Swampwater ( Spirits )

Total Time: 6 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 1 min

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 1/2 ounces green chartreuse liqueur
• 6 ounces pineapple juice
• 1/4 teaspoon lime
• ice

Recipe

• 1 to each 1-1/2 ounces of green chartreuse, add 6 ounces pineapple juice, 1/4 teaspoon lime, and ice.
• 2 stir.
• 3 note: one bottle of green chartreuse makes one gallon of swampwater.
• 4 careful this is a very potent drink.

Champagne Cobbler Cocktail

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1/2 teaspoon curacao
• thin slice orange
• chilled champagne or sparkling wine

Recipe

• 1 fill a large goblet half full of cracked ice. add lemon juice, curaçao and orange slice. stir and top off glass with champagne or sparkling wine. stir again gently.

Frozen Pineapple Daiquiris

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 2 cups chopped fresh pineapple
• 1 1/2 cups pineapple-flavored rum
• 1 cup pineapple juice
• 1/2 cup simple syrup
• 1 ounce fresh lime juice
• 4 cups crushed ice

Recipe

• 1 in the container of a blender, combine pineapple, rum, pineapple juice, simple syrup, and lime juice; process until well-blended. add ice and blend until smooth. garnish with pineapple wedges.

Hard Raspberry Lemonade

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3/4 cup frozen raspberries
• 3.5 (12 ounce) bottles beer, chilled
• 1 (12 ounce) container frozen raspberry-lemonade concentrate (thawed)
• 1/2 cup vodka
• lemon & lime slice

Recipe

• 1 stir together raspberries, beer, thawed concentrate, and vodka.
• 2 serve over ice.
• 3 garnish if desired.
• 4 note: to make ahead, stir raspberry lemonade concentrate and vodka in large container. chill up to 8 days. stir in raspberries and beer just before serving.

Peach Martini

Total Time: 2 mins Preparation Time: 2 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 3 ounces peach vodka
• 1/2 ounce triple sec

Recipe

• 1 shake over ice, pout and serve.

Swamp Water

Total Time: 3 mins Preparation Time: 3 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 2 ounces apricot brandy
• 2 ounces vodka
• 2 ounces sprite
• 4 ounces limeade

Recipe

• 1 fill a pint canning jar with ice halfway up. add limeade, brandy, vodka top with 7 up. instead of the 7 up and limeade sour may be used.

Faux-rita's

Total Time: 3 mins Preparation Time: 3 mins

Ingredients

• 2 (1 7/8 ounce) envelopes crystal light sugar free low calorie lemonade mix
• 2 quarts water
• 1 cup diet ginger ale
• 1/4 cup lime juice
• 1/2 cup cuervo tequila

Recipe

• 1 mix together in a pitcher and serve on the rock or with shaved ice.
• 2 can be added to a blender with ice for a "frozen margarita".

Blood Orange Cocktail

Total Time: 2 mins Preparation Time: 2 mins

Ingredients

• 1 ounce rum
• 1/2 ounce cointreau liqueur
• 4 ounces fresh squeezed blood orange juice

Recipe

• 1 combine all ingredients with ice in a cocktail shaker.
• 2 shake well& strain into a cocktail glass.

Champagne Cosmopolitan

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 1/2 cups cranberry juice cocktail, chilled
• 1/2 cup grand marnier
• 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
• 8 slices lime zest, each 1/4-inch wide and 3-inch long
• 2 (750 ml) bottles brut sparkling wine or 2 (750 ml) bottles champagne, chilled

Recipe

• 1 combine cranberry juice, grand marnier, and lime juice in a small pitcher and mix well.
• 2 hold a lime strip over a tall champagne flute, twist or tie it into a single knot to release the essential oils, and drop the zest into the flute. repeat with remaining zest and seven more flutes.
• 3 divide the juice mixture equally among the flutes. top each flute with the sparkling wine. serve immediately.

Blood Bath

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 64 ounces cranberry-raspberry juice
• 4 cups apple juice
• 4 cups vanilla ice cream

Recipe

• 1 mix together the cran-raspberry cocktail and apple juice and chill.
• 2 pour into a punch bowl or other serving container.
• 3 scoop the vanilla ice cream into the punch and serve immediately.

Mimosas

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 1 1/3 cups orange juice, fresh, chilled
• 1 (750 ml) bottle champagne or 1 (750 ml) bottle grape juice, chilled
• 4 orange slices

Recipe

• 1 place sugar and orange juice in blender.
• 2 cover and blend on medium speed about 15 seconds or until foamy.
• 3 pour 1/3 c into 4 glasses.
• 4 add about 1 c champagne to each.
• 5 garnish with orange slice.

Groovy Delight

Total Time: 3 mins Preparation Time: 3 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 ounces appleton rum
• 3/4 ounce blackberry brandy
• splash pineapple juice
• 1 dash grenadine
• 1 lime wedge, squeezed

Recipe

• 1 combine in a shaker with crushed ice.
• 2 pour into a tall glass, garnish with a cherry - and groove.

Mimosa Gelée

Total Time: 8 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 3 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups chilled champagne (i prefer champagne) or 1 1/2 cups sparkling wine (i prefer champagne)
• 2 1/2 cups orange juice
• 1 (8 ounce) jar orange blossom honey
• orange section
• mint sprig

Recipe

• 1 pour champagne into a large bowl & sprinkle gelatin over champagne.
• 2 set aside.
• 3 heat orange juice and honey in small saucepan over medium-high heat 3 minutes or until well blended and thoroughly heated.
• 4 add hot juice mixture to champagne mixture, and stir 5 minutes or until gelatin dissolves.
• 5 pour mixture evenly into 8 champagne flutes and chill 3 hrs or until set.
• 6 garnish, if desired.

Mimosa

Total Time: 8 hrs Preparation Time: 8 hrs

Ingredients

• 1 (12 ounce) can frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed & divided
• 1 (16 ounce) jar maraschino cherries, with stems drained
• 6 cups extra dry champagne, chilled
• mint sprig

Recipe

• 1 prepare 1 can orange juice concentrate according to can directions. pour into ice cube trays. place a cherry in each cube, freeze 8 hours or overnight.
• 2 prepare remaining orange juice concentrate according to can directions. stir in champagne just before serving. add ice cubes, garnish with mint.

Lavender Simple Syrup

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups water
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 2 tablespoons dried lavender blossoms

Recipe

• 1 bring ingredients to a boil in saucepan, stirring so that the sugar dissolves. reduce heat and continue stirring until all the sugar has dissolved.
• 2 remove from heat and let steep for 30 minutes.
• 3 remove lavender blossoms and allow syrup to cool.
• 4 store in an airtight container and keep refrigerated.

