Words & Brush Recipe Corner: SUMMER FRUIT SALAD IN BERRY SYRUP

 SUMMER FRUIT SALAD IN BERRY SYRUP

By Lisa Star

https://lisa-starr.com/

Coax out all the sweetness from your first, summer fruits with the help of this crushed berry syrup.

Easy to make, it elevates the most ordinary fruit salad into a jeweled masterpiece, and can also be poured over parve vanilla ice-cream, cheesecake, vanilla cake, or Greek yoghurt.

Follow your visit to the supermarket fresh produce stand with a quick stop at the freezer section.

Your bland watermelon and nectarines - and your guests - will thank you for it.

Photo by Lisa Starr

Ingredients:

½ large watermelon, sliced and cubed
6 nectarines, sliced
1 punnet fresh blueberries

SYRUP

300g package frozen berries/cherries
⅓ cup fresh lemon juice
½ cup sugar
1 cup water
3 tablespoons orange liqueur (optional)

Directions

1: Combine the syrup ingredients - apart from liqueur - in a small pot and stir over low heat till the sugar has dissolved and sauce has thickened slightly. You can also thicken with a little cornflour dissolved in water.
2: Stir in liqueur if using, allow to cool, then pour over fresh fruit and refrigerate till ready to serve.

Enjoy

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Words & Brush Weekender: Easy listening music and chat, Friday 10th May 2024, Free Choice - all genres of music welcome

 Easy listening music and chat, Friday 10th May 2024, Free Choice - all genres of music welcome

Enjoy some good music here on Words & Brush, it's your free choice so please post any of your favorite music of all genres!

Gretchen Wilson - Pain Killer

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son

Sammy Davis Jr. That Old Black Magic

Bridge over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel (Acoustic cover by Emily Linge)

The Who - My Generation

Alma Cogan - You made me love you

Knowing Me, Knowing You (ABBA)

Clint Walker Beautiful Dreamer

Spring. Antonio Vivaldi

Dave Brubeck - Take Five ( Original Video)

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Words & Brush Recipe Corner: Smoothies

 Smoothies

By Henny Shor, Jerusalem Post, April 27, 2024

https://www.jpost.com/food-recipes/article-798651

Smoothies (photo credit: HENNY SHOR)

Yields 6 servings.

Ingredients

• 500 gr. bag frozen strawberries (about 4 cups)
• 2 cups of orange juice
• ¼ cup honey (optional)

Directions 

In a blender (or food processor with the S blade attachment), place the frozen strawberries and orange juice and begin by pulsing until they start to break down. Then mix on high speed for a minute or two until everything is smooth. Add the honey if you want to sweeten it more, then give another mix.

Pour into tall glasses, add a straw, sit back, and enjoy!

Notes:

If you want to serve these as a refreshing starter to a festive meal then prepare them the day before, place in a large container with a seal, and place in the freezer. In the morning, about 3-4 hours before the meal, take the container out of the freezer and place it in the fridge. Then scoop out with a spoon and pour into glasses before serving. Add a splash of white wine if you desire.

Enjoy

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Words & Brush Weekender: Easy listening music and chat, Friday 3rd May 2024, Free Choice - all genres of music welcome

Easy listening music and chat, Friday 3rd May 2024, Free Choice - all genres of music welcome

Enjoy some good music here on Words & Brush, it's your free choice so please post any of your favorite music of all genres!

Shania Twain - You Lay A Whole Lot Of Love On Me 

Patsy Cline - Always

The Jive Bombers – Bad Boy

Gilbert O'Sullivan - Alone Again 

Neil Sedaka - Laughter in the Rain (1974)

Let Her Go - Passenger (Cover by Emily Linge)

Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman 

Shirley Bassey - GOLDFINGER 

Andy Williams - The Shadow Of Your Smile

Petula Clark - Downtown 

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Cometh What May Open thread

 

 Come what May our works are in progress.  Summer is near as the days get warmer and the mornings are best here before you get to work.  May it be a productive day!

We writers keep a note pad or idea box wherever we go.   If something is said in a certain way, it is also written down for possible later use.  While scientists have "Labs"  I call the world around me

 my "Lab."

   

Moments when we have that dreaded writer's block,  and the page is
just staring at you

Think outside the box, read someone else's work, a book, take 

a walk, go to a festival. I hear the Renaissance Festivals are in full swing now.

Don't worry about the critiques, there are good ones and terrible ones, but some
where you least expect it from. 

Remember your creativity is yours alone

May you create to the best of your ability.

Some projects take a lot of time

For the Star Wars Fanatics this month or 

forever be one with the Force.  

Let the story simmer some more

To create a strong ending

Be who you are, all the time and creativity   
It will set you free.

Dream, reflect and tap into that subconsciousness

Be eccentric, be you

All great works of art take time on their path.  Stay on the path,

Remember, it is your story, your work of art. 

Spend a time with us for tea or coffee,

whichever is your fancy!

Let it pour from the brush or 

the pen, be in your element.   Great projects take time, late nights, revisions, looking for the right angle of the project, to repaintings, reconstructions for others to enjoy. Be you, stay creative!