Showing posts with label cocktail. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cocktail. Show all posts

Monday, August 24, 2020

#TastyTuesday - Cherry Smash!

I missed the Traverse City Cherry Festival this year. *sigh* Stupid Covid crap. 
To honor one of the many things that didn't happen this summer, I lift a drink. 
Park your tush on my deck and enjoy a Cherry Smash with me.
Bottoms up to Summer 2020.


This flirty cocktail has only 161 calories and a nice amount of Vitamin C

Ingredients:
1 cup pitted fresh or frozen cherries
1/4 cup fresh mint leaves, 4 mint sprigs
8 teaspoons of sugar
6 ounces (3/4 cups) dark rum
1/4 cup lime juice
3 cups cherry-flavored seltzer (plain
seltzer will work too)

Preparation
Using 4 glasses evenly divide the cherries, mint leaves and sugar. Mash the ingredients with a wooden spoon and then stir in the rum and the lime juice, top it off with seltzer. Add mint sprig for color.

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When we first moved in, I planted two different kinds of mint in my ditch. It's gone a bit wild over the years. I will often pick a few springs in the morning after a walk to place in a vase, add to a dish or feed to Teeko the guinea pig.

Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Tasty Tuesday - Sex on the Beach

Ah... summertime. Nothing beats sex on the beach
if you don't mind sand in your butt crack and other crevices, that is.
 And don't forget if you're caught, you might have a fine or get arrested.  


So let's play it safe with the other Summertime favorite

Sex On The Beach
(the drink)

1 1/2 oz vodka
1/2 oz peach schnapps
2 oz cranberry juice
2 oz orange juice
Add vodka and peach schnapps to a highball glass over ice.
Fill with equal measures of cranberry juice and orange juice, and stir.

CHEERS