For some reason,* our house is the place to be right now. My 14 year old son has two friends over, for Wii games

and shouting, mostly, kids love that stuff. And my 10-year old daughter has a friend over too, a little more mellow,

piano, dreidel and playing with our pet turtle keep them occupied.

At halftime, Dad (that’s me) comes in and rings the bell, signaling snacktime in the kitchen. Today’s snack was

composed of veggie sticks and warm apple-strawberry soymilk. I apologized for being a bit weird in my snack

provisions, but one of our guests is allergic nuts and dairy, so he certainly understood. Luckily, the snacks were a hit.

In fact, one of the boyswas very interested in learning how the drink was made, and had several followup questions

(which of course I loved!)

So I will now share it with all of you…

Make soymilk (I bought a Soy Toy, you can get one at http://www.soytoy.com/) and when it’s still hot, add

some strawberry rice syrup (available at http://www.suzannes-specialties.com/) and some diced apples, and let cool.

I would love to invite you over to try some!

* My wife is in mourning for her Mom Mary, who passed away just eight days ago. When Carol grew up, her house

was always the place to be, and I think we all are a bit sentimental about those days.