Quaran-toddy

Today's drink is a quaran-toddy. This is a perfect drink to warm up on a cold day (and alcohol kills coronavirus 😉). And since we're all stuck at home, for who knows how long, day drinking is perfectly acceptable. 

Ingredients:

• 2 oz bourbon (or a dark rum if you prefer)
• 8 oz hot water
• 1/2 oz lemon juice
• 1/2 oz honey
• Ground cinnamon
• Optional: 1 tea bag (I made this one with cinnamon stick tea)

Add the honey to the hot water, then steep the tea bag for 5 minutes. It's important to add the honey while the water is still hot so it dissolves.

Add in the bourbon and lemon juice. Stir the ingredients to mix the drink.

Top off the toddy with a sprinkle of cinnamon. Drink up and stay healthy!

Mmm Peach

I'm back with another drink recipe I made. This one is called the Mmm Peach, and inspired by current events. 😉

Ingredients:

• 2 oz peach vodka
• 1 1/2 oz orange juice
• 3/4 oz lemon juice
• 1/4 oz lime juice
• 1 cup crushed ice

Combine the ingredients in a cocktail shaker and shake vigorously.

Pour the mix into a tiki mug (or your glass of choice - preferably blue) and enjoy!

Pink Pixie Cocktail Recipe

Today I'm sharing another cocktail recipe I created - the Pink Pixie!

Ingredients:

• 2 oz grapefruit vodka
• 1 oz lime juice
• 1 oz grapefruit juice
• 1/2 oz orgeat
• 1/2 oz Chambord
• 1 cup crushed ice

Combine the ingredients in a cocktail shaker and shake vigorously.

Pour the mix into a tiki mug (or your glass of choice) and enjoy!

Restless Native Cocktail

The cold weather we're having in Dallas is giving me cabin fever - seriously, I need it to warm up. So since I'm feeling restless, I thought I'd share this cocktail recipe today - the Restless Native. This cocktail recipe is from Beach Bum Berry Remixed. It's definitely sour enough to have that tropical zing, but the combination of the cream de cacao and coconut rum also makes it a good dessert drink (without being too sweet). 

Ingredients:

• 2 oz coconut rum
• 1 1/2 oz lime juice
• 3/4 oz creme de cacao
• 1 cup crushed ice

Combine the ingredients in a cocktail shaker and shake vigorously.

Pour into a tiki mug and enjoy! Hopefully the winter weather isn't driving you as crazy as it is me.

Peppermint Barktini

Happy Christmas Eve! I made up this dessert cocktail for my sister and me a couple of weeks ago - it's very festive and perfect for Christmas.

Ingredients:

• 2 oz vodka
• 3/4 oz crème de cacao
• 3/4 oz crème de menthe
• crushed candy canes
• simple syrup
• 1/2 cup crushed ice

Combine the vodka, crème de cacao, crème de menthe, and ice in a cocktail shaker and shake vigorously.

Spread the crushed candy canes out on wax paper. Line the edge of a martini glass with simple syrup and then dip the rim of the glass onto the crushed candy canes.

Pour the drink into the candy cane rimmed glass and enjoy! Merry Christmas!

Kinley's Kiss Drink Recipe

I'm still baking Christmas cookies (and will have some more recipes for you this week), but tonight I thought I'd share a drink recipe - Kinley's Kiss. I named this one after my dog - she is a cute little kissy bug. 

Ingredients:

• 2 oz coconut rum
• 1 1/2 oz grapefruit juice
• 1 oz lime juice
• 1 oz Gran Marnier
• 1 cup crushed ice  

Combine the ingredients in a cocktail shaker and shake vigorously.

Pour into a tiki mug and enjoy!

Tipsy Turkey Cocktail Recipe

Happy Thanksgiving Eve! I've got Thanksgiving recipes for you, but if you need a break from all the cooking (or dealing with your relatives), I also have a fun Thanksgiving-themed cocktail I made up last year - the Tipsy Turkey (and no, it's not your father/mother-in-law/grandpa . . . )

Ingredients:

• 2 oz orange vodka
• 1 1/2 oz cranberry juice
• I like to use 100% cranberry juice - it tastes a lot better than the cranberry juice cocktail that's mixed with apple juice. 
• 1 oz lime juice
• 1/2 oz orgeat
• 1 cup crushed ice  

Combine the ingredients in a cocktail shaker and shake vigorously.

Pour into a tiki mug (or any relative who won't shut up about politics) and enjoy!

Passionfruit Cocktail

Today I'm sharing another cocktail recipe - the Passionfruit Cocktail. This drink is easy to make and very tasty. I used the recipe from Trader Vic's Tiki Party! to make this one. 

Ingredients:

• 2 oz gin
• 1 1/2 oz passionfruit syrup
• 1 1/2 oz lemon juice 
• 1 cup crushed ice

Combine the ingredients in a cocktail shaker and shake vigorously.  Pour into a tiki mug or glass of your choice.

Enjoy!

Blue Wave Cocktail Recipe

The midterms are coming up (I already early voted yesterday), so I decided to create a drink just for them - the Blue Wave. This blue tequila-based drink is perfect for celebrating (hopefully) the Blue Wave and will satisfy any thirsty "mob."

Ingredients:

• 2 oz tequila
• 1 1/2 oz grapefruit juice
• 1 oz lime juice
• 1 oz lemon juice
• 1/2 oz orgeat
• 1/2 oz blue curaçao 
• 1 cup crushed ice  

Combine the ingredients in a cocktail shaker and shake vigorously.

Pour into a tiki mug (or any blue glass) and enjoy!

Finley's Tangerine Twist Cocktail Recipe

Today I'm sharing another drink recipe I made up - Finley's Tangerine Twist. This one was inspired by my mom's westie, Finley. She really loves tangerines (she'll literally come running for them), so I made an orange-flavored drink for her.

Ingredients:

• 2 oz orange vodka
• 1 oz orange juice
• 1 oz lime juice
• 1 oz Gran Marnier
• 1 cup crushed ice  

Combine the ingredients in a cocktail shaker and shake vigorously.

Pour into a tiki mug and enjoy!

French Tart Cocktail Recipe

Today I've got sharing another drink recipe. This one was inspired by my sister's cat, Angelique. She's part Persian and often has a cute pouty little face and a friend of ours called her the French Tart. 

Ingredients:

• 2 oz peach vodka
• 1 oz orange juice
• 1 1/2 oz lemon juice
• 1 oz Gran Marnier
• 1 cup crushed ice  

Combine the ingredients in a cocktail shaker and shake vigorously.

Pour into a tiki mug and enjoy!

Peach Pussycat Cocktail Recipe

Today I've got another drink recipe for you. This one was inspired by and named after my cat, Travis.

Ingredients:

• 2 oz peach vodka
• 1 oz orange juice
• 1 oz lemon juice
• 1/2 oz lime juice
• 1/2 oz Raspberry Peach Gran Marnier
• 1 cup crushed ice  

Combine the ingredients in a cocktail shaker and shake vigorously.

Pour into a tiki mug and enjoy!

Miehana Cocktail Recipe

Today I'm sharing the recipe another tasty drink, the Miehana.  This cocktail recipe is from Beach Bum Berry Remixed and was named to honor Anaheim (just look at it backwards).

Ingredients:

• 1 oz gold Puerto Rican rum
• 1 oz coconut rum
• 1 oz Gran Mariner
• 1 oz pineapple juice
• 1 oz orange juice
• 1 oz lime juice
• 1 cup crushed ice

Combine the ingredients in a cocktail shaker and shake vigorously.

Pour into a tiki mug and enjoy!