Paloma

 

This is THE cocktail that you will want to drink

THIS Cinco De Mayo!!

Happy Cinco De Mayo!!

What better way to celebrate such a wonderful day than with an ice cold Paloma!

Until a few months ago I had never heard of a Paloma.

<Gasp, I know>

But I hadn't!

I was asked to create a Paloma recipe for the magazine I write for, so I googled it and started creating a recipe to my likings.

Um......DELICIOUS!

This is my husband and mines new favorite cocktail!  When we're up at the lake house we seem to drink it ALL the time!

Speaking of the lake.....where we are in California we need rain to fill up our lakes.  

Like REALLY BAD!

We drive by another lake on our way up to our lake house and there are now islands and land where there used to be a LOT of feet of water.  

It's so sad.  This summer will not be a bit boating summer for sure unless we get A TON of rain.

Which I don't see happening.  Which is a bummer.  So extra pool time is how we will be spending our summer time up at the lake this year.  Fingers crossed that this winter brings all of the rain that we need!

OK, back to the cocktail!

In celebration of Cinco De Mayo, I decided to share my recipe with you all so that you too can enjoy the deliciousness that is, The Paloma!

This is such a simple cocktail to make.  First add your tequila.

Next add the grapefruit juice.

Add in the lime juice (I used frozen lime juice made from a neighbors lime tree, yum).

Onto the simple syrup.

And finally the grapefruit soda.

Give it a good stir to mix everything together well and enjoy!

Onto the recipe!!

Yield: 1

Paloma

This delicious cocktail is so satisfying as it mixes tequila with the refreshing taste of grapefruit juice and other ingredients to bring you a cocktail that you'll definitely want seconds of.

Ingredients

• 2 ounces clear tequila
• 2 ounces grapefruit juice
• 1 ounce grapefruit soda
• 1/2 ounce lime juice
• 1/2 ounce simple syrup

Instructions

1. Fill a cocktail glass with ice.

1. Pour in all of the ingredients above.

1. Stir cocktail well to mix all ingredients.

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There you have it.  The Paloma.  I hope you enjoy this cocktail as much as my husband and I do!

Happy Cinco De Mayo!!

Svelte 72

Want to enjoy a cocktail with all of the taste, but none of the sugar or carbs?

Well you're welcome because I just created one!

Want to know the best part about this cocktail?

It's ONLY 72 calories!

That's right.

Only 72!

OK, so truth be told.  I'm not getting any younger.  Shocker right?

But seriously, when did I EVER think I'd be excited about a cocktail having no carbs and no sugar?  

Um never?

Well the day is upon me.  The day where I have to think about "How many calories are in this?" "How many carbs can I eat or drink today?" "How much sugar is in there?"

Honestly I hate having to count those things.  I think it's lame.  Necessary.......but lame.

With all of that in mind.  I present to you a brand new cocktail I just created.  It's called Svelte 72 and it moves the "thinking" out of the way so that you can just enjoy a nice cocktail.

This cocktail only has 4 ingredients and is easy to make.

First thing's first.  You'll need to muddle the mint leaves.

Next, fill the glass with ice and pour in the vodka.

Add the diet ginger ale.

Next is the lime juice.  Stir and enjoy!

Now the moment you've been waiting for.

How to make this low calorie cocktail!

Svelte 72

ingredients:

• 1 1/2 ounces Smirnoff Zero Sugar Infusions Cucumber & Lime Vodka
• 3 ounces diet ginger ale
• 1/4 ounce lime juice
• 2 mint leaves

instructions:

How to cook Svelte 72

1. In a cocktail glass, muddle both mint leaves.
2. Fill glass with ice.
3. Pour in vodka.
4. Pour in diet ginger ale.
5. Pour in lime juice.
6. Stir and enjoy.

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There it is!  A 72 calorie--No Carb--No Sugar cocktail!

2 New Non-Minty Flavored Mules

I have 2 more recipes using the Smirnoff Zero Sugar flavored vodkas to add to your collection!

Last time I made cocktails using these two flavored vodkas and we added club soda.

They were pretty good.

These two I am sharing with you today are even BETTER!

I decided to make a couple mule cocktails (minus the mint....cause I totally forgot to pick up mint leaves at the store) with these flavored vodkas to see how they would taste.

First up is the Strawberry Rose Mule.

YES I created that awesome strawberry rose garnish!  It was actually easier then I thought it would be too.

Then I jumped right in and made a Cucumber Lime Mule as well.

Both were fun and easy to do.

First you add in the vodka.

Followed by the ginger beer.

Add in the lime juice and stir.

Strawberry Rose Mule

ingredients:

• 2 ounces Smirnoff Zero Sugar Infusions Strawberry & Rose vodka
• 4 ounces ginger beer
• 1/4 ounce lime juice

instructions:

How to cook Strawberry Rose Mule

1. Fill a cocktail glass half way with ice.
2. Pour in the vodka.
3. Pour in the ginger beer.
4. Pour in the lime juice.
5. Stir and enjoy.

