Tag Archives: Cointreau

39 Years and Counting – Cranberry Relish

Posted on December 23, 2023 by tbuzzee

In the 1980’s, I headed to my parents’ house in Florida for the holidaze armed with Parade Magazine loaded with Julia Child’s ideas for a feast worthy of the daze. I no longer carve the breast out of the raw … Continue reading →

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Better Berries Through Maceration

Posted on March 22, 2023 by tbuzzee

A while back, family was visiting and one of my brothers-in-law asked where I got the berries he was enjoying? I explained that they were simply supermarket berries, but I had macerated them, tossed ’em in a bit of Cointreau … Continue reading →

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Key Lime Pie With a Side o’ Blueberries

Posted on July 28, 2022 by tbuzzee

One of our fave desserts is Key Lime pie, and with good reason: it is tasty, but, it is also wicked simple to toss together! Especially if you buy a graham cracker crust already made from the market. One bit … Continue reading →

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How’s About Some Sangria?

Posted on June 2, 2022 by tbuzzee

The weather is fine and the weekend upon us, so why not? This recipe is (loosely) based on the sangria served on Viking Cruises. Why loosely? Well, I used red wine instead of rosé, cherries in place of the called … Continue reading →

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Oh Fu-u-u-u-dge

Posted on December 7, 2021 by tbuzzee

Yep. ‘Tis the season for all of the tasty treats; and if they just happen to be wicked easy to toss together, and gluten-free, I call that a holidaze bonus. I was scanning Salon.com and when they featured this microwave … Continue reading →

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Margarita Mimosas – For The Win!

Posted on November 23, 2021 by tbuzzee

So, YEH. The holidaze are almost here and, if your house is like ours, folk will be coming, so you might as well have a decent drink. And, really, this drink is a bit more than decent. Based on a … Continue reading →

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Key Lime Margarita Mimosas

Posted on August 23, 2021 by tbuzzee

One of our fave places in the city is Frontera Grill, one of Rick Bayless’ always booked, always tasty Mexican restaurants. And my fave drink at Frontera is thier Margarita Mimosa, which goes as well with dinner as it does … Continue reading →

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Cherry Mimosas

Posted on July 14, 2021 by tbuzzee

We were planning only our second Book Club get together in well over a year, and I was thinking about a beverage. “Wait! What about the book?” Oh, sweetie, we are most certainly not that kind of book club. So… … Continue reading →

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Parfait(ish)! Better Berries!

Posted on April 26, 2019 by tbuzzee

I have covered this nifty trick for improving your berries – or, most any fruit, really – in other posts, which makes it a Parfait! (repeat) post. But! It would seem that I haven’t spotlighted just the method of macerating … Continue reading →

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Overnight French Toast

Posted on January 19, 2019 by tbuzzee

Who doesn’t like waking up to a tasty batch o’ French Toast in the morning? Well, OK, one of my nephews, who gets skeeved out about egss, so, yeh, not him quite so much. But, most everyone else, right? And … Continue reading →

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