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Oh, I'm moving through this like LIGHTNING! Look at me go!



Brazilian Lemonade

This is the recipe ( as detailed on the website )

Here's what I did...

I read through the recipe once. I read through the part about putting the limes in the blender.

I just started to going through the steps until I got something that was palatable. *grins*

What I started with...

I was given limes last week and needed to find a use for them. Notice they're the little limes but they aren't key lime limes. They're just small.

The instruments of destruction...


The finished product...


It was good! I'm freezing the rest of the lime/sugar water mixture so that I can use that in the blender instead of ice. I think that will make a nice change!

RECIPE #3
Jicama Salad


You just can't go wrong with a good jicama. Let me tell you that you need to find a GOOD ONE, though. I was lucky enough to go by the produce department in the afternoon (even though I'd gone through in the morning) and discover a new batch of jicamas with smooth, tan skin and little defect. Those are the ones to get!

I found this recipe at Simply Recipes.

( Ingredients: )

There is something you should know about me right up front. I don't eat onions. Any sort of onions. So I didn't put any onions in but I did put a tiny bit of onion salt in so I only used a little tiny bit of regular salt. I forgot to pick up a avocado *weeps* but it would have been a nice addition. Since I will probably be taking this to work with me tomorrow for lunch, I'll grab one then and add it. I think that would be delightful! I also added the tiniest splash of red wine vinegar.

And now...

RECIPE #4
Jicama Sticks


This recipe found at allrecipes.com.

( Ingredients: )

Super good and easy as... well, Jicama Sticks!

Some other recipes I would recommend:

Jicama Salad with Cilantro and Lime - Can you guess what's in this? Oh, I think you can.
Jicama Salad with Cucumer and Lime - Once again, name the ingredients in this recipe.

If you haven't tried jicama, give it a try. I adore it!

Why look! I made something today. This recipe is what gave me the initial idea, actually. So I hurried into the kitchen and took a picture and VOILA! My first challenge entry.

This recipe was in our local weekly paper this week. Since we still have THREE DOZEN hard-boiled eggs left over from Easter, I figured we needed some new recipes for them. I'm going to give you the recipe as it was in the paper and then give you my thoughts.

Bacon and Hard-Boiled Egg Casserole
(Basic recipe serves 18)

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( Here is what it looked like after most of it was consumed )

WHAT I LEARNED:
First off, I halved the recipe so that might account for part of the problem I had with this. I used ham and white cheddar cheese (except on the top since I ran out of the white stuff and went back to the normal orange stuff).

It didn't turn out like a casserole. It was very... floppy. There's nothing in this recipe that firms it up. We had it with toast which was nice. It was lunch (as I was too lazy to make it for breakfast) and there wasn't a lot there to make it interesting so it's really more of a breakfast food.

It was good but it was odd. My sister didn't like it because the eggs were colored (well duh!) but she's also not a huge hard-boiled egg fan. My parents both ate it eagerly enough.

I've looked up other recipes online (as I didn't want to have to retype) and I found variations on this theme that might be better. This is a very plain recipe compared to some of those. Most all of them made a cheese sauce instead of just a white sauce and I think that might be a better use for the cheese.

There you have it. Recipe Number One is complete for your approval!