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Cucumber Lime Mule

ingredients:

• 2 ounces Smirnoff Zero Sugar Infusions Cucumber & Lime vodka
• 4 ounces ginger beer
• 1/4 ounce lime juice

instructions:

How to cook Cucumber Lime Mule

1. Fill a cocktail glass half way with ice.
2. Pour in the vodka.
3. Pour in the ginger beer.
4. Pour in the lime juice.
5. Stir and enjoy.

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There you have it.  2 brand new cocktails!

I definitely like these vodkas better in these recipes then I did with the 2 recipes with club soda.

I hope you are enjoying this Labor Day Weekend!

Royal Dynasty

Royal Dynasty

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We made it!  Phewph......I wasn't sure we would.  It felt like Friday would never get here.

Another week done and we are now into February.  Hold on tight everyone, this year is going to fly by!

Have I got a perfect cocktail for you!  

Royal Dynasty.  

Sounds fancy doesn't it?  This cocktail may or may not be fancy, but it's oh so refreshing and simple to make.

I was sent a free bottle of Crown Royal Vanilla 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.

What do I consider "simple to make" cocktail?  I consider it "simple" when there are very few steps in creating it.

For instance, the fact that I don't need to shake, blend or even stir this cocktail makes it SO SUPER SIMPLE in my book.  

Speaking of "my book", did you hear?  I (finally) wrote my very first cocktail book!  There's more.......I already have 2 more in mind that I know you'll LOVE just as much as this first one!

Check out my Cocktail Book on Amazon! **

OK, so back to this super simple cocktail.

See.  I told you.  Simple, right?  4 easy steps and you are set to enjoy a delicious refreshing cocktail.  I mean just look at that cocktail!  It looks kinda perfect doesn't it?  Perfect in your hand with your feet up!

Here are the 3 simple ingredients that you need to make this cocktail.

(There goes that "simple" word again)

Time to give you the recipe!

Author: The Cocktail Lady

Royal Dynasty

ingredients:

• 1 1/2 ounces Crown Royal Vanilla Whisky
• ginger beer
• 1 lime wedge

instructions:

1. Fill a tall glass with ice.
2. Pour in Crown Royal Vanilla Whisky.
3. Top off with ginger beer.
4. Squeeze juice from one lime wedge on top.

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I hope you all have a great weekend!  Enjoy the Super Bowl, if you are going to watch it.  


If you are going to watch it, be sure to check out my 6 Game Winning Super Bowl Beer Cocktails.

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Sauza Minted Mule

**I was sent this sample of Sauza Signature Blue Silver Tequila without any payment.  

All opinions in this post are 100% mine**

A few years ago I made a Moscow Mule.  

I did not have a copper mug to make it in at that time.  

Since then a friend of mine brought one over to make herself a cocktail....or two and left the mug here for future use (thanks Marisa).  Thanks to her, I was able to make this Sauza Minted Mule today!  

The mix of these 4 simple ingredients together (tequila, lime juice, ginger beer and mint leaves) compliment each other so well.....and the copper mug!  

WOW, it is keeping this cocktail super cold and adding to its super refreshing taste!

This last week has been one big emotional roller coaster, so I am very thankful for this refreshing cocktail right here, I must say!

Thanksgiving was good.  

Quiet.  

Smaller then usual......but good.  

We had a small gathering of friends over the next day (not as big as we usually do.....which I think I needed).  

On Saturday my husband started getting all of the outside Christmas lights out from storage and started getting them all programmed and ready to be put out on the house.  

Sunday he put up the lights and I decorated the inside of the house.......which brings a very important discovery to my attention.  

I NEED more Christmas decorations!!

I got this recipe from the fabulous people who sent me this sample of Sauza.  It's really an easy recipe.  First you pour into your empty copper cup the Sauza tequila.

Next the lime juice.

Followed by the ginger beer.

Stir it up and add ice.

Stir again and garnish with mint leaves.  See, it's simple!

I really like this cocktail.  

A lot of you know that I've had a "bad experience" with tequila in my younger years.....but that was more in the form of doing Jose Cuervo (I shudder just thinking of it) shots.  

Now that I'm older and wiser, I know that you need to buy (or at least I do) a better tequila when making mixed cocktails.  This cocktail is proof!

Here is the recipe for a Sauza Minted Mule:

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Sauza Minted Mule

November-29-2016

Ingredients

• 1 ounce Sauza Signature Blue Silver Tequila
• 1/2 ounce lime juice
• 3 ounces ginger beer
• 3-4 mint leaves

Instructions

Add tequila, lime juice and ginger beer to copper mug and stir. Add ice and stir again. Garnish with mint leaves.

Here are the ingredients:

Here's to a very refreshingly delicious cocktail!

Cheers!

The Cocktail Lady