Frozen Peach Daiquiris

Total Time: 3 mins Preparation Time: 2 mins Cook Time: 1 min

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 large ripe peaches, unpeeled and cut into chunks,about 2 cups
• 1 (6 ounce) can pink lemonade, softened but not thawed
• 3/4 cup light rum
• 4 -5 ice cubes

Recipe

• 1 place all but ice in a blender.
• 2 blend on high for 15 seconds.
• 3 add the ice, 1 or 2 pieces at a time, and process until the ice is crushed and mixed well, about 40 seconds.
• 4 pour into 4 glasses and enjoy!

Jamaican Breeze

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 2 ounces rum
• 2 slices fresh ginger
• 3 ounces cranberry juice
• 3 ounces pineapple juice

Recipe

• 1 muddle the ginger and rum together in the bottom of a shaker, then add ice and the remaining ingredients.
• 2 shake and strain into a highball glass filled with ice.

Licorice-vodka (blender Recipe)

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 2 mins Cook Time: 3 mins

Ingredients

• 2 bags licorice
• 1 bottle vodka

Recipe

• 1 put licorice in blender container and blend on high until it is very fine.
• 2 add vodka and mix well.
• 3 fill in nice bottles and enjoy!

Blood Orange Martini

Total Time: 8 mins Preparation Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 125 ml blood orange juice
• 250 ml chilled vodka
• 180 ml chilled cointreau liqueur
• 80 ml fresh lime juice
• 24 ice cubes
• 1 slice blood orange (to garnish)

Recipe

• 1 before starting, place martini glasses in freezer to chill.
• 2 combine all ingredients in cocktail shaker.
• 3 shake till mixture is very cold.
• 4 strain into frozen martini glasses.
• 5 garnish with orange slices.

Peach Melba Cocktail

Total Time: 2 mins Preparation Time: 2 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 25 ml chambord raspberry liquor
• 100 ml peach nectar
• 150 ml champagne
• ice

Recipe

• 1 1/2 fill your tumbler with ice,
• 2 add chambord and peach nectar to glass filled with ice, cover glass with boston shaker firmley so secure, shake until condensation appears on outside of shaker.
• 3 tap shaker against a solid counter to release glass, pour mix into the tumbler, top up with champage and stir.

Swamp Monster

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 1/2 ounces midori melon liqueur
• 2 ounces sour mix
• 1 1/2 ounces jagermeister

Recipe

• 1 fill a shaker halfway with ice.
• 2 add midori and sour mix.
• 3 pour into cocktail glass.
• 4 pour jagermeister over the back of a spoon so that it runs down side of glass and floats on top of the midori mixture.

Champagne Cocktail

Total Time: 2 mins Preparation Time: 2 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 6 sugar cubes
• 6 tablespoons cherry juice
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• champagne or sparkling wine

Recipe

• 1 place 1 sugar cube, 1 tablespoon cherry juice and 1 teaspoon lemon juice in each of 6 champagne flutes. fill with champagne.

Margarita 1-to-1

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 lime wedge
• kosher salt, on small plate
• 1 ounce tequila
• 1 ounce orange liqueur (such as cointreau)
• 1 ounce fresh lime juice

Recipe

• 1 run the lime wedge along the edge of stemmed cocktail glass.
• 2 dip the moistened rim in the salt and set aside.
• 3 in a cocktail shaker half filled with ice cubes, combine the tequila, liqueur, and lime juice.
• 4 shake well and strain into prepared glass.
• 5 squeeze lime wedge into cocktail and discard. (this step is optional, you may not like the added tartness).
• 6 serve immediately.

Oh My, Apple Pie

Total Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 4 cups sugar
• 2 gallons apple cider (not distilled!)
• 1 gallon apple juice
• 9 -10 cinnamon sticks
• 1 (2 5/8 liter) bottle vodka
• 375 ml bottles bacardi 151 rum

Recipe

• 1 bring sugar, cider, apple juice and cinnamon sticks to a boil.
• 2 cool completely.
• 3 add vodka and rum.
• 4 be sure to refrigerate.

Cucumber-olive Appetizers

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 large cucumber (unpeeled, skin washed)
• 0.5 (8 ounce) cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup bleu cheese salad dressing (or to taste)
• 1 small garlic clove, finely minced (may omit if desired)
• 1 loaf sliced rye cocktail bread (1-pound loaf, can use dark pumpernickle)
• sliced pimento-stuffed green olives (use as many slices as needed)

Recipe

• 1 slice the unpeeled cucumber into 1/4-inch slices/rounds.
• 2 in a small bowl combine the cream cheese with blue cheese salad dressing and garlic powder.
• 3 spread onto each slice of cocktail bread.
• 4 top with a slice of cucumber and an olive slice.
• 5 if desired but it is not necessary you may place one colored toothpick through the olive and down into the bread.
• 6 place onto serving platter/s.

Swamp Thing

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 ounce vodka
• 1/2 ounce irish cream
• coca-cola

Recipe

• 1 shake vodka and irish cream with lots of ice in a cocktail shaker.
• 2 strain into a highball glass with large ice cubes.
• 3 top up with cola.

Frozen Peach Daiquiri

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 4 fresh peaches, sliced and pureed in a blender with
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 2 1/2 ounces dark rum
• 1/4 cup fresh lime juice
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup crushed ice

Recipe

• 1 freeze peach/lemon puree in ice cube trays.
• 2 then use 9 cubes of the puree in the drinks.
• 3 pour into stemmed glasses.
• 4 garnish with peach and lime slices.

Champagne Cocktail

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 2 drops bitters
• 1 fluid ounce grand marnier
• 4 fluid ounces champagne

Recipe

• 1 put 2 drops of bitters into a champagne glass, then grand marnier.
• 2 fill rest of glass with champagne.

Morning Glory (cocktail Beverage)

Total Time: 2 mins Preparation Time: 2 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 ounce brandy
• 1/2 ounce orange curacao
• 1/2 ounce lemon juice
• 1 dash angostura bitters
• 1 dash pernod
• 1 lemon twist (garnish) (optional)

Recipe

• 1 put all ingredients into a sml shaker w/ice.
• 2 shake & then strain into a 3 oz serving glass.

