Cheers to Cherries - Shirly Temples

Parents magazine's June 2010 issue featured a "light" Shirley Temple. I love froo-froo drinks, alcoholic or not, so I'm up for this one!

Cheers to Cherries
"Shirley Temples are on tap. Using fresh, in-eason Bing cherries and real juice, we whipped up a delicious kiddie cocktail that's just 40 calories a cup (regular ones are, gulp, around 150).

**Fill two glasses about halfway with ice and put four cherries in each.
**In a pitcher, mix 1 1/2 cups seltzer and 1/4 cup cherry juice (R.W.Knudsen makes a good one).
**Pour seltzer mixture into glasses and offer to kids 4 and over. Slice the cherries for younger kids.

Berry Helpful

I love strawberries, but I hate having to cut the leaves off! Ladies Home Journal featured this in their June 2010 issue:


BERRY Helpful:

One of our favorite things about this time of year? Strawberries are at their sweetest. So we were excited to discover a gadget that makes hulling a breeze. With its shapr claws, the StemGem removes stems and leaves in one quick twist; $8 at williams-sonoma.com



Looks like I'm headed to Frontenac tomorrow... :)
P.S. It gets great reviews too!

Jokari Cool Cones

This was featured in the August 4, 2009 issue of Womans' Day magazine:

"Mom-Tested: WD food director Jackie Plant raved to me about Jokari Cool Cones, plastic ice cream cones with push-up handles ($3.99 for two; in supermarkets): When I cam across these, I thought, 'Why didn't I think of this?' It's such a great idea! You can use them to scoop out and serve ice cream or make your own healthy pops with leftover fruit smoothies."

- Terry Grieco Kenny