Delicious PEACH BUTTER SPREAD!

Ingredients
4 pounds (1.8 kilograms) peaches
1 cup (237 ml) water
2 cups (400 grams) granulated sugar
Juice of one lemon



Throw in the whole peach in a pot of boiling water for 30s, then place then in a bowl of gold water (making easiet to peel)


Peel the peaches and cut them in quarters, removing the pitt, and place in a pot of boiling water for 15-20 mins (keeo stirring)



Strain the juice of the fruit, add sugar and lemon & store, stir well until its smooth


Store well, 2 weeks shelve life!


ENJOY..DOE MORE IN DEPTH STEP BY STEP TUTORIAL CAN BE FOUND HERE Smitten Kitten

Lavender Lemonade...A Delicious & Refreshing Citrus Drink

Herb Citrus Cordial (makes 4-5 pints)

Ingredients:

-6 cup sugar
-Zest of 6 citrus, in large pieces of peel
-4 cups fresh citrus juice
-2 cup water
-2 cups lavender

Intructions:

-In a large pot bring sugar, zest, juice, and water to a boil, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat. Add the herbs and let the syrup infuse for at least 15 minutes.
-Meantime prepare your canning jars.
-Strain syrup through a fine sieve, squeezing out as much syrup as possible from the herb leaves before discarding them.
-Boiling water process for 10 minutes.
Serve with a splash of soda water!

ENJOY!

Recipe taken from wedreamoficecream.tumblr.com

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookie Dough cupcake with Marshmellow Meringue Frosting!!!

Found this great recipe which has all my fav ingredients, choc-peanut butter and meringe YUM!

Super easy, all you need is:

Base
Ready mix (chocolate cake)
Peanut butter (1/2 cup mix in with the batter)

Filling
Ready packed cookie dough

Frosting
4 large egg whites
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1/2 cup light corn syrup
large pinch of salt
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
Meringue Frosting Mixture
- whisk together egg whites, sugar, corn syrup and salt.
-Place bowl over simmering water and whisk as it heats.(double boiler)
(in 5 mins the sugar should melt, make it sure you dont cooke the egg white)
-With a whisk attachment, beat the egg whites, on high, until stiff peaks form (about 5 minutes) The mixture will be fluffy and glossy and look like melted marshmallows.
- add vanilla extract last to the mixture
-Cover, and set aside until ready to frost cupcakes.




Steps
1-Pour the cake mix into the individual cupcake bake tray & bake
2- Make a hole in the middle top of the cupcake (don't hollow it out of cut the top part of the cupcake)
3- Create small walnut-size cookie-dough balls and place in the small hole, where by the cookie-dough ball can sit put and the rest of it is exposed.
4-Add the meringue mix into a piping bag, start piping around the outer corners, working your way in, creating cone like-tip.
5-Place the cupcakes on an oven broiler until its toasted, you can also toast it with a torch.


Inspired by Joy the Baker, pics taken from their blog, i have altered the recipe, the peanut butter in Reina blog is added in the cake mix, where as they have it with the cookie-dough mixture, check out their website

Pastel Colored Coconut Peach Cookies...Recipe for coconut topping!

Love the colors of the shredded coconut, such a creative fun way in decorating your baked cookies or cupcakes, a Fun Summer family affair, where you can spend the afternoon with the kids or with friends creating different colored toppings.

I would love to have some of that coconut topping on my icecream by the beach!

I found the coconut recipe from 2 blogs "A FANCY TREE HOUSE" and "A BEAUTIFUL MESS" you can check out how you can create this particular peach cookie, I wanted to share how you can create the colored shredded coconuts, which can be used as a topping to almost anything and make it look stylish and fun!




Basically you can buy these shredded coconuts from any super market ready packed, or freshly shred it yourself. All you need is food coloring and a ziplock bag (sandwich plastic bag) have a bunch of shredded coconut in the bag and add a drop of food coloring, shake well, and there you have it, for certain colors such as peach (mix drop of red & drop of yellow) and lilac (drop of blue & drop of red), you can play around with the color mixtures and basically create any color you want, depending on your mood or the theme of your party)

DUKAN DIET: Latest Weight-loss Trend...MUST READ

I PERSONALLY DONT BELIEVE IN DIETS, I BELIEVE IN PORTION CONTROL & EATING HEALTHY BUT I WANTED TO SHARE THIS LATEST WEIGHT-LOSS CRAZE CALLED THE DUKAN DIET CREATED BY FRENCH DR PIERRE DUKAN, HE HAS OVER 8 MILLION PEOPLE THAT FOLLOW HIS DIET IN FRANCE, IT HAS BEEN RUMOURED THAT KATE MIDDLETON HAS APPLIED THIS DIET BEFORE HER WEDDING, AND NOW IT'S GETTING A LOT OF BUZZ IN THE STATES AND THE WORLD.

ALL YOU CAN EAT, NO CALORIE COUNTING!
4 STEP PROGRAM

STEP 1 -ATTACK PHASE LEAN PROTEIN (72 high-protein foods enabling quick weight loss)

STEP 2-CRUISE PHASE KEEPING THE PROTEIN IN PHASE 1 AND INCORPORATE VEGETABLES (with 28 recommended Vegetables)

STEP 3 - CONSOLIDATION PHASE ADDING FRUIT AND BREAD (read serving amount)

STEP 4 - STABLIZATION PHASE EAT ANYTHING YOU WANT, INCLUDE ONE DAY A WEEK ONLY PROTEIN

*Try to exercise for 20 mins a day and drink lots of water

MUST WATCH VIDEO WITH THE DR HIMSELF

Simple Summer Refreshing Juice Recipes

Three simple recipes of the most popular beach drinks, create them when entertaining at your beach house, having a barbecue hanging out with your friends or pamper yourself on your alone-time while ready a great book listeing to music.

1) LIME MOHITO (VIRGIN)


Ingredients

•Juice of 1 Lime (1 oz)
•2 tsp Sweet Syrup or Sugar
•2-4 Mint Sprigs
•Soda Water

Mix the lime juice with soda water and sweet syrup (shake well),pick out the mint leave and drop them with the 4 wedges of the used lime, garnish with some mint leaves (using sugar: make sure the sugar dissolves, mix well then add the ingredients) *note: the picture has extra lime wedges, we recommend the above ingredient.

PINA COLADA (VIRGIN)


ingredients

*3 tbsp coconut cream
*3 tbspcrushed pineapples
*3 tabsp crushed ice

Mix all ingredients in a belender, make sure it is blended well and serve!

PASSION FRUIT COCKTAIL(VIRGIN)


ingredients

*2 tsb passion fruit sorbet or 3/4 oZ passion fruit puree
*1 tsb lime juice
*2 tsb simple syrup or 2 tsp sugar or 3/4 oZ agave nectar
*3 tsp crushed ice
*4 fresh mint leaves
Mix lime juice, passion fruit, sugar and mint leaves well in a shaker, then add to crushed ice and garnish with some mint

Beach Inspired Treats