10 Jello Shots Worth the Hangover. Top 10 Rated Drinks on Whats That Drink? Free Mixed Drink Recipes! Most Popular Cocktails, Shots and Non-Alcoholic Drinks. Mocktail Monday: Sparkling Pumpkin Apple Cider. This week's mocktail is a Sparkling Pumpkin Apple Cider.
I've been seeing all kinds of recipes for pumpkin drinks and pumpkin cocktails, so I thought I'd try one myself. This is purely my concoction of what I had in my fridge/pantry, so it was a little trial and error. The original ingredients were: 1 tbsp canned pumpkin puree 1/4 cup apple cider Sparkling grape juice To be honest, I thought I had sparkling cider in my refrigerator, and when I pulled it out, it was sparkling white grape juice. So I started off with just a tablespoon of pumpkin and 1/4 cup of apple cider. Ingredients 1 can pumpkin puree 1/2 cup apple cider Sparkling apple cider Instructions Pour pumpkin and apple cider in blender. I actually liked this drink, but after one glass I was satisfied.
*NOTE* -- I also tried using sparkling mineral water and club soda in place of the sparkling juice. Enjoy! Santa's Little Helper. Shopping done?
Family in town? A mountain of gifts to wrap? A fridge full of food that needs cooking? Thought so. What are you doing reading my blog? For anyone who needs a good cocktail to make it through the hustle and bustle, I suggest seeking the assistance of Santa's Little Helper -- a delicious wintertime cocktail with touches of cinnamon, clove and cranberry. Soak two cinnamon sticks, some whole cloves, and a bunch of whole cranberries in good bourbon (it's Christmas, you can splurge) overnight. The recipe comes courtesy of my cousins John and Kerry. Merry Christmas! Update Dec 9, 2013: I went to mix a batch of these last weekend and swapped out the bourbon and cinnamon sticks for Fireball Cinnamon Whiskey. Getting ready for Cinco de fucking Mayo? It's one... Getting ready for Cinco de fucking Mayo?
It’s one of my favorite holidays for bad decisions. This year you might make a couple shitty judgment calls but don’t start with your margarita mix. You see how many goddamn ingredients are in those fuckers? Red 40? WHATTHEFUCKISTHAT? ¾ cup tequila (optional, but who are you kidding?) ¾ cup grapefruit juice (about 1 grapefruit) ¼ cup lime juice (about 3 limes) 1 cup frozen strawberries (whole strawberries are really fucking hard to measure. 1 ½ cups ice Blend that shit up. If your fruit wasn’t super sweet you might need to add a little something extra like a teaspoon or two of whateverthefuck sweetener you like to use is fine.
Make about 32 ounces, enough to relax 2 people. - StumbleUpon. Beer and Food Pairings at Epicurious.com. F or centuries, if you asked a restaurant server in any mid-range to upscale American eatery what drink to pair with a certain dish, he'd bring over the sommelier and a wine bottle negotiation would ensue.
But in the last five years, there's been a paradigm shift: Beer has made it onto the menu as more than an afterthought. Beverage directors, chefs, and even wine lovers have learned that beer has an amazing capacity to pair with all kinds of foods. As a result, beer sommeliers have popped up in cities across the country, especially Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, and Portland, Oregon. Beer-and-food tasting events have multiplied exponentially—the monthly lists at beerfestivals.org are enormous. Nowadays, asking for a beer no longer means you're simply afraid of wine (or the type of person who wears face paint to football games). Beer may actually be more food-friendly than wine is.
Food and beer pairing issues: Smoretini Shooters. Me again.
Here to convince you that you need yet another trendy, insanely-flavored bottle of booze. I do what I can. I know what you’re thinking. “Does marshmallow vodka really taste that different from that whipped cream vodka you already insisted that I buy? Or how about the cake batter vodka that I went out and bought immediately in order to drink a cake martini for breakfast?” Well… not technically. You seriously don’t want to see our liquor cabinet. But don’t blame me. Don’t mind my fingerprints. I also like my marshmallows charred. I roast them ’til they’re flaming. The good news is that this world seriously CANNOT come up with another vodka flavor that I will have to run out and immediately purchase. How to Make Caramel Apple Shots. Photo: Michelle Oddis Once in a while, a party trick comes along that grabs our attention.
Food blogger Michelle Oddis of That's So Michelle loves making caramel apple shots we can't imagine anyone would turn down. Using, wait for it, real fruit and time-tested formulas for tasty, jiggly shots that stay put in their edible "shotglasses," Michelle's gotten Food Republic on the gimmicky Halloween bandwagon we've been resisting so fiercely. Some Avengers themed cocktail recipes I played...