3 DIY wines you can make at home. When you think of wine, more than likely you immediately think of the juice of fermented grapes, but excellent quality wine can be made from other ingredients including blackberries, plums, rose hips, cereals, flower petals — even root vegetables.
While these wines may not be too common on the shelves of your local wine shop, the beauty of home winemaking is that the sky’s the limit. You don’t have to be a master vintner or have a house full of expensive equipment to make wine. Here are three simple, all-natural recipes using strawberries, elderberries and dandelion blossoms. Use recycled wine bottles and local, organic ingredients for truly green homemade wine. 1.
Contrary to what you might expect, strawberry wine is not syrupy or sickly sweet. Ingredients: 7 pounds whole fresh strawberries (fresh picked, if possible), washed and hulled2 gallons boiling waterJuice of 1 lemon5 pounds sugar Preparation: I've created a monster!.... I've created 500 monsters! Get-drunk-not-fat2.jpg (JPEG Image, 594x9896 pixels) - Scaled (6%) How to Make Caramel Apple Shots. Photo: Michelle Oddis Once in a while, a party trick comes along that grabs our attention.
Food blogger Michelle Oddis of That's So Michelle loves making caramel apple shots we can't imagine anyone would turn down. Using, wait for it, real fruit and time-tested formulas for tasty, jiggly shots that stay put in their edible "shotglasses," Michelle's gotten Food Republic on the gimmicky Halloween bandwagon we've been resisting so fiercely. Try out these irresistible boozy apple treats (and don't hold your breath for a candy corn cocktail on our end). Here's what you'll need: 10 small granny smith apples 1 envelope knox gelatin 1/2 cup water 1/2 cup coconut milk 2 drops yellow food coloring 1 envelope Land 'o Lakes caramel hot chocolate (regular would do just fine if you can't find caramel) 1/4 cup sugar 1/2 cup butterscotch schnapps lemon juice Halve and hollow out apples, cutting them from the stem down using a melon baller or spoon.
Cut halves in quarters and those quarters in half again. 15 New Drinks to Thrill Your Taste Buds. Spring Break Drink Recipes « Strawberry Lemon Basil Soda › shutterbean. Strawberries!
I have an overwhelming amount of strawberries in my kitchen right now. There’s definitely a reason for that, but I’ll get to that later. Right now I’m thirsty and I want to do something with my loot. The current issue of Bon Appetit suggests I make a soda with them. Yes. So here I am drinking this soda. And we’re off! Put the quartered strawberries in a tall glass with the lemon juice, basil, salt & sugar. Now MUDDLE until the sugar dissolves. And strain it over a new cup to collect all of the strawberries & basil. Plop a strawberry in to finish. Add a few more ice cubes in the glass. The Punch That Gets Your Whole Party 'faced.
How to Pair Mixers with Alcohol : Recipes and Cooking. Limoncello Recipe : Alton Brown. Pomegranate-Champagne Punch. Blackberry Ginger Sours › shutterbean. I probably shouldn’t drink & blog but I HAFTA tell you that these are SCRUMPTIOUS before I forget!
Imagine me saying the word SCRUMPTIOUS with the biggest slur! I’m totally at the slurring stage. SHUT UP!! Don’t make fun of me. I had a gin & tonic on Friday with my neighbor. I decided to make us some fancy drinks with gin today! Ok that’s enough. Get your syrup started. Blackberries, ginger, sugar and water go into a saucepan. You need to juice some lemons. Then you take that berry syrup and you put it through a fine mesh strainer. It looks like this when finished! Gather your mixing ingredients. Put the gin, lemon juice, blackberry syrup in a pitcher with some ice. Pour some of the mixed drink in a cup with ice and top it with some sparkly water! Garnish with a few blackberries (that will probably sink) lemon and mint!
One for you and me. There’s enough for us to have two big drinks. (recipe from Everyday with Rachael Ray Magazine) Boozy Cucumber Coolers › shutterbean. I wanted to tell you more about the Joy Retreat but I’m kinda BUZZED right now.
One more sip of this Boozy Cucumber Cooler and I’m gonna turn into a sappy drunk on you. Must temper that! Anyways…I’ve been SOO excited for Heidi Swanson’s Super Natural Every Day Cookbook to come out; it’s been sitting in my Amazon pre-order cart for MONTHS. When I came home from my trip, GUESS WHAT WAS WAITING AT MY DOORSTEP??!! As if my creative spirit wasn’t already triggered! I had a brief moment to look through the cookbook last night and CUCUMBER COOLERS went straight on my TO-DO list for today. Gather your ingredients! Cut up the cucumbers and put them in a blender. Add in the ice, water, agave, salt & lime juice.