Perfect drinks for the Holiday season....

As we plan our holiday menus, we can not forget about the DRINKS!!

Here are recipes for some GREAT signature holiday drinks

1-Mistletoe Martini

1 oz coconut rum
1 oz melon liqueur
1 oz pineapple juice
1 oz sweet and sour mix

2-Egg Nog Ice Cream Martini
White sugar crystals, preferably coarse
2 cups store-bought eggnog, chilled
1/2 cup brandy
1/2 cup amaretto liqueur
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
2 scoops vanilla ice cream
4 cinnamon sticks

MORE TO  COME.....

3-Peppermint-tini - my fav!!!

1 ½ ounce Ice SKYY Citrus Vodka
½ ounce Campari
½ ounce Cinzano Bianco Vermouth
1 ½ ounce freshly squeezed orange juice

Candy Cane, garnish

Directions

Pour ingredients over ice into a shaker. 
Shake and strain in a chilled martini glass.
Garnish with candy cane (rim the glass with crushed candy candy, crushed Christmas or festive colored sugar if desired)

 4-Gingerbread Man-tini

         1 1/2 oz citrus vodka

         1 1/2 oz Hiram Walker Gingerbread liqueur

         1/2 oz dry vermouth

         1/4 oz simple syrup

         lime wedge for garnish

Preparation:

1. Rub the lime wedge on the rim of a frozen cocktail glass and leave the lime there for a garnish.
2. Pour the ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice.
3. Shake well.
4. Strain into the glass.

5-Grinch
2 oz Midori
1/2 oz lemon juice
1 tsp simple syrup
maraschino cherry for garnish

Preparation:

1. Pour the ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice.
2. Shake well.
3. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

6-Coquito de Puerto Rico!!! **ADD BACARDI RUM to your liking** :)
 Ingredients

• 2 egg yolks, beaten
• 1 (12 fluid ounce) can evaporated milk
• 1 (14 ounce) can cream of coconut
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 1/2 cup white rum
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

1. In the top of a double boiler, combine egg yolks and evaporated milk. Stirring constantly, cook over lightly simmering water until mixture reaches a temperature of 160 degrees F (71 degrees C). The mixture should be thick enough to coat the back of a spoon.
2. Transfer mixture to a blender, and add cream of coconut, sweetened condensed milk, rum, water, cloves, cinnamon, and vanilla. Blend for about 30 seconds. Pour into glass bottles, and chill overnight.

Now for all the NON-Alcholics, here are a few fun tasty drinks for you..

1- Peanut Butter Cup Hot Chocolate

Ingredients

¾ cup whole milk
¼ cup heavy cream
4 ounces high quality chocolate, finely chopped
pinch of salt
1 tsp vanilla extract
Creamy peanut butter
Whipped Cream

Directions

Place chocolate in heat proof bowl and set aside. Heat milk, cream and salt in a saucepan just to the boiling point.Pour milk/cream mixture over dark chocolate and a few spoonfuls of creamy peanut butter. Serve with whipped cream.

Tis The Season......Tips on throwing your first Holiday party....

The holidays are time of celebration, when you can gather your friends and family together to reflect on the past year and look forward to the future.

Here are some tips on planning a fun and successful holiday party!

1- Timing is everything.... Like you many people are planning a holiday party as well. Pick a date and send out invites ASAP and request all guest RSVP, so that you have a head count. Weekends are popular, so if possible a weekday would be better.
Invitations set the tone. Send an invitation that captures the mood of your party, and email them to your guests

2-Deck the halls....Chances are you will be decorating your home for the holidays anyway, and those decorations can become an extension of your party decorations,

Take some ornaments from the tree, and arrange them along the middle of the table, interspersed with different-sized candles. This idea can help to keep you on budget as it will likely be less expensive than buying fresh flowers. Decide if you want to be traditional or trendy.. DO NOT MIX BOTH

3-Set the tone... Rather than a intimate sit down dinner, set up your home/location as a cocktail party, where  all guest will be able to mingle. Have a bar set up, and a view stations of appetizers spread across the room so guest have to walk around and not stay in a corner.

Don’t scrimp on the food. Food and drink are not the place to cut your budget. For cocktail parties, have a number of appetizers.

4-Prep in advance... I have seen this become a major issue for alot of host, you want to be able to enjoy your party and mingle with all of your guest. In order to do this, you  MUST prep in advance...

-Decorate the day before..

-Bring out all your glasses, serving dishes

-If you are having a larger party, have one or two people give you some help, or perhaps hire a bartender.

-The best and easiest way to make your guests feel welcome is to make sure that you are not running around in a panic. 

-Having the food stations out and prepped, and the candles lit before the guests arrive is one way to make sure you can socialize with your guests, and not spend the entire evening in the kitchen.

Drinks can be prepped too. if you have a signature drink for you party, have pitchers made in advance..

5-Entertainment.... Since you can not entertain all of your guest at the same time, make sure you have a DJ or an IPOD set up playing music.. This should also be set before your guest arrive.

6-A parting touch.... Have your guests leave with a little parting gift. It doesn’t need to be big and expensive. Wrap up one fabulous cookie or a holiday ornament.

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