Valencian Christmas

• 1 1/2 oz. apricot brandy
• 1 oz. orange juice
• 2 dashes bitters

Shake well in a measured flamenco rhythm - or to the accompaniment of your friends’ hand claps - with cracked ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.  Optionally garnish with a twist of orange peel.  Now, run with the bulls!

Zanzibar

• 2 oz. vanilla-flavored vodka
• 1/2 oz. white creme de cacao
• 1/2 tsp. ground cloves
• 1 tbs. sugar
• a couple drops of fresh lemon juice

Mix gound gloves and sugar in a saucer.  Mosten the rim of a chilled cocktail glass with cut lemon and spin rim in sugar-spice mixture.  Shake remaining ingredients well with cracked ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.  Optionally garnish with a single frangipani flower or a small orchid.

Neapolitan Christmas

• 1 1/2 oz. brandy
• 1 oz. galliano

Shake well with cracked ice and strain into an old-fashioned glass.  Optionally garnish with a lime wedge.

Seafood Pasta Salad

• 2 cups (8 oz.) corkscrew noodles, cooked and drained
• 1 1/2 cups (8 oz.) crabmeat, chopped
• 1 cup broccoli flowerettes, partially cooked
• 1/2 cup miracle whip salad dressing
• 1/2 cup tomato, chopped
• 1/2 cup green pepper, chopped
• 1/4 cup green onion, sliced
• 1/4 cup zesty italian dressing
• 2 tbsp. parmesan cheese, grated

Directions:

Mix together parmesan cheese and dressings. 

Add remaining ingredients and mix lightly. 

Chill before serving.

Shrimp Salad

• 1 lb. pkg. petite shrimp
• 3 hard cooked eggs, diced
• 1 cup celery, diced
• 1/3 cup mayonnaise or salad dressing
• 1/8 tsp. pepper
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 green pepper, chopped
• lettuce

Directions:

Rinse shrimp. 

Combine all the ingredients and serve on lettuce. 

Optionally, you can use crab meat used instead of shrimp. 

Oriental Chicken

• 2 cups Swanson chunk white chicken
• 1 cup cream of mushroom soup
• 1 cup pineapple chunks in pure pineapple juice, undrained
• 1 cup celery, sliced
• 1 cup green onions, sliced
• 1 cup green pepper, sliced
• 1 cup water chestnuts, sliced
• 1/2 cup sliced radishes
• 1 tbsp. soy sauce

Directions:

In a skillet, combine soup, pineapple, soy sauce.

Add remaining ingredients. 

Simmer for 10 minutes while occassionaly stiring gently.

Mele Kalikimaka

• 2 oz. gin
• 1/2 oz. triple sec
• 1/2 oz. pineapple juice

Stir with cracked ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.  Optionally garnish this Hawaiian cocktail with a pineapple chunk, and a little parasol.

Kentucky Christmas

• 2 oz. bourbon
• 1 tsp. superfine sugar
• 1 oz. lemon juice
• 2 tsp. water

Shake sugar, lemon juice, and water well with cracked ice and strain into a highball glass almost filled with crushed ice.  Add the bourbon.  Stir well and optionally garnish with a maraschino cherry and a slice of lemon.

Cajun Christmas

• 1 1/2 oz. hot-pepper falvored vodka
• 1/2 oz. dry vermouth
• dash hot sauce

Shake with cracked ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.  Optionally garnish with a jalapeno or habanero pepper.

No Fat Tropical Fruit Smoothie

• 3 cups frozen tropical fruit mix (mango, papya, pineapple)
• 1 bottle water
• 3 tbsp. splenda

Directions:

Add splenda and half bottle of water and blend for 5 seconds.

Add tropical fruit mix and the other half of the bottled water.

Blend on high until smooth and serve in large glasses.