The Perfect Summer Drink

My husband is on a cooking spree and I am loving it! We were sick of our usual weekly menus so we decided to spice it up and started to look at different cultures. We have picked out several recipes and have declared our first couple of weeks.. Indian Week and African Week. This Juice recipe is African and we cannot get enough of it. It is refreshing with a little bit of a kick. 

Ingredients:

4 large lemons juiced

1 cup white sugar

7 cups water, as needed

16 leaves fresh mint, crushed

1/3 pound fresh unpeeled ginger root cut into 1/2 in chunks

1 1/2 cups water, or as needed to cover

Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies

While the husband was deployed last year I lived with five girls. Being able to live with these lovely girls turned out to be such a blessing. I loved being surrounded by people all of the time and we ended up making many wonderful memories. During the year we made a point to celebrate each season and had many holiday parties. One of my roommates made oatmeal pumpkin cookies for one of these parties and I was instantly hooked! She was kind enough to share the family recipe. I had so much fun making these cookies this year and sharing them with the hubby. He is quite the fan of them as well!

The recipe:

Mix together:

1 cup butter

3/4 c. Brown sugar

3/4 c. Sugar

1 cup pumpkin

1egg

1 tsp vanilla

1 3/4 c. Flour

1tsp. Baking soda

1 tsp. salt

1 tsp. cinnamon

2 1/2 c. Oatmeal

Bake @ 350 for 11 minutes

Icing:

1 tbsp. milk

1/2 tsp. vanilla

2 1/2 c. Powdered sugar

Enjoy!

xo

anna lizbeth