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Thanks to Sardonicnell for posting this recipe from Rachel Ray, I was able to make it for dinner tonight. Since I like to find short cuts when cooking, I used baby carrots and cut them into thin matchstick pieces (julienne). . . other than that it was relatively “easy-peasy” to make which is a plus [...]

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last Friday night, Jack and I went to Juanita’s Mexican Restaurant for some appetizers, but the main reason was to order some strawberry margaritas. They must have ran out of margarita glasses because when our drinks came, they came in those daiquiri type glasses. The drinks lacked “tequilla!” Maybe another 1/2 a shot [...]

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after our meeting with Father NG yesterday evening, Jack, SM, RA and I finally got to try Barcardi Silver’s Mojito drink. I had emailed the gurls earlier in the day telling them that if I/we didn’t have to meet with Father N that evening, I would have gone to BevMo to buy the Mojito [...]

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Mc Donald’s® premium “iced-coffee”! I’ve been hooked on this bad boy for weeks now and finally I’ve “mastered” the art of “ordering it my way” . . . meaning only 3 pumps of “hazelnut” flavor (large cup) vs. the regular 6 pumps. I found it way too sweet and too over-powering for [...]

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Yup . . . like I said many a times, being the “queen” of BOGOF coupon, after our trip to Trader’s and Petco, we made a quick detour to Peet’s on our way home. Parking was such a you know what around Park Street in Alameda around that time, I even wondered if [...]

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Peet’s Matcha Green Tea Freddo . . . and the best part is that I have a BOGOF (buy-one-get-one-free) coupon. Wahoo!
Matcha Green Tea Freddo: A distinctively refreshing beverage handcrafted with the highest quality Japanese matcha green tea and milk, topped with whipped cream.

 

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When it comes to practically anything “buy one, get one free,” I’m there waiting in line! Peet’s Coffee has a special promotion going on with their freddo drinks through Monday. With the offer that I had printed out via the internet, the hubs and I went to Peet’s this afternoon [...]

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Mai Tai

 
Ingredients:

1 oz Dark rum
1 oz Light rum
1 1/2 oz Triple sec
1/2 oz Orange juice  
1 oz canned Pineapple juice
1/4 oz alcoholic Grenadine cordial (24 proof)
Ice cubes

Mixing instructions:
In a metal shaker add a fair amount of ice cubes. Add dark rum and light rum, then grenadine, orange juice, and pineapple [...]

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Mojito

Ingredients:

2-3 oz Light rum
Juice of 1 Lime (1 oz)
2 tsp Sugar
2-4 Mint sprigs
Soda water

Mixing instructions:
Lightly muddle the mint and sugar with a splash of soda water in a mixing glass until the sugar dissolve and you smell the mint. Squeeze the lime into the glass, add rum and shake with [...]

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