Skinny White Sangria Sparkler Recipe

A fabulous cocktail that's as beautiful to look at as it is yummy to drink. This absolutely gorgeous White Sangria is simple and made without added sugar, it is the perfect “Skinny Girl” cocktail. The White Sangria Sparkler is an entertaining show stopper guests will love!

• 1-2 bottles of crisp white wine, I used 1 bottle Sauvignon Blanc and 1 bottle of sparkling Vino Verde
• 2 ripe local peaches, sliced
• 1 pint raspberries
• 2 kiwis
• several sprigs of mint
• Stevia (health food market)

Simply add the sliced fruit and mint to the wine and add several squirts of the Stevia to attain desired sweetness. Refrigerate at least an hour so the flavors infuse. You can also freeze half of the fruit and add right before serving so they act like ice cubes.  Recipe from Linda Wagner.

Lime Sorbet Margaritas Double as Dessert

These fabulous Lime Sorbet Margaritas can double as dessert as they are made with lime sorbet and served with a spoon! Perfect for a Cinco de Mayo celebration or any occasion that calls for margaritas.


Ingredients:
1 lime, cut into 8 wedges
1/4 cup sugar
2 pints lime sorbet
1/2 cup tequila

Place the sugar on a small plate larger than the rim of the glasses. Rub a lime wedge around the rims of 8 of your favorite style stemmed glasses. Turn each glass upside down and dip the rims in the sugar to coat. Place 2 scoops of sorbet in each glass and pour 1 tablespoon (or more!) of tequila over the top of each. Serve with a spoon.

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Pink Grapefruit Margaritas Recipe

Liven up your party, your weekend or Cindo de Mayo party with refreshing Pink Grapefruit Margaritas. These would be a fabulous choice for a bachelorette party, bridal shower or a lady's birthday party. Super simple to make, but you do need fresh limes as it really makes a difference.

• 1 cup ruby red grapefruit juice
• 1/2 cup fresh squeezed lime juice (about 4 limes)
• 1 cup triple sec orange liqueur
• 3 cups ice
• 1 cup silver tequila
• 1 lime cut in wedges, optional margarita salt

Combine the grapefruit juice, lime juice, triple sec and ice in a blender. Pour into a large pitcher (or just keep it in the blender) and pour in your favorite silver tequila, stir.

If you don't like margaritas frozen or slushy, just combine all ingredients in a pitcher - skip the blender- and pour into glass over ice cubes.

If you prefer to rim the glasses take a lime wedge and rim, then dip in salt, if you do not like a salted rim sprinkle a touch of salt in each glass, the salt really brings out the flavor.

Makes 4 drinks.

From: Barefoot Contessa’s  How Easy Is That

The Vineyard Party Invitations

The Vineyard Invitations feature beautiful grape vines overflowing with green grapes ready to harvest. Perfect for wine tasting invitations, Italian dinner invitations, birthday party invitations, rehearsal dinner invitations and more.

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Festive Holiday Cranberry Margaritas

A Chilly Holiday Cranberry Margarita is a great choice for holiday cocktails for your party.

Ingredients:

8 oz Seagram's Escapes Margarita

4 oz Cranberry juice 

1/4 cup fresh Lime Juice 

Salt (optional) 

Rosemary (optional) 

Ice

Directions:

Moisten top of glass with lime juice and lightly dip in a plate of salt, if desired. Mix the cranberry juice, lime juice and ice together in a cocktail shaker until chilled, then pour into glass. Stir in Seagram's Escapes Margarita. Garnish each cocktail with cranberries and, for a festive holiday touch, a fresh sprig of rosemary.

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1800 Manzana Spiked Apple Cider Recipe

Here's a yummy recipe for tequila spiked apple cider.

Fill a mixing glass with ice and pour in:

• 1 ounce of 1800 Reposado Tequila
• ¼ ounce of crème de casis (a blackcurrant-flavored liqueur)
• 1 ounce of apple cider
• ¼ ounce of lemon juice

Shake the mixing glass to blend and then strain the drink into a Collins glass. 

Garnish it with a slice from a crisp apple.

Enoy!

Paloma Cocktail Jello Shots

Who knew jello shots could be beautiful and taste good?  How lovely would these be to serve at a birthday party, a bachelorette party, bridal shower or even a wedding reception.

