Just Add Magic ~ Cindy Callaghan

      Good news, my dear readers. For yet another book has descended upon us! Behold, the totally awesome, Just Add Magic By: Cindy Callaghan! I read it a few years back and read it again. But I didn't know there were recipes at the back of it!

      Recommended (by me of course) for young readers (but not that young, ages 10-12). But if you really love baking/cooking why not give it a try? Age doesn't matter, neither does the cover of the book. Here's what the blurb says:

 

      When Kelly Quinn and her two BFFs discover a dusty old cook-book while cleaning out an attic, the girls decide to try a few of the mysterious recipes inside. 

      But the ancient book bears an eerie warning, and it doesn't take long for the girls to realise that their dishes are linked to strange occurrences. The Keep 'Em Quiet Cobbler actually silences Kelly's pesky little brother and the Hexberry tart brings an annoying curse to the mean girl Charlotte. And the Love Bug Juice, which seems to have quite the effect on those cute Rusamano boys...

      Could these recipes really be magical? Who wrote them and where did they come from? Most important of all, what kind of trouble are the girls stirring up for themselves? Things are about to get just a little too hot in Kelly Quinn's kitchen...

      Interesting isn't it? I'm intrigued already just by reading this blurb. Okay! So, on to the recipes! Today we're starting off simple with the Love Bug Juice and Fresh Citrus Squeeze, dead simple if you ask me.

Love Bug Juice

Ingredients:

4 cups of cranberry juice

Fistful of maraschino cherries, mashed

2 slices kiwi fruit

1 diced apple

Dash of shade-grown Mexican ginseng*

Mix all ingredients in a pitcher with lots of ice

and sprinkle generously with ginseng.

 

*This ingredient makes all the difference,

if added to the juice, whoever drinks it is said to

fall in love with the person who adds it into the juice.

 

       I know, you've probably never heard of such thing. The spice is pretty hard to find too. But you don't have to add it in. 

Fresh Citrus Squeeze

Ingredients:

Fresh Orange Juice from 3 Oranges

1 teaspoon lemon juice

2 tablespoon cherry juice

Mexican mint*

Mix together and serve over ice.

*This ingredient, if added to the beverage, will cause strife.

Not something you want to give a good friend.

       So yes that's all for today, if you're thinking of adding the special spices, think again. Bad things happened to the girls after making these. But, its probably just a bunch of baloney... You've gotta read the book to find out. Look out for more magic recipes, coming your way!