Winter Cocktail

There’s nothing quite like a hot drink in the winter. Especially if you add some spirits. We have gathered some of our favorites here for you to sample. Be careful, approved don’t try all them of the at once. Or you just may end up with a killer hangover!

Kahlua Hot Chocolate

1 oz Kahlua
6 oz milk
1 oz half & half
Your favorite cocoa powder
Whip cream and chocolate shavings for topping

Make hot chocolate as you like add Kahlua and toppings. Makes one cocktail.

Perfect for that night by the fire, what is ed or a good movie night.

Ginger Lemon Toddy

1/2 teaspoon of grated ginger
1/4 oz of fresh lemon juice
4     oz of hot water
2-3 oz of whiskey (depending on how strong you want it)

Heat water and add ginger and lemon.  Let steep for a minute.  Add whiskey and garnish with lemon slice. Makes one cocktail.

Great when just getting out of the cold. Or when you have a cold!

Spicy Cucumber Martini

2 Cucumbers juiced but save half of one to slice for garnish
Vodka or gin
Dried red peppers
Flake sea salt

Juice cucumbers in juicer or use a blender and strain the solids with a sieve. This should make enough juice for 4-6 cocktails.  Crush peppers and salt in a mortar and pestle. Use 2 oz of vodka and 1 ounce of cucumber juice. Rim martini glasses with pepper salt combination. Shake vodka and cucumbers in shaker with ice and strain into chilled glass.

The perfect winter cocktail for that fabulous cocktail party.

We hope you like these as much as we do.  May they keep you warm and all snuggly all winter.

What happens when a stove top smoker and a rack of ribs collide? The best ribs ever!!! O.K., malady so I may be biased, this but I can’t help it. We bought a stove top smoker last year because we wanted to go camping and the weather wasn’t cooperating. We searched high and low and found one that we liked and have been using it ever since. Last night we used it to smoke some ribs and they were so good we ate most of the rack in one sitting!  We also made sweet and red potato mash with a cucumber, rx radish and tomato salad in a spicy red wine vinaigrette. For the ribs we used are Camerons smoker and apple wood chips to give it that smokey sweetness to balance out the dry rub we made. The potato mash is one sweet potato to four medium red potato’s and the dressing for the salad was red wine vinegar, olive oil and Tapatio hot sauce. Needless to say there was nothing left.  So the next time you want that feeling of camping and can’t get there, remember you can always use a stove top smoker.