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Zesty Guacamole Salsa

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Hello my pretties! Anyone who knows me knows that I LOVE spicy food. There is a lovely little company called True Foods LV and they make a fantastic Guacamojito Salsa that I can NOT get enough of. However, in a pinch, I decided to try to come up with a version to get me through the tough times when I’ve been unable to get to the Farmer’s Market or the local Whole Foods is sold out. My salsa is a work in progress. I tinker with recipes a lot until I settle and will likely do the same with this one, however, I was quite pleased with the results of this little weekend throw together.

  • 1 lb. tomatillos (or more if you want it thinner)
  • 1-2 jalapeno peppers (or more if you like it spicy – I do so I use 2 large)
  • 1/3 bunch cilantro
  • 1/2 a medium white onion
  • 1-2 garlic cloves (I typically add more because I love garlic)
  • 1-2 medium avocados
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 1 tsp. pepper
  • Lime juice


Peel and wash the tomatillos. Most often, you can find them in the grocery store by the cilantro and peppers. They have a husk on them that needs to be removed first. Cut them into quarters and place them into a blender of food processor. Add the jalapeno – I remove the stem but leave the seeds and veins in tact due to heat preference. Follow up with cilantro, onion, garlic, avocados, pepper, salt, and juice of one lime. To prevent the avocado from sticking to the blade, I place them in last. You might need to work the blender or food processor a bit if the vegetables block the blades, but, once it gets going the juice will help move the other ingredients around. You can serve it immediately, however, I find like with most foods, it tastes better once it’s had a chance to let the flavors meld. Pour it into a bowl and refrigerate. Enjoy with your favorite tortilla chips and cerveza, or use it as a garnish on grilled fish, chicken, or carne asada! Yum!

Be sure to stop on over to my other Tasty Tuesday partners in crime and see what they are dishing up this week!

The Baked Pumpkin by Pg Forte - http://rhymeswithforeplay.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-baked-pumpkin.html

I’m a Pepper…You’re a Pepper by Selena Robins - http://selenarobinsmusings.com/2012/11/05/im-a-pepper-youre-a-pepper/

Bewitching Book Tour Starts Today!

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Hi everyone! This month I am on a month long book tour, courtesy of Bewitching Book Tours. I’m so excited and if you would like to follow along, check out some new reader blogs, pop in and say hi, or even just be a stalker….I welcome you with open arms!
November 2 ~ Brenda Demko’s Crazy Four Books
November 3 ~ Paranormal Opinion
November 6 ~The Dark Phantom
November 7 ~ Bending the Spine
November 13 ~ Mind Reading?
November 15 ~ Christina McKnight
November 16 ~ Happy Tails and Tales
November 17 ~ Books & Other Spells.
November 22 ~ Paranormal Cravings
November 24 ~ Tana Rae Reads
November 26 ~ Celestial Reviews
November 27 ~ The Reading Diaries
November 28 ~ The Wormhole

Italian Sausage & Vegetable Soup

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As a lover of the fall season, one thing I look forward to is the soups. I had a disappointment over the weekend though when I went to dish up some Bear Creek Potato and Cheddar Chowder and realized that I just wasn’t in the mood for a thick soup.  I really wanted something that didn’t feel so heavy. So I tossed out the cream soup and went to work creating a soup that really made my tummy happy.

  • 1 lb ground Hot Italian Sausage (You can use Mild if that is your preference)
  • 1/2 bulb of Fennel sliced
  • 3 – 4 stalks of celerey
  • 2 – 3 zucchini sliced into large pieces
  • 2 – 3 yellow crook neck squash sliced into large pieces
  • 1/2 medium white onion, chopped
  • 3 large cloves of garlic minced
  • 1 bell pepper chopped
  • 1/2 head of cauliflower
  • 2 – 3 handfuls of washed and trimmed spinach leaves
  • 1 – 2 carrots (sliced or shredded)
  • red or white wine (I know there are some die hard wine enthusiasts that will say you should use white since we are using a pork product and a chicken base, but I say go with what you feel like or have on hand)
  • 5 – 6 cups of Chicken broth (or enough to cover the vegetables)
  • I Tbsp Italian Seasoning
  • 1 – 2 Bay leaves
  • Salt and Pepper to taste

