Monday, October 27, 2014

Apple Grilled Sweet Potatoes

Sweet Potatoes

Deliciously spiced sweet potatoes are grilled with apples for a perfect mouth watering blend. Grill and Oven directions.


Ingredients

2 large sweet potatoes, sliced and diced
1 apple - peeled, cored and thinly sliced and diced
Ground cinnamon to taste
Brown sugar to taste or Splenda
1/2 cup butter


Directions

Grill

Preheat an outdoor grill medium heat. 


In a bowl, toss the sweet potato and apple slices and dice with the cinnamon and sugar.

Divide the mixture into 4 portions, places each on a large piece of aluminum foil.

Top each with an equal amount of butter.

Tightly seal foil around each portion.

Place foil packets on the grill, and cook 40 minutes.

Turning every 5 to 10 minutes, until potatoes and apples are tender.

Oven

Preheat an oven 350 degrees F. 


In a bowl, toss the sweet potato and apple slices and dice with the cinnamon and sugar.

Divide the mixture into 4 portions, places each on a large piece of aluminum foil.

Top each with an equal amount of butter.

Tightly seal foil around each portion.

Place foil packets on the grill, and cook 40-50 minutes.

Bake until potatoes and apples are tender.







Sunday, October 26, 2014

The Best Wild-berry Sangria


This Quick & Easy "Wild-berry Sangria" recipes offers a delicious aroma of fresh red cherries and sweet vanilla with a light herbal touch that is hands down the best sangria I have ever had!



Ingredients

1 750ml Bottle of Sutter Home Cabernet Sauvignon 
1 cup (8 oz) DeKuyper® Wilderberry schnapps
1 cup (8 oz) Cranberry juice 
1 cup (8 oz) Orange juice 1oz
8 Maraschino cherries
1/2 cup blackberries
1 small Orange
1 Lime wedge
2 cups Strawberries


Directions

Pour wine, schnapps, Cranberry juice, and Orange juice to a large container and mix well. 

Cut orange and lime in half then thinly slice into wedges.


Put all the orange and lime wedges into the container with the wine mixture.


Rise strawberries and blackberries; (cut tops off the strawberries) and put them both into the container with the wine mixture. 


Refrigerate for no less than two hours; overnight produces a better flavor.


Fill glass with ice and pour mixture over the ice.


Garnish with a cherry on top and server.
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Pumpkin Pie Colada


Yum--Pumpkin Pie Colada in 10 minutes! This smooth, blended of rums with spices and frozen Pumpkin will quickly become addictive...it's just that good!


INGREDIENTS

4 oz. White Rum
5 oz. Cruzan Clipper Spiced Rum
1 Pumpkin Pie Yogurt (6 oz.)
1 cup frozen pureed Pumpkin
¼ teaspoon allspice
¼ teaspoon nutmeg
¼ teaspoon Cinnamon

Cool Whip (optional)

DIRECTIONS

Fill Ice trays with pureed Pumpkin 2 hours before serving.

Blend together white rum, spiced rum, yogurt, allspice, nutmeg, Cinnamon until smooth.


Add frozen pureed Pumpkin and blend until smooth. 


Pour into a cocktail glass.


Garnish with a Cool Whip and sprinkle with Cinnamon.