Happy New Year Brothers Lovers!

Here is to an awe inspiring and memorable new year! We can't wait to see what 2012 has in store for us and for all of you. 

Brown Suga Bonbon's Dessert

30 Vanilla wafer cookies

Vanilla ice cream

Jar of Brown Suga

Arrange cookies on wire rack placed on aluminum-foil-lined jelly roll pan; freeze 20 minutes.

Scoop Vanilla ice cream with 1-1/2-inch ice cream scoop directly onto cookies; freeze at least 1 hour on rack.

Microwave Brown Suga on HIGH 30 seconds. Stir until smooth. Spoon about 1 tablespoon warm Brown Suga over each bonbon, almost completely covering ice cream and cookie. Serve and enjoy! It's ah-mazing!

Chicken and Feta Cheese GOLD Wrap

Chicken and Feta Cheese GOLD Wrap

So good you'll make this over and over again!

2 (4 ounce) skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
1/4 cup Brothers GOLD
8 sun-dried tomatoes (not oil packed)
1 cup boiling water
1/3 cup crumbled feta cheese
4 cups loosely packed torn fresh spinach
4 (10 inch) whole wheat tortillas
1/4 cup sun-dried tomato dressing

Directions
In a large resealable plastic bag, combine chicken breasts and 1/4 cup Brothers GOLD. Seal, and refrigerate for 4-6 hours.

Preheat grill for high heat. Combine sun-dried tomatoes and hot water in a small bowl. Set aside for 10 minutes, drain, and cut tomatoes into thin slices.

Lightly oil grill grate. Discard marinade, and place chicken on grill. Cook for 12 to 15 minutes, turning once, or until done.

Cut chicken into strips, and place in a medium bowl with sliced tomatoes, feta, and spinach. Toss with remaining 1/4 cup Brothers GOLD. Distribute mixture between the four tortillas, and wrap. Either cut in half and enjoy cold, or place briefly back on grill until the tortilla turns warm and crispy. Enjoy!

Food Allergies - Do you or do you know someone who suffers?

Food allergies trigger more than reactions. They can also initiate misinformation and misconceptions that may discourage food allergy sufferers from seeking help or inspire them to blame any ailment they may have on food allergies. 

Here are the most common food allergy myths:

Any negative reaction to a food is a food allergy.

• Adverse reactions to food can have many causes. If something does not "agree with you," it does not necessarily mean you are allergic to it. Food allergy is a very specific reaction involving the immune system of the body, and it is important to distinguish food allergy from other food sensitivities. Whereas food allergies are rare, food sensitivities are more common.

Just a small taste can't hurt.

• To your immune system, even a tiny amount of a problem food is enough to trigger an all-out attack. People with severe allergies can have life-threatening reactions. For example, a person allergic to peanuts can have a severe reaction when a spatula is used to serve them a peanut-free cookie was previously used to make a peanut-containing cookie.

All food allergies in children resolve as they get older.

• As a child grows older, some may tolerate foods that previously caused allergic reactions. This is more likely to happen in the case of allergies to milk, eggs, and wheat, in which the symptoms may decrease by late childhood. It is not clear in all cases, however, if the improved symptoms are an indication that the allergy has disappeared or the child really wasn't allergic in the first place. On the other hand, children rarely outgrow allergies to peanuts, tree nuts, fish and shellfish.

Some people are allergic to food additives.

• Although some food additives-- sulfites and tartrazine—have been shown to trigger asthma or hives in individuals, these reactions do not follow the same pathway observed with food.

If you were not allergic to it before, you can't be allergic to it now.

• The onset of a food allergy is brought on by a genetic susceptibility and exposure to the problem food. The more exposure to the problem food, the higher the risk of developing an allergy to it if you are susceptible.

People with food allergies are allergic to many foods.

• Most people with food allergies are allergic to fewer than 4 foods.

Great Food....In Pictures

You Need These To Make The Above.....Hungry Yet?!

For The Love Of Great Sauce

When a barbecue is on the horizon, then great sauce is strictly called for. What's barbecue without great sauce? For the love of great sauce begins with Brothers. 

“All normal people love meat. If I went to a barbeque and there was no meat, “Yo Goober! Where’s the meat? I’m trying to impress people here Lisa. You don’t win friends with salad.” — Homer Simpson


“Grilling, broiling, barbecuing – whatever you want to call it – is an art, not just a matter of building a pyre and throwing on a piece of meat as a sacrifice to the gods of the stomach.” – James Beard, ‘Beard on Food’ (1974)

The Best Hot Chocolate Recipe Ever

Curl up on the couch with a snugly blanket, your favorite book and a cup of this delectable hot chocolate made with Brown Suga. AMAZING!

1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
3/4 cup white sugar
1 pinch of salt
1/3 cup of boiling water
3 1/2 cups milk
3/4 t. vanilla extract
1/2 cup half & half cream
1 T. Brown Suga (each cup of hot cocoa)

Combine the cocoa, sugar and pinch of salt in a saucepan. Blend in the boiling water. Bring this mixture to an easy boil while you stir. Simmer and stir for about 2 minutes. Watch that it doesn't scorch. Stir in 3 1/2 cups of milk and heat until very hot, but do not boil! Remove from heat and add vanilla. Divide between 4 mugs. Add 1 T. of Brown Suga to each mug; stir well. Add the cream to the mugs of cocoa to cool it to drinking temperature. Top with whipped cream and chocolate shavings if you desire. Enjoy!