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nverlandOur New Years present from Photobucket is we're now stuck with the new design, and our photos are shuffled in the folders.
Happy New Years Eve, and welcome to the last day of the theme. Along with the last day of the year. New theme tomorrow
Very Merry Punch
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups water
1 cup packed light brown sugar
2 750-ml bottles hearty red wine, preferably Cabernet Sauvignon
1 apple, sliced
1 orange, halved and sliced
1 cup pineapple chunks, fresh or canned
4 whole star anise
1/2 cup orange curacao
Preparation:
Place water and brown sugar in a Dutch oven. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring often, until the sugar has dissolved, about 2 minutes.
Add wine, apple, orange, pineapple and star anise. Reduce the heat to medium and cook for 10 minutes.
Stir in orange curaçao and cook for 5 minutes more. Discard star anise. Serve the punch in heat-safe wineglasses or coffee cups, spooning a little fruit into each glass.
New Years Day Black-eyed Peas
1 1/2 cups chopped onion
1 1/2 cups chopped celery
3 16-oz. cans black-eyed peas
1 16-oz. can chopped tomatoes
1/2 cup real bacon bits or 1/2 cup ham, chopped
1 clove garlic minced
Salt and Pepper to taste
Saute onion and celery until tender. Combine with black-eyed peas, tomatoes, bacon bits or ham, garlic, salt and pepper in baking dish. Bake for 30 minutes at 325 degrees.
Happy New Years Eve, and welcome to the last day of the theme. Along with the last day of the year. New theme tomorrow
Very Merry Punch
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups water
1 cup packed light brown sugar
2 750-ml bottles hearty red wine, preferably Cabernet Sauvignon
1 apple, sliced
1 orange, halved and sliced
1 cup pineapple chunks, fresh or canned
4 whole star anise
1/2 cup orange curacao
Preparation:
Place water and brown sugar in a Dutch oven. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring often, until the sugar has dissolved, about 2 minutes.
Add wine, apple, orange, pineapple and star anise. Reduce the heat to medium and cook for 10 minutes.
Stir in orange curaçao and cook for 5 minutes more. Discard star anise. Serve the punch in heat-safe wineglasses or coffee cups, spooning a little fruit into each glass.
New Years Day Black-eyed Peas
1 1/2 cups chopped onion
1 1/2 cups chopped celery
3 16-oz. cans black-eyed peas
1 16-oz. can chopped tomatoes
1/2 cup real bacon bits or 1/2 cup ham, chopped
1 clove garlic minced
Salt and Pepper to taste
Saute onion and celery until tender. Combine with black-eyed peas, tomatoes, bacon bits or ham, garlic, salt and pepper in baking dish. Bake for 30 minutes at 325 degrees.
