Be My Valentine’s Champagne Cocktail...

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed For fun new recipes and articles to help you become a Gourmet too. Thanks for visiting! (Yields 1) Ingredients: 3 oz chilled good quality champagne ½ oz cognac 2 dashes Angostura Bitters 1 sugar cube Instructions: Place a sugar cube into a champagne flute and soak with the bitters. Add the cognac and fill the glass with champagne. Garnish with a lemon twist...

Slow Cooker Pork Pot Roast with Cranberries...

Ingredients: 4lb boneless pork roast 1 cup cranberries, finely chopped 1 tsp grated orange peel ¼ cup honey Salt and pepper to taste Pinch of ground cloves Pinch of ground nutmeg Instructions: Gently rub salt and pepper onto the pork roast, then place in the slow cooker. In a bowl, thoroughly combine the rest of the ingredients and pour over the top of the pork roast. Cover and cook on low heat for about 8 to 10...

Valentine’s Pear Dessert...

Ingredients: 2 cups water ¾ cup sugar 1 piece cinnamon stick (about 3”) 2 tbsp lemon juice 4 firm pears Sauce: ¼ cup cream (half-half) ½ cup sugar 1 oz unsweetened chocolate 2 tbsp butter 1 tsp almond extract Instructions: In a two quart microwave safe casserole dish, combine water, sugar, lemon juice and cinnamon. Microwave at HIGH (100% power) for 4 minutes, covered. In the meantime, pare pears, cut thin...

Coconut Delights...

Ingredients: 1 ¼ cups of unbleached all-purpose flour ½ cup butter, unsalted 1 tsp baking powder ½ tsp vanilla extract ½ tsp almond extract ¼ tsp salt 1 cup flaked coconut Instructions: Preheat oven to 375°F. In a bowl, combine all ingredients except the coconut and blend with a mixer. Stir in the flaked coconut and mix thoroughly. Grease a cookie sheet. Drop teaspoons of cookie dough onto cookie sheet and...

Homemade Breakfast Muesli...

Ingredients: 3 cups mixed nuts and seeds of your choice (i.e. sunflower seeds, cashews, almonds, pecans) 8 cups rolled oats 2 tsp cinnamon 2 cups coconut 2 cups bran 1 cup honey 1 cup grape seed oil 2 tsp vanilla extract 2 cups mixed chopped dried fruit of your choice (i.e. cranberry, apricot, pineapple) Instructions: Preheat oven to 325ºF. In a large mixing bowl, combine nuts and seeds, oats, bran, coconut and...