Liquid Valium

1 part Bourbon
1 part Peach Schnapps
Splash Cranberry Juice
Splash Orange Juice

Combine all ingredients in cocktail shaker with ice. Shake to blend and chill. Strain into chilled cocktail glass, two shot glasses or in a rocks glass over fresh ice.

Peach Margarita

Ingredients


2 parts silver tequila

1 lime, juiced

1 1/2 parts peach schnapps

1/4 cup white peach puree

Ice


Directions

1.Fill a cocktail shaker 1/2 of the way with ice. Add all of the ingredients. Shake hard to combine.

2.Strain into a margarita glass filled with fresh ice. Enjoy

Paloma

Fill a tumbler with ice. Add 1 ounce silver tequila and 5 ounces grapefruit soda, such as Squirt. Garnish with a lime wedge. Makes 1 drink.

Margarita

Margarita
From Scott Baird of 15 Romolo
Ingredients

salt
lime wedge
3/4 ounce fresh-squeezed lime juice
1 ounce orange liquor (I used Combier)
2 ounces silver tequila (I used Corzo)


Directions

Pour salt onto a shallow plate or bowl. Wet the rim of a glass with the lime wedge. Dip into the salt. Fill the glass with ice.
Combine the lime juice, orange liquor, and tequila in a cocktail shaker. Fill with ice and shake hard for 45 seconds.
Strain into the prepared salt-rimmed glass and enjoy!
Makes 1 drink.

Mint Julep

Mint Juleps for a Crowd
Adapted from Essentially Lilly: A Guide to Colorful Entertaining by Lilly Pulitzer

Ingredients

4 cups sugar
2 cups water
1 ounce (1 bunch) mint leaves, plus another additional bunch, for serving
Kentucky bourbon, such as Maker's Mark
Crushed ice

Directions

Stir sugar and water in a heavy medium saucepan over medium heat until sugar dissolves. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to simmer gently for 10 minutes. Place 1 ounce fresh mint leaves into large bowl; pour hot syrup over leaves. Let cool to room temperature, then cover and refrigerate overnight.
Using a slotted spoon, remove mint leaves from syrup and discard mint. Pour mint syrup into large pitcher. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.
Set out pitcher of mint syrup, bourbon, and crushed ice. Arrange additional mint sprigs in a bud vase with water to keep them fresh. Allow guests to assemble their own cocktails, adjusting measurements to suit their own preferences. In general, fill glasses with crushed ice and add approximately 1/4 cup bourbon and 2 tablespoons mint syrup, then add as many mint leaves as desired and stir to combine. Garnish with a sprig of mint and enjoy.
Serves 12.

Coconut Lime Daiquairi

Ingredients



1/2-ounce simple syrup, recipe follows

2 cups crushed ice, plus extra for chilling glass

2 ounces coconut rum

1-ounce freshly squeezed lime juice, strained of pulp

Directions


1.Make the simple syrup: Place 2 cups sugar and 1 cup water into a small saucepan over high heat. Bring to a boil. Decrease the heat to medium and cook, stirring occasionally, until the sugar is completely dissolved, approximately 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from the saucepan and allow to cool completely. Syrup can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to a month. Makes 3 cups.

2.If your glass is not chilled, do so by placing some crushed ice in it and set it aside while you prepare the cocktail.

3.Place 2 cups of crushed ice into a cocktail shaker. Pour the coconut rum, lime juice, and simple syrup over the ice, cover, and shake well. Remove the ice from your serving glass and strain the drink into it. Serve immediately.

Makes one cocktail

strawberry vodka cocktail

if you love strawberries you'll definitely be a fan of this easy sipper. I combined vodka with lemon juice, muddled strawberries, and simple syrup. The whole thing is shaken and then strained into a chilled glass. It's a seasonal, slightly girlie drink that's delightfully balanced and ends up somewhere between too sweet and too potent. This strawberry vodka cocktail is just the thing to kick-start your weekend, so cheers! Grab a glass and get the recipe.