Margarita De Tamarindo

Total Time: 4 mins Preparation Time: 4 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• chipotle salt or tajin chile salt
• 1 lime wedge
• 2 ounces tamarind puree
• 1 ounce tequila
• 1/2 ounce cointreau liqueur
• 1/2 ounce simple syrup
• 6 -10 ice cubes

Recipe

• 1 rub lime wedge around rim of margarita glass or martini glass. dip rim in chile salt and set aside.
• 2 in a cocktail shaker, combine the tamarind, tequila, cointreau, syrup and ice.
• 3 shake vigorously til frothy and cold, at least 15 seconds to allow tiny ice crystals to form in the drink.
• 4 strain into salt-crusted glass and serve immediately.

Licorice Stick (shot)

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 ounce black sambuca
• 1 ounce vodka
• 1/2 ounce creme de cacao

Recipe

• 1 shake ingredients with ice in a cocktail shaker.
• 2 strain into a shot glass, and serve.

Mimosa Float

Total Time: 2 mins Preparation Time: 2 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• champagne
• triple sec
• orange sorbet

Recipe

• 1 place 1 small scoop sorbet in bottom of glass.
• 2 add 1 shot of triple sec.
• 3 fill glass slowly with champagne.
• 4 stir before drinking.

Nat's Sparkling Summer Spritzer

Total Time: 1 min Preparation Time: 1 min

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1/2 cup wine
• 1/2 cup club soda
• ice cube
• 1/4 lemon (cut into two slices)

Recipe

• 1 fill a highball or wineglass, with ice.
• 2 pour wine to half way and top with club soda.
• 3 squeeze in juice of one slice of lemon.
• 4 garnish with a other lemon slice.

Naranjita A La Hacienda

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 ounce puerto rican light rum
• 2 -3 ounces ginger ale
• 1 ounce orange juice
• orange slice, to garnish
• 1 small star fruit, to garnish

Recipe

• 1 combine rum, ginger ale, and orange juice and pour over ice in highball glass, and garnish with an orange slice and mini star fruits.

Mimosa Hawaiian

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (12 ounce) can apricot nectar
• 1 (12 ounce) can pineapple juice
• 1 (6 ounce) can frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed and undiluted
• 3/4 cup water
• 1 (25 1/2 ounce) bottle dry champagne, chilled

Recipe

• 1 combine first 4 ingredients in a large pitcher; stir well.
• 2 chill.
• 3 stir in champagne immediately before serving.

Jamaica Margaritas

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 cup dried hibiscus flowers (about 2 ounces)
• 3 cups water
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 1/4 cups tequila
• 1/2 cup fresh lime juice
• 1/3 cup triple sec or 1/3 cup other orange-flavored liqueur
• 8 lime slices

Recipe

• 1 place blossoms in a strainer; rinse under cold water.
• 2 combine blossoms, water, and sugar in a medium saucepan; bring to a boil.
• 3 reduce heat, and simmer 10 minutes. strain; discard blossoms.
• 4 cover and chill hibiscus mixture.
• 5 combine hibiscus mixture, tequila, juice, and triple sec.
• 6 serve over ice. garnish with lime slices.

Mimosa Jello Shots

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1/4 cup boiling orange juice
• 1 (3 ounce) package orange gelatin
• 1/3 cup cold champagne
• 2 fresh strawberries, sliced crosswise into 5 flat round slices each berry

Recipe

• 1 add boiling orange juice to gelatin in a small bowl and dissolve the gelatin by stirring for about 2 minutes.
• 2 add in the champagne.
• 3 place one strawberry slice in each of 10 2 oz flexible plastic cups.
• 4 cover each strawberry with gelatin mixture.
• 5 refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
• 6 serve!

Cran-cherry Plasma Transfusion

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 (15 ounce) can fruit cocktail
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can dark sweet cherries
• 2 cups cranberry juice cocktail

Recipe

• 1 for transfusion bags:.
• 2 6 zipper-lock sandwich bags.
• 3 6 straws, twisted or flexible.
• 4 6 shower curtain rings.
• 5 puree the fruit cocktail and cherries , with their liquids, in a blender or food processor until smooth. mix in the cranberry juice cocktail and refrigerate until chilled.
• 6 to prepare the "transfusion bags," punch a hole with a hole-punch in the corner of one layer of a zipper-lock sandwich bag just below the zipper. insert a twisty straw or flexible straw in the hole and punch another hole in the same corner of the bag through both layers, just above the zipper. thread a shower curtain ring through that hole. repeat with remaining bags, straws and shower curtain rings.
• 7 to serve, pour 1 cup of the cranberry-cherry mixture into each bag and seal. hang by the shower curtain rings on hooks. guests can hold their drink by the ring and sip through the straw.
• 8 note: if you want a more adult cocktail, add 3/4-cup vodka to the juice mixture before chilling. this mixture will yield 9, 3/4-cup servings.

Morir Sonando-alcholic

Total Time: 2 mins Preparation Time: 2 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 ounce licor 43 liqueur
• 2 ounces orange juice
• 2 ounces milk

Recipe

• 1 in a highball glass, stir together ingredients and serve.

Margarita Madras

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 3 ounces orange juice
• 1 ounce tequila
• 1 ounce triple sec
• 1 ounce cranberry juice
• orange wedge, for garnish
• coarse sugar, for garnish

Recipe

• 1 combine the orange juice, tequila, triple sec, and cranberry juice in a cocktail shaker filled with 3/4 cup ice.
• 2 shake vigorously.
• 3 pour into a glass.
• 4 garnish with an orange wedge.
• 5 variation-for a pink-hued rim, dip the rim of the glass in grenadine before coating with sugar.

Sweating Colombian

Total Time: 1 min Preparation Time: 1 min

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 4 1/2 ounces vodka
• 3 ounces kahlua
• 3 ounces goldschlager
• 1 ounce light cream

Recipe

• 1 shake vodka, kahlua and goldschlager with ice in a cocktail shaker.
• 2 strain into a highball glass, fill with light cream, and serve.

Champagne Dreams

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 ounce pama pomegranate liqueur
• 1 ounce orange liqueur
• 1 ounce fresh orange juice
• 3 ounces champagne

Recipe

• 1 assemble the first three ingredients in a cocktail glass with ice.
• 2 slowly pour in the champagne while stirring very gently to retain the bubbles and chill the mixture.
• 3 strain into a champagne flute and garnish with an orange slice and a cherry.

Margarita Limeade On The Rocks

Total Time: 3 mins Preparation Time: 3 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1 (6 ounce) can frozen limeade concentrate
• 4 ounces tequila
• 2 ounces triple sec
• 2 ounces water
• crushed ice
• lime wedge
• margarita salt

Recipe

• 1 rub rim of cocktail glass with lime, rub rim of glass in margarita salt.
• 2 combine limeade,tequila,triple sec & water in cocktail shaker; shake well.
• 3 pour in cocktail glass with crushed ice.
• 4 serve with lime slice.
• 5 for extra tang, squeese a small lime wedge over finished drink.

