"Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
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>I have invented a new meatloaf recipe and it's in the oven right now. I'm
>trying to avoid carbs as much as possible (DH has diabetes) I took one
>pound of home-ground lean chuck and 3 Johnsonville sweet Italian sausages
>for the meat. I added one egg, some granulated garlic, about 2 tablespoons
>of dried chopped onion, 1/3 of a small can of tomato sauce (low salt)and
>about an 1/8 tsp of dried Italian seasoning. Formed it into a loaf shape
>and put it in a glass baking dish just a little bigger than the loaf (can't
>measure it now it's in the oven) I poured the other 2/3 of the can of sauce
>over the top and stuck it in a 350 oven for an hour.
>
> A somewhat modified recipe for German-style braised red cabbage is also
> cooking. Early samples are very encouraging!
>
> While I was in the inventing mood, I made an adult beverage. I took 2
> ounces of Healthy Balance Cranberry-Pomegranate juice, 2 ounces of vodka,
> 1/2 ounce of orange juice, the juice of one Persian lime, 1/2 ounce of
> Amaretto, 1/2 ounce of creme de banana, 1/4 ounce of marascino cherry
> juice and 3 cherries and poured it all over ice. OMG, it's so good! If
> anyone wants to name it, I'm open for suggestions.
>

The Fruit Stand? Summer Orchard Slurppee?

Paul