Sunday, July 15, 2007

Lisa's Frozen Fruit Smoothie

1 banana
5 frozen strawberries
1/3 cup frozen raspberries
1/4 or 1/8 cup frozen blueberries or peach slices (optional)
1/4 cup milk & apple juice or 1/2 cup Trader Joe's peach juice or 1/2 cup Trader Joe's unsweetened soy milk
1-3 teaspoons sugar or honey (optional)

Combine all in blender until smooth. 1-2 servings. If you have fresh fruit and not frozen, you may put in the freezer for 20 minutes or add a couple of ice cubes to the blender to make it colder.

Tuesday, July 3, 2007

Cream Cheese Icing

(Pioneer Woman Cooks blog)

1 pound (4 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 ½ pounds cream cheese, at room temperature
1 pound confectioners’ sugar, sifted
1 ½ teaspoons pure vanilla extract

For the icing, combine the butter, cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla in the bowl of an electric mixer. Mix just until smooth.