Peach On The Beach

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 ounce peach vodka
• 1 ounce peach schnapps (dekuyper)
• 1 ounce pineapple juice
• 3 ounces cranberry juice

Recipe

• 1 fill a highball glass with ice, and add vodka, schnapps and pineapple juice. fill with cranberry juice. stir and serve.

Peach Margarita

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 2 ounces peach schnapps
• 1 1/2 ounces tequila
• 1 ounce orange juice
• 1/2 ounce grand marnier
• 1/2 ounce simple syrup (1 part sugar, 1 part water)
• 1/2 fresh peach, cut into quarters
• lemon juice, a splash
• coarse sugar, for garnish

Recipe

• 1 **coat the rim of the cocktail glass with coarse sugar, if desired.
• 2 add the remaining ingredients to a blender with ¾ cup ice.
• 3 blend until smooth; pour into rimmed glass.

Peach Margarita

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 3 lime slices
• salt
• 1 1/2 ounces tequila
• 1 ounce peach schnapps
• 1 ounce blue curacao
• 2 ounces fresh lemon juice
• 2 ounces fresh lime juice
• 2 teaspoons confectioners' sugar
• ice

Recipe

• 1 lay the salt out on flat saucer or plate.
• 2 rub the outside rim of 2 margarita glasses with 1 lime slice and roll the outside of the glass rim in the salt. only salt the outside of the glass.
• 3 combine the tequila, peach schnapps, blue curacao, lemon and lime juice and the sugar with ice and shake in a cocktail shaker for at least 30 seconds.
• 4 strain drink into margarita glasses.
• 5 garnish each glass with lime slice.
• 6 serve immediately.

Margarita Martini

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 1/2 ounces tequila
• 1 1/2 ounces fresh lime juice
• 1 ounce simple syrup
• salt, for the glass (optional)
• fresh mint, for garnish

Recipe

• 1 combine the tequila, lime juice and simple syrup in a cocktail shaker with ice. (to make a batch of simple syrup, simmer equal parts sugar and water in a saucepan until the sugar dissolves, then cool. i do this in the microwave.) shake well, then strain into a chilled martini glass; salt the rim, if desired. garnish with mint.

Frozen Rose

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 ounce tequila rose liqueur
• 1 ounce tequila
• 1 dash triple sec
• 1 dash sour mix

Recipe

• 1 mix all ingredients with crushed ice in a blender.
• 2 pour into a chilled cocktail glass and decorate with a strawberry and a lime wedge.

Chamcham

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 3/4 ounce chambord raspberry liquor
• sparkling wine

Recipe

• 1 pour chambord into champagne flute.
• 2 top with sparkling wine.

Strega Pink Witch

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 ounce strega (liqueur)
• 2 ounces gin
• 4 ounces pink grapefruit juice

Recipe

• 1 add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker filled with ice.
• 2 strain into cocktail glass.

Shrimp Horses' Doovers

Total Time: 24 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 24 hrs Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1/4 cup crab boil seasoning (recipe follows or use store-bought)
• 2 1/2 lbs fresh shrimp, shelled and deveined
• 6 fluid ounces distilled vinegar
• 1 tablespoon celery seed
• 2 teaspoons dijon mustard
• 6 fluid ounces olive oil
• 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 large onion, thinly sliced
• 3 large bay leaves
• 3 teaspoons pickling spices
• 3 teaspoons sea salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons mustard seeds
• 1 1/2 teaspoons whole black peppercorns
• 1 1/2 teaspoons hot red pepper flakes
• 3/4 teaspoon celery seed
• 3/4 teaspoon minced dried chives
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 large bay leaf

Recipe

• 1 ---to make the crab boil mix---.
• 2 add all of the ingredients to the bowl of a food processor fitted with the metal blade.
• 3 pulsing, process until the mixture forms a coarse powder.
• 4 ---to prepare the shrimp---.
• 5 in a large kettle, bring 6 cups water to a boil; add the crab boil mix.
• 6 simmer for 10 minutes.
• 7 add the shrimp and cook for 4 to 5 minutes, just until the shrimp turn pink and are translucent throughout – do not overcook or shrimp will be tough; drain well.
• 8 in a small bowl, whisk together the vinegar, celery seeds, mustard, olive oil, and cayenne pepper.
• 9 in a large bowl, arrange ½ of the cooked shrimp.
• 10 cover with half of the onion slices and the bay leaves.
• 11 top with another layer of shrimp and onions.
• 12 pour the dressing over the shrimp, cover, and marinate in the refrigerator for 24 hours.
• 13 to serve, drain the shrimp and onions of as much oil as possible; discard the bay leaves.
• 14 place the shrimp and onions in a bowl and serve with toothpicks or cocktail sticks.

Chambord Royale

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 ounce chambord raspberry liquor
• 1 ounce vodka
• 1 dash cranberry juice
• 1 dash pineapple juice

Recipe

• 1 mix all ingredients over ice.
• 2 shake.
• 3 pour into a glass and garnish with a lemon, if desisred.

Jamaica Shake Ii

Total Time: 2 mins Preparation Time: 2 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 6 teaspoons bourbon, 1 1/2 measure
• 1 1/2 tablespoons dark jamaica rum, 1 measure
• 1 1/2 tablespoons double cream, 1 measure (heavy)

Recipe

• 1 shake all the ingredients well with ice to amalgamate the cream, and strain into a cocktail glass. sift grated chocolate over the top.

Swamp Water Surprise

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 2 ounces rum
• 1/4 ounce blue curacao
• 1 ounce orange juice
• 1/2 ounce lemon juice
• 1 (3 ounce) package lime jell-o gelatin
• 1 cup boiling water
• 3/4 cup vodka

Recipe

• 1 dissolve the jell-o in boiling water.
• 2 add the vodka and set it in the freezer.
• 3 when jello is set, pour the rum, blue curacao and juices into a cocktail shaker with ice.
• 4 shake well.
• 5 strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
• 6 garnish with a scoop of the jello.

Chill Out Shock

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 ounce butterscotch schnapps, chilled
• 1 ounce hot espresso

Recipe

• 1 first pour the chilled schnapps and than carefully layer the hot espresso on top of it.
• 2 insert a straw into the glass and place it on the connection point between the two layers and drink it from there.

