Spring Breeze

It is officially spring, which means that I can officially make my Spring Breeze!  This cocktail is perfect for a nice spring day.

There is something about a cocktail in a martini glass being this color, usually from the cranberry juice, that makes me want to drink it up....fast.  I just love the color of this fun cocktail.

The weather here has been so back and forth I never know from one hour to the next how the day is going to play out.

I find myself looking at my weather app to "try to" plan out the week.  Then reminding myself that whatever I am seeing on my app right now most likely will not "really" be what the week will be weather wise. 

I've been so confused on whether or not it was going to rain this week, then if it is supposed to....when?

At least I know it's not raining right now and my daughters softball game is still on!

So we survived Easter!  How was yours?  Did you celebrate Easter, Greek Easter, nothing at all?  Better question, Did you have a cocktail??

Easter this year was actually one of the easier Easters we've had.  We made it easy.

Bought a ham from Costco.  Stick it in the oven.  Done.

I made my homemade creamy mashed potatoes ahead of time.  Done.

I made my DELICIOUS creamed corn in the slow cooker in the morning.  Done.

My husband made his brussel sprouts right before dinner.  Done.

I was able to sit, chat, relax and enjoy a couple cocktails with our guests!  I looooved it!!

Tonight's cocktail is pretty simple to make.

There is not a whole lot of ingredients, which is nice because it gets you THAT MUCH closer to enjoying your cocktail!

Measure.

Shake.

Strain.

Enjoy.

See how simple that was??

Oh and don't forget the MOST IMPORTANT step of all.

Repeat!!

Isn't the color of this cocktail just fantastic?  I just love it.  So much that I should probably make another one.

With these simple ingredients right here!

Author: The Cocktail Lady

Spring Breeze

ingredients:

• 1 ounce vodka
• 2 ounces cranberry juice
• 1/2 ounce amaretto
• 1 ounce pineapple juice

instructions:

1. In a shaker, add ice and all of the ingredients above.
2. Shake and strain into a martini glass.

Created using The Recipes Generator

There you have it.  It's just that simple.  It's just that delicious!

Happy Birthday Tini (HBT)

Day 243

Happy Birthday Tini (HBT)

5 shots out of 5

**UPDATE~~ We are celebrating a birthday tomorrow......which made me think of this fun cocktail.  Therefore, I wanted to re-share it with you all just in case you had a special birthday to celebrate as well........or just wanted a fun cocktail to drink!  xoxo, Jen**

No it's not anyone's birthday today.  

We're not celebrating.  I have simply been wanting to make this cocktail for quite some time now.  

I saw a photo of a version of this cocktail on Pinterest a while ago and found it again today.

I followed it to the blog it came from, which led me to the blog they got it from, which led me to the blog they got it from.

The three versions of this cocktail were very similar, but I felt the need to tweek it a little bit and change it's name and decided to make my own "slightly different version".

I gave tonight's cocktail 5 shots out of 5.  

I am not, NOT I say a sprinkles fan at all.  

I do understand that there are a LOT of you out there who do enjoy sprinkles and to make this cocktail look festive I needed to add sprinkles.  There you go, a sprinkley rimmed cocktail.  

Tonight's cocktail tastes QUITE yummy, it reminds me of of birthday cake before it's baked.

This would be a fun cocktail to make for a birthday party.  I would do the rimming of the glass way ahead of time.......cause it's a little time consuming and tricky.

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here is the recipe for a Happy Birthday Tini:

• 1 1/2 oz cake vodka
• 1 1/2 oz white creme de cacao
• 1 oz amaretto
• 1 oz whipping cream
• 1/2 oz Godiva White Chocolate Liqueur
• sprinkles

Wet the rim of your martini glass with either water or whipping cream, I used the whipping cream.  On a plate with a good pile of sprinkles, turn the rim of your martini glass through the pile of sprinkles pressing them onto the wet part of the rim of your glass.  Set aside.

In a shaker, add ice and all of the ingredients above excluding the sprinkles.  Shake up your mixture well.  Strain it into the middle of your cocktail glass, trying not to pour it on the sprinkle rim.  To get the lines of color effect, sprinkle some sprinkles along the side and as they drop through, they'll leave a streak!

Here's to your next birthday party being a little bit more festive!

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady

Creamy Nutty Paddy

Creamy Nutty Paddy

Today's goal was to create a green cocktail.  

Many think of creme de mint when they think of a green drink.  

For that sole reason I pulled out my sour apple pucker.  

Then I decided to just get a little crazy/creative and mix it up with the new heavy cream my husband bought and a couple other items in the bar.

There you have it, Creamy Nutty Paddy.  

I can honestly say that I think I can taste every...single...ingredient in this cocktail.  