In a large pot add the sliced fennel, onion, garlic, carrot, celery, and the Italian Sausage. Cook on low, stirring frequently, allowing the vegetables to soften and the sausage to lose most of it’s pink, adding up to a 1/2 cup of wine to give added moisture and flavor, breaking apart the sausage with each stirring of ingredients. Once the sausage has cooked all the way through, add all the remaining vegetables to the pot, reserving the spinach for last. Add your seasoning (I usually omit the salt as I feel the sausage provides enough salt for my liking). Cover with chicken broth and allow to simmer until the vegetables start to soften. Be careful not to over cook, unless you like mushy vegetables. Add the spinach and simmer until the leaves wilted. It is ready to serve!

Now go hunt down these ladies and see what they are offering up at their tables for Tasty Tuesday!

Where did the Peanut Go? by Selena Robins - http://selenarobinsmusings.com/

Pavlova to Die For by Nancy Lauzon http://chickdickmysteries.com/2012/10/09/tasty-tuesday-pavlova-to-die-for/

The Besto Pesto Biscuits by PG Forte http://rhymeswithforeplay.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-besto-pesto-biscuits.html

Moonlight Madness!

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Can I share with you a little secret? Writing and publishing a book truly test you as an author. At times you feel like you are on the edge of a great chasm and that one deep inhalation will send you plummeting to an uncertain fate. Other times you are absolutely one hundred percent smitten with every word you write and feels as if the heavens open up and smile down on you-stars align and all that jazz. Writing Blood and Moonlight did this for me on many occasions. As any of my early crit partners and friends can tell you, the book was a long time coming. A lot of tweaking. Analyzing. Re-tweaking. Edits. Edits. More edits. You get the picture…madness ensued from word one (and I enjoyed every minute of it, don’t let me convince you otherwise).

Now I’m pulling up a piece of rock, dangling my feet over the edge, staring out across the cavern and thinking, man this has been one hell of a ride! The moon is beautiful, the stars are a twinkling, and we are fast approaching a new moon. That’s right ladies and gents, the 17th the moon will prepare for it’s re-birth, if you will, and we will begin the kickoff of Moonlight Madness in celebration of the release of Blood and Moonlight. OMG! Whoot! Links and blurb information is to the left…check it out. So to celebrate this momentous occasion, we will kick it all off with a little giveaway.

For today anyone who responds to the following question, will be entered into a drawing for a $15 amazon gift card. So what is the question?

Think of your favorite stories and share what things made them so special in your opinion. Is there a common theme? Share with me and let’s dish on the magic and mayhem that make a story so loved by us. I will draw a winner on Sunday!

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And So it Begins~

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The big countdown is upon us. We are ten days out from the release of Blood and Moonlight. That’s right, I said TEN! Can you believe it? I know I can’t. This book has been a true labor of love. You’re asking, “But Moira, aren’t all books a labor of love?”

True, every book an author pens is a labor of love, just some more so than others. This was my ‘some more than others’ book. When people ask what inspired me to write, it was delving into the worlds of Kim Harrison, Laurell K Hamilton, and Vicki Pettersson. Urban Fantasies that just sucked me in and made me want to live in the pages of those books. Strong female characters that were flawed and full of potential and serious attitude. This book was measured against my own personal writing heroines.

So where do you go next after you’ve written your ultimate labor of love? You start working on the next book of course! A trilogy doesn’t write itself after all and I have a story to tell. So while Blood and Moonlight might introduce you to Kiara Morrigan, it is hardly the last time you will see her or her wolf and his Celtic brogue. Their story is just beginning. It’s mean for me to tease. I know, but I can hardly help myself. I’m excited about sharing this story with you.

So as we near the BIG day, I am looking to celebrate. I will be tortured…um interviewed rather, blogging, giving away, and just plain screaming from the rafters.

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Bewitching Bailey’s Cupcakes~

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It’s Tasty Tuesday, where my fellow authors and I will share some sexy, fun recipes for you to try out. This week, I’m sharing the recipe for my Bewitching Bailey’s Cupcakes.

