Showing posts with label Beverages. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Beverages. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Thirsty Thursday's "APRIL RAIN" Cocktail


2 ounces of Vodka
1/2  ounce of Lime Juice
1/2 ounce  Dry Vermouth
Lime Peel for Garnish
 
Pour the vodka, vermouth, and lime juice into a shaker over ice.  Shake well.  Strain into martini glass.  Garnish with lime peel.  Enjoy.....
 
Cheers! 
 
Cent Anni! 
 
I Wish You Love,
 
Joycee

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Thirsty Thursday's "Bahama Mama"


1/2 ounce of rum
  • 1/2 ounce of coconut-flavored rum
  • 1/2 ounce grenadine syrup
  • 1 ounce orange juice
  • 1 ounce pineapple juice
  • 1 cup crushed ice

Combine rum, coconut rum, grenadine, orange juice, pineapple juice and crushed ice in an electric blender. Blend until the drink's consistency is slushy.

I Wish You Love,

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Thirsty Thursday's "Jack & Coke"



2 ounces of Jack Daniel's Tennessee Sour Mash Whiskey
6-8 ounces of Coke

Fill a rocks glass with ice, add the whiskey and then fill to the top with Coke.

Cheers!!!!



I Wish You Love,

Joyce

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Thirsty Thursday Appletini




Ingredients

2 ounces of Absolute Vodka
1 ounce of Green Apple Schnapps

Pour the vodka and the schnapps into cocktail shaker filled with ice.  Shake it well, and then strain it into a cocktail glass.  If you are making two cocktails double it up.
Garnish with a slice of green apple, and drink it slowly.

There are a variety of recipes for Appletini's.  I am suggesting Absolute because it is the vodka that I prefer, however you can use whatever vodka you like.  This recipe has a sweet taste, however, If you prefer a Sour Appletini, by all means, use Sour Apple Pucker instead.

Cheers!!!!

I Wish You Love,

JoyceeZee

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Thirsty Thursday Classic Manhattan

A Manhattan is a cocktail made with whiskey, sweet vermouth, and bitters.  Commonly used whiskeys include Rye (the traditional choice), Bourbon, Blended Whiskey, and Tennessee Whiskey.  The cocktail is often stirred with ice and strained into a cocktail glass, where it is garnished with a Maraschino Cherry with a stem.  A Manhattan is also frequently served on the rocks in an Old Fashioned glass (low ball glass).



You will need:


3/4 ounce of Sweet Vermouth
2 1/2 ounces of Whiskey of your choice
1 dash of Angostura Bitters
1 Maraschino Cherry
1 twist orange peel

Combine the vermouth,  whiskey, and bitters with 3-4 ice cubes in a mixing glass. Stir gently, don't bruise the spirits and cloud the drink. Place the cherry in a cocktail glass and strain the whiskey mixture over the cherry. Rub the cut edge of the orange peel over the rim of the glass and twist it over the drink to release the oils but don't drop it in.

I Wish You Love,

Joyce

Friday, February 18, 2011

TGIF Cocktail

                                                           Watermelon Mojito

 
 
Muddle 2 watermelon chunks with the juice of 1 lime and 2 teaspoons sugar in each glass. Stir in a handful of mint leaves, then add 2 ounces white rum and ice. Top with ginger ale; garnish with more mint.


I Wish You Love and a Wonderful Weekend Full of Fun!

Joycee


Thursday, February 3, 2011

Passionate Kiss Drink Recipe



♥1 oz Southern Comfort peach liqueur

♥1 oz Peach schnapps

♥1 oz Chambord raspberry liqueur

♥ Pineapple juice

Pour liquors into a mixing glass over ice. Fill with pineapple juice, stir, and strain into an old-fashioned glass.

I Wish You Love,

Joyce

Friday, December 31, 2010

Pumpkin Pie Spice


 I heated up a cup of milk, added a double espresso and then added the Pumpkin Pie Spice to taste.  It is Delicious!!!!!!  Hope I can find some more tomorrow at the market.  We don't have anymore.  I hope we don't have to wait a whole year to get more.  It's so good.
Btw......I miss my grands, they are in North Carolina and I can't wait to see them when they get back home.  Just thought I'd mention that.  While I'm having my coffee and all.

Wishin you love,

Mimi

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Adult Hot Chocolate


Ingredients: 

6 ounces of hot chocolate
1 & 1/2 ounces of Peppermint Schnapps
1 tablespoon of whipped cream
Chocolate sprinkles

Directions:

Pour hot chocolate and schnapps into a warmed mug and stir well.  Top with whipped cream and chocolate spinkles.

Great for a cold winters night by the fire.

I Wish You Love,

Joyce


Sunday, October 24, 2010

Strawberry Colada (aka Miami Vice)

                                                                  




           
Bacardi 151 Rum-5 ounces
Strawberry Mix or Frozen Sweet Strawberries-1 Part
Pina Colada Mix-1 Part 


First: Mix pina colada with 2.5 oz. of rum w/ ice (set aside). Second: Mix srawberry daiquiri with 2.5 oz. of rum w/ ice. Third: While frozen, add pina colda mix then strawberry daiquiri mix in glass (Making sure they do not get mixed together).




