The Veracruzana cocktail is my featured drink of the day. If you are looking for a cocktail with a tropical feel to it, try this one! This tequila pineapple cocktail has a wonderful flavor. Hello summer time and its long and warm evenings! These days are perfect for refreshing and fruity cocktail recipes like this …
This recipe for watermelon lemonade with raspberries takes ordinary lemonade to a whole new level. It is a refreshing and hydrating drink that the kids will love – without the alcohol, of course. Summer time…and the drinking is easy with fruit flavored cocktail recipes. My take on an old tune! I am a great fan of lemonade. …
This frozen strawberry daiquiri recipe is super tasty and could not be easier to make. If you have a blender and the supplies, the cocktail is ready in just minutes. To make this drink easy to prepare, the daiquiri recipe features a mix – “Island Oasis Strawberry” – and this gets combined with crushed ice …
This homemade Baileys Irish cream recipe can be made at home in just minutes. All you need to make this copycat recipe are 6 common ingredients you probably have on hand and a blender. You’ll never have to go without the fabulous taste of Baileys! Homemade Irish cream is the perfect addition to your morning …
A Mudslide cocktail recipe is a decadent mixture of vodka, coffee flavored Kahlua and Bailey’s Irish Cream. This delicious Baileys Irish cream mudslide recipe is both a drink and a dessert. It is one of my favorite cocktail recipes for St. Patrick’s Day, Christmas, or any special holiday. Making Baileys drinks will guarantee one thing …
Are you looking for a drink that takes the flavors of a favorite Halloween candy and puts them into an adult beverage? Try this candy corn martini. This fun Halloween cocktail uses candy corn to make and infused vodka and then pairs it up with pineapple juice and cream for one delicious drink. Candy corn …
Halloween is right around the corner. Are you looking for some boozy cocktails for Halloween to make for your next Halloween party? These cocktails named after witches are just what you need! For some people, Halloween is all about the candy. I’m much more in favor of a glass of witches brew to get me in the …
It’s time to pick your poison! This Crow’s Blood Halloween Drink is a champagne cocktail that is made even more gruesome with the addition of the lychee eyeballs that garnish the bloody looking brew. Halloween is the beginning of three months of non stop cooking, decorating and entertaining for me. My garden is being put …
From weird and wonderful Halloween cocktail garnishes to fall-inspired layers, to the use of special effects and color changes, learn how to create show-stopping drinks that will both charm and frighten your guests. The best cocktails for Halloween are those that are made by invoking an eerie mood with special effects. There are lots of …
An antipasto platter is a delicious combination of cheeses, vegetables and meats, usually served with good wines. It’s a great way to start an evening with friends and is very easy to put together. The holidays are filled with opportunities to gather with friends. What better way to start a party than with an antipasto …
Halloween is right around the corner and that means that it is time for some spooky cocktail recipes. Fruity and delicious, this Halloween Witches Brew Cocktail is the perfect way to get your holiday party started. The leaves are falling, the temperatures are getting colder and the holiday season is approaching again. Where on earth …
These caramel apple recipes feature the regular toffee apple snack as well as bars, cookies and other desserts that deliver the fabulous taste of this traditional fall treat. The recipes show that the caramel apple flavor is more than just a snack on a stick. Did you know that October 31 is National Caramel Apple …
This orange cherry mocktail is a non-alcoholic drink that the whole family can enjoy. It is fresh and bright, and the perfect choice for those times that you are looking for a a pretty party time drink that contains no alcohol. After all, who doesn’t like the look of party drinks? There is no reason …
These Burlap Tea Bag Jars are the perfect way to store my special tea bags. Their romantic look seems to be just waiting for me to reach in and start a new memory! There is nothing quite like a good cup of tea, particularly when the weather is cold like it is right now. Drinking tea …
This Burlap Wine Bottle Bag is an inexpensive way to dress up a bottle of wine for a Christmas gift. Many of our friends are wine drinkers and I love to purchase one of their favorite wines to give to them for the holidays. Adding this home made bag also adds an extra special touch …
One of my favorite things to do with my fiends when we entertain is to have a progressive dinner party. We go from one house to the next, with each friend contributing something to the dinner party menu. My blogging friends and I decided to have a Cinco de Mayo progressive dinner party online this …
This recipe for slow cooker spiced wine with oranges and cranberries is the perfect way to ring in the New Year at our house. It is a great addition to my collection of party time crock pot recipes. It’s time to bring out the big guns for your New Year’s party. And by big guns, …
This coffee lovers gift basket is the perfect personalized Christmas gift to show someone special how much you love them. They are very easy to make by following my tips. Deck the halls with lots of baskets…gift baskets that is! I just love to come up with all kinds of gift baskets to treat my …
This Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie is the best of both worlds. It has the combination I like, but in moderation and it makes a great breakfast option too. You don’t have to have been reading my blog for long to know that I believe that chocolate and peanut butter are food group options. I love …
Having a well stocked home bar is helpful for those times you want to call your friends over for an impromptu happy hour at home. Remember the days when Happy Hour was the highlight of the week? Celebrating with friends over to share cocktail recipes is a fun thing to do. But with the busy …
Do you believe that the birth order of your siblings plays a part in family dynamics? I come from a very large family of 6 children, born and raised in Maine. I am the oldest, with 3 middle sisters and two younger brothers. When I learned about Middle Sister Wines and their varieties of wines, …
My favorite Vodka drinks are those that are full of flavor, since I rarely drink spirits neat. For me, there are two ways to drink vodka – for purists – neat, with no mixers or flavorings and in mixed drinks and, for casual drinkers, in mixed drinks and cocktail recipes. Everyone who dabbled into the …
A Moscow mule is a buck or mule cocktail made with vodka, ginger beer, lime juice, and garnished with a slice or wedge of lime. The terms buck, or mule are used to refer to historic drinks that contain ginger beer, or ginger ale, along with a citrus juice and some kind of spirit. In …
One of my favorite cocktail recipes is a Classic tequila margarita. It is one that I choose just about every time that I go out. One would think it would be the same from restaurant to restaurant but this is definitely not the case. I once got one in a Chinese restaurant in Australia and they …
This collection of drinks and cocktail recipes is perfect for your next party. I admit it. I love cocktails and refreshing drinks. And if they are great looking, so much the better. So, it makes sense that I would be looking online for the best drinks recipes to share with my readers. Searching the …
I enjoy experimenting with cocktail recipes. I often drink Southern Comfort with diet coke. I also love Amaretto as a liqueur. This drink was an experiment and I ended up really liking it. Treat yourself to my Amaretto Southern Comfort Sour. Treat yourself to an An Amaretto Southern Comfort Sour The drink has the almond …