Recycle, make lemonade

So It's summer it's hot what do you need? Lemonade ^___^ Now don't go off and buy some cutesy little pitcher just to make lemonade. Recycle a bottle you have. Whether it's a bottle of Coke or Pepsi to even a Perrier bottle. I personally bought one of those fancy schmancy "artisan" water bottles made out of glass. One drank all the water then washed the bottle and filled it up with tastey home made lemonade. So now I have a nice bottle WITH screw top cap.

Here's how I make lemonade:
Ingredients:
Water
splenda (the little packets)
lemons or limes (1 per two cups of water)

Instructions:
For every 2 measuring cups of water use one lemon or lime either one is good
and I tend to try to avoid sugar for health reasons so I use splenda but if you like the real stuff go ahead and use it : ).
So to every 2 cups I use 2 to 3 packets of splenda.
Mix that all up and put it in your bottle. I made 4 cups of it and filled it up to the top.
Now just put it in the fridge and let it chill  ^___^ see? easy! tastey! try it you'll love it : )

Couve (Collard Greens)

So I'm back and It's the fourth of July! HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!!! ^___^

I'm posting up my recipe for Couve, or Collard Greens in English. This recipe is very popular in Brazil and I always ask my grandma to make it for me when I visit. Because I admit it no matter how hard I try and I feel like it's this way for many people, no matter how hard you try it's just NEVER as good as your grandma's.

So here's the list of ingredients:

1 garlic clove diced
Collard Greens, about 6 leaves (large, more if they're small)
1-2 TBS olive oil
salt to taste



Trust me this is VERY easy and it goes well with white rice, and lets not forget it's CHEAP...good for those like me who are trying to save a buck ^^;

Wash your collard greens and cut the stem off. Even make sure to remove the stem part from the middle part of the leaf because it'll get chewy. Then stack the leaves ontop of each other and roll them as tightly as possible. With a sharp knife slice the rolled collards as thinly as possible.

 Take your garlic clove now and dice : )



When that's all done take a pan and heat it up. Add the olive oil and let the oil heat up a bit. When it's heated add the garlic and sautee for about five seconds, garlic cooks way too fast. With that add the collards and stir. Keep stirring them and watch as they start to wilt. When they're all wilted, mind you not burnt just wilted, they're done : ) Add salt to taste.

Hope you try it out : ) For a more step by step check out my youtube video.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKmouXPWcLk&feature=channel_video_title

More coming soon!