Strawberry Vodka Cocktail

Ingredients

3 strawberries, chopped
1 1/2 tablespoons Simple Syrup
2 ounces vodka
1 1/2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
Ice
strawberry or lemon wheel, optional for garnish

Directions

Put the strawberries and simple syrup in the bottom of a cocktail shaker. Muddle well.
Add the vodka, lemon juice, and ice. Shake hard for 45 seconds and strain into a chilled martini, coupe, or old-fashioned glass.
If desired, garnish with a strawberry and lemon wheel. Enjoy immediately!

Makes 1 drink.

from yum shuga

SNOWY COCONUT

Ingredients
1 1/2 cups sweetened flaked coconut, Baker's®

8 ounces vanilla-flavored candy coating

4 1/2 cups half-and-half

1 1/2 cups coconut rum, Malibu®

3/4 cup white chocolate liqueur, Godiva®
Directions


In a medium bowl, place coconut. In another medium microwave-safe bowl, microwave candy coating according to package directions until melted. Stir until smooth. Dip edge of glasses in candy coating and in coconut flakes. Let stand.

In a large pitcher, combine half-and-half, rum, and white chocolate liqueur, stirring well. Pour into prepared glasses.
Note: To make ahead, cover, and chill half-and-half mixture until ready to serve.

Lemonade Mojito

Lemonade Mojito


Serves 20

Mint leaves (bunch)

1 cup sugar

1 cup water

5 cups club soda

4 cups vodka

4 cups fresh lemon juice

½ cup superfine sugar

First, prepare sugar syrup: Heat the first cup of sugar and water over low heat, stirring with a wooden spoon until sugar has dissolved. Stop stirring and increase heat to medium. Simmer 2 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool; refrigerate 2 hours before using.

In a large bowl, muddle ½ cup mint leaves with the sugar syrup. Stir in club soda, vodka, fresh lemon juice and additional ½superfine sugar. Chill.

Pour into ice-filled pitchers with lemon rounds and mint sprigs; serve in tall glasses.

sparkling strawberry lemonade

Sparkling Strawberry Lemonade

4-6 lemons, enough to equal 1 cup of lemon juice
1-1 1/2 c. simple syrup (recipe follows)
16 oz. container of strawberries, cleaned and hulled
1 quart sparkling water

Juice the lemons to get 1 cup of lemon juice. Blend the strawberries and 1/2 c. of the simple syrup in a blender or with an immersion blender, until smooth. Strain to remove the seeds. (I didn't strain the seeds because I didn't have anything that small! It still tasted just fine!) Pour lemon juice, strawberry puree, 1/2 c. simple syrup, and sparkling water into a pitcher. Add more simple syrup if needed to achieve the sweetness you like. Add ice and chill.


Simple Syrup
1 part sugar to 1 part water
I used 3/4 cup sugar to 3/4 cup warm water. This can be done on a stovetop but it is much easier to just use warm water.

Of course I added all of the syrup because I like things sweet, but it wasn't too sweet at all, the perfect balance of tartness and sweetness! The sparkling water also gives it a little extra bite. Either way it was aaaamazing!

P.S. if you want to make it more exciting try vodka or rum for an adult drink yum

Lemonade Champagne Cocktail

Ingredients 


1 (750-milliliter) bottle Champagne, chilled

3 cups lemonade, chilled

1/2 cup fresh-squeezed orange juice

Garnish: lemon twist, orange twist


Directions

In a large pitcher, combine Champagne, lemonade, and orange juice. Serve cold, or over ice. Garnish with lemon twist and orange twist, if desired.

Lemon Drop Martini

Ingredients


Vodka

Sanding sugar

2/3 cup lemon vodka, Smirnoff®

1/3 cup fresh lemon juice

2 tablespoons triple sec

Garnish: lemon drop candies


Directions

In a shallow dish, place a small amount of vodka. In another small shallow dish, add desired amount sanding sugar. Dip rim of a chilled cocktail glass into vodka, and then into sanding sugar. Let stand to dry.

Fill a cocktail shaker halfway with ice cubes. Add lemon vodka, lemon juice, and triple sec. Shake with ice, and strain into prepared martini glasses. Garnish with lemon drop candies, if desired.

peach sangria

i went to a restaurant for lunch and they had this yummy peach sangria here is the recipe the waiter gave me

pineapple juice 

peach syrup 

white wine

soda water

here is my rendition 

pinepple juice

peach brandy or schnapps

white wine

peach vodka

garnish with peaches

yummy try it and tell me what you think