Cherry Bourbon Lemonade

Makes one

You can make this without the bourbon for a non alcoholic "Pink Lemonade" but...don't

Ingredients

• 2 ounces lemonade
• 2 ounces bourbon
• Jarred maraschino cherries
• Ice
• Small wedge of fresh lemon

Directions

1. Put ice into a glass
2. Add the lemonade and bourbon
3. Skewer 3 maraschino cherries onto a bamboo skewer and place in the glass
4. Stir in about a teaspoon of the juice from the jar then squeeze and drop in the lemon wedge
5. Drink

Dirty Gin Martini with Blue Cheese Olives

Makes 1

The olive juice and the blue cheese olives make this.

Ingredients

• Ice
• 2 ounces gin
• Splash of vermouth
• Splash of the olive juice from the jar
• 2 blue cheese stuffed olives - you buy them already stuffed or simply cram crumbled blue cheese into a couple olives
• Bamboo skewers

Directions

1. Put ice into a cocktail shaker
2. Add in the gin, vermouth and olive juice
3. Skewer the olives on the bamboo skewer
4. Shake the cocktail well to chill
5. Pour and strain into a martini glass, add olives and enjoy

PB & Chocolate (Liqueur) Milkshake

Makes about 3 cups

This is very rich and you don't need a lot - so serve it in small amounts. Use milk instead of the liqueur for a non-alcohol version.

Ingredients

• 2 cups vanilla ice cream
• 1/3 cup peanut butter
• 1/2 cup chocolate liqueur

Directions

1. Put everything into a blender and blend for a couple of minutes, until smooth
2. Serve in small glasses, very small

Dr. Pepper Float

Makes 2

Remember root beer floats? This is a little different but is a great afternoon treat for at the office.

Ingredients

• 1 can Dr. Pepper
• Vanilla ice cream

Directions

1. Put a scoop of the ice cream into a glass
2. Pour some of the Dr. Pepper over the ice cream
3. Make one to share with a co-worker
4. Add a straw and enjoy

Limoncello Cosmo

Makes one

We've all heard of a Cosmopolitan - right? Well...this is a lemony different version.

Ingredients

• 3 ounces Limoncello

• 1 ounce vodka

• 1 ounce cranberry juice

• 1 wedge fresh lemon

• Ice

• A few fresh cranberries for garnish, optional

Directions

• Place ice in the shaker

• Add the limoncello, vodka and cranberry juice

• Put on the top, and shake like you mean it

• Pour into a martini glass for straight up or over ice if you like on the rocks

• Squeeze in the lemon and drop the wedge in

• Add cranberries if using

• Enjoy

Zamba

Makes 2 big servings

This is my son Zach's morning breakfast. It's his version of a Jamba Juice smoothie.

Ingredients

• One big handful frozen mango squares
• A handful frozen strawberries (not to many or it ruins the whole thing)
• 1 banana, peeled and cut into large pieces
• equal amount orange juice and cranberry juice to cover the fruit
• 5 pieces of ice, no more & no less

Directions

1. Add fruit to your blender and pour in juice just to cover
2. Add ice and start blending at medium so that everything begins to get chopped up
3. Turn up the blender a couple of times and blend until every thing becomes really smooth and well blended

Mini Boiler-Makers

Makes one

A 'boilermaker' is most often a shot glass of whiskey, dropped into a larger glass of beer. The size and the added spice make this one a little different.

Ingredients

• 1/2 ounce beer
• 1/2 ounce scotch
• Hot sauce, like Cholula

Directions

1. In a shot glass pour in the beer and scotch and add a couple nice shakes of the hot sauce
2. Stir well and sip

The Pinky

Makes 1

Named after Michelle who once produced the show. I nicknamed her 'Pinky' after a silly email name of hers. Anyway, I made this for her bridal shower and everyone loved it.

Ingredients

• 2 ounces vodka
• 1/2 ounce orange juice
• 1/2 ounce Chambord
• 2 ounces champagne

Directions

1. Put ice in a glass and add vodka, oj and Chambord
2. Top with champagne and stir slowly to mix
3. Drink

Cranberry Marg

Makes one

I really like my regular margarita, so this is pretty much like that - but with cranberry juice added. Hey, why mess with a good thing?

