The House of Sugar and Spice: a Fruit Salsa

Oh, my sweet summer children...you have to try this fruit salsa!

Unfortunately, for us, we've fallen behind in watching Season 5 of Game of Thrones, but we're making a comeback with this blog and to kickstart what we're hoping will be a very eventful summer, and years to follow, we've concocted an easy and quick fruit salsa for you

Here's the recipe:

Prep time: 5 minutes
Total time: 5 minutes

You're gonna need strawberries, blueberries, green grapes (but you can try red ones too, let us know what it tastes like in the comments below, we used green for their tartness), honey, lemon juice, and salt.

Here were our measurements, but yours can vary depending on which flavors you want to bring out...

6 strawberries
3/4 cup of blueberries
A dozen grapes
1-2 tbsp honey (to taste)
1/2 tsp lemon juice
a pinch of salt

Cut up your strawberries and grapes so they blend easier, then put them in a food processor (you can try a blender, but we suggest slower speeds because you're aiming for a salsa, not a smoothie, but let us know your results in the comments section). Add the blueberries, honey, and lemon juice then mix to your desired consistency. Lastly, add the salt, try to sprinkle it add evenly, then stir the mixture with a spoon.

You're ready to serve! And, we have a few suggestions:

You can't go wrong with torilla chips (we used Tostitos), plain torillas for a wrap (we spread Nutella on ours before adding the sauce, then add whip cream and syrup on top for ooey gooey perfection), ice cream (you can never go wrong with vanilla, plus we added Nutella again), and waffles. Our dad gave our mom a belgian waffle maker for Mother's Day so she's been making waffles every weekend. We also added Nutella and whip cream to the waffles as well. What can we say? We really love Nutella!

With three episodes left of Season 5, hopefully you'll feel drawn to add our sauce to one of your viewing party menus. Remember: me parties are parties too.

Let us know what you think of our fruit sauce in the comments section below and we'll see you next time!

Old Fashioned Float with a Rum and Coke Twist

Following the 4th of July, all we can really think of is relaxing with something old fashioned. No, this doesn't have much to do with dragons, but it does have a lot to do with being fans of delicious flavor. Today, we bring you rum and coke ice cream floats. 

Yes, we do have root beer. No, it does not taste very good with rum. In fact, it's downright yuck. 

This tasty treat is perfect for enjoying in the afternoon while everyone relaxes. Best of all, you can make it family friendly by simply nixing the rum in the glasses for the kiddies. 

To make your Rum and Coke float...

Mix 1 1/2 oz of rum (one shot) and about 6-7 oz of Coke into a small cup. Add several scoops of  vanilla ice cream* to a tall glass and pour your rum and Coke mix to the glass. Yay! You just made a super delicious and crazy easy beverage to enjoy with everyone. 

*We recommend Breyer's Natural Vanilla ice cream

4th of July Special: The Hand of the Kitchen's Ice Cream Recipe

Our Hand of the Kitchen is the second in command whenever we bake, fry, or throw food at each other. Since the unfortunate, temporary demise of our last Hand by White Walker Sugar Cookies, we've had to instate a new force for decision making.

 Naturally, we went with our guts and everyone pointed at the youngest while simultaneously touching their noses not-it.

Today, our Hand brings you her very own recipe for the 4th of July while the rest of us blow up stuff in the name of liberty. Introducing, the proper way to eat your ice cream from the littlest hipster we know.

First, you'll need to make sure you have everything...

Ingredients

blueberries
blackberries
strawberries
vanilla ice cream

homemade whipped cream ingredients:
1 c heavy whipping cream
1 tbsp powdered sugar
1/8 tsp of vanilla extract

Step 1: To make your whipped cream, whip your whipping cream, vanilla extract, and powdered sugar into a frenzy in a bowl until soft peaks form or it's the consistency you like best.

Step 2: Scoop 3 nice, round scoops of vanilla ice cream into a bowl.

Step 3: slice your strawberries and sprinkle strawberry slices, blueberries, and blackberries over your ice cream.


Doesn't that look delicious!

Finally, add a couple of dollops of our homemade whipped cream to the top of your ice cream and start eating!

Here in the Atlanta area we really only have a matter of minutes to eat ice cream out on the front porch while it still counts as "ice cream" and not just "cream." Our Hand tried her best to finish her deliciousness as fast as possible so she could join in festivities.

Happy 4th of July! From House Cook's littlest hipster and Hand of the Kitchen.