Martini of the Week: Agave Negro

With the holiday coming up it's perfect to make a sweet and summery drink to prepare for a party.

Ingredients


2 blackberries, plus 1 blackberry and 1 lime wheel skewered on a pick
1 cup ice
1 1/2 ounces reposado tequila
3/4 ounce fresh lime juice
3/4 ounce Simple Syrup
1/2 ounce Chambord
1 ounce chilled club soda

In a cocktail shaker, muddle the 2 blackberries. Add the ice, tequila, lime juice, Simple Syrup and Chambord. Shake well and pour into a rocks glass. Stir in the club soda and garnish with the skewered blackberry and lime wheel.

Cocktail of the week- Sparkling Orange Cocktail

A little vodka and homemade syrupy goodness makes for an awesomely yummy cocktail! This recipe is enough to serve 8 girlfriends!

Ingredients:

• 2  seedless oranges, (for syrup)
• 1 cup(s) sugar
• 2/3 cup(s) freshly squeezed orange juice
• 1/2 cup(s) vodka
• 1  orange, (for cocktail)
• 1 bottle(s) chilled Champagne or sparkling wine

Directions

1. To make syrup: With a sharp knife, thinly slice oranges. Place in a medium nonreactive saucepan and toss with sugar. Let stand for 15 minutes.
2. Add orange juice and vodka to saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Cover and cook for 5 minutes. Uncover and cook until liquid is syrupy and orange slices are translucent, about 20 minutes.
3. Strain syrup through a fine sieve into a bowl, pressing on solids to extract as much liquid as possible. Discard solids. Cover and refrigerate until chilled.
4. To make cocktails: With a vegetable peeler, remove 8 long strips of zest from the orange. Twist each strip and place in a champagne glass. Add 1 tablespoon bitter-orange syrup to each glass. Top with Champagne and stir gently. Serve immediately.

Enjoy!

Cocktail of the week- Basil Watermelon Cooler

Basil Watermelon Cooler
INGREDIENTS
2 parts GREY GOOSE® Vodka
3 large basil leaves, plus more for garnish
1 slice peeled ginger – 1/4” x 2” slice
1 - 2” chunk of watermelon
1/2 part simple syrup
1/2 part fresh lime juice
ginger ale
watermelon wedge and basil leaves for garnish
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INSTRUCTIONS
In a cocktail shaker muddle 3 basil leaves with ginger slice, 1 watermelon chunk
and simple syrup. Add ice, GREY GOOSE® Vodka and lime juice. Shake well and
strain into a rocks glass filled with ice. Top with ginger ale. Garnish with remaining
watermelon chunk and basil leaves.

Cocktail of the Week- Spring Fever

Here is the alcoholic and non-alcoholic version of the cocktail Spring Fever!

Spring Fever- Non Alcoholic

 Ingredients

• 3/4 oz lemon juice
• 3/4 oz mango syrup
• 1 1/2 oz apple juice
• 2 oz blood orange juice 

Instructions

1. Pour the ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice.
2. Shake well.

Spring Fever- Alcohol
Ingredients

• 2 parts vodka
• 1 part TLM  Simple Syrup*
• ¾ part fresh orange juice
• ¾ part pineapple juice
• 1 edible flower garnish

Instructions

Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.  Garnish.
*TLM Green Tea Simple Syrup: Brew four ounces of green tea and pour into a saucepan.  Add eight ounces of white granulated sugar.  Heat and stir constantly, until boiling.  Reduce heat, set aside and refrigerate.
Think of the Spring Fever Cocktail as Spring in a glass.

Cheers!

Cocktail for the expecting mom- the Mamarita

Pregnant city moms don't have to be outcast from the cool cocktails! Here is a fun and healthy cocktail for the soon to be Mom in the City gal!

Mamarita- from the book Pregatinis

Ingredients
1 ounce agave nectar
1/2 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 ounce orange juice
3 ounces organic limeaid
1 lime wheel
rimming salt

Directions
Rim a margarita glass and set aside. Stir agave nectar and lemon juice in the bottom of a mixing glass until nectar dissolves. Add orange juice, limeaid, and ice, then shake vigorously. Strain into the margarita glass, and serve with a lime wheel on the rim.

Enjoy!!

Can't get any girlier than a Pink Martini!!!

 

How yummy! A cocktail that just by appearance says "I've been made for a girl!" Here's how you make it...

• 2 oz of p.i.n.k. vodka,
• 1 scoop vanilla ice cream,
• 1 oz strawberry liqueur,
• large dollop of fresh whip cream
• 1 plump blueberry.

Combine, p.i. n.k., strawberry liqueur and ice cream in a blender with one scoop of crushed iced and blend until creamy. Top with whipped cream and a blueberry on top.

Yummy strawberry daiquiri recipe!

While on the subject of eating healthy, it's time to drink healthy, too.

As easy as it is to mix a few items and create an awesome martini, nothing says healthy and springtime like a tasty daiquiri! The good thing about daiquiris is that not only do they taste good but they are good for you, containing many healthy ingredients.

From many assortments of fruits that can be used, any combination can create a simple delicious drink.

Try this recipe on for size- serving size is 2 glasses:

• 2- large strawberries
• 1/2 cup of sugar
• 2 tablespoon of lemon juice
• 1/2 cup lemon-lime soda
• 8 ice cubes

In a blender add all the ingredients and blend until nice and smooth. Pour into glasses and garnish with a lime slice.

Cheers!