Taxi Sono Qui!!!

So I know this is a week to late but I have been away and I wanted to blog about my Jersey Shore Fiesta! I am a huge fan of the show so for the premiere of their season in Italy I invited some friends over for a mini pre-party and then the main event - - JERSEY SHORE!!!

To kick off the night we made the Jersey signature drink Ron Ron Juice (for those underaged we made the non alcoholic version).  The drink consists of a combination of Watermelon Juice, Cranberry Juice, Vodka and Cherries. Mix with ice and you get a sort of summer slushy.  Now I'm sure that the people on the show use way more alcohol than we did but, it was great the way we made it.  The only suggestion is to strain out the small shavings of cherry that end up in your drink, otherwise it ends up to much like pulp in orange juice (yuck!).

For the Non-alcoholic version I used sprite instead of Vodka!

For dessert I made chocolate dipped banana bites covered in coconut! They were equally delicious!

the Plain ones defrosted to quickly so it was better to roll them in coconut!

My friends and I dressed up for the event and had a blast, hopefully this season will live up to the hype!

Half and Half

I have been creating new recipes in my head as I drive to and from work, 1) it makes the drive a bit quicker, and 2) I like making new things.  So yesterday I was thinking about one of my favorite cookies; Black and White cookies (aka the greatest thing ever made) and then I thought about the sugar-free biscotti I was going to make to bring to my grandmothers.  Then while at a stop light the two ideas got crossed and I thought why can't you make a black and white biscotti.

Well today after my delicious lunch of spinach and strawberry salad I decided to give it a try.

1 cup spinach leaves,  3 strawberries sliced, one mushroom sliced, 1 tbsp sliced almonds and sunflower seeds.

I then took my mothers biscotti recipe, once all the ingredients were mixed together I separated the batter into two bowls and  in one of the bowls I mixed in coco powder and white chips.  In the bowl that I kept original flavor I mixed in some dark chocolate chips.  Then when I made my biscotti "pancakes" I put a dollop of chocolate batter and a dollop of original batter next to each other and then created one circle.   They took the same amount of time and when they had cooled they looked like the perfect combination of chocolate and vanilla.

so delicious!