Fun Drink Friday - Lemon Drop *Ina Garten

RECIPE COURTESY OF INA GARTEN

Ingredients

2 cups frozen vodka
1/2 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
1/2 cup superfine sugar
1 lemon, thinly sliced
Ice

Combine the vodka, lemon juice, and sugar and pour into a cocktail shaker with ice. Pour into martini glasses and garnish with lemon slices.

So I love Food Network and Ina Garten. Here's a little cocktail I found while surfing the Food Network website.

Hope you enjoy it and stop over there to watch the video of how to make this delicious cocktail.

Remember to Drink Responsibly and Stay Spicy!!

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St. Patrick's Day Mint Shakes

St. Patrick's Day Mint Shakes

Ingredients

• 1 pint vanilla ice cream (2 cups)
• 1/4 cup whole milk
• 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
• 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 3 or 4 drops green liquid food coloring 
• Whipped cream and green sanding sugar, for garnish

Directions

Watch how to make this recipe.

Blend the ice cream, milk, peppermint extract, vanilla and food coloring in a blender until smooth. Pour into one or two serving glasses and garnish with whipped cream and sanding sugar.

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Easy Appetizer for the Holidays

Andrew Purcell

Cannellini Bruschetta

Cannellini Bruschetta: 

Combine 1 drained can cannellini beans, 1 cup chopped drained giardiniera (Italian pickled vegetables) plus a splash of brine from the jar, 1/4 cup diced provolone and 2 tablespoons each chopped parsley and olive oil. Serve on toasted Italian bread.

Who doesn't love an easy appetizer? 

Trust me peeps, if I can make it, you can! 😁

I'm loving this Food Network, 50 easy appetizers!!

Go check it out!!   Food Network = Yummy!!

Check me out on Friday to see what drink I've matched up with this appetizer 😉

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Sorbet Shots

Sorbet Shots

Ingredients

1 pint sorbet

Mellon baller

3/4 cup favored liqueur

Directions

Place small scoops of sorbet, using a melon baller, into shot glasses (only 1 flavor per 

glass). Top sorbet with about 1 tablespoon of matching flavored liqueur.

Recipe courtesy of Sandra Lee

Read more at: Food Network

Total Time:
15 min
Prep:
15 min
Yield:10 or more servings
Level:Easy

Semi Homemade Cooking

Happy New Years Eve - Champagne Cocktail

Photograph by Levi Brown

Champagne Cocktail

Something easy and fun. Drink safe and Happy New Years Eve!!

Toast to the new year with this elegant cocktail that starts with a sugar cube soaked in bitters. As the sugar dissolves, it will sweeten the Champagne (This may be why I'll like it :-) )

Directions

Soak a sugar cube with 2 to 3 dashes bitters. Drop the sugar cube into a chilled flute. Add 3/4 ounce brandy, if desired. Top with champagne.


Recipe courtesy Food Network Magazine

Total Time:
5 min
Prep:
5 min
Yield:1 drink
Level:Easy

Fun Drink Friday - Christmas in a Glass

Christmas in a Glass

Ingredients

1 bottle Prosecco, or other sparkling dry white wine, well chilled

1 bottle gingerbread flavored syrup (or cranberry flavored syrup)


Directions

Pour the Prosecco into glasses. Add a capful of the syrup to each glass of the Prosecco, to

taste.


Recipe courtesy Nigella Lawson from Nigella's Christmas Kitchen, 2007

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Fun drink Friday - Peach Iced Tea with Pinnacle Vodka

Pinnacle® Peach Iced Tea

Ingredients

1 part Pinnacle® Peach Vodka

2 parts Iced Tea

Directions

1. Mix ingredients and serve over ice.

2. Garnish with lemon or lime wheel.

Sponsor recipe courtesy of Pinnacle® Vodka

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Fun Drink Friday - Fourth of July Cocktail

Ingredients

1 ounce watermelon schnapps

1 big splash cranberry juice

1 very thin slice jalapeno or serrano pepper

1 slice lemon

1 slice lime

1 1/2 ounces tequila

1/4 ounce blue curacao

1/2 ounce simple syrup

Directions

Mix the schnapps and cranberry juice in a shaker; pour into an ice-filled glass.

Muddle the jalapeno pepper, lemon and lime slices, tequila, blue curacao and simple syrup (to make a batch, dissolve sugar in equal parts hot water and chill) in the shaker. 

Slowly strain into the glass over the red layer. 

Garnish with watermelon, if desired.

Total Time:

10 min

Prep:

10 min

Yield: 1 drink

Level: Easy

Read more at: Food Network

** Photograph by Kate Sears

Fun Drink Friday -- Simple Singapore Sling

Photograph by Roland Bello

Simple Singapore Sling

Total Time:
5 min
Prep:
5 min

Yield:1 serving
Level:Easy

Directions
Shake 2 shots of pineapple juice, a generous shot of gin and a squeeze of lime juice in a shaker with ice, then strain into an ice-filled glass. Add a splash of seltzer and a spoonful of grenadine; garnish with a lime wedge and a cherry.

Recipe courtesy of Food Network Kitchen

Fun Drink Friday - Dollar Martini

Dollar Martini

I love Semi Homemade Cooking with Sandra Lee.

While running through recipes I found this little delight.

