Floating Into Summer

Root Beer Float.

Directions:

Pour root beer into tall glass until 3/4 full. Add ice cream until topped up and fizzy.

Insert Straw & Spoon.

Ingredients:

A & W Root Beer

Vanilla Ice Cream

Spoon

Straws

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Something New From A Box

This is a smooth and dreamy dessert. Dreamy in that it is so simple. Smooth - well, it's creme caramel. Creme Caramel is a sweet custard with a caramel sauce.

The kind I made was Dr. Oetker. In total it took about 45 minutes from start to consumption.
This boxed dessert requires: milk, a whisk, a sauce pan, a bowl, some ramekins (I used little coffee cups) and the box of Dr. Oetker Creme Caramel.

Though I'm certain that fresh, "from scratch", creme caramel is divine, this kind is my pick for a quick sweet tooth fix! You may just gluttonously consume all four portions yourself. I did.

Coffee

coffea arabica

coffea canephora

A social, stimulating beverage. Savoured both hot and cold. I drink two mugs of coffee every morning with homo (3.25%) milk. I love it cold and chilled as a summer refresher. In Ice Cream, (especially the Haagen Dazs variety) coffee, is one of my favourite food friends.

This week I invested in a coffee bean grinder. I decided to do so after surreptitiously purchasing beans instead of ground coffee during my trip to the supermarket. I went to the local London Drugs and bought a Cuisinart Coffee Grinder. It is fabulous. What a delight.

foodie photo fun

what makes a slaw a slaw?

cole slaw

Sweet, salty, crunchy, chunky slaw. I like it with cabbage and carrot and radish.

You can get cole slaw with take out so frequently. There's the super-drenched watery kind from those fried chicken places, which leave you wondering if the cole slaw actually originated from cabbage. Personally, I like to make my own.

It's fun to use different types of cabbage - purple or savoy to change up the texture. I keep the dressing simple: mayo, vinegar or lemon juice, salt, sugar, mustard.

Good old cole slaw. What my Grandma called cabbage salad. It is a Barbeque picnic summer family reunion side dish. On Friday, I served it up with some sauce-slathered ribs and brown/wild rice.