Recipe:

• 1 1/3 cup grapefruit soda (we used Izzy's sparkling juice)
• 2 tablespoons frozen limeade concentrate (thawed)
• 2 envelopes Knox gelatin
• 2/3 cup agave tequila
• Fresh grapefruit segments for garnish, if desired
• Recommended Pan:  1-pound loaf pan (approximately 8” x 4”/20 x 10 cm) or flexible silicon molds

Pour soda and limeade concentrate into a small saucepan and sprinkle with the gelatin. Allow the gelatin to soak for a minute or two. Heat over very low heat until gelatin is dissolved, stirring constantly, about 5 minutes. Mixture may be foamy initially, but this will disapate. Remove from heat.  Stir in the tequila. Pour mixture into loaf pan or molds. Place in refrigerator to set (several hours or overnight).

To serve, cut into desired shapes (or unmold).  Garnish each jelly shot with a small grapefruit segment, if desired.

Makes 18 to 24 jelly shots.

Pictured is the Paloma Jelly Shot from the Jelly Shot Test Kitchen

Sugar Free Sour Apple Martini

My sister is a type 1 diabetic so we're always on the lookout for great cocktails that won't send her meter through the roof. If you need to watch your sugar because of diabetes or weight loss, try this low sugar recipe from Good Spirits Mixers.

Ingredients:
2 ounces (1/4 cup) vodka, chilled
1 1/2 ounces (3 tablespoons) Good Spirits Sour Apple Martini Mixer
1/2 ounces ( 1 tablespoon) Good Spirits Sour Mix
Garnish: green apple slices

Preparation:
Pour first 3 ingredients over ice into a cocktail shaker
Shake vigorously
Strain into a chilled martini glass
Garnish: green apple slices

Under 96 calories per drink.

Non-Alcoholic Mint Julep Recipe for your Kentucky Derby Party

A non-alcoholic Mint Julep is perfect to serve at your Kentucky Derby Party for children and teens who are too young to drink the alcoholic version and for adults who'd rather bypass the booze and still enjoy the taste of a Mint Julep, the Kentucky Derby's official drink.

The one thing you need for mint juleps? Lots and lots of crushed ice, so be sure to stock up!

This recipe makes 12 cups (3 quarts).

Ingredients:
1-1/2 cups sugar
2 cups cold water
5 cups crushed ice
2-1/2 cups chilled ginger ale
3/4 cup lemon juice
6 mint springs (at least)
Lemon slices for garnish if you wish

Directions:
Mix sugar, cold water, lemon juice and at least six mint sprigs in a bowl and let stand for 45 minutes. Strain mixture and remove mint. Because this takes 45 minutes to meld the flavors, be sure to make more than enough at once to serve all your guests.

Using two 2 quart pitchers place half of the above mixture and half of the ginger ale in each pitcher. Top with lemon and additional mint sprigs in the pitchers or use for each glass.

This recipe makes approximately 3 quarts Non-Alcoholic Mint Julep (about 12 - 8 ounce cups). Be sure to make enough at once to elminate prep time after your guests have arrived.

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Cinco de Mayo or Tequila & Margaritas!

Cinco de Mayo - the celebration of the Mexican Army's defeat of the French at the Battle of Puebla in 1862 - usually means Margaritas and Tequila to those of us celebrating on May 5th. When Cinco de Mayo also falls on a Tuesday, it's fun to celebrate "Taco Tuesday", a weekly occasion to grab great food at favorite Mexican restaurants at great prices. Send out your favorite Cinco de Mayo party invitations and get the gang together for a fun night out.

And of course, it's not Cinco de Mayo without Margaritas. You can make an entire pitcher of margaritas for less than the cost of one restaurant drink. Fresh lime juice is the secret to a fabulous margarita - my favorite also includes Silver Patron. If you're not in the mood to squeeze all those limes, Simply Limeade (available in grocery stores) can save you time when making your own special killer margaritas.

A easy frozen margarita recipe is:

• 1 (6-ounce) can limeade, frozen
• Gold tequila (or any good-quality tequila - I like Silver Patron)
• Triple sec
• Ice

In a blender, add frozen limeade. Then using the empty limeade can as a measuring device, add one can tequila and ½ can triple sec. Fill blender with ice and blend until frozen. Add more ice as it blends down. The blender should be full when finished. Pour into glasses and garnish with lime. Serves 6.

Want to get creative? Here's a great website with over 50 margarita recipes: Margarita Extras. One interesting one that caught my eye, and is also a specialty of one of our 5 star hotels here in Southern California - the Avocado Margarita - not sure I'm brave enough to try it yet - I'll think I'll stick to eating avocados in my guacamole.

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