Friday, March 19, 2010

Health Drink

This is a fruit juice concoction, it's meant for things like arthritis and sore knees (like mine). It's probably just good for you anyway, but it is acidic.

Health Drink

64 oz. Red Grape Juice (It needs to be RED grape juice which can be hard to find).
64 oz. Apple Juice
1 1/2 cups Apple Cider Vinegar (Apple Cider Vinegar, not Apple Cider!)

Mix or stir together. Keep refrigerated. Drink 1/2 cup daily, you can drink more but 1/2 cup is the recommended amount.

Like I said before, this is acidic! But it's pretty good, although it might take some getting used to. It reminds me of cranberry juice in some ways, although it's more tart. We used to drink it on a regular basis, I forget why we quit but I think I'm going to mix some up and start drinking it daily again. It certainly can't hurt, and it might help my knees.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Mom's Apple Pie (EDITED)

A word of explanation before the recipe: Froggy was taught to cook by the same woman I was (our mother). So she doesn't necessarily need to measure, either! I couldn't find this recipe, so I asked her to send it to me. This is a very good apple pie recipe. Here it is:

Apple Pie

You can make 2 crusts or buy them already made.

Get a bunch of apples, peel & slice them.

Mix sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg & apple slices. Put 1 pie crust in pie pan, then pour apple mixture into pie plate. Cover with the other crust.

Cook at 375, for 50 minutes.

I use anywhere from 3/4 cup to 1 cup of sugar. I don't measure cinnamon or nutmeg. Top crust can be full crust or lattice. Sometimes I put a little sugar on top of crust before baking.

Thanks, Froggy!

Here's Froggy's edit: 

I was reading your recipes and realized that I forgot something in the Apple Pie. If you use a full top crust, make 3 or 4 small (finger size) holes in the crust. This lets out some of the steam.