The Purple Rain cocktail! Recipe courtesy of LD Products Coupon SCOTT15

Celebrating Prince's life this week? Try a Purple Rain cocktail! Recipe thanks to our sponsor LD Products coupon SCOTT15 !

It's a sad thing that Prince has died. He lived a great big good life, and seems to have been a quiet philanthropist in his later years. This cocktail celebrates his heyday in the music spotlight, though!

Purple Rain Cocktail

• 45ml smirnoff no. 21 vodka

• 20ml sour raspberry liqueur

• 20ml blue curacao

• 5ml sweet n' sour

• 180ml cranberry juice cocktail

• 4 -5 ice cubes

DIRECTIONS

• Pre-chill vodka in freezer. (Recommended: Pre-chill all ingredients instead of using too much ice; which can dilute the drink).

• Pre-chill large/9 ounce wine glass in freezer.

• Add about 4-6 ice cubes into the wine glass.

• Add vodka, raspberry liqueur, blue curacao, lime cordial, and cranberry cocktail.

• Stir or shake gently and serve.

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Strawberry Basil Margaritas recipe courtesy of LD Products Coupon SCOTT15

This weekend we're having a party and I want a nice summery drink on hand to celebrate the lovely weather. Our sponsor LD Products coupon SCOTT15 helps me share it with you!

At first glance I wasn't sure if I wanted basil in my drink. I love basil, but in a drink?  But then I realized I have mint sometimes, and even cucumber now and again, so I decided to live on the edge. And I'm glad I did! This is a great, fresh cocktail and so easy to serve!

Strawberry Basil Margaritas

Makes 1 pitcher, or about 8 servings

1 can (12 ounces) frozen limeade concentrate
10 strawberries (or 12 if you're using smaller ones from the farmer's market or your backyard.)
8 basil leaves
2 to 2 1/2 cups tequila (gold or silver)

Empty the limeade concentrate into a pitcher. Add 2 1/2 cans of water and 1 1/2 (18 ounces, or 2 1/4 cups) cans of tequila (or a bit less, if you don't want your drinks to be quite as strong).

Hull the strawberries, slice lengthwise, and add to the pitcher. Crumple the basil a little in your hands (this will help the basil flavor release into the drink) and add it to the pitcher, too. Place the pitcher, covered, in the fridge overnight, or for at least four hours.

When you remove the pitcher from the fridge, your margaritas will be a lovely pale pink color. Now all you have to do is serve them and wait for the compliments to pour in.

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LD Products Coupon SCOTT15 saves you big in April and brings you the pizza cocktail!

I love the new drinks blog! Thanks to our LD Products coupon SCOTT15 for the bandwidth to bring this crazy new pizza cocktail to you!

You heard me — a cocktail that tastes like pizza. I'm skeptical, just like the next gal, but this one looks and sounds delish.  Made with tomato water, basil-infused vodka, ghost-pepper infused vodka, porcini powder, muddled basil and topped with a Parmesan and mozzarella foam.  Cheese foam people!

Pizza Cocktail

1 ounce tomato water

1 ounce basil-infused vodka

1 ounce ghost-pepper infused vodka
1/4 teaspoon porcini powder
muddled basil
two teaspoons parmesan and mozzarella foam

Preparation: mix the first four ingredients together well in an iced cocktail shaker. Muddle basil leaves in glass. Strain drink into glass, top with cheese foam. Enjoy!


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LD Products Coupon SCOTT15 saves you big in April!

In Seattle for work and had a great cocktail last night! Thanks to our LD Products coupon SCOTT15 I'll tell you all about it!

Seattle is beautiful this week. Springtime and sunny. I was actually hoping for rain though! In any case, I went out to find a fun bar and a great drink last night and succeeded on both counts!  At the Hideout, they make a great drink called the Swan Cocktail.

Swan Cocktail

3 drops lime juice.

2 drops Angostura bitters.

1/2 jigger French vermouth.

1/2 jigger dry gin. Stir.

Preparation: This one's pretty easy. You up the amounts if you want a bigger drink, stir them all together, and enjoy.

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April Fool's cocktail sponsored in March by LD Products Coupon SCOTT15!

It's April Fool's day, so I'm talking about the Apple Fool's Martini thanks to our LD Products coupon SCOTT15 that saves you 10% your print supplies.

The thing about the Apple Fool's Martini is that it looks just like an appleini. I mean just like it. And you therefore think it will be sweet when you taste it, but it's not. It's sharp and a little spicy. It's so fun.

APPLE FOOL’S MARTINI

INGREDIENTS:

• 1.5 oz Don Julio Blanco Tequila
• .5 oz Green Chartreuse
• 5 Basil leaves
• 1 oz Ruby red grapefruit juice
• .75 oz Lime juice
• .75 oz Simple syrup (one part sugar, one part water)
• Garnish: Thin apple slice or maraschino cherry
• Glass: Martini

PREPARATION:

In a shaker muddle the simple syrup and basil leaves. Add the remaining ingredients and ice. Shake and strain into a chilled Martini glass. Garnish with a thin apple slice or a maraschino cherry.

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