Drink Recipes
Having a short list of go-to drink recipes is key. These are my best. There are both boozy and non-alcoholic here. You’ll find some favorite tea blends, as well as spritzy cocktails, drinks for warm weather, and cold weather.
Drinks are so much fun to play around with! I hope you love these. Be sure to try the Calamansi Cooler if you love a beer cocktail. Kids flip for the Homemade Strawberry Almond Milk. Also, there’s a list of non-alcoholic cocktails everyone loves. Or, if you’re under the weather, please try this Vitamin C Tea Blend, or this Instant Pot Cold Tonic both work wonders!
Homemade Blackberry Syrup
This chile-infused blackberry syrup is slow-burning, sweet and spicy, and homemade. Inspired by a recipe in the September 2007 issue of Gourmet Magazine, it’s great in spritzers, over pancakes, in oatmeal, and on and on.
Homemade Vitamin C Tea Blend
Hibiscus and rose hips are both Vitamin C power houses. This is a much appreciated homemade tea blend for when an immunity boost is needed, or for the times when you're feeling stressed, over-worked, or dragging just a bit. I add a good bit of saffron, and lemon peel for dimension and flavor.
Ginger-kissed Grapefruit Juice
This grapefruit juice will jolt you to attention. It’s just the thing if you’re looking for something bright, invigorating, spicy, and full volume citrus. Steep grated ginger in a bit of sugared water, and then strain it into a lime & grapefruit juice blend. Inspired by a version in the Rose Bakery cookbook.
A Lesson in Juicing
I inherited a professional juicer, juiced everything in sight, and learned some things in the process.
Blackberry Limeade
This blackberry limeade is a stunning jeweled-toned refresher, perfect for summer, from the cookbook Screen Doors and Sweet Tea by Martha Hall Foose.
Blood Orange Gin Sparkler
The citrus gin cocktail you want to be drinking. It's bright and beautiful - perfect for winter holidays and New Years Eve.
Brilliant Non-Alcoholic Cocktails Everyone Loves
Non-alcoholic cocktails don't have to be a bummer. Play around with aqua frescas, shrubs, kombuchas, and fresh fruit syrups. All can be fun components in booze-free drinks like these.
Kombucha Dark and Stormy
The perfect spicy, invigorating, Halloween cocktail. This is a twist on the classic Dark n' Stormy. Made with ginger-cayenne kombucha in place of traditional ginger beer.
Iced Green Tea
Iced Green Tea - cold-brewed, accented with rose and a bit of whole coriander - such a pretty, warm weather refresher.
Yellow Tomato Bloody Mary
The bloody mary I want to drink - fragrant herbs, yellow heirloom tomatoes, shallots, and a bit of kick from the vodka and serrano pepper.
