Special equipment: Fine-mesh strainer or cheesecloth, large pitcher or punch bowl Notes: This drink can also be made alcohol free. For a mocktail, leave out the vodka and add 3 additional cups boiling water and 3 additional tea bags when steeping the tea for a total of 7 cups tea.
Special equipment: blender, freezer bag Notes: To make simple syrup, combine 1 cup water with 1 cup sugar in a small saucepan and heat over medium heat, stirring constantly, until sugar is dissolved. Cool before using. Simple syrup will keep in a sealed container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.
I have been swapping out sucanat for regular sugar in some of my baking recipes recently, and have been happy with the results. In case you are not familiar, sucanat is pure dried sugar cane juice. It skips much of the refining process most sugar goes through, and retains it's molasses and trace minerals.
A crisp and refreshing Cherry Gin Fizz beverage made with fresh cherries and lime juice. Easily adaptable for a non-alcoholic version. I don't know where you live, but here in South Carolina it's hot and muggy. And hot and muggy needs, no, it requires refreshing crisp beverages like this Cherry Gin Fizz.
Morning Mimosas Yield: 2 drinks Prep Time: 5 min Morning Mimosas 2 tablespoons apricot nectar 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed orange juice 1/2 cup champagne raspberries 1. Whisk together apricot nectar and orange juice. Pour into 2 champagne flutes, and top with champagne. 2. Drop a couple of raspberries in for garnish.
Here I am sitting around on my summer vacation... eating too many good things and not exercising nearly enough (though I'm trying!) But at least I'm sucking down some skinny cocktails.
Special equipment: Cocktail shaker, strainer Yield: Makes 1 cocktail Active time: 5 minutes Total time: 20 minutes Salty Dogs are great with gin, but we like to use vodka in this rendition-its more neutral flavor lets the interplay of bitter grapefruit and woodsy thyme take center stage.
Special equipment: small saucepan, pitcher Notes: All ingredients except sparkling wine can be pre-mixed the night before serving. Stay away from sweet sparklers for this recipe; a brut cava such as Gilabert is just the thing.
Continuing with the golf week theme, I thought it only appropriate that we share THE golf drink/cocktail of all time: The Arnold Palmer - also known as a John Daly (when mixed with alcohol) or Half & Half (mainly southern).
Okay, so I feel bad that I deem this as a "recipe"; it is not complicated in the slightest, but I think the flavor combinations are special enough here for a dinner party or just to uplift an otherwise ordinary day. I love champagne and St.