25+ Recipes to Make with Your Apples: From Dinner to Dessert

Apple picking season is in full swing. I don’t know about you but I never know what to do with all the apples. You can only make so many apple pies. Here is a list of fun recipes to help you use up all those apples. Potato Latkes with Apples & Sour Cream One Pan […]

How to Celebrate Oktoberfest at Home

Having a Oktoberfest party? Here are a few ideas to get your ready. Setting Up Set out long tables and create a beer garden in your backyard. String twinkle lights overhead, hang wreaths and streamers in blue and white, the colors of the flag of the state of Bavaria. For centerpieces, fill beer steins with fresh blue and […]

Tequila Sunrise

This drink makes us feel like we’re in the Caribbean with its bright striations of color. Serve it unmixed to keep the bright layered color. 1 1⁄2 oz tequila 4 oz orange juice 3/4 oz grenadine cherry for garnish Add the tequila and then the orange juice to a chilled highball glass. Float the grenadine on top and garnish with […]

Electric Blue Lemonade Cocktail

Here’s a super-easy, blue cocktail for your Memorial Day or 4th of July bash. Ingredients 3 oz Lemonade 1oz Raspberry vodka Instructions Fill up a glass with ice. Pour vodka and lemonade over the ice and serve!

Boozy Red, White & Blue Snow Cones

Here’s an adult drink to make you feel like a kid again from my former co-worker, the adorable Clinton Kelly.  Ingredients 1 c sugar 1/2 c water ice For red syrup 1 c strawberries, halved ¼ c white rum For blue syrup juice of 1 lime ¼ c blue curacao Directions Combine the sugar and […]

Red, White & Blue Shots

Refreshingly cool, perfectly sweet and perfect for 4th of July, Memorial Day, or Veteran’s Day. 1 part Blue Curacao Liqueur 1 part Peach Schnapps Liqueur 1 part Grenadine Pour grenadine into the bottom of a shot glass. Gently float the peach Schnapps over it. Gently top the shot glass with  Blue Curacao Liqueur. You can pour liqueur over the back […]

Rosemary Grapefruit Bellini

Ingredients Rosemary Simple Syrup: 1/2 cup sugar 1 small spray fresh rosemary and 4 sprigs for garnish For the Bellini: 3 oz gin 3 oz ruby red grapefruit juice Champagne or Prosecco First make the simple syrup: Add the sugar, 1/2 cup water and the rosemary to a saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring until the sugar dissolves. Remove from heat […]

A Wet Martini

Serving a martini in a true vintage martini glass (which are typically smaller) allows the sipper to enjoy the cocktail in it’s entirety prior to completely losing it’s chill.  If filling a martini in today’s glass, you may have to double the recipe. SIZE: 1 serving INGREDIENTS: 2 ozs dry gin 1/4 oz dry vermouth Ice […]