This Gin & Tonic Cucumber Cooler is the perfect summer cocktail or mocktail; it’s the adult version of “spa water.” Filled with light, crunchy cucumbers and your choice of refreshing mint or earthy basil along with the bright tartness of fresh lime, topped with clean and crisp tonic water. A delightful adult thirst quencher. This post is…
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Hibiscus Mojito | A Summer Cocktail
This All-Natural Hibiscus Mojito is the ideal summer sipping cocktail! Using tangy, lemony, floral hibiscus syrup; refreshing mint, zesty lime, and boozy kick of rum, you’ll feel like you’ve been transported to the tropics! PIN NOW FOR TROPICAL SIPPING LATER Mojitos are one of my favorite summer drinks with all of that yummy mint and…
Hibiscus Simple Syrup
This recipe for all-natural Hibiscus Simple Syrup adds a delightful subtle floral, lemony and slightly tangy flavor to craft cocktails, Italian sodas, iced-teas, buttercream and ice cream. PIN NOW FOR SIMPLICITY LATER I’ve been waiting ALL summer for my beautiful hibiscus plant to bloom, it brings a little bit of the tropics to Colorado, I…
Blackberry Bourbon Moscow Mule
A few months back, I made and posted a refreshing cocktail using one of my favorite from Q Drinks. It caused quite a stir, or sip, or something like that and they very kindly sent me several varieties of their mixers to try, so today I’m excited to share my latest concoction… …the fresh Blackberry Bourbon…
Grapefruit Basil Vodka Smash
A recipe for a refreshing, bright, and delicious cocktail (or mocktail) using red grapefruit, fresh basil and a fizzy grapefruit soda. This Grapefruit Basil Vodka Smash is the perfect drink for a hot summer evening. I love mixing new drinks and I especially love drinks that incorporate fresh fruit. Last week I wanted to make…
Copycat Chick-Fil-A Frosted Lemonade
This is the coolest drink, literally! It’s so cold, refreshing, creamy and sweet-tart! If you enjoy Chick-Fil-A’s Frosted Lemonades you are going to love this copycat! {{PIN IT NOW FOR LATER}} How do you spend your Saturdays in the summertime? We spend hours in the hot sun, cheering on our boys at our neighborhood swim…
Mint Julep | A Southern Cocktail
In honor of the Kentucky Derby this weekend, I present you with this delicious, refreshing, icy cold Mint Julep Cocktail! Fresh mint, a wee bit of sugar, muddled together with a good dose of bourbon and a couple generous splashes of club soda, and garnished with more mint, stimulating and refreshing! A longtime tradition for…
Texas Tea (Reduced Sugar)
Reduced sugar Texas Tea is a wonderful, fresh recipe to have in your collection for a luncheon or party. I love it’s bright red color, hint of mint, and the sweet and sour combo of lemon and pineapple. And my favorite aspect, you can make it ahead! Add a splash of flavored vodka to make…
Blood Orange Tangerine Thyme Gin & Tonic
A traditional Gin & Tonic is cool and crisp, brightly flavored, a splash of citrus and a little woodsy. For the Blood Orange, Tangerine and Thyme version; you’ll add the perky sweetness of a blood orange along with the mellow citrus tones of tangerines, the piney hint of thyme and you have the makings of a…
Favorite Fall Recipes
Here are several of my favorite fall recipes that don’t really land in a specific category, oh sure two of them are drinks, but vastly different from one another and then I’m throwing granola at you. But for some reason these drinks and foods just speak autumn to me. I think it must be the…
