November 22, 2023
by Ashley
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1.5 oz Rum
3/4 oz Campari
1/2 oz lime juice
1/2 oz Simple Syrup
1.5 oz pineapple juice
Shake all ingredients together in a shaker with ice. Strain into a rocks glass with fresh ice. Garnish with a pineapple wedge or a lemon.
November 15, 2023
by Ashley
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Equal Parts:
Make a total of 1.5 oz for an after dinner shot.
Make a total of 4 oz for a martini.
November 8, 2023
by Ashley
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Ingredients
1.5 oz Gin
1/2 oz Suze
1/4 oz lime juice
1 dash Peychoud’s Bitters
3 oz Tonic
Add the gin, Suze, lime juice and bitters to a chilled Collins glass. Top with ice and tonic. Garnish with a lime.
November 1, 2023
by Ashley
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These may be easy drinks, but for some reason I can never remember the measurements.
Ingredients
1.5 oz Gin
4oz Tonic
Garish – Lime Wedge
Pour Gin over a large ice cube or in a rocks glass with ice. Top with tonic and a lime wedge. Done!
October 18, 2023
by Ashley
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3 oz Tequila
1.5 oz Triple Sec
1/2 oz lime juice
1/2 oz lemon juice
Fill a shaker with ice and pour all ingredients over. Shake until chilled. Serve up in a glass with a salted rim.
August 29, 2023
by Ashley
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Ingredients
1 oz Gin
1/2 oz lemon juice
1/2 oz Simple Syrup
3 oz Champagne (or Prosecco)
Garnish – Lemon Twist
Shake gin, lemon juice & simple syrup together with ice and shake until well chilled.
Strain into a champagne flute. Top with Champagne. Garnish with lemon twist.
August 22, 2023
by Ashley
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Perfect for a summer day, or a day you want to feel summery.
Ingredients
1.5 oz light Rum
3/4 oz lime juice
1/2 oz Simple Syrup
Add all ingredients to a shaker filled with ice. Shake well. Pour into your preferred glass and serve with a lime wedge.
August 15, 2023
by Ashley
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This was one of our favorite cocktails to go out for when we were first dating. We used to get them from the Opus Lounge in Madison, which is now closed sadly. Recreated years ago, but sharing now so I can find my recipes easier.
Ingredients
1.5 oz Vodka
3/4 oz Simple Syrup
1/4 oz lime juice
Champagne
1 brandy cherry
Shake first 3 ingredients together. Pour into a chilled martini class with a cherry in the bottom. Top with Champagne (or Prosecco).
August 8, 2023
by Ashley
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1 oz fresh lime juice
1 – 2 tsp superfine sugar
12 mint leaves
2 oz Rum
Sparkling water or club soda
Ice
Stir sugar into the lime juice until dissolved. Lightly muddle the mint in the bottom of a cocktail shaker. Add the rum, lime juice and ice and shake.
Strain into a glass filled with ice. Top with a splash of sparkling water and garnish with a lime and more mint.
July 12, 2023
by Ashley
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Ingredients
1 1/2 tsp kosher salt
2 cups arepa flour (pre-cooked white corn meal)
2 1/2 cups warm water
Vegetable oil
8 oz Mozzarella cheese, shredded
Preheat the oven to 350oF.
In a large pyrex, heat the water in the microwave for 1 minute. Add in the kosher salt. Pour in the flour and whisk together. Let sit for 5 minutes to absorb all of the water.
Divide the dough into 9 even sized balls, about 2 1/2 tbsp each. Use your fingers to press a hole in the center of the ball, and fill with cheese. Carefully reform the ball around the cheese. Press the balls out to about 3 – 4 inch discs.
Heat a skillet with 2 tbsp of vegetable oil. Add in three of the arepas and cook for 5 minutes on each side. I usually set a timer so I don’t forget them. Once they have cooked, place them on a cookie sheet and continue cooking the remaining arepas. Once all arepas have been cooked, place the cookie sheet in the oven for 10 minutes to bake until golden and crisp.
Can be served by themselves, with fajita meat and vegetable toppings, with guacamole. They can be reheated in the oven if you have leftovers.