Ingredients

• 2 parts tequila
• 1 part Sweet & Sour
• 1 part cranberry juice
• 1 splash Grand Marnier
• 1 lime wedge
• Handful of fresh cranberries, optional

Directions

1. Fill a glass with ice and add tequila, sweet & sour, cranberry juice and Grand Marnier
2. Add slice of lime and some cranberries
3. Stir well and drink

Rum Cherry Thing

Makes 1

Just good.

Ingredients

• White sugar
• Lime wedge
• 2 parts dark rum
• 1 part Grand Marnier
• 1/2 part maraschino cherry juice

Directions

1. Put sugar on a small plate
2. Rub lime around the edge of a short glass and then dip in sugar to rim
3. Add ice to glass and add rum, GM and cherry juice
4. Squeeze and drop in lime

Pimm's Cup

Makes 1

Pimms's is a gin based alcohol created in London in 1840 by the owner of a London oyster bar. It can be mixed with 7up, lemonade or in this case - ginger ale.

Ingredients

• 2 parts Pimm's
• 2 parts ginger ale
• 1 slice orange
• 1 long cucumber spear

Directions

1. Fill a glass with ice and add Pimm's and ginger ale
2. Squeeze and drop in orange wedge
3. Add cucumber to stir, then leave in and drink

Vodka & Pomegranate Cooler

Makes 1

Great.

Ingredients

• 2 parts vodka
• Splash pomegranate juice
• Splash Grand Marnier
• Soda
• Lime wedge

Directions

1. Add ice to a short glass
2. Put in vodka, pom juice & Grand Marnier
3. Top off with soda
4. Squeeze and drop in lime wedge

Blackberry & Mint Margarita

Makes 1

Yummmmmmmm. Oh, and muddle just means to mash up.

Ingredients

• 3 blackberries
• 5 fresh mint leaves
• ice
• 2 to 3 ounces silver tequila
• Juice of 1 lime
• 1 oz Grand Marnier

Directions

1. Put blackberries and mint in a shaker - muddle
2. Add a few cubes of ice, tequila, lime juice and Grand Marnier
3. Shake well and pour into a glass with fresh ice
4. Garnish with lime wedge and another blackberry

Beer-Nog Shooters

Makes 1

Here's my theory - a little eggnog is great, a lot isn't.

Ingredients

• 1 shot glass, clear glass please
• A dark beer, but not too dark - something like Newcastle Brown Ale is perfect
• Egg Nog, store bought is way easier than making

Directions

1. Fill the clear shot glass about half way with the beer
2. Then slowly, and I mean slowly pour Egg Nog over the back of a spoon so it gently settles on top of the beer - but doesn't mix together
3. Drink

Black Velvet

Makes 1

Guinness and champagne - one of my favorite ways to drink Guinness. But for God's sake there's no need for expensive champagne.

Ingredients

• Guinness
• Champagne

Directions

1. Fill glass half way with the beer, then slowly add champagne and serve

Shamrock Shake (for Adults)

Makes one

Could this possibly require a description? It's green, minty, a little chocolaty and delicious. To make a kid version, just leave out the last ingredient.

Ingredients

• Mint chocolate chip ice cream
• Milk
• Irish whiskey, to taste

Directions

1. Take ice cream out of the fridge to soften slightly about 10 minutes before you make this
2. Put 3 big scoops of the ice cream in a blender, and add 1/3 cup milk
3. Start to blend, and add milk as necessary until it's blending nicely, but still very thick - in fact way too thick to pour
4. Then add about a 1/4 cup of the whiskey - blend some more
5. Get it to the perfect thick/pouring point and put in a glass
6. Enjoy

Vodka w/Caper Berry

Makes one

A classic, with a tiny berry twist. And 'twist' as in difference. Not 'twist' as in 'twist'.

Ingredients

• Ice

• 2 ounces Vodka

• Tiny splash of dry vermouth

• Splash of caper berry juice

• 2 caper berry's

Directions

1. Put ice in a glass

2. Add vodka, vermouth, juice and berries - drink

3. Add more berries as necessary

3-2-1 Bloody

Serves 1

Think Bloody Mary meets Red Beer.

Ingredients

• 3 ounces Vodka

• 2 ounces Clamato juice
• 1 ounce Newcastle Brown Ale
• 1/2 teaspoon prepared horseradish
• Couple shakes hot sauce & Worcestershire
• Celery salt & fresh ground pepper

Directions

1. Fill a cocktail shaker 1/3 full with ice and add all the ingredients

2. Shake well then pour into a rocks glass with fresh ice