Ingredients:

* 1 part Barenjaeger honey liqueur
* 1 part vodka
* splash of cranberry juice
* dash of sweet and sour mix

Preparation:

1. Pour the ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice.
2. Shake well.
3. Strain into a chilled martini glass filled with ice.

Roll up sleeves and dig in.

I’m thinking of making some cocktails on my birthday celebration but I have no idea what to give. I will be searching for nice recipes and right now let me share one I got online.

1 oz. Vodka
1 oz. Creme de banane
1 oz. Godiva White Chocolate Liqueur
1/2 oz. Strawberry syrup
1/2 oz. Heavy cream
Strawberry for garnish

Combine liquid ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice, shake, strain into your Swank Martini Glass, and garnish.

I have never tasted Bloody Mary because tomato just doesn’t appeal to me when added in drinks but still I am sharing one classic cocktail drink to you…

Ingredients:

* 1 (46 fluid ounce) bottle tomato juice
* 1 1/2 tablespoons celery salt
* 1 1/2 teaspoons ground black pepper
* 3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
* 1 1/2 teaspoons hot pepper sauce (e.g. Tabasco)
* vodka and ice

Directions:

1. In a large jar or bottle, combine the tomato juice, celery salt, pepper, Worcestershire sauce, and hot pepper sauce. Secure the lid and shake, or stir to mix until well blended. Store in the refrigerator for up to one week.

2. Add vodka and ice.

I always wanted to try Cosmopolitan, since I don’t go out too often anymore, maybe I will just have to try making one at home.

Ingredients

* 1 (1.5 fluid ounce) jigger vodka
* 1/2 fluid ounce cointreau
* 1 teaspoon fresh lime juice
* 1 1/2 fluid ounces cranberry juice
* 1 twist lime zest, garnish

Pour all the ingredients into a shaker with lots of ice. Shake vigorously for several seconds and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a lime twist.

My almost 65 colleague here at work is asking about senior life insurance and since I have no idea of what she was asking about I went online about it and then I received this email about cocktail recipes and instead of looking further with my workmate’s problem, I read about the Frozen Irish Banana so I can list the procedure and try it at home, Summer is not over so this is worth a try…

Ingredients:

2 oz. Baileys Irish Cream
1-1/2 oz. Bacardi light rum
2 oz. Coco Lopez
1/2 cup of half-and-half
1 banana (diced and frozen if possible)
1/2 cup of ice
Nutmeg for garnish
1 strawberry halved for garnish
Shaved coconut to rim glass

Preparation:

In advance, rim the end of a chilled goblet with shaved coconut. Blend all the ingredients, except the garnishes, until the mixture is smooth. Pour into a goblet. Sprinkle the top with nutmeg, and garnish with half a strawberry.

Recipe from http://www.fineliving.com/

Okay now back to my workmate and her favor.

Keeping with the groove of cocktail drinks, let me share to you the basic of making a Sangria. So first, what is a Sangria?

Sangria (Spanish: sangría; meaning “bloodletting”) is a wine punch typical of Spain.

It normally consists of:

• a light, dry, young, acidic, unoaked, fruit forward red wine, usually from the province of Rioja in Spain and of the Tempranillo or Grenache varieties; other reds that work well include French wines such as Gamay or Beaujolais, and Italian wines such as Grignolino, Bardolino, Dolcetto, Freisa, or Lambrusco.
• chopped or sliced fruit (often orange, lemon, apple, peach, berries, pineapple; occasionally melon, grape, or mango)
• a sweetener such as honey, sugar, simple syrup, orange juice, and/or fruit nectar
• a small amount of added brandy, triple sec, or other spirits
• and ice and carbonated soda, in some recipes.

Mixed them all in a serving bowl and you are ready to serve. That’s how easy it is. Go try and make one, it’s refreshing and really nice for an early dinner cocktail party on a hot Summer day.

Who loves coffee? Me? I ADORE coffee (to the highest level), I can’t have a day without it but I’m trying to. I try to minimize caffeine intake as much as I can. Nowadays, coffee is a treat, for trying so hard to be healthy, watching my diet and all, it’s a prize that I look forward to every week. And now, I came across a reason to dust of Dad’s martini glasses…

Ingredients:
1 oz. espresso
1-1/2 oz. vanilla vodka
1-1/2 oz. Kahlúa
1 oz. crème de cacao

Fill a shaker with ice and combine 1-1/2 oz. vanilla vodka, 1-1/2 oz. Kahlúa, 1 oz. crème de cacao and a shot of espresso. Shake well and strain into a cocktail glass.

I will try this one of these days, maybe this Father’s Day!