Beverage Monday

Thanksgiving Cocktails

Here are some Thanksgiving Cocktails and a Cranberry & Pumpkin Pie recipie thrown in for good measure.

Thanksgiving Cocktail

1 1/2 oz Wild Turkey® bourbon whiskey
1/2 oz Applejack® brandy
1 tsp Rose's® lime juice
4 oz cranberry juice

Fill Collins glass one-half full of ice, add ingredients and stir. Garnish with a lime wedge, if desired.

Thanksgiving Special

3/4 oz apricot brandy
3/4 oz dry vermouth
3/4 oz gin
1/4 tsp lemon juice
1 cherry

Shake all ingredients (except cherry) with ice and strain into a cocktail glass. Top with the cherry and serve.

A Southern Thanksgving

3 oz Southern Comfort® peach liqueur
1 oz Wild Turkey® bourbon whiskey
1 oz cranberry juice
1/2-1 oz lime juice

Combine Southern comfort and Wild turkey in glass first. Add Cranberry juice and finish with splash of lime juice. Add a garnish of apple or lime and serve on ice.

Cranberry Kiss

4 oz reposado 1800® Tequila
4 oz triple sec
8 oz cranberry juice

Make by the glass for a few guests or in a shaker or pitcher for a large party. Serve in a cocktail glass, garnishing the glass rim with a half slice of fresh lime.

Pumpkin Pie

1/2 oz Kahlua® coffee liqueur
1/2 oz Bailey's® Irish cream
1/4 oz cinnamon schnapps

Slowly layer the ingredients in the order listed above into a large shot glass.

Cheers,

Beverage Tuesday

I am feeling a little nutty!

Butter Pecan

1 oz Frangelico

2 tbsp vanilla ice cream

5 pecan nuts

Pour Frangelico into a Cocktail glass and add the ice-cream. Coarsely chop the pecan nuts and put them on top to garnish.

Nuts & Berries

1/2 oz of Chambord
1/2 oz of Frangelico
2 oz cream

Put all of the ingredients into a a shaker filled with ice. Shake and strain into a chilled Cocktail Glass.

Toasted Almond

2 oz Amaretto
2 oz Coffee Liqueur
2 oz Light Cream

Pour the ingredients into a Rocks Glass filled with ice.

Buttery Nutty Squirrel

1 oz butterscotch schnapps
1 oz amaretto almond liqueur
1 oz Bailey's Irish cream

Pour ingredients into a shaker filled ice. Shake and the strain into a chilled Cocktail Glass.

Cheers,

Recipes courtesy of DrinksMixer.com
Photo courtesy of faqs.org

Who's to Blame?

This was on the news on Friday, November 13, 2009 at 4 pm on KABC, channel 7 in Los Angeles.{I saw a teaser of it on Oprah, I was catching up today} Yes, you really do need to do your homework before hiring any professional. When deciding on a wedding planner, look for one that is an association or can at least give you names of previous brides. And a professional wedding planner will do just that, help you PLAN & Coordinate your wedding day. We do not make your food, your dress or take your photos. We rely on professionals in those fields to do it. We do not sign contracts with vendors. We do not take money up front to pay for other vendors. BIG RED FLAG! We will refer and recommend vendors but it is up to you the couple to pay and sign a contract for their services. We will help you distribute final payments and gratuities on the wedding day, but it is your money, not ours.

As a couple please do not go to a one stop shop. Yes, I can bake, but not your wedding cake. I can drive, but not a limo., I can play music, but not like a DJ. I have a camera, but they won't look the same. I can arrange flowers but not for a wedding. You need to taste the food and cake before your wedding. You should go to an event the DJ is at to get a feel for him. Have the floral designer show you examples. You should see lots of photos from the photographer before you book. Also, an engagement session so you can see if you feel comfortable with them. Meet the wedding planner before you sign anything. Make sure your personalities mesh. You are paying these people A LOT of money. Your wedding is one of your most expensive purchases, don't come away from it like this couple. I feel sorry for them, but one person doing everything? Come on! As a wedding planner I can't do their jobs if I am doing my job right, which is coordinating your wedding day. Likewise, they can't/shoudn't be doing my job if you are paying them to be your floral designer, caterer, photographer or DJ.