It's weird, but good all at the same time.  If you want to taste a cocktail you have never tasted before, give this one a try.  Why not?!

On another note, we just found out that our son has been moved up to the varsity baseball team this year!  

He's a sophomore and couldn't be happier......well, actually he'd be happier if he didn't still have to wear his giant boot when walking and could actually get on the field and play ball.  
Come Monday, we have our next appt. with his doctor to see what the next step is.  We have our fingers crossed that he doesn't have to wear that boot anymore and can begin using his foot again.

For those of you who did not know, I am now an Independent Consultant for Jamberry Nails (http://jenpenas.jamberrynails.net/).  

I am in LOVE with the product and am constantly wearing the nail wraps.  If you would like a sample or to host a party on Facebook contact me!  You'll be glad you did!  

Our new Spring/Summer catalog will be coming out on March 1st, after that I think I'm going to do a giveaway for a FREE sheet of nail wraps.  Stay tuned!!

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here is the recipe for my Creamy Nutty Paddy:

• 1 ounce caramel vodka
• 1 ounce midori
• 1 sour apple pucker
• 1/2 ounce amaretto
• 1/2 ounce heavy whipping cream

In a shaker, add ice and all of the ingredients above.  Shake and strain into a short cocktail glass.

Here's to another green cocktail.......hey, at least it's green! 

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady

SIA Scotch Whisky Review and Recipe

SIA Scotch Whisky Review and Recipe

I was contacted by Carin, the owner and founder of SIA Scotch Whisky.  She has created a whisky that she is very excited about and wanted to share it with me.  I was sent the sample of SIA Scotch Whisky you see in the photo above to try and create a new fun cocktail with.  

I was sent a free product to review in exchange for my honest opinion.  All views in this post are mine and I was not compensated for them in any way.  

Carin is a female entrepreneur who is based in San Franciso. 

I thought that was pretty cool given the fact that we live not too far from there ourselves.  

I'm impressed that she took her love of Scotch and decided to do something with it, bravo to you Carin!

SIA Scotch Whisky is a nice smooth blend.  

My mission was to mix it up with a few ingredients that would compliment some of the flavors that are found inside the Scotch Whisky.  

Mission Accomplished!!  

This whisky combined perfectly with the ingredients I chose, and I have to say I really like this cocktail.  

I am not much of a Scotch Whisky drinker, but I could definitely see myself ordering this cocktail at one of the many bars, or restaurants SIA is served at.  

I am impressed with what Carin has accomplished as well as her whisky.  

If you have any Scotch Whisky drinkers in the family, or even friends that enjoy it, I would recommend that you give SIA a try.  I think you just might like it!

Here is a link to the full list of the bars and restaurants, as well as stores that carry SIA Scotch Whisky.  Visit their webiste here to find out more!

Here is my recipe for a Whisky Sour Surprise:

• 1 ounce SIA Scotch Whisky
• 1 ounce lemon juice
• 1 ounce amaretto
• 1/2 ounce cointreau
• 1/4 ounce Elderflower Liqueur

In a shaker, add ice and all of the ingredients above.  Shake and strain into a sugar rimmed short cocktail glass.

Thank You Carin for the sample of your delicious SIA Scotch Whisky!  I wish you all the best!!

The Cocktail Lady

Jellyfish (shooter)

Is this week over yet?  

Is it Friday yet?  

Wait........I'm not ready for the weekend yet, so it can't be here already....I just REALLY need this week to be over already.  Needless to say these past 3 days have been....crazy.

Last Friday our oldest took his test at the DMV to get his permit.  

Passed!!  

Yesterday he had his first official "behind the wheel" instruction.  Now that his first 2 hours are done, he can now drive with a licensed driver 35 or older!  

So today....he and I took our first drive.  

He "very willingly" drove me to Target, he did great!  We are slowly working towards those 50 hours of driving he and I (or my husband, my folks, his aunts/uncles) have to complete, yeay!!

I wanted to make a fun shooter today so I searched online.  

I found the same recipe for a Jellyfish shooter over and over again, so I thought I'd give it a try.  

It's a fun shooter to make and a nice quick one to drink.  I have made one similar in the past, Brain Hemorrhage, which was really good.  

This one was easier to get down because there wasn't as much of the "hanging baileys" in the middle as there was in the Brain Hemorrhage.  All in all it was a pretty yummy shooter.

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here is the recipe for a Jellyfish:

• 1/2 ounce white creme de cacao
• 1/2 ounce amaretto
• 1/2 ounce Irish Cream liqueur
• 4 drops grenadine

In a shot glass, pour in the first two ingredients.  Next layer the Irish Cream on top of them.  With a straw drip 4 drops of grenadine in the middle.

Here's to another fun shooter!

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady




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Dingo

Just finished watching the end of the Giants game and am happy to say that Timmy just pitched a No-Hitter!  