Chambord Walk

Total Time: 2 mins Preparation Time: 2 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 2 ounces vodka
• 1 ounce chambord raspberry liquor
• club soda

Recipe

• 1 shake first two ingredients with ice and strain into ice-filled rocks.
• 2 glass.
• 3 top with a splash of soda and garnish with a lemon wedge.

Peach Moon (beer Cocktail)

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 (330 ml) bottle original blue moon beer
• 1 1/2 ounces peach schnapps
• 3 ounces no-pulp orange juice
• orange slice (to garnish)

Recipe

• 1 pour the blue moon slowly into a large glass about halfway, add the schnapps and orange juice, give it a little stir then fill the glass with the remaining blue moon; stir again.
• 2 add a slice of orange to the glass for garnish.

Margarita Jello Shots Of The Jello Masters

Total Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (6 ounce) box lime jell-o gelatin (large box)
• 2 cups boiling water
• 7/8 cup cold water
• 1/8 cup fresh-squeezed lime juice
• 3/4 cup clear tequila
• 1/4 cup triple sec

Recipe

• 1 mix boiling water and jello. stir for a minute until dissolved. add rest of ingredients, stir.
• 2 pour into small paper dixie cups, cool on one or two cookies sheets stacked in the refrigerator.
• 3 unless you use ice and water for the cold water, allow 5 or more hours for jello to cool and set.
• 4 for every party i throw, i'll make this recipe and one more from hazel's site to satisfy the partygoers.

Frozen Mudslide

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 8 ice cubes
• 2 scoops vanilla ice cream
• 1 ounce vodka
• 1 ounce baileys irish cream
• 1 ounce kahlua
• 1 ounce chocolate syrup
• whipped cream (optional)
• chocolate sprinkles (optional)

Recipe

• 1 crush the ice cubes in a blender.
• 2 add ice cream, vodka, baileys, kahlua and chocolate syrup. (2 scoops for a thinner drink, 3 scoops for a thicker one). blend until smooth.
• 3 pour into chilled glasses. freeze for 5-10 minutes to thicken, if desired.
• 4 garnish with whipped cream and chocolate jimmies.

Shrimp Louis Pasta Salad

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3 cups spiral shaped pasta, uncooked
• 1 cup mayonnaise
• 1/2 cup ranch dressing
• 1/3 cup seafood cocktail sauce
• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon worcestershire sauce
• salt and pepper
• 1 lb medium cooked shrimp, peeled & deveined
• 1/2 cup chopped fresh tomato
• 1/2 cup sliced green onion
• 1/4 cup chopped sweet red pepper
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley

Recipe

• 1 cook pasta according to package directions; drain.
• 2 rinse with cold water to cool quickly; drain well.
• 3 meanwhile, in a large bowl, whisk together mayonnaise, ranch dressing, seafood cocktail sauce,lemon juice, worcestershire sauce and salt& pepper.
• 4 stir in cooled pasta and remaining ingredients.
• 5 serve immediately or cover and refrigerate.

Cuervo Margarita

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 4 ounces sweet and sour cocktail mix
• 2 ounces tequila
• 1 ounce triple sec
• lime wedge
• coarse salt
• ice

Recipe

• 1 use the lime wedge to moisten the rim of your glass. dip the glass lightly into the salt.
• 2 add the ice to your glass. pour in the sweet and sour mix, tequila, and triple sec. garnish with the lime wedge, or squeeze into your glass. you can add a splash of sweetened lime juice if you like, but i prefer it without.

Hard Green Bricaki

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 ounce absolut citron vodka
• 1 ounce malibu rum
• 1 ounce midori melon liqueur
• 1 dash lime juice
• 3 ounces pineapple juice

Recipe

• 1 fill glass with ice and add liquors.
• 2 add a dash of lime juice.
• 3 fill to top with pineapple juice.
• 4 shake well and serve.
• 5 garnish with a slice of lime and a cherry.

Jamaica Reggae

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 4 cl. rum
• 2 cl. passion fruit juice
• ginger ale
• sugar syrup
• 1 dash aromatic bitters

Recipe

• 1 for this tantalizing cocktail, blend the rum and fruit juice with sugar syrup together with crushed ice. pour into a large cocktail glass and fill with ginger ale. add a dash of bitters and garnish with a slice of pineapple, two slices of carambola and a cherry.

Cuervo Daisy

Total Time: 3 mins Preparation Time: 3 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 4 ounces jose cuervo tequila
• 1 ounce lemon juice
• 1 ounce grenadine
• 1 ounce club soda

Recipe

• 1 shake all ingredients well with cracked ice. strain and pour into two chilled martini glasses.

Peach Mimosa

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 2 cups peach nectar, chilled
• 1 1/3 cups orange juice, chilled
• 2/3 cup grenadine
• 1 (750 ml) bottle brut champagne, chilled

Recipe

• 1 combine nectar and orange juice in a pitcher.
• 2 spoon 1 tablespoon grenadine syrup into each of 10 champagne glasses.
• 3 add 1/3 cup orange juice mixture to each glass.
• 4 top with champagne.
• 5 serve immediately.

Oh My God, Becky, Look At Her B . . .

Total Time: 2 mins Cook Time: 2 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1/3 cup carlo rosse blush wine
• 2/3 cup sprite

Recipe

• 1 fill a glass about 1/3 full of blush.
• 2 fill the rest of the way with sprite.
• 3 serve cold.

Strawberry-lemon Mojitos

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 8 lemon wedges
• 4 strawberries
• 2 halved strawberries (to garnish)
• 24 mint leaves
• 4 mint sprigs (to garnish)
• ice cube
• crushed ice
• 8 ounces golden rum
• 3 ounces fresh lemon juice
• 2 ounces sugar syrup

Recipe

• 1 sugar syrup: stir 1/2 cup. of superfine sugar into 1/2 cup water until dissolved. bring to boil and boil 2 minutes without stirring. cool. store covered in refrigerator.
• 2 in a cocktail shaker, muddle the lemon wedges with the whole strawberries and mint leaves. add ice and rum, lemon juice and sugar syrup; shake well. strain over crushed ice-filled high-ball glasses.
• 3 garnish with the berry halves and mint sprigs.

Blood Orange Margaritas

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• kosher salt
• crushed ice
• 1/2 cup fresh blood orange juice
• 2 ounces tequila
• 1 ounce triple sec or 1 ounce cointreau liqueur
• blood orange wedge, for garnish

Recipe

• 1 moisten rim of 2 margarita glasses and dip in kosher salt.
• 2 fill a cocktail shaker with crushed ice.
• 3 add orange juice, tequila, and triple sec.
• 4 shake well and strain into glasses.
• 5 garnish with orange wedges, if desired.

