I LOVE VANILLA ICE CREAM!

We already knew that ice cream is good w/ mochi...

But I just discovered that it is also really good with jello (this one's blueberry with chunks of blueberries and other fruits; I know this jello's kinda ugly, but it was SO GOOD):

It's also good with water or milk splashed on it
... or peanut butter
... or cocoa powder
... or condensed milk (like on halo halo)
... or shaved ice/snow cones
... or pumpkin puree
... or Amaretto
... or any wine (maybe...at least the dessert wines)
... or pancakes

Visão (Quady), Raspberry Passport (Ficklin), & Purple (Quady)

I've posted about Purple before, but here are a couple of others from Madera (two are from Quady Winery, and the middle one's from Ficklin Vineyards):


The first one is a 2006 13.5% alc/vol. California red wine called Visão (Portuguese for "dreams" according to the back of the bottle) from Quady Winery.

The second is Raspberry Passport, an 18.0% alc/vol. "grape wine with natural flavors added" from Ficklin Vineyards.

My mom and I tried the Raspberry Passport (from Ficklin) on top of vanilla ice cream. I'm not a huge raspberry fan in general, but this was pretty good with ice cream! Purple is also awesome with ice cream.
Purple is a 15.0% alc/vol dessert wine that tastes like a purple popsicle (for adults).

I also REALLY love Quady's Electra wines. Like I said, I'm not a huge wine person, so when I tried the white Electra, which is halfway between grape juice and wine, I was very impressed and wanted to eat the frozen version all myself and then drink another bottle of it unfrozen. Seriously...that good. Everyone who's tried it that I've talked with said it was really good, including a few who were very enthusiastic about them.

My Favorite *Corn Flake* Chocolate Chip Cookies

Many who have tried these absolutely LOVES these (I highly recommend you try this recipe). My mom got the recipe from my great-aunt (Auntie Kei). They're crispy (partly from the Corn Flakes) and light (just not light in a healthy way). And this recipe makes A LOT of cookies if you make them the size of a teaspoon, which is what you're supposed to do.

This is just part of the total amount of cookies we made with this recipe (and we made them kinda big):

BEFORE:



Crunchy Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe:

3 1/2 cups flour
3 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 cubes butter
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup granulated sugar
1 egg (room temperature)
1 tablespoon milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup vegetable oil
1 cup quick Quaker Oats
1 package semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 cup crushed Corn Flakes

1. Small bowl: Sift flour, baking soda, & salt
2. Large bowl: Beat together butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar, egg, milk, & vanilla
3. Stir flour mixture into butter mixture alternately with oil until mixed
4. Stir in crushed Corn Flakes, oats & chocolate chips
5. Drop by teaspoons onto ungreased cookie sheet; press down a bit (They keep their shape and size overall during baking)
6. Bake in the oven at 350 degrees for 12-15 minutes until lightly brown

*Not sure exactly how many this makes, but the cookies we made were bigger than they're supposed to be. I'd say at least three dozen if you make them as big as we did.

My Neighbors' Xmas Treats

My neighbors' kids are SO CUTE!! They made these together on Christmas and gave them to us.