Archive for July, 2010

Cocktail Recipes

Did you know that National Root Beer Float Day is on August 6th? Three Olives Vodka recently released the world’s first Root Beer flavored vodka, perfect for celebrating the little known holiday! Over a century ago, Root Beer was introduced as an alcoholic beverage, and Three Olives is thrilled to be the first to put [...]

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

DIY Strawberry Jam

    Ingredients: Makes roughly four half-pint jars 35 oz. Driscoll’s strawberries washed, hulled and cubed 35 oz. granulated white sugar 1 lemon, sliced 1 packet pectin, such as CERTO or Sure-Jell 1 Tbsp butter (to reduce foaming)   Method: Combine the strawberries and sugar in a large, nonreactive pot; enamel or stainless steel are [...]

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

The Dakota

Ingredients: Chunky California Chicken Salad (chicken salad prepared with, raisins, almonds and dried cranberries) Crisp bacon slices Finlandia Swiss cheese Submarine sandwich roll   Method: Pile Chunky California Chicken Salad on a sub roll. Top with generous slices of crisp bacon and smother with Finlandia Swiss. Grill sandwich in pan or in the oven until [...]

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

Big Apple Turkey Rye Not

Ingredients: 2 Tbs. apple butter 1 Tsp whole grain mustard 2 slices marbled rye bread ¼ cup shredded coleslaw 2 oz. thinly sliced turkey breast 2 oz. sliced Finlandia Swiss Cheese 2 slices red apple   Method: Mix apple butter and mustard. Toast bread, if desired. Spread apple butter mixture on each slice of bread. [...]

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

Fresca Crab Panini

Ingredients: 2 lbs. king crab leg meat 5 oz. Finlandia Swiss cheese 2 ripe avocados 1 tsp. Old Bay Seasoning 1 tsp. lemon pepper seasoning 3 oz. diced Bermuda onion 1 small Habanero pepper 1 tbsp. diced red peppers 1 tbsp. diced green peppers 1 tbsp. diced yellow peppers 2 oz. alfalfa sprouts 8 leaves [...]

Saturday, July 3rd, 2010