Here’s a black cherry cocktail that is … dare I say good for you? It’s made mostly from straight-up, wholesome, delicious fruit juice. It’s packed with antioxidants and contains no added sugar! (Although, yes, it does include a shot of vodka).
Drinks
Orange Blossom Champagne Cocktail
Orange Blossom Champagne Cocktail: like a mimosa, but liqueurier
Leftover Lemon Juice? Lemonade Concentrate!
Use leftover lemon juice to make a homemade lemonade concentrate, and then use that to mix with gin, vodka, cherries, or God knows what. You can make easy, simple, and quick cocktails or soft drinks. Dark, rainy, and cold outside? Freeze it until the sun comes out.
The Short Stack: a Pancake-Flavored Cocktail
The Short Stack is a pancake-flavored, day-drinking (known in the civilized world as “brunch”) cocktail made with maple-flavored whiskey and ginger beer, with a bacon-and-blueberry garnish.
A Bright and Sunny Ginger Shrub Cocktail
This bright and sunny Ginger Shrub Cocktail has everything: fresh lime juice, ginger beer, rum, sunburned drifters with soap sud beards…
Christmas Dinner for Six
Who doesn’t love a Christmas Lasagna! Pop it into a multi-course lineup that includes a savory cheesecake, Opah, salad, butterflake rolls, and chocolate stout cake and you’ve got an epic celebration.
Margaritas Congeladas de Danilo
(Dan’s Frozen Margaritas)
Margaritas Congeladas de Danilo, (Dan’s Frozen Margaritas) uses a homemade sour mix made from freshly squeezed lemon and lime juice. A really good tequila is important, but I think it’s the Cointreau that kicks this recipe into “world’s best” league. A great blender will whip this into a fabulous frozen cocktail with minimal effort.
Raspberry Rum Shrub Cocktail
The recipe for this raspberry rum shrub cocktail goes back to colonial times. It’s made from fresh fruit, ginger ale, and, uh … vinegar – but don’t let that get to you. It’s an adventure in a Collins glass. Finally! A better answer to “Bring me a shrubbery!”
Lemonade by the Glass
It’s a simple bit of everyday kitchencraft that requires very little how-to know-how.