{"id":1164,"date":"2010-07-22T00:01:35","date_gmt":"2010-07-22T07:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.emlynley.com\/blog\/?p=1164"},"modified":"2010-07-22T07:51:46","modified_gmt":"2010-07-22T14:51:46","slug":"tell-your-friend-veronica-its-time-to-celebrate-hanukkah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.emlynley.com\/blog\/tell-your-friend-veronica-its-time-to-celebrate-hanukkah\/","title":{"rendered":"Tell your friend Veronica, it&#8217;s time to celebrate Hanukkah by Keira Andrews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The holidays are my favourite time of year. Whatever you celebrate, whether it be Hanukkah, Kwanza, Christmas or\u00a0winter solstice, it&#8217;s a time for families and friends to be together. It&#8217;s a time for giving, and a time for reflection on the past year and all that we have to be\u00a0thankful for.\u00a0It&#8217;s also a time for festive lights, decorations and \u2014 perhaps most importantly \u2014 food!<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a yummy twist on the standard latke, one of my favourite Hanukkah recipes. What&#8217;s your special holiday\u00a0treat? Post it here and you could win a copy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.loose-id.net\/detail.aspx?ID=621\" target=\"_blank\">Eight Nights<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pesto Latkes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2 pounds Yukon Gold potatoes<br \/>\n1 medium onion<br \/>\n4 cloves garlic, minced<br \/>\n3\/4 cup packed fresh basil leaves, finely chopped<br \/>\n1\/3 cup pasteurized egg substitute<br \/>\n1\/2 cup grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese<br \/>\n2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil<br \/>\n1 teaspoon salt<br \/>\n1\/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper<\/p>\n<p>Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Coat a 12-cup muffin pan with cooking spray.<\/p>\n<p>Peel potatoes, then grate them through the large holes of a box grater into a large bowl. Squeeze in small batches between your hands over the sink to remove excess moisture. Then grate onion into the bowl through the same holes in the box grater.<\/p>\n<p>Stir in garlic, basil, egg substitute, cheese, oil, salt and pepper. Place a generous 1\/2 cup of the potato mixture into each muffin cup, packing the mixture firmly.<\/p>\n<p>Bake the latkes until lightly browned and firm, 45 to 50 minutes. Cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes before unmolding.<\/p>\n<p>*<\/p>\n<p>While you&#8217;re munching away, kick back and enjoy some steamy Hanukkah romance!<\/p>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 5px; border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/bigboobedcanuck\/pic\/000r5y6x\" alt=\"Eight Nights\" width=\"160\" height=\"240\" \/><em> <\/em><br \/>\n<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.loose-id.net\/detail.aspx?ID=621\" target=\"_blank\">Eight Nights by Keira Andrews<\/a><\/em><\/h3>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.loose-id.net\/detail.aspx?ID=621\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a>Lucas McKenzie figures spending the holidays with his annoying roommate&#8217;s family is better than being alone on campus. The last thing he expects is to lust over Sam&#8217;s brother &#8212; or for Nate to actually want him back.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>They hide their attraction during Hanukkah celebrations, but behind closed doors, Lucas and Nate can&#8217;t keep their hands (or mouths) off each other. Nate&#8217;s only looking for a bit of holiday fun, and amazing sex with a hot virgin definitely fits the bill.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Yet as the candles burn, Nate and Lucas begin to realize eight nights will never be enough.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 5px; border: 1px solid black;\" src=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/bigboobedcanuck\/pic\/0010tbqr\" alt=\"Daybreak\" width=\"160\" height=\"240\" \/><br \/>\n<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.loose-id.com\/Daybreak.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Daybreak by Keira Andrews<\/a><\/em><\/h3>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.loose-id.com\/Daybreak.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a>Lucas and Nate enjoyed eight nights of forbidden romance at Hanukkah. Now they&#8217;re living together and reveling in the freedom. When painful betrayal shatters their happiness, can their relationship last in the light of day?<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>About Keira<\/h2>\n<p>When not writing romance novels, obsessing over my favourite TV shows, or travelling to New York to see the latest musicals, I&#8217;m a copywriter for a large community charity in Toronto. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.keiraandrews.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.keiraandrews.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The holidays are my favourite time of year. Whatever you celebrate, whether it be Hanukkah, Kwanza, Christmas or\u00a0winter solstice, it&#8217;s a time for families and friends to be together. It&#8217;s a time for giving, and a time for reflection on the past year and all that we have to be\u00a0thankful for.\u00a0It&#8217;s also a time for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[52],"tags":[171,177,178],"class_list":["post-1164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-event","tag-christmas-in-july","tag-hanukkah","tag-recipe"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pzLgx-iM","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.emlynley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.emlynley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.emlynley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.emlynley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.emlynley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.emlynley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1164\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.emlynley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.emlynley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.emlynley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}