This syrup was inspired by a drink at Vena's Fizz House in Portland, Maine, which is an amazing emporium of handcrafted cocktails and mocktails made with in-house syrups and bitters. Made with just a few ingredients, this is the cherry soda you've always dreamed of, with just a hint of velvety oomph from a whole vanilla bean.
Prep Time: 15 min + chilling time Carolina Peach Sangria A perfect summery combination of peach and raspberry. This is quite a delicious hot-weather cocktail! *If you'd rather use regular vodka, add 1/2 cup of peach or raspberry nectar to the recipe. *Use superfine sugar if you have it for easier dissolving.
Yield: 6 (4 ounce) servings Prep Time: 10 min I had this drink while lounging poolside in Vegas. It was so good that I came home and created a version of it myself!
I'm a scary movie junky. One of my all-too-common guilty pleasures is curling up alone on the couch at 3am, eyes-wide-shut, as the words,
Oh yeah. We are making sparkly lemonade today. Using beautiful blackberries and one of my favorite herbs - Sage. Can you say refreshingly delicious!? This week was full of rainy days and some huge storms. I can't even count how many times I was woken up by thunder, lightning or both these last couple of days.
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Excelsior Wines. All opinions are 100% mine. Think outside the six-pack this Memorial Day weekend and summer ... and enjoy this honey-laced Moscato Bee's Knees and other creative wine cocktails instead, thanks to Excelsior's Frontera Wines!
Whenever I fly, I almost always get a Bloody Mary. Usually I'm flying in the morning, so it seems like the obvious choice. The thing is, that I like them, but I don't love them enough to make them on a regular basis.
What else would you do with cranberry sauce?? If you still have some kicking over from Thanksgiving (or plan to make some for the upcoming Thanksgiving, country depending), I guess you could put it on leftovers, maybe a sandwich, or stick it in your freezer to be forgotten about...
I know it's only Thursday, but we need to take an early afternoon break to celebrate a few small victories around here. 1. We seeded our last lettuce planting in the greenhouse today. We are officially done with greenhouse work for the season! 2. My corn fritters were the recipe of the day on Epicurious.com.
It's definitely a celebratory time of year and these cocktails are a great way to ring in 2015. I promise I've got plenty of smoothies, salads and wholesome recipes coming your way to balance out all of the sweets and booze from the holidays but in the meantime we still have a few more cocktails to ...