Here’s how you make the magic happen:

For the cakes~
2/3 cup of unsalted butter, at room temp
2 cups granulated sugar
2 lg eggs, room temp
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/3 cup of Irish cream
2/3 cup of water
2 TBSP instant coffee granules
4 cups all purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp salt

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until fluffy, about 2-3 minutes with a mixer. Add eggs and salt and beat well. In a separate bowl,  combine the liqueur, water and instant coffee. Mix well. Set aside. In a third bowl, thoroughly combine the flour, baking powder, and salt. Slowly add the flour mixture and liqueur mixture to the creamed butter/sugar mix, in an alternating pattern. Beat on medium speed for approximately 2 minutes. Place 24 liners into the cupcake pan. Fill the liners 3/4 full and bake for about 20 minutes or until the top springs back when lightly touched.

For the Frosting ~
1 stick of unsalted butter at room temp
3-4 cups powdered sugar
2Tbsp of Irish Cream
Green sugar crystals (optional)

While the cupcakes cool, cream the butter on high speed for approximately 3 minutes. Add the Irish cream and mix thoroughly. Slowly add in the powdered sugar until well blended and desired consistency is reached. Frost the cooled cupcakes and sprinkle with green sugar crystals. Watch them vanish into thin air.

Please stop by the following blogs and load up on their tasty treats:

A Catherine Noon  /  PG Forte  /  Denise A Agnew  /  Renee Wildes  /  Nancy Lauzon  /

Sloan McBride /  Selena Robins

Contest ~ Wild Ride!

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Wild Ride features three incredible stories with unbelievable characters. Seriously, take a look at the cover blurbs.

Buckling Down by Moira Keith~ Levi is in Vegas with one simple goal: cement his place in rodeo history. Then Lady Luck throws a wild card. Time hasn’t dulled his attraction to Sydney, but she’ll always be forbidden fruit. Sydney’s ready to give up on love…until Levi walks into her bar. She may think love’s not in the cards for her, but that doesn’t mean a girl can’t flirt…

Strong, Silent Type by Lorelei James~ Quinn thought he’d just bide time until Libby called a halt to this “trial separation”. He never believed it would drag on for a coon’s age. Libby knows he’s not prone to showing his feelings, but it looks like he’d rather hold onto his pride than to her. One weekend of uninterrupted sexual decadence with him is tempting…but will it solve anything?

The Real Deal by Niki Green~ When Willa looks out into the crowd during her burlesque act and sees a familiar face staring back, her past comes crashing down around her. Chase has some hard questions for the former love of his life, and he wants answers—even if he has to throw her over his shoulder and drag her back home…

They vary in heat, but they all deliver an awesome love story. (This is not entirely based on my biased opinion, but on feedback from readers. ;) ) Okay, here we go. This is for a print copy of Wild Ride, featuring my novella Buckling Down and signed by yours truly.

How do you enter? Simple. Become a fan on Facebook, get an entry. If you are already a fan let me know and your entry will still be given. Do you twitter? Follow me there and that is another entry. Tell me what you love in a good romance story and you get another entry.

Come back here and either comment here with your twitter/facebook id’s or feel free to drop me an email at moria (at) moirakeith(dot)com and I will get your entries in. Please be sure to input your email address in the space provided when commenting, otherwise I will have no way to contact you if you won. I will draw a winner on Sunday, March 21st. Good Luck!

Sláinte!

If I Only Had a Brain~

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bucklingdown72lgI would be freaking dangerous. Maybe genius level evil genius. Why are you shaking your head? I could so pull off EVIL on a diabolical level. No? Really? You don’t think so huh?

Okay, you’re right. Maybe not because honestly, I am way too nice for that. Truth though? I could be dangerous on a less sinister level. I mean imagine if I could actually remember when I had interviews scheduled to post, blogged more regularly, wrote when I had a free moment instead of hanging out on Facebook… see where I am going with this?

So getting to the point now! I have an interview up over at Amanda Young’s blog. Go check it out. Comment if you feel the need, but mostly just enjoy the interview!

Sláinte!