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Every year, I make a special New Year’s Day dish, but I’m going to hold that one for another post, so stay tuned. In the meantime, I think that you might find yourself making some of 2011′s most popular recipes for your own festivities.
Posted in Appetizers, Desserts, Drinkables, Evening, Grown-ups Only, Indulgences, Kids, Make Ahead, New Year's Day, New Year's Eve, Salads, Savories, Slow Cooker, The Nesco, Winter | 
Tags: alcoholic beverages, Appatizers, drinks, kids, light meals, starters | 
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Recipes in this Post
Every once in a while, I make too many mashed potatoes. Yes, it’s true, even Spane and I cannot eat as many as I made the other night with liver and onions! A long time ago, I discovered that salmon croquettes were particularly good using a left over baked potato as binder. I had left over mashed, why not I thought?
These turned out so good I didn’t even have chance to take pictures! Amber and I munched on them while we sat and talked over a Caper Martini.
Posted in Appetizers, Drinkables, Friday Food, Grown-ups Only, Left Overs, Make Ahead, Pescatarian, The Nesco |
Tags: Cajun seasoing, capers, Gin, lemon, Panko bread crumbs, potatoes, salmon, wheat germ |
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Last night my girl friend Amber came over for girl talk, and since there were no adult libations in the house, we went to our local Armenian liquor store to get something.
Amber likes vodka, and the Armenian store is the place to go, since vodka is very popular with Armenians. It seems that every type of vodka made in the world is available in the Armenian liquor store, with myriad flavors, and whimsical bottles. We got a citrus flavored variety since I had a large can of tomato juice in the refrigerator. I also have a large sweet Italian basil plant.
My friend and former chef at Birds in Hollywood, Chef John Farion, had come over to change the door on the refrigerator. Of course, as I was getting ice and then the tomato juice out of the refrigerator, I kept trying to open it on the wrong side. That made Amber and I laugh.
I had watered my sweet Italian basil plant and it was sitting on the counter. You know where this is going, huh? Me too. These drinks turned out really tasty, and I think you will want to add them to your next get together.
Recipe: Bloody Margarets
Summary: A take off on Bloody Mary and Margarita Pizza. Fresh basil anyone?
Ingredients
- 8 whole basil leaves
- 2 cups citrus or other good vodka
- 1 large can tomato juice
- 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
- Garlic Pepper
- Ice
Instructions
- Moisten the lip of four tall glasses, then crust the edges in garlic pepper. If you don’t have garlic pepper, or don’t like pepper rimmed drinks, you can skip this step.
- Put ice in each glass, and one whole basil leaf in each glass.
- Put the vodka, tomato juice, Worcestershire, Tabasco and remaining ice in a nice pitcher. Rub the basil leaves together in your hands to release the oils, then roll up and slice finely in a Chiffonade. Add that to the pitcher and stir. Check for seasoning, adding more Tabasco or Worcestershire as needed.
- Pour this into the tall glasses and serve. There should be more left in the pitcher for refills.
Quick notes
You can make this in a pitcher or in individual tall glasses. The directions here are for a pitcher. This recipe is for four adults.
Variations
If you have little ones at home, who would like to have some, put the vodka directly into the glasses and not the pitcher.
Preparation time: 1 minute(s)
Cooking time: 1 minute(s)
Diet type: Vegetarian
Number of servings (yield): 4
Culinary tradition: USA (Traditional)
My rating
Copyright © The Good Plate.
Recipe by Adrienne Boswell.
Microformatting by hRecipe.
Enjoy!
Posted in Drinkables, Grown-ups Only, Italian |
Tags: bloody mary, cocktails, fresh basil, garlic, garlic pepper, Italian, tomoto juice, vodka |
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Yesterday, was girls night out. My friend was coming to visit me and I wanted to make something special for us. I had seen something on the Internet about the great fruit cocktail made with vodka and black pepper. I posted to Facebook that I had gin and that I would post back once I had made my cocktail.
There is a wonderful sauce in the same aisle as the Worcestershire sauce, and it is called Tiger Sauce. This is a sauce that has been around for a very long time and if you haven’t tried it and I suggest you go and do that right away. It gives our real kick to Bloody Marys!
Here’s my recipe for Grapefruit Tiger Martini.
Ingredients
- 1 cup gin
- Half gallon of pink grapefruit juice
- 1 tablespoon tiger sauce
- 4 grapefruit sections
- Freshly grated tri-color pepper
- Ice
- Club soda
Directions
In a nice pitcher, put in the gin and the grapefruit juice, stir and it add Tiger sauce. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Get four martini glasses and wet the rims with a little grapefruit juice. Put the pepper on a saucer, and dip the moist rim of each glass into the pepper. Refrigerate until ready to use.
When ready to serve, put ice into a cocktail shaker and add some of the grapefruit mixture. Put a grapefruit section at the bottom of each glass. Shake the cocktail shaker until the mixture is frosted over. Pour into glasses and top with club soda.
Enjoy!
Posted in Drinkables, Grown-ups Only, Indulgences |
Tags: Club Soda, Gin, Grapefruit, Martini, Pitcher, Tiger Sauce |
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Marissa and Spane
I have been thinking about Marissa a lot lately, and the other day I shared a recipe for a drink that an old acquaintance of ours, Kenny Greene, had made for us. Kenny was from New York, so this must be a New York thing, as Marissa and I had never heard of it. Either way, although it sounds terrible, it’s quite tasty.
Hop, Skip and Go Naked
Ingredients
1 can frozen pink lemonade (hop)
1 can beer (skip)
1 can vodka (go naked)
Directions
Mix all in a blender, and pour into tall glasses. Enjoy!