Thanks for hearing me out,

Website Changes

There have been some changes to A Joyeux Day's website. I have added photos and thank you letters. {finally} I have also gone with another company so I was able to change some other things. Check them out & let me know what you think.
Enjoy your day,

Beverage Monday

Dia de los Muertosimage courtesy of MexicanSugarSkull.com

This is a little late, but it is the Day of the Dead. The day when Latino cultures celebrate their family that has passed on. I decided to make a play on this by featuring drinks of skulls and bones.

Skull

1/3 shot Kahlua® coffee liqueur

1/3 shot Bailey's® Irish cream

1/3 shot Old Grandad® bourbon whiskey

Mix ingredients and serve in a shot glass.

Skin & Bones

3 oz Captain Morgan® Original spiced rum

7 1/2 oz Coca-Cola® Diet Coke

1/2 oz lime juice

Pour rum into an old-fashioned glass, and add coke (in the same fashion as a rum and coke). Add a squeeze of lime juice, and serve.

Dancing Bones

1 1/2 oz dry vermouth

2 tsp gin

2 tsp cherry brandy

Pour vermouth, gin and cherry brandy into a mixing glass half-filled with ice cubes, and stir. Strain into a cocktail glass, and serve.

Cheers,

recipies courtesy of DrinksMixer.com

Beverage Wednesday

Wait a minute, is that right? I completely forgot to post this week on Monday, so this week it is Beverage Wednesday,

Halloween Cocktails, Spiders!
{& this is me as a Spider Queen}

White Spider

1 oz vodka
1 oz white creme de menthe

Pour over lots of ice, in a Rocks Glass.

Spider Bite Martini

1.5 oz vodka
1 oz Malibu® coconut rum
1 oz triple sec
2 splashes bitters

Put all ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake to mix. Strain and pour into a Martini Glass. Adjust the amount of Bitters to taste. A little goes a long way

Spider's Web

4 oz Goldschlager® cinnamon schnapps
1 drop strawberry juice
1 1/2 oz whipped cream

Put alcohol in shot glass, drop strawberry into glass, then try and make cream float on top.

Black Widow{I did another version of this earlier this month}

1 oz Absolut® Citron vodka
1 oz Opal Nera® black sambuca

Pour both ingredients over ice in a cocktail shaker, shake. Strain into a Martini Glass and serve with a lemon twist.

Tarantula Bite

2 oz Tarantula Azul white tequila
6 oz Grape energy soda

Fill a High Ball Glass with ice cubes. Pour the ingredients in order into it. Garnish with a slice of lemon.

Cheers,

btw I do have arachnophobia!
recipes courtesy of drinksmixer.com

Beverage Monday

It's Pumpkin Time

Jack O' Tini

2 oz. Vodka - chilled
1/4 oz. Bols Pumpkin Smash Liqueur
1 Candy Corn

Place a single candy corn at the bottom of chilled Cocktail Glass. Combine vodka and liqueur in a shaker with ice, shake well and strain into the glass.

Smashing Pumpkin Martini

3 oz. Infused Spiced Pumpkin Vodka
1 oz. Amaretto
Toasted Pumpkin Seeds for Garnish

Combine ingredients in a shaker with ice. Stir gently and strain into a chilled Cocktail Glass.

To substitute the infused vodka use 2 1/2 oz of Stoli Cinammon Vodka & 1/2 oz. of Bols Pumpkin Smash Liqueur

Pumpkin’s Passion

1 oz. SKYY Infusions Passion Fruit
3 oz. Sauvignon Blanc
1 1/2 oz. Monin Pumpkin Spice
1/2 oz. Fresh Lemon Juice

Combine ingredients in a shaker with ice, shake. Pour into a Margarita Glass and garnish with a wedge of orange and a dash of cinnamon.

Cheers,

Photo from Wikipedia Commons.
Recipes from Drink of the Week.