I Wish You Love,

Joyce

Saturday, September 18, 2010

It's time for a wine cooler!


Just add ice and Sprite to your favorite wine!


It's delicious!

I Wish You Love,

Joyce

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Palm Breeze




3 ounces of Orange Juice
3 ounces of Pineapple Juice
2 ounces of Malibu Rum

Shake pineapple juice, orange juice and Malibu Rum together and pour over ice.


Enjoy!!!!


I Wish You Love,
Joyce

Saturday, September 26, 2009

"Tequila Mojitos" From Southern Living.Com

I found this recipe here at Southern Living.Com and it looked soooo good, and refreshing. Of course if you want an original "Mojito" just use white rum instead of white tequila!!!!!

I Wish You Love,
Joyce

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

"Happy Cinco de Mayo"

Classic Margarita
1 1/2 ounce of tequila
1/2 ounce triple sec
1 ounce of lime juice

Frozen Margarita
For a frozen margarita, place all drink ingredients, plus ice, into a blender and process until ice is crushed. Pour into salted glass and enjoy!

Make your own sour mix:
Combine one cup of sugar with one cup of water until sugar is completely dissolved. Add one cup of fresh lime juice and one cup of fresh lemon juice and refrigerate.

ANDALE, ANDALE, ARIBA, ARIBA, ANDALE!!!!!!

HAPPY CINCO DE MAYO!!!!!!

Speedy Mimi:)

Monday, March 30, 2009

"Yes, I like Pina Coladas, and getting caught in the rain."

Ingredients:
1 15 oz. can of Coco Lopez
1 can of Pineapple Juice
1 quart of half and half



In a half gallon container (I use a plastic milk container) add the can of Coco Lopez, pineapple juice to the half way point and then add the half and half the rest of the way up to the top. Note: Before you open the can of Coco Lopez let it set in some hot water for a few so the coconut cream gets soft and easy to pour, it's very thick and you want to melt it so that it blends with the other ingredients. Shake well. I make a half gallon and refrigerate it overnight in order to let the flavors blend together and thicken up.

To make the Virgin Pina Colada, just add crushed ice to your blender, add enough pina colada mixture to cover the ice. Turn on the blender and blend, baby blend!!!!!!!If you want to add rum or vodka, go right ahead, but then you'll be drinking a real Pina Colada!!!!!!!!




I love this song.


Escape (The Pina Colada Song) Song Lyrics
by Holmes Rupert

I was tired of my lady, we'd been together too long.
Like a worn-out recording, of a favorite song.
So while she lay there sleeping, I read the paper in bed.
And in the personals column, there was this letter I read:

"If you like Pina Coladas, and getting caught in the rain.
If you're not into yoga, if you have half-a-brain.
If you like making love at midnight, in the dunes of the cape.
I'm the lady you've looked for, write to me, and escape."

I didn't think about my lady, I know that sounds kind of mean.
But me and my old lady, had fallen into the same old dull routine.
So I wrote to the paper, took out a personal ad.
And though I'm nobody's poet, I thought it wasn't half-bad.

"Yes, I like Pina Coladas, and getting caught in the rain.
I'm not much into health food, I am into champagne.
I've got to meet you by tomorrow noon, and cut through all this red tape.
At a bar called O'Malley's, where we'll plan our escape."

So I waited with high hopes, then she walked in the place.
I knew her smile in an instant, I knew the curve of her face.
It was my own lovely lady, and she said, "Oh, it's you."
And we laughed for a moment, and I said, "I never knew".

"That you liked Pina Coladas, and getting caught in the rain.
And the feel of the ocean, and the taste of champagne.
If you like making love at midnight, in the dunes of the cape.
You're the love that I've looked for, come with me, and escape."

"If you like Pina Coladas, and getting caught in the rain.
And the feel of the ocean, and the taste of champagne.
If you like making love at midnight, in the dunes of the cape.
You're the love that I've looked for, come with me, and escape."

I Wish You Love and Happiness And A Good Pina Colada,
Joyce


Sunday, March 22, 2009

Sunday Morning Cafe Con Leche

This morning I'm doing two of my favorite things. Drinking Cafe Con Leche(coffee with milk) and watching "The Godfather" for the infinite number of times I have watched it and will continue to watch forever and ever.

This is how I make the cafe con leche.


I make expresso in my old reliable Krups expresso machine.

It is old. I've had it probably about ten years, but it makes wonderful expresso. Notice the handle on the little pot is gone.
So when the first drops of expresso start coming out of the expresso machine, I grab a few so I can make the "espumita", (foam) which is about six teaspoons of sugar and maybe a teaspoon of coffee, that I put in this little stainless steel pitcher.



I then whip it with a spoon until is makes a thick paste like this.


When the express is done I pour it into the paste and the foam rises to the top like this.



Then I heat up a cup of milk until it just starts to boil.


I pour the heated milk in a cup.



Add the expresso to the milk.



I add another teaspoon or two of sugar to the cup, depends upon how sweet you like it.


And there you have it. It's sooooo good:).


"Mimi's Cafe Con Leche"



Hope you try it and like it.

I Wish You Love & A Good Cup of Coffee On A Sunday Morning,

Mimi

Hollywood Beach Summer 2010