Cranberry juice
Pineapple juice
Grapefruit juice
Squirt
Sprite

Mix together and serve with fresh lime wedges. It’s a pretty pink color, not too sweet and so refreshing. I will try to get the exact recipe and more about the juices. This would be perfect for a summer party, brunch or shower.

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Here’s how we make them:

In a frying pan combine:

Jimmy Dean sausage crumbles (refrigerated section, not frozen)

Pepper mix: red, yellow and green bell pepper. Our favorite are at the Layton Target under the Archer Farms brand, and are grilled.  (Birdseye also makes them too). In the frozen vegetable isle

In another pan add scramble eggs (we like to use liquid egg)

Put grated cheddar cheese on a flour tortilla and microwave a few seconds, until its melted.

Add the egg and other mixture and roll. Dip in salsa if you want.

Faster method: Put 2 eggs, any veggies, bacon or sausage in a small bowl that is sprayed with Pam, cook about 75 seconds. Warm a tortilla with cheese, dump the mixture onto tortilla and roll.

This is like the chicken you get at the mall at one of those Asian places.

I put my chicken in partially frozen. I made extra sauce on the stove (so it would thicken) and poured that over the chicken after it was done. Otherwise the extra water and fat from the chicken makes it too thin. I also added some powdered ginger for extra flavor. You can cook it for longer than it say – I believe I let it cook for more like 4 hours.

This makes quite a bit, next time I might half it (we have a small family). Add some steamed broccoli and you’re good to go.

Asian Chicken in a Crockpot

2 pounds Tyson boneless, skinless chicken thighs tenders (don’t use chicken breasts, these come in bags in the freezer section)
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
2 tbsp sesame oil
3 cloves garlic, minced

Place thighs into the bottom of a slow cooker. Lay as flat as possible. Combine the rest of the ingredients in a small bowl. Pour sauce over the chicken. Cover and cook on Low for 2 hours. Turn chicken over and cook 1 hour longer. Serve.

I have the soup down (Tuscany ham and white bean) but it’s not very portable. I have two salads (a chicken and pasta and a thai layered salad). Now I need a desert. I confess to struggling with deserts generally. I buy rather than make them. My favorite is probably key lime pie. I admit to the sin of buying it frozen and thawing it or just picking it up from Cafe Rio.

That said, I’m looking for deserts with these qualities:

• It must impress – it can’t be the same old plate of cookies it must be hip. Like the graham cracker dipping sticks with cookie dough I saw at one party (like crackers and cheeseball but a desert version). It must not be the same sort of thing everyone else might think of bringing.
• It must look good on a plate, cake stand, etc. So not only must it be innovative but it must look pretty and have good presentation. Here is where I choke.
• It must transport well.
• It must keep without needing to be refrigerated.
• It must serve well. It’s tough to dish out key lime pie. Perhaps there’s another version of the same idea that can serve easier for the do-it-yourself lines (potluck style).

In the past I got points for healthy and homemade but today the expectations of a modern entertaining woman have risen. The last thing you want to do is bring home loads of leftovers to tempt you with their high calories or that might be (gasp) thrown away. I should check the ward cookbook. In the meantime, please help me. I must make a favorable impression.

Please ladies, my social life hinges on getting this down.