Nat's Easy Sangria

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 (750 ml) bottle red wine (i use a cheap red)
• 2 cups orange juice
• 1 (12 ounce) can diet ginger ale (best to use diet, for it's sweetness)
• 1 orange (sliced)
• sliced orange, limes and lemons to garnish

Recipe

• 1 mix the wine, o.j. and ginger ale.
• 2 slice orange and throw inches.
• 3 serve on ice, garnish with sliced fruit.
• 4 note: i keep frozen berries (raspberries and strawberries) in the freezer, and often throw some of those in too!
• 5 enjoy!

Grog Spicy And Sweet

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 2 ounces dark rum
• 3 ounces apple juice
• 1 lime, juice of
• 1 teaspoon honey or 1 teaspoon brown sugar
• 2 whole cloves
• 1 slice fresh ginger, thin slice
• 1 small cinnamon stick

Recipe

• 1 add all of the ingredients to a small saucepan and heat gently to dissolve the honey.
• 2 when hot, strain into a heatproof mug.

.....rosie

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1/2 cup orange juice
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 1/2 cup dry gin
• 1/4 cup sloe gin

Recipe

• 1 shake in ice.
• 2 serve in cocktail glasses.
• 3 can garnish with orange or lemon curl.

Cran Razzy

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/2 cup frozen raspberries, for garnish
• 2 cups cranberry-raspberry juice
• 2 cups seltzer water
• 2 tablespoons lime juice
• 4 lime wedges (to garnish)
• 6 ounces vodka

Recipe

• 1 if using fresh raspberries, freeze them in a single layer for about 1 hour (or overnight) before proceeding with step 2.
• 2 combine cranberry-raspberry juice, seltzer, lime juice and vodka in a pitcher. divide among 4 ice-filled glasses. garnish with frozen raspberries and lime wedges.

Lifter Upper Martini

Total Time: 3 mins Preparation Time: 3 mins

Ingredients

• 1 ounce soho lychee liqueur
• 1 ounce bols blue curacao
• 3 ounces grapefruit juice
• 1 freshly squeezed lemon, juice of
• 6 ice cubes
• 2 large fresh lychee, for garnish

Recipe

• 1 in a cocktail shaker, add soho lychee liquor, blue caracao, grapefruit juice, lemon juice and ice cubes.
• 2 shake well and strain into a chilled martini glass.
• 3 spear the lychee with a cocktail pick and place in the martini glass as a garnish.

Ruth's Shrimp Dip

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
• 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese
• 2 tablespoons worcestershire sauce
• 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
• 1/2 onion, finely diced
• 2 teaspoons garlic salt
• 2 (4 1/2 ounce) cans deveined baby shrimp
• 1 (8 ounce) bottle seafood cocktail sauce
• parsley (optional)
• serve with cracker

Recipe

• 1 mix cream cheese, worcestershire, mayo, onion, and garlic salt together. spread this mixture to cover the bottom of a pizza pan or round platter.
• 2 spread the cocktail sauce over top of the cream cheese layer.
• 3 remove shrimp from cans and break it up with a fork. sprinkle the shredded shrimp over top of the cocktail sauce.
• 4 optional: sprinkle parsley on top.
• 5 chill until serving time. serve with crackers (we like ritz with this).

Grog

Total Time: 3 mins Preparation Time: 3 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 2 cups light rum
• 2 cups water
• 1 cup grapefruit juice
• 1 cup orange juice
• 1 cup pineapple juice
• 1/2 cup honey (to taste)
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon (to taste)

Recipe

• 1 put all the ingredients in a punch bowl then add the water. simple!

Margarita

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 1/2 ounces tequila
• 1 ounce lime juice
• 3/4 ounce triple sec
• 5 ice cubes
• lime wedge
• coarse salt

Recipe

• 1 moisten rim of margarita glass or martini glass with fresh lime juice.
• 2 hold glass inverted and sprinkle salt around the exterior of the glass, over the lime juice (this helps keep salt from getting in the drink).
• 3 squeeze a little lime juice into the glass and drop the lime wedge in.
• 4 add ice cubes to a cocktail shaker, and top with tequila, lime juice, and triple sec.
• 5 cover with lid and shake vigorously.
• 6 pour into prepared glass and serve.
• 7 the 4 mexican toasts while drinking (1 per round): salud (health); dinero (money); amor (love); and tiempo para enojarlos (time to enjoy them).
• 8 salud!

Peach Petals

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (16 ounce) package frozen sliced peaches, partially thawed
• 1 (6 ounce) can frozen lemonade concentrate, undiluted
• 2/3 cup light rum
• 1/2 cup water
• ice cube

Recipe

• 1 combine first 4 ingredients in container of an electric blender; process until smooth.
• 2 add enough ice cubes to bring mixture to the 5-cup level.
• 3 process until smooth.
• 4 serve immediately.

Frozen Orgasm

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 ounce creme de cacao
• 1/2 ounce amaretto
• 1/2 ounce triple sec
• 1/2 ounce vodka
• 1 ounce cream
• 1/2 cup ice

Recipe

• 1 put the above ingredients together in a blender and blend until ice is chopped well.
• 2 enjoy!

Culto A La Vida (cult Of Life), A Rum Cocktail

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• fresh ice
• 1 1/2 ounces dark rum
• 3 lime wedges
• 1 teaspoon simple syrup
• 6 ounces cranberry juice

Recipe

• 1 squeeze limes into a cocktail shaker, drop in lime wedges. and stir.
• 2 add rum, simple syrup and cranberry juice.
• 3 shake well; strain into glass filled with fresh ice.

Chocolate Espresso Martini

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 lemon wedge
• 2 tablespoons turbinado sugar (raw sugar)
• 2 tablespoons finely chopped bittersweet chocolate
• 4 tablespoons espresso, cooled
• 1 1/2 ounces best vodka, chilled
• 1/2 ounce creme de cacao
• long lemon twist

Recipe

• 1 wipe the rim of a chilled, oversized martini glass with lemon wedge.
• 2 pour sugar and chocolate into a saucer and mix well.
• 3 dip glass rim in mixture and roll to thoroughly coat rim.
• 4 over a large handful of ice in a cocktail shaker, pour espresso, vodka, and creme de cacao. shake until frothy. strain into prepared glass. garnish rim with a twist and stand back.