Unfortunately he got a huge container of powerade dumped on him (that's not the unfortunate part) and the top of the container seems to have knocked him in the back of his head.  

After the second container was dumped on him, he ran downstairs into the locker room.  

Gosh I hope he's OK.  

Poor guy.

I have had my eye on this cocktail for quite some time.  About a week or so ago I was going to make it and then opened up my fridge and notices that I didn't have any OJ left.  

Love it when the kids finish stuff and don't tell me about it.....

I found this cocktail over at Hampton Roads Happy Hour.  

This cocktail is pretty good.  

I have used Southern Comfort in two other cocktails so far.  The first was the Funky Cold Medina.....wasn't a huge fan of that one.  

Then I tried it in the cocktail White Christmas, HUGE success!  

My husband and I loved it as well as just about all of our friends and family.  Today was time to give So Co another shot (sure there was a little bit of pun there, I'll admit it).  

The So Co definitely gave this cocktail a different flavor then I'm used to.  

My first sip threw me so I had to take a couple more to really get the taste for it.  It's pretty good.  Not a favorite, or go to cocktail for me, but pretty good.  I'm thinking that if you are a So Co fan, you might just like this one.

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here is the recipe for a Dingo:

• 1 1/2 ounces light rum
• 1 ounce Southern Comfort
• 1 ounce amaretto
• 1 ounce sweet & sour mix
• 2 ounces orange juice
• 1/2 ounce grenadine

In a shaker, add ice and all of the ingredients except for the grenadine.  Shake well and dump everything into a margarita glass.  Pour the grenadine down the side of the glass.

Here's to a fun cocktail of different colors!

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady

Flaming Orgasm

Last day of school, last day of school!!!  

Hip hip hooorayyy!!!  

This house was buzzing last night because our second oldest's last day of school is today!  

This morning I was still in bed and my son walks in, "Morning Mom!".  

I check the clock thinking I must have missed the alarm.....nope.  

I said, "Well you're up early.  Excited about your last day of school?"  

He said "YES!  I have been up since 6:20 this morning."  

Since it's a half day today.....let the summer begin!

I found a cocktail I wanted to make today on my Cocktails pinterest board.  

I was excited because I wasn't feeling "creative" enough to create one myself.  

I pulled out all of the ingredients and then went to the fridge to get the OJ.......nothing.  

Dang it.  

I searched and searched for another one.  

Nothing.  

Then I got to thinking of how much fun our Fireball shots were a few weeks ago.......and thought, what if I create something with Fireball??  

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!!  

Oh and I have added a bunch of items to my "The Cocktail Lady" store.  Check it out here.  I want to work on more designs soon and put them up there as well.  But for now, these are what I have.

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here is my recipe for a Flaming Orgasm:

• 1/2 ounce Irish Cream Liqueur
• 1/2 ounce Kahlua
• 1/2 ounce Fireball Whisky
• 1/2 ounce amaretto

In a shaker, add ice and all of the ingredients above.  Shake and strain into a shot glass and enjoy!!

To all of the Father's out there, I wish you all a very Happy Fathers Day!  Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady

Kool Aid

Kool Aid

5 shots out of 5

Happy Monday everyone!  

It was a fun filled weekend here.......well except for yesterday's baseball game that ended in the other team cheating to win and a yelling match and an almost fight.....yea that part wasn't good.  

The rest of the weekend pretty much rocked though!  

This school year is a sneaky sneakerton.  I simply can not believe that we're coming into the last month of school here pretty soon.  

This year, especially for me, has gone by quite fast because once this school year is over our oldest will be starting (gulp) high school in the fall!  

I didn't think that day would be here so soon.

I gave today's cocktail 5 shots out of 5.  

Today is super hot and when I found this Kool Aid shooter here I knew I had to give it a try.  

Yes I am aware that it is not the same thing as an ice cold glass of Kool Aid, but just the name was enough to reel me in.  

This shooter is very very smooth and easy to drink.  It does not exactly taste like Kool Aid, but it really doesn't matter.  

The amaretto was noticeable in this shooter which for a split second reminded me of my Hawaiian Punch.  

Not that they taste the same, but they do remind me of each other.  

All in all this was a good shooter and it allowed me to use the Kool Aid packet in the photo to make a pitcher of Kool Aid as a surprise for the kids today.

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here is the recipe for a Kool Aid shooter:

• 1/2 oz midori
• 1/2 oz amaretto
• 3/4 oz cranberry juice

In a shot glass pour in your midori and amaretto.  Fill the rest with cranberry juice (my shot glass was a little bigger so I was able to put in 3/4 oz).  Give it a quick stir.

Here's to a hot day and according to my phone, an EXTRA hot week ahead!

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady