Italian Sausage Soup

2 & 3/4 cups chicken broth
1/4 cup heavy cream
1 medium russet potato
2 cups chopped Kale
1/2 lb Spicy Italian Sausage (find it with the bratwurst)
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp crushed red pepper flakes

I usually saute the sausage in the pot I’m going to make the soup in, just enough to sear the outside then add the chicken broth and simmer to finish cooking the sausage.
Slice the potato into 1/4 inch slices and then quarter.
Remove the sausage and let cool before you cut! Add the cream to the warm chicken broth. Slice the sausage and add all the ingredients to the pot. Simmer for about an hour.

Serves 2, but doubles perfectly.

Standard Salsa

3-4 Roma Tomatoes chopped
1/4-1/2 of a medium onion chopped (sweet yellow is my fav)
3-4 slices of a sliced jalepeno (keep a glass jar of these on hand)
1 tsp chopped parsley
1/2 tsp minced garlic
1 T lemon juice
1/2 tsp salt
Pepper to taste

Mix. Adjust each ingredient to taste.

K-RIDE’S MAI TAI

Ingredients:
Rum (Parrot Bay w/ Mango tastes the best) 1.5oz
Triple Sec (cheap, plastic bottle is fine) 0.5oz
Vanilla Syrup (find it with the coffee) 0.5oz
Lime Juice 0.5oz
Orange Juice

Mix all but orange juice with ice in a shaker. Empty into glass, fill with orange juice and garnish with orange slice or cherry.

Makes: 1 happy K-Ride.

To remember the recipe “One and a half, half, half, half.”

CANDY CANE

Ingredients:

Creme De Cacao (white looks better in this drink but dark will work) 2oz
Peppermint Schnapps 2oz
Half & Half (OR Heavy Whipping Cream & Milk) 2oz
Vanilla Ice Cream 1 Cup
Ice 1 Highball

Mix in blender. Garnish with aerosol whipping cream, a candy cane, and grenadine.

Makes: 2 happy drinkers.