I've never had a martini, but I think I'm going to have to give them a try

Ingredients

1 cup vodka

1 cup water

1 (8-ounce) can frozen limeade

2 tablespoon lemon juice

Directions

In a large pitcher, combine vodka, water, limeade and lemon juice. Pour into martini glasses.

Total Time:   3 min                  Prep:    3 min

Yield:4 servings                  Level:Easy

Recipe courtesy of Sandra Lee

Recipe courtesy Sandra Lee, 2008

SHOW:

Semi-Homemade Cooking

EPISODE:Discount Dinner

Fun Drink Friday -- White Wine Spritzer

 White Wine Spritzer

I found this little lovely on Food Network. Thought it'd be a nifty little drink for Spring.

Ingredients
3/4 glass super-chilled white wine (very, very cold!)
1/4 glass super-chilled club soda (again: very, very cold!)
Slice of lime
Directions
Fill a wine glass halfway with the super-chilled wine - the glass should frost - that's when you know your wine's cool enough.

Splash in the club soda until the glass is three-quarters full. (Note: You can also use ginger ale or lemon lime soda!)

Then take a slice of lime and put it on the rim of the glass.

Total Time:
5 min
Prep:
5 min
Yield:1 serving
Level:Easy

Recipe courtesy of Ree Drummond
2012 Ree Drummond, All Rights Reserved
SHOW:
The Pioneer Woman
EPISODE:
Ten Things I Love

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Fun Drink Friday - Sunrise Smoothie

Total Time: 5 Mins

Prep: 5 Mins

Yield: 2 Servings

Level: Easy

Ingredients

1 cup chopped ripe strawberries (5 large strawberries)

1 cup chopped seeded watermelon

1 cup chopped fresh peach

1 cup raspberry sorbet

1/4 cup freshly squeezed orange juice

Directions

Place the strawberries, watermelon, peach, sorbet, and orange juice in a blender and puree until smooth and creamy. Add more orange juice if you'd like it a little less thick. Serve immediately in tall glasses with straws.

2006, Ina Garten, All Rights Reserved

Show: Barefoot ContessaEpisode: Girls Day Off

Recipe categories: Watermelon, Peach, Strawberry, Raspberry more

Read more at: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/sunrise-smoothie-recipe/index.html?oc=linkback

OK, so I was watching Barefoot Contessa the other day and I watched Ms Ina make these.

YUMMY!!

The only thing I can't put in is the strawberries, but still, YUM!!

Fun Drink Friday - Sweet Tea Mojito

Photograph by Yunhee Kim

Sweet Tea Mojito

Directions

Steep 4 or 5 black tea bags,

2 cups turbinado sugar and 2 handfuls of fresh mint in 3 cups simmering water for 5 minutes,

stirring to dissolve the sugar.

Strain into a pitcher;

add the juice of 3 limes,

1 1/2 cups light rum,

1 cup cold water and another handful of mint.

Stir vigorously, crushing the mint with a wooden spoon; chill.

Serve over ice with lime and more mint.

Total Time: 20 Min

Prep Time: 10 Min

Cook Time: 10 Min 

Recipe courtesy Food Network Magazine

Read more at: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchens/sweet-tea-mojito-recipe/index.html?oc=linkback

This looks too yummy!! I think I'll have to talk to my mother in-law about making some of these at our next family BBQ :-)

Fun Drink Friday - Sparkling Cranberry Quencher

Sparkling Cranberry Quencher

Ingredients
1 orange, cut into wedges
1/4 cup sugar
2 cups cranberry juice
1 liter seltzer
4 ounces vanilla vodka, if desired

Directions
In a pitcher add orange wedges and sugar. Muddle until all of the juice has been extracted from the oranges. Add the cranberry juice and stir until the sugar is dissolved. Stir in the seltzer, (and vodka if desired), and pour into glasses filled with ice.

Recipe courtesy Sandra LeeShow: Sandra's Money Saving Meals Episode: Supper SavingsRecipe categories: Vodka, Cranberry, Sugar

Read more at: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/sandra-lee/sparkling-cranberry-quencher-recipe/index.html?oc=linkback

I like this, because one, I love cranberry juice :-)

and two, you can add the vodka or not and the drink will still taste yummy :-)

Enjoy and have a great start to the weekend!!

C~

Fun Drink Friday - Mardi Gras Cocktail

Mardi Gras Cocktail Recipe

Ok, I love watching Food Network and was watching the other day when Sandra Lee was on with her 'Sandra's Money Saving Meals'. I plan on making the Chicken Jambalaya tonight, it looked that good and I have everything in my pantry.

I love rum and coke, and it looked soooo yummmie while Sandra was making it, so I thought this would be a fun drink to post on my Fun Drink Friday's post, if I have a chance to try it out, I'll post an update 

Ingredients

2 cups pineapple juice

2 cups orange juice

4 maraschino cherries, plus 1/2 cup juice

1/2 orange, cut into 4 slices

4 ounces dark rum, optional

Directions

In a pitcher, stir together the pineapple juice, orange juice, and cherry juice. Fill a tall glass with ice, pour over the juice mixture, garnish with a cherry and a slice of orange. For the adults, add 1 ounce dark rum to each drink.

Read more at: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/sandra-lee/mardi-gras-cocktail-recipe/index.html?oc=linkback

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