Raspberry Peach Bellinis – The Perfect New Year’s Drink

December 29, 2015

We only have two days left until New Year’s Eve! Has this year FLOWN by for anyone else? I don’t know if that feeling comes from the fact that I’ve had such an eventful year or whether it just comes with the territory of getting older. Let’s just say it’s due to an eventful year.

I’m not really one for New Year’s resolutions, but I have always loved the concept that the clock striking midnight on January 1 symbolizes a fresh start. It means that there are 365 pristine, beautiful days ahead to make the most of. 365 days worth of unique adventures to come.

What better way to celebrate that than by clinking together a couple of glasses of champagne when you finally roll out of bed in the morning? These raspberry peach bellinis are the perfect New Year’s drink to keep the party going, all the while convincing yourself that you’re being healthy because you’re consuming fruit along with alcohol.

The Surprise Guest – A Thanksgiving Drink

November 24, 2015

I know what you’re thinking. A Thanksgiving drink must equal cider. Where’s the cider? Well, I have a confession. I don’t like cider. It feels too heavy to me and heavy is the last thing I want a drink to be feeling on Thanksgiving Day. After eating copious amounts of stuffing, turkey, yams, and whatever else happens to be passed my way, I want, no I need, something refreshing to cleanse my palate with before dessert comes out. That’s where The Surprise Guest comes in.

We are all familiar with this cocktail’s human namesake. He is the person that just shows up on your doorstep unannounced right around 3:00 PM. While you didn’t invite him and aren’t prepared to make another spot at your table for him, you welcome him in because it’s Thanksgiving and that’s just what you do. Low and behold, he ends up being the highlight of the evening and you can’t ever imagine celebrating a Thanksgiving without him. The Surprise Guest is the Thanksgiving drink equivalent of that lovable rascal.

The Crimson Stranger – A Halloween Drink

October 27, 2015

With the month of October marching eagerly towards the day our country dedicates to pumpkins, ghosts, and witches, I am finding myself in the mood for dark and ghoulish Halloween drinks. When considering recipe options the most important factor to me is that I do not want to drink anything too overtly gross (in my opinion anything with fake eyeballs or fingers floating in it falls into this category). I am finding that I am much more interested in bringing any elegant elements that I can into Halloween this year rather than falling back on simply upping the scare factor. This Halloween drink, aptly named The Crimson Stranger, blends bewitchingly beautiful garnishments with a splash of a dark crimson that resembles blood just closely enough to create the perfect Halloween drink.

Beautiful Blushing Mimosas

September 22, 2015

Can I just state that I do not recommend moving within six weeks of your wedding? The combination of stress involved with receiving an eviction letter, a fight to the death with other evicted residents for the one newly renovated unit in the building, the six week waiting period to find out definitively that the apartment was ours, and the subsequent unplanned move ON TOP of ironing out final wedding details was just a little too much for me. Needless to say, in the midst of the never ending insanity we took some well-deserved time out to toast the beginning of the next chapter of our lives with these gorgeous mimosas.

This recipe was exceedingly easy to prepare and was a welcome change from the classic orange juice mimosas that we normally drink. The addition of just two ingredients, pineapple juice and grenadine, created the perfect pop of tartness and burst of the most beautiful blushing color. I’m not certain we will ever go back to plain mimosas!

I am looking forward to making these for many future celebrations and brunches to come and, you know, the odd Tuesday because as F. Scott Fitzgerald said…

Cheers to surviving that fun little test of willpower that life decided to administer, cheers to new beginnings and cheers to champagne!

Beautiful Blushing Mimosas

Spice up your traditional mimosas with a few simple additions. These Beautiful Blushing Mimosas are simple to whip up and are certain crowd pleasers!

CourseBeverage

Servings	Prep Time
6	2

Servings	Prep Time
6	2

Beautiful Blushing Mimosas

Spice up your traditional mimosas with a few simple additions. These Beautiful Blushing Mimosas are simple to whip up and are certain crowd pleasers!

CourseBeverage

Servings	Prep Time
6	2

Servings	Prep Time
6	2

Ingredients

750 ml champagne
2 cups orange juice not from concentrate
1 cup pineapple juice chilled
2 tsbs grenadine

Servings:

Instructions

Pour all ingredients into a pitcher and stir.

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