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Cherry Up Recipe (New Year Drink – no alcohol)

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Red is a happy color for Chinese, we use it in wedding, Chinese New Year and all kinds of celebrations. This drink is perfect for new year because of the beautiful red color and the sweet cherry taste. Everyone need something sweet to have a good start in a new year, right? I gave this pretty glass of drink a cheerful name – Cheery Up, hope to cheer up everyone. It is so simple, the kids will love to help and enjoy it.

Cherry Up Recipe:

Ingredients:

7 UP (Chilled)           1 cup
Topping Cherry         1 can
Key Lime/ Lime         1 whole
Colored Sugar           a little (decoration only)

Steps:
1. Halved and seeded the lime, rub it on the edge of glass. Turn the glass upside down on the sugar plate for edge coating.

2. Add 1 cherry and 5 teapoons cherry juice.

3. Squeeze the lime juice into the glass.
4. Add 7 Up, stir and serve.

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Mini Italian Meat Balls Recipe

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Mini Italian Meat Balls Recipes (approximately 45 balls)

Ingredients:
Ground Beef                             1.25 pounds
Italian Sausage(casing off )      3 links
Garlic (Minced)                         2 teaspoons
Egg                 1 whole egg
Kosher Salt                              1 tablespoon
Italian Bread Crumbs               1/4 cups
Parmesan Cheese                   2 tablespoons
Parsley Flakes                          2 tablespoons

Steps:

1. Preheat the oven to 375F.

2. In a large bowl, hand mix all the ingredients together.

3. Scoop a little amount of meat on hand, form a 1 inch meat ball. Place meat balls on a foil lined metal baking sheet. (Attention: Don’t compress the meat balls too much, stop rolling as soon as the shape formed)

4. Place the meat balls in the middle of the oven, bake for 10 minutes and flip the metal sheet front side back, bake for another 7 minutes or until done.

5. Serve the meat balls with pasta and pasta sauce, sprinkle with cheese if desired.

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