All Season's Peppermint Stick Smoothie Recipe

With a blender, such as one of the KitchenAid 5 Speed Blenders with Polycarbonate Jars, you can easily make this tasty smoothie recipe. For me, personally, I can never have enough smoothie recipes as I simply love them.

As a variation you can of course use chocolate ice cream and get a shake with a more chocolaty taste and only a hint of peppermint.

What You Need:

• 4 ice cream scoops peppermint chocolate chip ice cream
• 1 ½ C milk
• 2 drops peppermint extract

How to Make It:

1. Place the ice cream in the blender.
2. Pour in the milk.
3. Add the drops of extract.
4. Cover and blend until smooth and creamy.

If you can’t find peppermint chocolate chip ice cream use plain peppermint ice cream. By adding about ¼ of a bag of semi sweet chocolate chips you can achieve the same taste.

Well, during the holiday time it is a good time to experiment with this recipe and find the one your family loves the best.

Fun And Easy Chili Mini Tacos Recipe

If you and your kids love chili this is the recipe for you. It is really easy to make, kid friendly and suitable for any party you may be having this holiday season. If you have a Cuisinart SG 10 Electric Spice and Nut Grinder it will be a great help with chopping the peanuts. Freshly chopped is always better than buying chopped nuts.

What You Need:

• 8 mini corn taco shells
• 1/3 C of milk chocolate chips, divided
• 1 pint vanilla ice cream
• 2 T peanuts, chopped

How to Make It:

1. Preset the oven control to 350 degrees allowing the oven to preheat.
2. Stand the taco shells, opening up, in a loaf pan placing foil balls at each end to keep them upright.
3. Heat the shells in the oven for 5 minutes or until crispy.
4. Remove and allow the shells to cool for 10 minutes.
5. Fill the bottom of each cooled shell with 1 t of the chocolate chips.
6. Fill each of the taco shells with 1/4 C of ice cream.
7. Place the pan of filled shells into the freezer for at least 15 minutes.
8. Place the remaining chocolate chips into a microwave safe bowl.
9. Microwave on high 1 minute then stir.
10. If the chips are not completely melted and smooth return to the microwave at 30 second intervals, stirring after each interval until the chips are melted and smooth.
11. Remove the tacos from the freezer.
12. Trickle the melted chocolate over the top of each of the tacos.
13. Quickly sprinkle each taco with the chopped peanuts.
14. Return to the freezer for at least 10 minutes.

Makes 8 ice cream tacos

These easy to make ice cream tacos will be a hit on New Years Eve. Any flavor of ice cream will work. You can also use any type of ice cream topping to drizzle over the top. Create an ice cream taco that will suit your children’s tastes.

Preparation Time: approximately 30 minutes
Baking Time: approximately 5 minutes
Freezing Time: approximately 25 minutes
Total Time: approximately 1 hour

Nutritional Information per taco: (approximate values)

Calories 140; fat 8 g; sodium 60 mg; carbohydrates 15 g; sugars 10 g; protein 3 g

Serve these tacos as a tasty snack. You can be sure your visitors will love them. They are exceptional and can even serve as a light dessert after a heavy meal.

Tasty Cheese Fondue Recipe With Your Cuisinart CFO 3SS Electric Fondue Maker

If you have a Cuisinart CFO 3SS Electric Fondue Maker you can spoil your guests with this slightly different cheese fondue. I always enjoy something a little different and this cheese fondue recipe is a tasty variation on the well known Swiss fondue.

Ingredient for your cheese fondue recipe:

• 6 beaten eggs
• 6 tablespoons grated strong cheddar cheese
• 4 tablespoons butter
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Crusty bread cubed

Method

1. Put the eggs into a saucepan with the butter and cheese
2. Stir until cooked and thick
3. Flavor with salt and pepper
4. Pour into your Cuisinart CFO 3SS Electric Fondue Maker
5. Serve with the bread and a good white wine

This fondue is nice and tick and very easy to scoop up with your bread. Because your Cuisinart CFO 3SS Electric Fondue Maker has a non stick interior it is easy to wash up quickly and still serve a chocolate fondue for dessert.