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Avocado Smoothie from the Philippines

A Food Eaten for Santa Lucia in Sweden

Recipe for Lower Fat Eggnog (Cooked first to render eggs safe)

My Mother’s Delicious Eggnog Recipe

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Avocado Smoothie from the Philippines

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008

Nep, from the Philippines, gave me this recipe. She told me that it’s very popular in her home country.

It’s very easy to make this drink and you can adjust it to your family’s taste. It’s a quick way to introduce children to cuisine from another country. My kids liked it and they wanted more!

All you need is one Hass avocado per glass of smoothie. These are the smaller, darker avocados. You’ll also need milk or condensed milk (Nep makes it with milk, but on further research I noticed that some Filipinos make it with condensed milk), and sugar to taste.

Some people add ice to make it like a shake.

Add all of the ingredients in a blender and mix well. Again you can make it the consistency you desire. This drink is very changeable to individual taste. I made ours on the thinner side with skim milk – though it was still a thick drink because of the avocados consistency.

Below you can see the photo of how thick it was before I added a lot more milk…

You can chill it if desired before drinking. We had ours at room temperature and it was delish!

Enjoy!

Mama Lisa

Note: The Travelers Lunchbox optionally adds any of the following to this drink: a few drops of orange extract, some vanilla, rum or coffee. The orange extract sounds the most interesting to me!

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A Food Eaten for Santa Lucia in Sweden

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

My friend and colleague Monique in France made the biscuits called Lussekatter that they serve in Sweden for Santa Lucia on December 13th. She sent me a photo of what they look like…

I also noticed that Frog with a Blog linked to a recipe for glögg that he likes. But beware! It looks like it has a kick to it!

-Mama Lisa

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Recipe for Lower Fat Eggnog (Cooked first to render eggs safe)

Saturday, December 31st, 2005

This recipe takes care of the problem of drinking raw eggs in Eggnog. It also uses 1% low-fat milk instead of cream or half and half, making it less fattening. You cook the milk and eggs to both render the eggs safe and to thicken the milk.

I made it today and it was very yummy!

Recipe for Lower Fat Eggnog

4 Egg Yolks, beaten
4 c. 1% Milk
5 T. Sugar
½ cup plus 2 T. Cream Sherry
Nutmeg

Pour beaten egg yolks into a saucepan and add the milk, sugar and 3 or 4 dashes of nutmeg. Mix well. Cook on a medium heat, stirring constantly. (FYI According to The Joy of Cooking, eggs are safe at 140 degrees F.)

Once the mixture is about as thick as light cream (but not quite as thick as half and half) take it off the heat. Put in fridge, stirring occasionally for the first half hour to prevent it from congealing.

Chill in the fridge for 2-3 hours till cold. Take out, add the Cream Sherry and stir well.

Serve in glasses with a dash of nutmeg.

Cheers!

Lisa

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My Mother’s Delicious Eggnog Recipe

Friday, December 30th, 2005

This is the Eggnog recipe my mother used when I was growing up. Yummy… Yes! Rich… Yes!

Eggnog

4 Eggs, separated
1/3 cup + 3 T. Sugar
3 c. Milk
2 c. Light or Heavy Cream
¾ c. Cream Sherry
Nutmeg

Beat egg yolk with 1/3 cup sugar till fluffy. Gradually blend in milk, cream and sherry till smooth. Cover bowl and chill for 2 hours.

Beat egg white till foamy, gradually add about 3 T. sugar or to taste.

Float egg white on top of eggnog mixture and sprinkle with nutmeg.

Enjoy! But beware, it’s alcoholic and has raw eggs!

Cheers!

Lisa

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