Honey Garlic Meatballs (a la Liz)

What You Need:
• 1 lb. ground turkey
• ½ c. dry breadcrumbs
• 6 Tbsp. milk
• ¼ c. finely chopped onion
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp. Salt
• 1 Tbsp. butter
• 3 cloves garlic
• ¾ c. ketchup
• ½ c. honey
• ¼ c. soy sauce

How You Do It:
1. Preheat oven to 500º.
2. Combine meat, breadcrumbs, milk, onion, egg and salt.
3. Shape into 1-inch meatballs (they taste better when small). Place in a single layer on a jelly roll pan.
4. Bake 12-15 minutes.

5. Melt butter in pan and sauté garlic until tender.
6. Add ketchup, honey and soy sauce.
7. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer 5 minutes.
8. Add meatballs to sauce.
9. Return to a boil and then simmer 5-10 minutes stirring occasionally to glaze meatballs.

Carmel Apple Delight

8 oz. fat free cream cheese
soft carmel
apples
walnuts

Place cream cheese in middle of plate, position various sliced apples all around the cream cheese bar. Drizzle the carmel over the top of the cream cheese bar and top with walnuts.

Whoopie Pies

Makes: 18 servings
Prep: 5 minutes
Bake: 350 for 12 minutes

Cakes:

1 box (18.25 ounces) devil’s food cake mix
3 large eggs
½ cup vegetable oil
½ teaspoon baking powder

Filling:

1 stick unsalted butter, softened
2 cups confectioner’s sugar
½ teaspoon vanilla extract

1. HEAT oven to 350. Coat 3 large cookie sheets with nonstick cooking spray
2. CAKES – in a large bowl, combine cake mix, eggs, oil, 3 tablespoons water and baking powder. Beat on low speed for 30 seconds, then on medium for 2 minutes; batter will be thick. Drop by heaping tablespoonfuls onto prepared sheets, spacing about 2 inches apart for a total of 36 mounds.
3. BAKE at 350 for 12 minutes, rotating sheets halfway through. Let cookies stand on sheet for 2 minutes, the use a thin spatula to quickly transfer cakes to wire racks. Repeat with remaining batter.
4. While cakes are cooling prepare filling. In a medium size bowl, beat butter until smooth. Add confectioners’ sugar, vanilla and 1 ½ tablespoons water. Beat on low speed until blended, then increase speed to medium-high and beat until smooth. Spread a heaping tablespoon filling onto a cake. Sandwich with a second cake. Repeat.

Per Whoopie Pie:
250 calories
15g fat (5g sat)
3g protein
27 g carbohydrates
1g fiber
187mg sodium
64mg cholesterol

Holiday Drinks I want to try!

Bonbon of the Vanities
While martini purists may balk, everybody has a sweet tooth, and the Bonbon of the Vanities hits all the stops.

1.7 oz Russian Standard Vodka
.85 oz. banana liqueur
.85 oz. peach liqueur
2.7 oz. orange juice
.33 oz. Grenadine

Fill 1/3 shaker with ice before adding ingredients. Shake for 3-5 seconds, add 3 ice cubes to a highball glass, and strain the mixture over ice. Add Grenadine and garnish with an orange slice.

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Chic Cocktails
French Martini
1.5 oz vodka
1/2 oz Chambord
2 oz. pineapple juice

Shake ingredients with ice and strain into a martini glass. Garnish with a pineapple wedge or a leaf from the pineapple for a sleek modern look.

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Chic Cocktails
Tinsel Bellini
2 oz. HPNOTIQ
1 oz. limoncello
1 oz. Champagne
Splash of lime juice

Rim the Champagne flute with a light coat of sugar. Pour chilled HPNOTIQ, limoncello, and Champagne into the champagne flute. Add a splash of lime juice.

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Belvedere Sparkle
1 oz. Belvedere Vodka
2 oz. cranberry juice with ice
1 oz. Moët & Chandon Champagne

Shake vodka and cranberry juice with ice. Strain into chilled martini glass and top with Champagne. Garnish with raspberries.

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The Flirtini
1 1/2 oz. Grey Goose L'Orange
1 oz. pineapple juice
Splash of Champagne

Serve in a martini glass. Once poured, finish with Champagne.

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Raspberry Chocolate Cheesecake Martini
2 parts EFFEN Raspberry Vodka
1/2 part chocolate liqueur
1/2 part Irish cream

Serve in a cocoa-rimmed martini glass with a raspberry garnish.


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Delicious Night Blackberry Martini
1 oz. p.i.n.k. Vodka
1 1/2 oz. cranberry juice
1 oz. blackberry brandy
1/2 oz. Cointreau
Splash of sour mix
Fresh blackberries

Combine ingredients over ice and shake well. Strain into a well-chilled martini glass. Pour 1 1/2 scoops of mulled blackberries