Why not add a little POP to your New Year’s Celebration with these great ideas! Love these New Year’s Eve Poppers featured on HGTV Toast from Around the World with these Great Champagne Flutes from Zodax In Spain it is Good Luck to eat a Dozen Grapes at Midnight, Why not add Some to Your Champagne with this Great Idea from MarthaStewart.com My Mother being from the South we always had Black Eyed Peas for Good Luck on New Years. Try this recipe for “Hoppin’ John” From Emeril  Happy New Year and Sante’ to a Fabulous 2012! From All of [Read more...]

We are always like to find an new and exciting Summer Drink.  We came across this wonderful cocktail at Beatrice and Woodsley in Denver Colorado.  If you are thinking the name Violet Beuregarde sound familiar, she was the girl in Charlie and The Chocolate Factory that the gum and turned into a giant blueberry. Q+E’s Summer Cocktail of 2011 – Violet Beauregarde is so refreshing and the bonus of antioxidants, you will enjoy it all Summer. What you need 1/2 – 1 Shot Vodka 1/2 – 1 Shot St Germain (Elderflower Liquer) 6+ Blueberries 1 Slice Lime Ice Club Soda [Read more...]

Hurricane was invented during the World War II at Pat O’Briens bar in New Orleans and was named after the shape of a hurricane lamp. Pat O’Briens bar is still open today in New Orleans’ famous French Quarter and sells their original Hurricane cocktail mix at the bar. Ingredients: - 2 oz light rum - 2 oz dark rum - 2 oz passion fruit juice - 1 oz orange juice - 1/2 oz fresh lime juice - 1 tbsp simple syrup - 1 tbsp grenadine - Garnish: orange slice and cherry Shake all the ingredients in a cocktail shaker with [Read more...]

Oh how I love a nice sangria on a warm summer night.  I will make this in one of those great plastic pitchers w/the dispenser at the bottom and let it sit all day. 3 oranges, sliced into thin rounds 2 lemons sliced into thin rounds 1 lime, sliced into thin rounds 1 fresh peach, washed, pitted, and cut into thin slices* 1 small pineapple, trim, cored, peeled, and sliced 1/3 to 1/2 cup simple syrup or to your taste (see recipe below) 1/2 jug Carlo Rossi Red Sangria (4 LTR) 2 cups pineapple juice   I use Carlo Rossi Red Sangria because [Read more...]

Kama’s Famous Mojitos - 1/2 Lime - 1-1/2 Jigger Bacardi Limon - 1 tsp Sugar in the Raw - 4-5 Mint Leaves - Club Soda Squeeze on half lime into a tall glass, add mint and muddle, add rum, sugar, fill w/ice and top off w/club soda – stir and serve! Chicken in Mojo Sauce - 4 Chicken Breast - Mojo Sauce (http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Mojo-Sauce-107099) Marinade chicken 4+ hours in 1/2 of Mojo Sauce, then grill Black Bean, Grilled Corn, Jicama and Heart of Palm Salad - Can Black Beans - Grilled Corn on the Cob then cut off cob - 1/2 [Read more...]