Category Archives: Nico in the Kitchen

May 13

Let’s Make POG Juice

When we visited Honolulu, we fell in love with a tropical beverage called POG Juice. Its  fruity, sweet, and delicious. I hoped and hoped that I could find it locally, but it wasn’t meant to be, so I’ve worked up a recipe that is almost as tasty as the POG juice from Hawaii. The recipe is simple, it’s equal parts juice, and you should be able to find all of the ingredients at your store too,  so here we go.

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For the POG juice you’ll need:

  • 2 quart Pitcher
  • Large Measuring Cup
  • Wooden Spoon
  • Passion Fruit Juice
  • Orange Juice
  • Guava Nectar

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Get your pitcher ready and add in 3 cups of Passion Fruit Juice

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Then add in 3 cups of Orange Juice

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Last but not least, add in 3 cups of Guava Nectar

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Guava Nectar is such a pretty rosy color.

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Stir the mixture well, and serve this POG Juice chilled.

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POG Juice is delicious all on it’s own, or you can always serve it alongside your favorite breakfast.

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Enjoy this tasty treat! A small warning though, this juice will disappear as fast as you can make it, my picky family loves it. Give it a try, and let me know what you think.

May 3

April’s Tasty Treats

I tried a few new recipes, and brought back a few old favorites. There were a lot of tasty treats going on in the kitchen during the month of April. Here are some of our faves.

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I made a Peach Crescent Roll bake, and served it for breakfast for dinner night. I made the peach filling from scratch, and it was sweet and tasty.

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I love to bake biscuits, and luckily the family likes them too. I served these alongside fried chicken.

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We had just a few strawberries in our garden. Then some squirrels hopped the fence, and ate them all up.

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I tried out a recipe for Cream Cheese Sweet Rolls, and I really liked them. The family didn’t care for them too much. When will they learn that cream cheese is awesome…

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Super sweet Corn Bread Muffins. Agnes loves these. She loves baked goods, just like her momma.

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Cookies, cookies, cookies! I made some treats for a buddy of ours, and some went to my hubby’s workplace, and a few stayed home for the kiddos.

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Homemade Cinnamon Rolls with Vanilla Glaze. I love to make cinnamon rolls, but it takes all day. It is worth it though, the homemade rolls are delicious.

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When it was time for Easter, I wanted to make a pie, but I wanted to make something different. I decided to bake a Cherry flower topped rectangular shaped pie. It turned out great, and it made James fall in love with Cherry pie. Now to win over the kiddos.

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Lastly Homemade Bread. From scratch, and kneaded by hand. I think this was the first time that I made homemade bread (without the breadmaker) since I had Agnes. It was good to get back to it, and the bread made a delicious side to Easter dinner.

It’s May already, and I’m ready to get started on some more tasty treats. Today we are headed to the store, I’ve got to make birthday cupcakes for one of my hubby’s co-worker’s. This month I hope to make some handmade candies, and bake lots of cakes too. Stay tuned for the May sweets pictures.

Apr 5

March’s Tasty Treats

March was a busy month. I had a cookie catering gig, and Dylan’s birthday too. I also tried out a few new dessert recipes that I liked, but the family didn’t care for too much. Maybe I’ll come up with a few new ones to try out in the next month.

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I made a Cream Cheese Cherry Crescent Roll Bake for dessert one night. I liked it, but the rest of the family wasn’t a fan, sigh…

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The mini-cherry pies were for the cookie catering gig,

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along with some cakerdoodles,

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and teeny-tiny 100% from scratch Dutch Apple Pies.

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I also attempted a Cherry Cheesecake. I liked it, but no one else did… Hmmm, maybe I’m starting to take a hint that my family just doesn’t care for cherries.

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For Dylan’s party I made some Green Velvet Cupcakes.

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I also made some Chocolate Cake Pops too. This was James first time to try them, and he went crazy for them. They were pretty tasty.

I have a few recipes in mind for April. I want to make something extra special for Easter, but I just don’t know what yet. Maybe a Coconut Cream Pie is in order, or a Strawberry Cake, maybe both, it is a holiday after all.

Mar 30

Green Velvet Cupcakes

When it was time for Dylan’s birthday he wanted Green cupcakes. Green just happens to be his favorite color, so I thought I would try to tweak a recipe and make Green Velvet Cupcakes.

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I have a recipe for homemade-made-from-scratch Red Velvet cake, but it called for a lot of ingredients that I didn’t have on hand, so I decided to start with a box mix. The thing about red or green velvet cake is it tastes a bit like chocolate, so I added in 2 teaspoons of cocoa powder to a white cake mix, and it did the trick. I also added in 30 drops of green food coloring, and I was pretty happy with the color after the little cakes had baked.

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I topped off the cupcakes with my homemade icing for Red Velvet Cupcakes, and they turned out great! Dylan was really happy to have the green cupcakes for his birthday, and he even helped out with the mixing too.

If you aren’t a fan of green the same method would be great to make Blue Velvet cupcakes, or Purple Velvet cupcakes too. Happy baking!