Recipes for Summer Gatherings – Treats and Drinks to Wow Your Friends

July 2, 2019 Splash Magazines Contributor Food, Drinks, & Sweets 0
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Tropical Plantain Cookies

Recipe makes 36 cookies

Ingredients:

  • 1 ½ cups Pereg’s Plantain Flour
  • 1 ½ cups brown sugar
  • 1 Tbsp. baking powder
  • ½ tsp. salt
  • 1 tsp. cinnamon
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 Tbsp. of milk
  • ¾ cups vegetable oil
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • ½ cup sweetened dried pineapple
  • ¾ cup chopped walnuts
  • ¾ cup shredded coconut (sweetened)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 ̊ F. In a large bowl mix together flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. Lightly beat eggs, milk, oil, and vanilla together. Add egg mixture to dry ingredients and mix thoroughly. Chop pineapple into quarter inch cubes. Mix pineapple, walnuts, and coconut into batter. Using a 2 tbsp. scoop, place batter on a baking sheet with 2” of room between each cookie. Bake for 12 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

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Gray Whale Gin on the Rock-ets

+ 3 oz Gray Whale Gin

+ 1 red, white and blue popsicle

Pour Gray Whale Gin in a glass. Dip popsicle + enjoy! 

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Stuffed Sauerkraut & Millet Tot Corn Dogs

Prep Time: 15 mins — Cook Time: 31 mins — Total Time: 46 mins

Appetizer — Servings: 8

Ingredients

  • 2 Boxes of RollinGreens Poblano & Sweet Potato Millet Tots
  • 6 Vegan or Beef Hot Dogs
  • 1 Bag of Cleveland Kraut Roasted Garlic
  • 1/4 cup Ketchup
  • Oil of choice

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 F. Place RollinGreens Sweet Potato & Poblano Millet Tots on baking tray with parchment or aluminum foil. Bake Tots for 7 minutes.

Millet Mash

  1. Place tots into mixing bow and mash with fork or masher. Divide by six and place first 1/6 onto wrapped sushi mat. With spoon, make a square pressing the Millet like sushi rice.

Cleveland Kraut

  1. Squeeze 6-.8oz. servings. This will be done one dog at a time. Squeeze the kraut juice onto the square of millet.

Millet Square

  1. Roll each one, lining up the edge of the square and the end of the dog. Repeat until firm and alternative each end (stick end and top end).
  2. Wrap each corn dog in saran wrap, twisting each end after wrapping. Place all dogs on the same baking tray. Cool in refrigerator for 10 minutes.
  3. After cooled, unwrap all dogs and rub in preferred oil. Bake at 425F for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown.
  4. Serve with Ketchup or preferred dipping sauce.
  5. -Enjoy Chef Ko

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