Honeydew

Happy Friday!  

What a week........what......a.......week.  

Every day seems to have been insane and filled with stuff to do.  Starting Tuesday of this week my remaining 3 children that have been home, started school!  Yeay!!  Now I have 3 children in school 5 days a week (one of which is only a half day since she's in kindergarten) and our fourth child goes to preschool 2 days a week for a few hours.  

I officially have no children in the house for 5 hours and 40 minutes a week.  Yes...I counted.  
When you have 4 kids, you count those things.......trust me! 

Tonight is opening night for soccer which our oldest daughter (5yo) is SUPERDY DUPERDY excited about.  

Then she has her first official soccer game tomorrow morning.....more excitement.  Our oldest has another baseball tourney this weekend as well, which means it will be another busy weekend.

Wait did I mention that this weekend marks our first official game of the season for our SF 49ers??  

Oh, well it is!  

Plus we are playing the Cowboys......which makes it fun because good friends of ours are......gasp......Cowboy fans!  

Rivalry, smack talking, bragging rights, you know how those games go.  Go Niners!!

Anyways, onto today's cocktail!  

I saw a post today of 13 vodka shots you actually want to take.  

Sounded promising.  

I chose a couple and decided on this one today.  

I mixed it up, strained it and shooted it.  

Ah, it was OK.  

For some reason I could taste the lime juice more then I had hoped for.  I might leave the lime juice out next time and add more melon liqueur.  

Either way, it was another day where I took a shot too early.

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here is the recipe for a Honeydew:

• 1 ounce citrus vodka
• 1/4 ounce melon liqueur
• 1/4 ounce honey liqueur
• 1/4 ounce lime juice

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

Hope you all had a good week.  Enjoy your weekend!!  Remember (at least in this house), it's pizza and beer Friday!!

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady

Polish Delight

Thank You to Match.com for sponsoring this post

Happy Saturday everyone!  

This last week has been (at least for me) insane!!  

Completely insane.....I honestly can't believe it's finally Saturday!  

I have had deadlines galore that were personal, work related and even ones I've put on myself.  I do see the light at the end of the tunnel though, which is wonderful.

Our second oldest is turning "double digits" tomorrow.  

If you haven't guessed....it is a VERY exciting time for him!  

He has been counting down since there were "8 days left" to count.  The magic number today is "1"!!  Yeay!!  Today is his friends party, going to go see Earth To Echo.  Tomorrow is the family & friends (our friends who are the kids Aunts and Uncles) party.  We are all very much looking forward to both of those celebrations.

I was asked to create a Polish inspired cocktail which people can make on a date for the Polish dating section of match.com.  

I was happy to be asked.  

Apparently they have an advice section (http://advice.uk.match.com/polish-dating) where they answer many of the questions people ask about dating.  I did some research and came up with vodka, apple juice, apple cider and honey liqueur as all being common when making cocktail in Poland.  

That was a great find because I have been looking for another opportunity to use my honey liqueur.

That aside, I knew that I didn't want to make a super sweet and sugary cocktail.  I also didn't want to make a bright or odd colored cocktail as well.  

I needed to create something that both men and women would want to make, or even order at a bar or restaurant.  I decided to stick with my findings and add a little something extra to it as well.

This cocktail is really good.  I can taste the honey liqueur which is nice.  It is not completely overwhelming or anything at all.  It is just enough to let you know it is in there.  All in all, I think I have created a good one!

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here is my recipe for a Polish Delight:

• 2 ounces vodka
• 1/2 ounce Elderflower Liqueur
• 1/2 ounce honey liqueur
• 2 ounces apple cider

Fill up a cocktail glass with ice cubes.  In a shaker, add ice and all of the ingredients above.  Shake and strain your mixture into the cocktail glass filled with ice cubes and enjoy your date!

Here's to dates, whether this date is your first, tenth or hundredth.  Enjoy it and have a great time!

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady

Bäroness

Day 199

Bäroness

3.5 out of 5

Saturday is here and our long, action packed, crazy weekend has begun!  

Happy Labor Day weekend to all of you in the U.S.A.  

I so enjoy these long holiday weekends with my husband and children.  

It's nice to have that extra day together.....even if we are running around like chickens with our heads cut off.

I gave tonight's cocktail 3.5 shots out of 5.  

I got tonight's cocktail from the Bärenjäger website.  

Honey Liqueur....I'm adding that to the "long" list of liqueurs that I never knew existed.  

I must say I'm having a blast trying all of these different flavored liquors and liqueurs.  

In this cocktail, the first thing I absolutely taste when I take my first sip is the lemon juice, hands down.  

After a couple sips I start to taste the honey flavoring in the Bärenjäer Honey Liqueur.  

I think the lemon flavor shocked my taste buds at the beginning and that's why it was all I could taste.  

Tonight's cocktail is an absolutely different flavored cocktail, one that I'm very glad I tried.  

I think next time I try this one that I'll cut back on the lemon juice a bit......maybe 3/4 oz or even 1/2 oz of lemon juice next time.

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here is the recipe for a Bäroness:

• 1 oz Bärenjäer Honey Liqueur
• 3/4 oz vodka
• 1 oz lemon juice

In a short cocktail glass filled half way with ice and rimmed with sugar, add all of the ingredients above.  Stir your cocktail and enjoy!

Here's to family.  There's nothing better then a good laugh with your family.

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady