Banana Orange smoothie

For Christmas this year I received the nutria ninja 900, a food extractors? or one bad ass blender.
this recipe came out pretty good, so to save..  here it is..

1 banana, peeled
1 orange, peeled
1 cup whole milk
3 ice cubes
dash of nutmeg

blend 25 sec in nutria ninja +

Meatball Cookies

Grandma & Grandpa Lombardo

Meatball Cookies


yup , you read this right..
Meatball cookies are sort of a family tradition. Everyone (all 6 or 7 aunts) in my Dad's family made them as I was growing up, and oddly every aunt's tasted and looked slightly different. Some aunts added nuts, some not, some liquor, some not, and some made them huge and some made them smaller. So I'm going to leave my rendition of the recipe.. Just keep in mind the way I cook, every year they are slightly different.. And using a mixer no matter how much you want to doesn't usually work too well. It makes the batter too wet. So if you have a need to, like I do, add enough flour to make it stiff? LOL sorry but I do it by eye.

Meatball Cookies

1 c sugar
1 c crisco (or margarine)
8 oz cream cheese
3 eggs
1/2 c milk
1/2 c cocoa
5 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
4 c flour
12 oz chocolate chips
1 c. nuts
1/4 c whiskey
1 Tbs rum
1 Tbs brandy
2 Tbs oil


My original modifications were changing 2 - 3 oz cream cheese to 8 oz, and 8 oz of chips to 12 oz. Now for more of modifications, I leave out the nuts, and the brandy usually, I just throw in a little extra whiskey or rum.

first cream sugar and butter, then add cream cheese, cream more, then eggs and milk stir till mixed thoroughly. Then add all dry stuff and chips and mix. Then liquor.

mix pieces off ( meatball or walnut size) and roll. use a little oil in your hands to make it smooth.

bake 400 deg 8 - 10 min
frost or not lol


*Copied from my old blog...

Life and times of emma jean in the Virual World and the Real one.
Sunday, December 19, 2004