Peach Paradise Cocktail

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 7 ounces canned peaches, drained (reserve 1 peach slice for garnish)
• 1 tablespoon fresh ginger, grated
• ice cube
• 1 teaspoon evaporated milk
• 3 ounces rum
• 3 ounces pineapple juice, prepared
• 3 ounces orange juice, prepared
• 1 teaspoon grenadine
• 1 teaspoon honey
• 1 maraschino cherry (for garnish)

Recipe

• 1 place the drained peaches and grated ginger in food processor (or blender). pulse until smooth and thoroughly blended.
• 2 for each cocktail: add ice, the pureed peach mixture, evaporated milk, rum, pineapple juice, orange juice and grenadine to a cocktail shaker, and shake well. pour into glass.
• 3 top each cocktail with a teaspoon of honey, and stir well.
• 4 for garnish, add a peach slice and 2 maraschino cherries to an umbrella skewer; add to cocktail and serve immediately.

Chambord Margarita

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 2 ounces tequila
• 1 ounce chambord raspberry liquor
• 1 ounce simple syrup (made with 1 part sugar, 1 part water)
• 1/2 ounce fresh lemon juice
• 1/2 ounce fresh lime juice
• lime wedge, for garnish

Recipe

• 1 add the tequila, chambord, simple syrup, lemon juice, and lime juice to a cocktail shaker filled with ice.
• 2 shake vigorously; strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
• 3 if serving frozen, combine liquid ingredients in a blender with ¾ cup ice; blend until smooth; pour into a chilled cocktail glass.
• 4 garnish with lime wedge.

French Mojito

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 1 min Cook Time: 4 mins

Ingredients

• sparkling wine
• 1 (2 ounce) bacardi light rum
• 5 leaves mint
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 half lime
• ice

Recipe

• 1 mix in a pint glass the rum, mint leaves, brown sugar and juice from the lime (quartered).
• 2 muddle the ingredients until the mint leaves are pretty well broken up (approx 1-2 minutes).
• 3 fill the pint glass, containing the muddled ingredients, with ice.
• 4 top off the pint glass with sparkling wine.
• 5 transfer back and forth between the pint glass and a larger glass 3-4 times to mix.
• 6 garnish with pressed lime quarters and serve.

Chambord Hot Cocoa

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 4 tablespoons hot cocoa mix (i prefer to make this with ghirardelli double chocolate hot cocoa)
• 8 ounces boiling water
• 1 ounce chambord raspberry liquor
• whipped cream (optional)
• chocolate shavings (optional)

Recipe

• 1 combine hot cocoa mix and hot water.
• 2 add shot of chambord. stir well.
• 3 garnish with whipped cream and chocolate shavings, if desired.
• 4 enjoy!

Margarita

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 1/2 ounces tequila
• 1/2 ounce triple sec
• 1 ounce lemon juice or 1 ounce lime juice

Recipe

• 1 rub rim of cocktail glass with rind of lemon or lime, dip rim in salt.
• 2 shake ingredients with ice and strain into the salt-rimmed glass.

Margarita

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 2 ounces silver tequila or 2 ounces tequila, 100 percent agave, divided
• 1 tablespoon kosher salt
• 4 limes, divided
• 1/2 small hamlin oranges or 1/2 small valencia orange
• 2 tablespoons light agave nectar
• 3/4 cup ice cube, about 3 to 4

Recipe

• 1 pour 1/2-ounce of the tequila into a small saucer.
• 2 spread the kosher salt in a separate small saucer.
• 3 dip the rim of a martini or other wide rimmed glass into the tequila.
• 4 lift out of the tequila and hold upside down for 10 seconds to allow for slight evaporation.
• 5 next, dip the glass into the salt to coat the rim.
• 6 set aside.
• 7 halve 2 of the limes, cut a thin slice for garnish from 1, and set aside.
• 8 juice the halved limes into the bottom of a boston-style cocktail shaker.
• 9 cut the remaining 2 limes and the orange into quarters and add them to the juice in the shaker.
• 10 add the agave nectar to and muddle for 2 minutes until the juices are release.
• 11 strain the juice mixture through a cocktail strainer into the top of the shaker and discard the solids.
• 12 return the juice to the bottom of the shaker, add the remaining 1 1/2 ounces of tequila and any remaining on the saucer.
• 13 add the ice to the shaker, cover and shake for 30 seconds.
• 14 strain the mixture through a cocktail strainer into the prepared glass, garnish with reserved lime slice, and serve immediately.

Chambord Vodka Soda

Total Time: 2 mins Preparation Time: 2 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 fluid ounce raspberry liqueur (chambord)
• 3 ounces vodka (2 shots vodka)
• 7 ounces club soda (4 1/2 shots club soda)
• 1 lime wedge

Recipe

• 1 mix chambord and vodka in an ice-filled collins glass.
• 2 top with club soda and garnish with a lime wedge.

Frozen Mixed Dream

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup frozen strawberries
• 1/4 cup frozen blackberrie, frozen
• 1/4 cup frozen raspberries, frozen
• 1/4 cup frozen blueberries, frozen
• 1/4-1/2 teaspoon fresh ginger, minced (optional)
• 2 teaspoons sugar,
• 1 orange, use the juice of the orange
• 1/2 cup cranberry juice
• 2 ounces absolut mandarin vodka
• 1 cup ice
• 1 slice orange

Recipe

• 1 in a blender add all the berries, fresh ginger, sugar, orange juice, cranberry juice, ice and vodka.
• 2 blend until smooth.
• 3 pour into large glass and garnish with an orange slice.

Chambord Brunch Cocktail

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1/2 fluid ounce pineapple juice
• 1/2 fluid ounce chambord raspberry liquor
• 1/8-1/4 fluid ounce champagne

Recipe

• 1 add chambord & pineapple juice to a champagne flute.
• 2 top with champagne.

Amaretto Cranberry Kiss

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 cups cranberry juice cocktail
• 1 cup vodka
• 1/2 cup amaretto
• 3 tablespoons fresh orange juice
• ice cube
• clementine, peeled, separated into segments

Recipe

• 1 mix cranberry juice, vodka, amaretto, and orange juice in pitcher.
• 2 cover and chill until ready to serve.
• 3 do ahead: can be prepared 1 day ahead.
• 4 keep refrigerated.
• 5 to make 2 drinks, fill cocktail shaker with ice cubes.
• 6 pour in scant 1 cup vodka mixture.
• 7 cover and shake vigorously.
• 8 strain into 2 martini glasses.
• 9 garnish each with clementine segment.
• 10 garnish with clementine segments.

