Green Beans With Bacon, Cranberries and Goat Cheese

Ingredients

• 1/4 pound bacon, roughly chopped
• 1 pound of fresh green beans, washed and trimmed
• 2 tbs extra virgin olive oil
• 1 tbsp sherry vinegar
• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
• ground black pepper to taste
• 1/2 cup dried crnaberries
• 1 logo f goat cheese, crumbled
• 1/4 cup chopped dill

Instructions

1. Cook bacon in a latge skillet until crisp, 7 to 8 minutes. Transfor to a paper towel lined plate to let drain.

 2. Bring a large pot of water to boil. Add green beans and cook until just tender, 3 to 4 minutes. Drain well and transfer to a large bowl.

 3. Toss green beans with oil, vinegar, salt and pepper and transfer to a large platter.
4. Scatter bacon, cranberried, goat cheese and dill over the top and servecaption

Mango Lassie

Mangos are my favorite fruit. That's why I try to incorpotate mangos in so many drinks. Here is a very simple recipe for a mango lassie. In a blender combine 2 cubed mangos, 1/2 a cup of ice cubes, a cup of greek yogurt, a tablespoon of honey or agave, and some milk ( depending on how thick you want your lassie to be). Pour into a glass and serve with a sprig of basil on top. God I love this warm weather. : )

Spinach Smoothies

I recently bought a new blender and I felt a need to test it out. I also had a lot of spinach and I knew we had to utilize them before they went bad.

This delicious smoothie is made from a handful of spinach, 6 mint leaves, 3 tbsp of vanilla yogurt, and 1/2 a cup of skim milk.

Another recipe involves some spinach, 1 banana, 1 tbsp of peanut butter, soymilk.

This one was made from 2 handfuls of spinach, 6-7 frozen strawberries, a drizzle of agave, about a 1/4 inch of finely grated ginger and a cup of water. 

Pisco Sunrise

So one day I wanted to make a drink with some of my pisco. I always thought that tequila sunrises were really pretty but I was never a huge fan of tequila. So I decided to make a drink that catered more towards my taste. So here is a pisco sunrise AKA a mago sunrise. Be warned that this is a really sweet drink. Some people make prefer a little more alcohol than what I put. If you can't find any pisco I'm sure the spirit of your choice will work as well. It's all about the different densities of the liquids that create the look of a sunrise anyway.

In a glass of your choice pour:

• shot of pisco
• mango nectar an inch from the top
• 1-2 tbsp of grenadine