Chocolate Fondue and Axis Kiss Cocktail

Perfect for a sexy Valentine's Dinner

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Axis Kiss

Ingredients:

• dash of amaretto almond liqueur
• dash of creme de cassis
• chilled Champagne

Pour the amaretto and creme de cassis into a Champagne flute.

Gently top with Champagne.

Homemade Snow Ice Cream

5 cups of clean snow

1/2 cup of sugar

1 tsp of vanilla extract

1 cup of milk, (I use vanilla soy milk)

in a large mixing bowl add milk, sugar and vanilla.  whisk together until the sugar dissolves. slowly add about half a cup of snow at a time. slightly whisk, serve immediately.

Beer Bread, 5 ingredients or less

3 cups of self rising flour
1/2 cup of granulated sugar
12 ounces of beer, I prefer a dark heavy beer
2 tablespoons of melted butter or olive oil

Preheat oven to 350°F. Mix all ingredients except melted butter together-stirring just until blended. (do not over mix) Pour into greased bread loaf pan.  Spread melted butter or oil over the top of the bread during the last 10 minutes of baking.  Bake at 350°F for 1 hour.

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Mushroom and Sour Cream Enchiladas

Mushroom and Sour Cream Enchiladas

¨       1 8 oz can of cream of mushroom soup

¨       1 8 oz container of light or vegan sour cream

¨       ½ cup of white button mushrooms, chopped and lightly sauted in olive oil

¨       2 tsp of diced tomatillo peppers, I use canned

¨       2 cups of mozzarella cheese, you can use what you like

¨       12 corn tortillas

¨       1 oz can of enchilada sauce, I used red for contrast or you can make your own

ü  combine soup, sour cream, 1 cup of cheese (save the rest as a topping), peppers and mushrooms

ü  heat tortillas until pliable, about a minute in the microwave.

ü  in a shallow baking dish roll a heaping spoonful of the mixture in the tortillas or you could layer like a casserole, top with enchilada sauce and the remaining cheese, bake at 350 for 20 minutes

* you can also add chicken and spinach

Chocolate Bread

Don't let this recipe scare you, if I didn't screw it up then you won't either, everyone knows I am a notoriously bad baker.

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1/4 cup cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon distilled white vinegar
• 1 cup water
• 1/4 cup chocolate chips
• 1/2 cupwalnuts
• 1/2 cup dried fruit (I used cherries)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease one 9x5 inch loaf pan.
2. Sift together the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Add the oil, vanilla, vinegar, water nuts and fruit. Mix together until smooth.
3. Pour into prepared pan and bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 45 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool.

Facon (fake bacon)

Okay, so it has the texture of play dough, but once you get past that it actually tastes pretty darn good.
I love it with banana nut pancakes and on my famous FLAT Sandwiches (facon, lettuce, avocado, tomato).