My mom taught me a couple of tricks to making perfect fresh squeezed lemonade. The first trick is to mix in your sugar with water first – that way you don’t have to mix a whole pitcher, and you can be sure that all the sugar dissolves properly. The second trick she taught [...]
A Walk Me Down is strong. Really strong. But amazingly they are good, too!
Walk Me Down Recipe
Ingredients
1/2 oz vodka
1/2 oz triple sec
1/2 oz rum
1/2 oz gin
1/2 oz 1800 Tequila
1 oz sweet and sour mix
1/2 oz Blue Curacao liqueur
4 – 6 oz Sprite soda
Directions
Shake ingredients (except Sprite) together in a cocktail shaker half-filled with [...]
People sure love Outback Steakhouse, don’t they? Everybody I know thinks it’s awesome – including me! Anyway, a friend and I were drinking their Wallaby Darn drinks last weekend, and we thought it’d be a great idea to come up with a Wallaby Darn Recipe. After much experimentation , here’s what [...]
Pina Coladas are great, especially on a hot Summer day.
Frozen Pina Colada Recipe
Ingredients
2 oz dark rum
1/2 cup pineapple cubes or 2 oz pineapple juice
1 1/2 oz coconut cream
maraschino cherry for garnish
pineapple wedge for garnish
Directions
Put all ingredients (except garnish) in blender with about 2 cups of ice. Blend until mush. Strain into [...]
I love Lemonade Shakeups! It’s still a little bit too chilly for them, but when it warms up in the Spring I’ll pull out my favorite Lemonade Shakeup recipe and start having fun!
Lemonade Shakeup Recipe
INGREDIENTS
1/2 lemon
1/4 c. sugar
1/2 c. water
1 c. crushed ice
DIRECTIONS
Juice the lemon half, then cut the half into quarters and place [...]
I had someone email me asking for this recipe, and I had to Google it to figure out what the heck they were talking about! (Sorry Sarah!) Anyway, a pomertini is a pomegranate martini. They are also sometimes called pomegranatini. The pomertini recipe is pretty simple: vodka, pomegranate syrup, triple sec, [...]
I love my coffee, and I especially love flavored coffee. Since I’m always looking for an excuse to use my wonderful cappuccino maker, I had to try this out. It’s totally easy. This is the recipe for pumpkin spice cappuccino that I used:
INGREDIENTS:
Your standard cappuccino the way you like it
1/2 tsp pumpkin [...]
You don’t really need much of a green beer recipe to make a good green beer. Just take your favorite beer and add 5 or 6 drops of either green or blue food coloring, and there you go! Why blue food coloring? Blue plus yellow (beer) equals green!
If you don’t [...]
I like regular alcohol drinks as much as the next gal, but sometimes on those really hot Summer afternoons I just feel like a fruity drink that isn’t going to make me feel like a nap. This virgin strawberry daiquiri drink recipe fits the bill – it’s easy and tastes totally great! Try [...]