FAVORITE HOLIDAY RECIPES FROM A COUPLE OF
MY FAVORITE ARTISTS & SOMETHING FROM ME TOO!
Enjoy these quick and easy recipes during your Christmas through New Years get- together with family and friends. If you make any of these please take a photo and share with us!
THE PERFECT BREAKFAST ON CHRISTMAS MORNING!
FROM SALLY JAYE – Singer/Songwriter & ½ of the duo of The Ladies Gun Club
SALLY JAYE’S FRENCH TOAST EVERYBODY LOVES!
Ingredients: One loaf of Challah bread, Canola oil, 4 eggs, 1 cup milk, 1 tsp vanilla, 1 Tbsp honey, ½ Tbsp sugar. Dash of salt, fresh berries, syrup
“Wake up. Go buy some nice Challah bread from a local bakery, maybe grab a cup of coffee there and smile and chat with some folks in the neighborhood. Take it home, turn on some music (we put the iPhone in a glass on the counter), and make sure the kitchen is nice and clean before you start.”
Slice bread about 1 and 1/2 inches thick and set aside. In a glass mixing bowl (I prefer glass), combine milk, eggs, vanilla, honey, salt. Don’t put your eggshells in the garbage disposal! Whisk together. Pour into a small, shallow glass casserole dish. (I prefer glass). Add Canola oil to a medium size skillet, just enough to create a light layer all over. Turn stove onto medium. Lay slices of bread in mixture, coating each side but not soaking. Let bread sit in mixture for a few minutes. Place slices of bread in skillet. Cook for two to three minutes and flip. Repeat for other side. Flip again for about a minute, and flip again for another minute. Just don’t leave it for too long on one side or it will burn. NOTE: Don’t let it get cold, so if you’re making a lot, keep it in a warm oven (low temp) while you make the rest. Serve with syrup and fresh strawberries and blueberries or fruit of your choice. Bananas are good too. This goes especially well with bacon and fresh orange juice to drink.
The unabashedly Appalachian voices of SALLY JAYE and SARAH ROBERTS make for a stunning anomaly. Soon after meeting, they borrowed the name LADIES GUN CLUB from an actual ladies’ gun club in North Carolina and, happily commenced to makin’ bona fide Roots Music in the midst of Tinseltown. The NEW LGC single is out on iTunes! Check out BIG BASS DRUM, produced by Josh Day, written and performed by LGC with Brian Wright, Philip Khronengold & Dylan Cooper www.theladiesgunclub.com
APPETIZERS
TAYLOR KASCH – Artistic Director Flying H Group – Theater Company
“My drunken Irish grandfather passed on to me”
DRUNKEN MEATBALLS!!
1c catsup, 1/2 c brown sugar, 1/2 to 1 cup bourbon, 1 package frozen meat balls.
Mix it all together in a crock pot and cook on high for 2 hrs. Pretty damn good!
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POLLY HOGANSON – Writer VenturaRocks.com
“This is a family favorite and oh so easy!!”
HAM ROLL UPS
Danish Ham – 16 ounces, Green Onions – 1 bunch, Soft Cream Cheese – 16 ounces
Wash green onions, cut off root ends, reserve green stalks. Take a slice of ham and lay flat, spread enough cream cheese to cover. Cut 1 stalk of green onion the width of the ham, roll it up like a jelly roll. With seam side down slice 5-6 “wheels”. Place on a small platter or dinner size plate. Continue through the pack of ham or until you run out of cream cheese. It usually makes enough for 6-8 people.
NEW YEARS CHEER!
RAIN PERRY – Singer/songwriter
“Here’s a recipe I invented in honor of my nephew’s wedding.”
PEONY MARTINI
One part Hendricks Gin, One part *ginger-infused Sake (see below), two parts raspberry lemonade from Trader Joe’s, raspberries to float on top
*I always store sliced ginger in sake because you can never use up a whole root before it goes bad. One day I thought “I bet that sake-flavored ginger would be pretty good in a cocktail!”
Rain Perry’s “Beautiful Tree” is the theme for the CW Network’s “Life Unexpected,” where she also had the surreal pleasure of appearing as herself in a music festival episode alongside Sarah McLachlan and Ben Lee. She has released four albums on her own Precipitous Records (2 of which had their CD Release Parties at Zoey’s), as well as writing and touring a solo play about her unusual childhood called Cinderblock Bookshelves: A Guide For Children of Fame-Obsessed Bohemian Nomads. A high point: hearing Nanci Griffith’s sweet voice on Tom Russell’s version of her song “Yosemite.” A not-so-high point: when it made the radio EP but not the album. In addition to her career as a singer-songwriter, Rain also promotes concerts in Ojai and teaches Songwriting for Civilians, specializing in classes for people who harbor a secret desire to write songs but need encouragement and tools.