Summer Fun with Nestle Drumsticks

May 14, 2012 in Uncategorized

Summer is by far my favorite season. There are just so many outdoor activities to be done, so many baseball games to be seen, and so many sprinklers to be run through. Also? A whole lot of ice cream cones to be eaten!

Nestlé recently put out some new Nestlé® Drumstick® flavors and I could not be more excited about them. Their Pretzel Dipped Drumstick Cones might just be the best thing that’s happened to me all year. They are just like the classic dipped Drumsticks but have pretzel pieces mixed into chocolatey coating! I love that sweet and salty combo as is, but add in cold ice cream and I am a goner.

They also have a bunch of new Lil’ Drums, which are just like the Drumstick but mini size! The new Lil’ Drum flavors will blow your mind: Vanilla Caramel Crunch and Caramel Graham. The Caramel Graham Cones have a caramel swirl and then little bits of graham crackers on top! They are so delicious and guess what! Only 120 calories! It is, after all, bikini season!

My oldest kid plays soccer. So twice a week, we’re out at the field cheering him on and burning up under the hot Colorado sun. Lately, we’ve been enjoying having a Drumstick on the porch after the games. They’re a great way to cool off and a fun little reward for a game well played. They are perfect for passing out at a backyard barbecue after a fantastic meal with your family and friends. Or while you’re gathered around the television watching a nail-biter of a baseball game. I can even see picking some up on the way to the beach to enjoy while hanging out on the sand.

No matter what your ice cream preference is, I bet you’ll be able to find a Drumstick that’s perfect for you! If you haven’t already tried the newest Drumstick flavors, I suggest you go out immediately and find them (especially the Caramel Graham!) and be sure you stop by and like the Nestlé Drumstick Facebook page for all the latest news!

What is your favorite summer activity with your friends and family?

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French Fridays with Dorie – Provencal Olive Fougasse

May 11, 2012 in ffwd

May is turning into such a great month for French Fridays with Dorie! First there was almond-coated fish and now bread! My favorite! And something I haven’t been making a whole lot of lately.

This is a Fougasse which is one of those breads that had always intimidated me. For starters, it just looks complicated. It’s also one of those breads that needs to sit overnight before being shaped and baked. The overnight sitters are always tough for me because I very rarely plan that far ahead. And it also means that I’m thinking about bread all night long. Torture!

The Fougasse is not nearly as difficult as I thought it was going to be. Like I said, it sits overnight before being rolled out, marked, and then only has to rest for about 15 minutes before going in the oven. Probably one of the easier “fancy” breads I’ve attempted since it really doesn’t have to be a specific shape.

This Fougasse is studded with olives, rosemary (I used dried), and lemon zest. The olives, even though they are so strong, don’t really add the typical olive flavor, just more of a saltiness. My 2 year old can’t stand olives but he loved the bread!

Fougasse is a cousin of focaccia so it had that crisp exterior with a nice, fluffy interior. Mine didn’t rise in the oven as much as I’d hoped it would but it was likely an issue with my oven and not the recipe. I’m looking forward to trying other Fougasse recipes now that I know how simple they are.

(The members of French Fridays with Dorie aren’t sharing all the recipes because we want to encourage you to check out Around My French Table.)

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Lemonade Iced Tea Sorbet

May 10, 2012 in frozen goodies

I know, I’m a day early again this week. I really didn’t think that whole Frozen Friday thing through, huh?

This sorbet was the very first thing my ice cream maker ever made for me. Seriously, the night I received the ice cream maker I threw the bowl in the freezer and then stood there, opening the freezer door every 5 minutes, waiting for it to freeze. I had been saving this recipe for months and was way excited to finally get to try it. And it was obviously amazing because I’m sharing it on the blog for the second time!

If you love a refreshing glass of sweet tea with lemon in the summer, this is perfect for you! It’s sweet with just a bit of lemon and you can change up the flavor by using different teas. I used a black tea with orange for this batch and it was extra delicious. I have made this a number of times and each time I stop the ice cream maker about halfway through so I can have a slushy one. I think it’s my favorite way to enjoy this recipe!

Lemonade Iced Tea Sorbet
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adapted from Cooking Light
Ingredients
  • 2 cups boiling water
  • 4 black tea bags
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 3/4 cup fresh lemon juice (about 4 lemons)
  • 1 cup ice water
Instructions
  1. Combine 2 cups boiling water and tea bags in a large bowl; steep 5 minutes. Discard tea bags. Add sugar to tea mixture, stirring until sugar dissolves. Cool completely. Stir in juice and 1 cup ice water; chill 1 hour.
  2. Pour tea mixture into the bowl of an ice cream maker; freeze according to manufacturer’s instructions. Spoon sorbet into a freezer-safe container. Cover and freeze 1 hour or until firm.

 

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Secret Recipe Club – Chocolate Banana Muffins

May 7, 2012 in breakfast

It’s time for another Secret Recipe Club reveal! This month I was lucky enough to be assigned Edesia’s Notebook which is written by Lesa. She has hundreds of recipes that all sound fantastic like these Asian Turkey Meatballs with Peanut Sauce that are high on the list of things I want to make.

I picked these banana chocolate muffins for SRC because some days require chocolate for breakfast – like today.

I spent last night in the emergency room with my 2 year old. It was the first of what I assume will be many ER trips with those boys of mine but the kid says the free popsicle was worth taking a chunk out of his tongue so…

Yeah.

These muffins are so perfect for those mornings where you just need a little something extra to get you moving. I don’t even like chocolate that much but I couldn’t stay away from these. They’re great at room temperature but they’re perfect hot out of the oven with just a smear of butter on top.

Two years ago: Chocolate Angel Food Cake

Chocolate Banana Muffins
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Yield: about 12
adapted from Edesia’s Notebook
Ingredients
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 3/4 cup of brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 3 very ripe bananas, mashed
  • 2 cups of flour
  • 1/4 cup cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350F. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners or spray with non-stick spray.
  2. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle, cream together butter and brown sugar until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, making sure each is incorporated before moving on; add vanilla and mashed bananas.
  3. In a medium bowl, sift together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt.
  4. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients; mix until just combined.
  5. Fold in chocolate chips with a rubber spatula.
  6. Bake in preheated oven for 20 – 23 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean.
  7. Cool on a wire rack.



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French Fridays with Dorie – Almond Flounder Meuniere

May 4, 2012 in fish

So the reason Frozen Friday happened a day early this week is because I wanted to participate in French Fridays with Dorie. I actually want to participate every week but then… sardines and lamb and other things I don’t like/can’t afford make their way onto the schedule.

This week’s I was especially excited about because it’s fish coated with ground almonds – and I love anything coated in almonds. Seriously, you could cover cardboard in ground almonds and I’d tell you it was the greatest thing you’d ever cooked.

This was ridiculously simple. You just brush one side of the fish with egg yolk, coat it in an almond meal and flour mixture and then fry it in brown butter. That’s it. It took less than 10 minutes and I felt like I was having such a fancy lunch!

If you can’t tell, I loved this and plan on making it again with the rest of the fish I bought. I squeezed a ton of lemon juice over the top and it was absolute perfection!

(I used tilapia because there is no water in Colorado and therefore no fish besides tilapia. Unless, of course, you want to pay $20/pound. And I don’t. I’d rather buy nailpolish.)

The members of French Fridays with Dorie don’t share the recipes because want to encourage you to check out Around My French Table but a quick google search may just bring up the recipe for you. Hint hint, wink wink.

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