Peach Passion (cocktail)

Total Time: 2 mins Preparation Time: 2 mins

Ingredients

• 1 ounce vodka
• 1 ounce triple sec (orange liqueur)
• 1 ounce peach schnapps
• 3 ounces pink lemonade (or more)

Recipe

• 1 pour the liquors into a cup over ice and then add pink lemonade to top off. enjoy!

Champagne Antoine

Total Time: 3 mins Preparation Time: 3 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 ounce gin
• 1 ounce dry vermouth
• 1/8 ounce pernod
• 4 ounces dry champagne

Recipe

• 1 shake the gin, vermouth, and pernod with ice.
• 2 strain into a champagne flute.
• 3 top with champagne.
• 4 garnish with a lemon twist.
• 5 enjoy! ;).

Morning Glory

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 1/2 ounces brandy
• 3/4 ounce curacao
• 3/4 ounce lemon juice
• 2 dashes absinthe
• 2 dashes angostura bitters
• lemon twist

Recipe

• 1 shake with ice and strain.
• 2 serve in a cocktail glass (4.5 oz).

Slush Punch

Total Time: 24 hrs Preparation Time: 24 hrs

Ingredients

• 6 ounces lemonade concentrate
• 12 ounces orange juice concentrate
• 12 ounces vodka or 12 ounces rum
• 6 ounces boggs cranberry liqueur
• 1 (48 ounce) bottle cranberry juice cocktail
• 1 (2 liter) bottle ginger ale or 1 (2 liter) bottle 7-up soda or 1 (2 liter) bottle club soda

Recipe

• 1 combine first 5 and freeze for 24 hours.
• 2 at serving time combine with soda.

Frozen Peach Champagne Cocktail (rachael Ray)

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/4 cup sugar, to rim glasses
• 1 pint peach sorbet
• 2 (1 1/2 fluid ounce) shots triple sec, grand marnier or 2 cointreau liqueur
• 750 ml chilled champagne, 1/3 bottle or 750 ml sparkling wine, to fill blender 1/3 bottle

Recipe

• 1 place a shallow bowl of water along side a shallow bowl with 1/4 cup sugar in it. dip 4 cocktail glasses in water, then sugar to rim glass.
• 2 place 4 scoops peach sorbet in blender.
• 3 add 2 shots orange liqueur.
• 4 fill blender with champagne to maximum fill line or up to 1-inch from top of blending pitcher. place cover on blender tightly.
• 5 blend until smooth and pour into cocktail glasses, keeping an eye out not to wreck the pretty sugar rims.
• 6 garnish with a few raspberries and a sprig of mint and serve.

Gringo Margaritas

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 (8 ounce) can frozen limeade concentrate
• ice
• 0.5 (12 ounce) bottle domestic light beer (such as miller light, bud light)
• tequila
• salt (optional)

Recipe

• 1 place limeade in bottom of blender.
• 2 fill blender the rest of the way to the top with ice. add beer. fill pitcher the rest of the way with tequila.
• 3 blend until smooth. serve in salt rimmed glasses (optional).

Slushy Whiskey Sours

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 (6 ounce) can frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed and undiluted
• 3 ounces frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed and undiluted
• 1 3/4 cups carbonated lemon-lime beverage (like sprite)
• 1 1/4 cups bourbon
• 3/4-1 cup water
• garnish with maraschino cherry, with stems

Recipe

• 1 combine first 5 ingredients; freeze overnight or up to 1 month.
• 2 to serve, stir well until the mixture is slushy and garnish if desired.

Shrimp In Hot Cocktail Sauce

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 1/2 lbs shrimp, shelled and deveined (large)
• 6 peppercorns
• 2 lemons, rind of, 1 inch strips
• 1 bay leaf
• bibb lettuce
• salt
• 2/3 cup chili sauce
• 1/3 cup ketchup
• 12 teaspoons prepared horseradish
• 1/2 teaspoon worcestershire sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon soy sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1 dash tabasco sauce

Recipe

• 1 add enough cold water to cover shrimp by 1 inch.
• 2 add peppercorns, lemon peel, bay leaf and salt. bring to boil high heat and boil shrimp 30 seconds or until just turn pink and just cooked.
• 3 drain and rinse under running cold water and drain them thoroughly.
• 4 sauce: in a bowl combine all ingredients and chill.
• 5 line cocktail glasses with bibb lettuce and add 1 tablespoon sauce to each glass.
• 6 divide shrimp among the glasses and garnish them with the remaining sauce and a slice of lemon.

Hard Cream Soda (diet)

Total Time: 1 min Preparation Time: 1 min

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 2 ounces vanilla vodka (i love smirnoff)
• 4 ounces diet cream soda
• ice

Recipe

• 1 add ice to a tall cocktail glass.
• 2 pour in vanilla vodka.
• 3 fill glass with diet cream soda.

(shrimp) Cocktail Sauce

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup catsup
• 1 -2 tablespoon horseradish (to your taste)
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1/2 teaspoon worcestershire sauce
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 dash pepper

Recipe

• 1 mix all ingredients and chill.
• 2 when ready to serve dip shrimp and enjoy.

Margarita - On The Rocks

Total Time: 3 mins Preparation Time: 3 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 medium lemon, juice of
• 1 fluid ounce tequila
• 1/2 fluid ounce triple sec
• 1 tablespoon powdered sugar (icing)

Recipe

• 1 shake above on ice and strain over tumbler filled with fresh ice.
• 2 if you want salted rims: rub the rim of the glass with triple sec or the cut lemon and dip into margarita salt (or kosher salt).
• 3 if i am making more than two in the shaker, i reduce the lemon juice slightly.

Lavender Scented And Infused Vodka

Total Time: 336 hrs 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 336 hrs

Ingredients

• 750 ml vodka
• 1 bunch fresh lavender, about 20 stems
• 1/2 orange, zest of (optional)

Recipe

• 1 pour one bottle of vodka over a bunch of fresh lavender - i keep old and decorative bottles for this purpose! (kilner jars are also good for this).
• 2 add the orange peel if using.
• 3 store in a dark and cool place - or in the fridge - for about 2 weeks before using.
• 4 ready to use when the vodka smells and tastes of lavender.
• 5 strain into a fresh bottle or jar and use for martinis and simple vodka based cocktails.

Peach Pie Salad

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 (21 ounce) can peach pie filling
• 1 (1 lb) can fruit cocktail, drained
• 1 (11 ounce) can mandarin oranges, drained
• 2 small bananas, sliced
• 1 cup miniature marshmallow

Recipe

• 1 mix all ingredients together.
• 2 chill.
• 3 may add nuts, if desired.