Recipes for Real Life
Hands-on Time: 5 minutes Total Time: 5 minutes Serves 4 1 pint vanilla ice cream 1½ c strawberries ¼ c milk ¼ c Cointreau (orange liqueur) In a blender, puree ice cream, strawberries, and orange liqueur until smooth. Divide among 4 glasses. From Real Simple’s ’10 Ideas for: Vanilla Ice Cream,’ this is soooo good. …
Here it is, Recipe Realism’s second-annual, year-end ‘Best of . . .’ list. As always, the decision wasn’t quite so obvious in some categories as it was in others. Recipes were rated on the following criteria: ease, time, and taste. See if any of your Recipe Realism favorites made the list! Beverage of the Year …
Hands-on Time: 5 minutes Total Time: 5 minutes Serves 1 2 tsp raspberry jam 4 oz cranberry juice cocktail 1 oz vodka twist of lime zest, optional In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, shake the cranberry juice cocktail, vodka and jam. Strain into a martini glass and garnish with the lime zest. Another wonderful …
Hands-on Time: 5 minutes Total Time: 5 minutes Serves 1 Fill a mixing glass with: ice 1½ oz Vodka or Apple Vodka ½ oz Apple Cider or Juice Strain into chilled glass. Sprinkle with cinnamon. Stir. The original recipe is from The Bartender’s Black Book. I came across it while on the hunt for an …
Hands-on Time: 5 minutes Total Time: 5 minutes Serves 1 Fill a mixing glass with: ice 3½ oz Gin or Vodka ½ oz Olive Juice ½ oz Dry Vermouth (optional) Stir. Strain into chilled glass or pour contents (with ice) into short glass. Garnish with olives. Note: DRY usually means Less Vermouth than usual. EXTRA DRY …