Orange Julius

I made this tonight, and just had to share!

Orange Julius

• 1/3 cup frozen orange juice concentrate
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup sugar (powdered or regular--both work fine--my husband prefers regular sugar)
• 7-8 ice cubes

• FUN VARIATION--add frozen or fresh strawberries--super yummy!
  

Throw everything in the blender and mix until smooth! I like to tweak it a little, but this is the original recipe. I sometimes add more ice to make it thicker, or add a little more of everything to make a bigger batch etc, or add extra orange juice concentrate.

Star Wars Themed Dinner

With four boys, it isn't hard to make a meal interesting if you add Star Wars to it. This was our meal last Monday. I put our Star Wars Cookbook to good use and made the boys help.

Dark-Side Salsa

The secret to this salsa isn't actually what you use to make the salsa, it is serving it with the blue corn chips. However, their recipe for salsa turned out pretty good. And, it looks like Star War Colors, which I loved.

Chopped Tomatoes

Frozen Corn thawed

Chopped Avacado

1/2 Onion finely chopped

Lime Juice

Salt and Pepper to taste

We could have added a little spice like green chiles or a hot pepper.

Greedo Burritos

The recipe was just a taco recipe, but you added black beans to the meat.

Yoda Soda

Lime Sherbet with lime juice and sparkling water. Although, next time, we will just use 7-up or sprite, or melon soda.

R2D2 Treats

Split a banana in thirds, dipped in melted white chocolate, dipped head in crushed peanuts and used halve a kit-kat for each leg. These were so delicious.

Hot Almond and Cream Drink

1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 cup vanilla ice cream, softened
2 tsp almond extract
ground nutmeg

In a saucepan over heat, cook and stir butter and sugars for 12-15 minutes or until butter is melted. Pour into a large mixing bowl; add ice cream and extract. Beat on medium speed for 1-2 minutes or until smooth, scraping the bowl often.

To make one serving: Spoon 1/4 cup mix into a mug; add 3/4 cup boiling water and stir well. Sprinkle with nutmeg. Serve immediately. Yields 2 cups mix.

I found this recipe the taste of home magazine and it sounds delicious. The last few days have been cold and I thought it would be appropriate for the season.