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Watermelon Honey Cooler
This is a very quick and easy recipe to make – literally about 10 minutes from prep to serving. It’s great to serve on a hot summer day, and easy enough to make in large batches for a barbeque....
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Orange & Lemonade Vodka Slush
This drink is one my mother used to make for parties, summer family-style weddings, showers, etc. The adults always enjoyed it (and so did we kids ;) ). This is absolutely wonderful on a hot summer...
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Autumn Hot Spiced Mulled Apple Cider
Autumn is here and it’s time for apples, and apple cider. This is one of my very favorite times of the year, and this recipe gets served in my house from about now, until Christmas. Cool Autumn...
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Introduction to Tea
Introduction to Tea The topic of tea will be continual — I plan on at least 5 posts – A basic introduction; All about pots, filters, & containers; How to prepare teas, The different kinds of teas...
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Halloween – Slushy Orange Punch
This is a great punch — it works well for kids parties, as well as other occasions. We’ve used this at New Years, and Halloween and the kids all loved it. It looks really festive, and suits the...
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Old Fashioned Hot Buttered Rum
Two recipes for this post, as they are sort of related. First is the Old Fashioned Hot Buttered Rum — ice cream, apple cider, rum.. mmmmmm. Takes at least overnight for this recipe to come to...
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Christmas Wassail
Here We Come A Wassailing Christmas Wassail 5 apples 1 1/2 cups brown sugar 1 cup port 4 12-ounce bottles of ale or dark beer, plus 1/4 cup 4 cinnamon sticks 4 cloves 1 Lemon, zest only 1/2 teaspoon...
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Sweet and Sour Mix
Many cocktails call for a sweet and sour mix, or as it may be known’ sour’ or ‘sour mix’. I’ve put a few variations of the mix recipe here — two are “no heat” versions, and one needs a 5 minute boil....
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Long Island Iced Tea
Long Island Iced Tea Long Island Ice Tea – created in the 1970’s on Long Island, New York doesn’t actually contain tea, but is supposed to taste similar. It’s a hugely popular drink, served almost...
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Orange Juice & Vanilla Ice Cream Cocktail
Yummy!!!! Quick and easy to make, this ice cream cocktail can be “spiffed up” to be super fancy, or something just to surprise the kids on a spring or summer day. Orange Juice & Vanilla Ice Cream...
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