Posts tagged drinks
Blood Orange Sangria
Today’s recipe comes from my lifelong friend Elizabeth. Eliz is living the adventurous life in Colorado- more details to come soon on an edition of Sangria is Better w/ Friends.
She shared her recipe with me that she made for her ‘book club’ , they do activities — like vodka infusing and bucket-list writing — instead of feeling guilty if they didn’t finish a book.
I am happy to report that a previous post I had done about blood orange San Pellegrino inspired her. Here is her recipe: I mixed Pinot Grigio + San Pellegrino blood orange (per your post!) + frozen fruit (mix w/ pina, mango, strawberries) + big ass mint leaves from the garden.
Thanks Eliz & salud!
Refreshing Faux Sangria
This is actually not a sangria it has all the fixings of one minus the wine. After a week of sangria & mai tais in Hawaii I owed my body a rest from the hard stuff. We were with our friends in their beautiful SF house enjoying a dinner party pre night time flight home, most were enjoying tequila and wine. I held myself back and worked up a refreshing mocktail that even a few of the other guests requested.
I mixed together pellegrino, limeade, mint leaves, raspberries & strawberries.
Try for yourself!
Rhubarb & Prosecco Sangria
Today’s post comes via Katie at the Kitchen Door. She calls this drink a spritzer but it has all the goings on of a delicious sangria. Rhubarb is in season now so go scoop some up out of your garden or from your local market and try this one out.
Katie asked that you visit her blog for the recipe. Salud!
More from Maui! As I noted last week- we went to Hawaii and enjoyed sangria on the beach. Other food and drink favorites include: passion fruit margaritas, espresso along with gruyere & spinach crepes at Cafe Des Amis in our favorite little town Paia, pina coladas and mai tais too!
I also did some shopping and dreamed of buying the beaded vest above but if was about $700 out of price range. I did scoop up some fun bracelets and a tie dye dress that I love.
It was an incredible vacation- so nice to unplug from work. Thanks for the good times Maui & the familes of Empire Green!
Not quite sure what is going on here. But I think I like it!
Sunday offered some dress shopping with my little sister followed by a great family filled afternoon at the farm, sangria sipping, a jamaica jarrito and tons of sunshine!
My aunt Trish made the sangria with some delicious white wine, pineapple, lime and mangos.
I would love to see your #sangriadiaries snaps!!!
The SUN is out!
Make yourself a promise- you will enjoy the sunshine this weekend, chop some fruit, get a bottle of wine and add your sweetener of choice.
If you by chance are making some sangria this weekend- DO tag it with #sangriadiaries so I can see all your handy work.
salud!
These are so pretty!
Popsicles for grown-ups! White Sangria popsicles - the perfect frosty beverage for the summer.
Full recipe via JasonandShawnda blog
Introducing another recipe from Drizzle & Dip- turning out to be a great resource for very pretty cocktails. This one is a strawberry & coconut water cocktail. Sounds so fresh right?
Sam notes that : ‘you can make this a ‘virgin’ (no alcohol), or add a splash of white rum to make it more exciting.’
INGREDIENTS
- 1 cup (250ml) of fresh coconut water
- 1 cup (250 ml) strawberries hulled and sliced
- 3 T of sugar syrup or agave nectar
- 1 shot (as much as you like) of white rum *optional
PREPARATION
To make the sugar syrup you need to boil sugar and water together in a ratio of 1:3 sugar to water, and boil in until it thickens to a runny syrup consistency. Store in a jar for all future cocktail making. It pretty much lasts forever.
Cut open the coconut, or if you are lucky enough to live in a country that sells fresh coconut water in a bottle, measure one cup. Add the strawberries, sugar syrup and rum and blend with a blender.
Serve with loads of ice.
Salud!
My little series picks back up right now with part three:
Today I introduce you to my soon to be sister in law (wow) Kendra. She recently moved to the Central Oregon Coast with her man Mitch and their three dogs. Kendra is dedicating her free time to living and working off the land. She is busy converting her parent’s property into a working farm. One recent accomplishment is acquiring 10 little chicks to produce lots and lots of eggs.
When Kendra is not busy farming she is an excellent crafter. Her and Mitch give the best handmade Christmas presents every year.
Kendra is a whiskey princess and you will see why I say that with her answers here: Favorite drink: whiskey- hot toddies. Favorite drink to make in a pinch when folks are coming over: Ideally, fresh lime & ginger juice with whiskey and ice.
And of course we all are wondering Kendra’s sangria of choice: the ones I make with bubbles (how sweet).
Follow along with Kendra’s updates from the coast at www.sowoodsy.com
I have kind of a nice color story going on with these recent posts. Rounding it out with a softly colored Paloma Cocktail from drizzleanddip.com. They write:
“ The Paloma is the most popular tequila based cocktail in Mexico and if you struggle to drink tequila cocktails because they bring back too many dreadful memories of drunken student days and debauchery, this might just be the alternative.”
I like the idea of this mature option for a margarita- but still love my lime & salt!
INGREDIENTS
*1 shot = 25ml
*reposado tequila means rested tequila (aged in oak for at least 2 months)
- 1 1/2 shots of reposado tequila (or any good quality blanco)
- juice of half a ruby grape fruit
- 1/2 shot of agave syrup or sugar syrup
- about 75ml club soda
- a squirt of fresh lime juice (optional)
PREPARATION
Mix the grapefruit juice, tequila and sugar syrup until well mixed. Pour over a tall glass filled with ice and top up with soda water. You could add a squirt of lime juice which is nice and I did, and you could also rim the glass with salt.
* If you are wanting to reduce your sugar intake, simply leave the sugar out. Its less sweet but delicious.
salud!
It is only Tuesday but our weather report already has me thinking about the weekend. Temps in the 70’s Friday- Sunday!!! This is an Easter weekend miracle. Warm temps make me think of cool treats. Popsicles of course are one of those things. I spied this recipe on a friends Pinterest board- per usual.
These are Maple Brown Derby Cocktail Pops. Not your traditional popsicle and not your traditional sangria recipe either. They of course would work well for almost any drink recipe- I see some sangria popsicles in my future.
INGREDIENTS
2 1/2 cups fresh squeezed ruby red grapefruit juice (about 4 medium grapefruits)
1/3-1/2 cup pure maple syrup (depending on how sweet your fruit is)
1 ounce bourbon
a few dashes of bitters
PREPARATION
In a mixing bowl whisk together all of the ingredients to combine. Divide the liquid between the 10 ice pop molds and freeze for 1 hour* before inserting popsicle sticks. Continue to freeze for several hours until frozen solid.
*You can soak/saturate the sticks in boiling water before making the pops, so you can insert the sticks immediately without waiting for the pops to set up. I always forget, though!
salud!
recipe & image via hungrygirlporvida.com
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