sliced onion
¼ cup chopped pistachios or almonds
½ cup raisins
1 egg
shredded coconut to taste

Cook the rice in a rice cooker or large pan.  Hard-boil the egg and allow it to cool.

Heat the butter over medium-low heat and use it to cook the onion slices.  Add the nuts and raisins and heat them until the raisins are soft, plump, and delicious.

Add the pan mixture to the rice and mix well.  Place in a serving dish and sprinkle with crumbled egg yolk.  (You can use the egg whites in another part of the meal or just eat it on its own.)  Top with shredded coconut.

Love-it Lemonade

Ingredients

1 cup fresh-squeezed lemon juice (about 4 lemons, plus extra for garnish)
5 cups water
¾  cup sugar
optional: raspberries, blueberries, or sliced strawberries 

Use a citrus juicer to squeeze the juice from the lemons.  Mix the ingredients in a large pitcher and taste, adding more sugar or water if necessary.

For an extra twist, throw some berries into your glass!

Grits 'N' Eggs

Something different for a Sunday breakfast!

 

 Ingredients

(for two servings)

1 ½ cups water
¼  teaspoon salt
¾  cup grits (or cream of wheat)
1 tablespoon butter
2 tablespoons parmesan cheese
a couple sprigs of green onion, thinly chopped
2-4 eggs, as desired

Bring the water to a boil with the salt in a pan.  Slowly stir in the grits.  Reduce heat to low and add half a tablespoon of butter, the parmesan cheese, some pepper, and most of the green onions.

Use the rest of the butter to fry the eggs over-easy. 

Spread the grits into bowls and lay the fried eggs over the top.  Sprinkle on the rest of the green onions and a little more pepper.  Enjoy!

Orange Julius

Ingredients
(for two glasses)

3 oz. orange juice concentrate
2 cups vanilla ice cream*
½ cup milk
1 organic egg

*For a slightly less creamy, more smoothie-like texture, you can substitute another ½ cup of milk and 2 cups of crushed ice instead of ice cream.

Throw all of the ingredients into a blender and mix until smooth.  Quick and delicious!