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Spiked Elderflower Lemonade – An Easy 4th of July Cocktail

June 22, 2018

Now that my husband and I are settling into our new home in Kansas City, Missouri, I am finding that I am more enthusiastic than ever to celebrate holidays. The 4th of July has long been a favorite holiday of mine here in the United States. It almost always falls on a hot and sunny day, the food is delicious, and you get a free fireworks show out of the deal! What’s not to love? This year, as we near the 4th of July, I am looking for ways to infuse a little red, white, and blue spirit into my everyday life. Enter this delicious and refreshing spiked elderflower lemonade, a quick and easy 4th of July cocktail that makes the perfect addition to any summertime celebration.

Aperol Grapefruit Splash – A Valentine’s Day Cocktail

February 6, 2017

One of the things I love the most about traveling in Italy is that I can find a perfect Aperol Spritz around every corner. For an Aperol-loving girl like myself, it is literally heaven on Earth. Of course, at some point, the vacation has to come to an end and I am inevitably forced to return home to a country that hasn’t quite perfected the use of Aperol in cocktails.

Following this last trip to Venice however, I decided to bring the taste of Italy back with me in the form of this refreshingly light Aperol Grapefruit Splash. A drink that, thanks to its gorgeous blood orange color, just so happens to also make the perfect Valentine’s Day cocktail.

Strawberry Ginger Kombucha Cocktail

July 19, 2016

I will be the first to admit that over the past month and a half I have been slacking when it comes to taking care of myself. I haven’t been getting more than 6 hours of sleep a night, I haven’t been exercising as much as I need to feel good about myself, and I definitely haven’t been eating healthy enough for my liking. What I HAVE been doing is working, working some more and, oh, did I mention working?

Now let me just state that I am one of those people who, when I’m feeling healthy and “on”, really enjoys being busy and thrives on being pulled in multiple directions. I will go, go, go and LOVE it until one day, seemingly out of the blue, my mind and body hit a wall and I crash. HARD.

The past few weeks have been spent fighting the fact that I need to slow down a bit, start getting 7+ hours of sleep again and perform a complete overhaul on my diet. I took a momentary step back from blogging in order to work on the slowing down and sleep part of the equation and am now moving on to phase two: my diet. That is where today’s cocktail recipe comes in.

As of yesterday I am taking five days off from drinking in order to clear my system out, but before I embarked down this dry, dry road I had to enjoy one last hurrah in the form of today’s strawberry ginger Kombucha cocktail.

Amaretto Sunrise – This Year’s Valentine’s Day Drink

February 9, 2016

Do I ever have an unexpected Valentine’s Day drink recipe to share with you today! This one was discovered by accident when my ever resourceful husband played mixologist and started combining all manner of ingredients. This particular combination didn’t sound particularly delightful right off the bat; Amaretto, orange juice, grenadine, and…vodka? Truthfully it sounded dreadful. However just one sip of this smooth, almost creamy cocktail and I was singing a different tune.

Zesty Cucumber Amsterdam Mule Recipe

January 19, 2016

On our final day in Amsterdam my husband and I meandered through the streets of the city, soaking in as much of the vibrant town as we could before our flight to Prague. We stopped for a late lunch at a little corner cafe situated on a canal and lingered there for a couple of hours, watching the city go by.

Amsterdam is a town where beer flows like water; in fact a glass of beer is considerably less expensive than a glass of water. Needless to say, I was getting a little tired of drinking beer at every meal and decided ~~water~~ a cocktail was in order. After surveying the menu I settled on a Moscow Mule, fully expecting to be served a classic no-frills vodka and ginger beer concoction.

What was placed in front of me however was a gorgeous glass filled with slices of cucumber and topped with black pepper. I took a sip and, to my great surprise, the cocktail tasted even better than it looked! I immediately took a photo of the drink and announced that I was going to recreate the mule recipe and share it on the blog as soon as we got home. I did exactly that my first weekend home and thus the Amsterdam Mule was born.