Carlie Skye

So I have been thinking about inventing a mixed drink for a while now and finally found the creative spark and inspiration that I needed. A couple of weeks ago Whitney had been complaining about the baby kicking her, but she was also really excited for the baby to come and was getting the room ready. I decided to name this drink after her, Carlie Skye. It has a good kick with a little bit of sweetness, just like the real thing. The recipe follows:

Carlie Skye
4 oz Cranberry Juice
1 oz lime juice
1 oz non-alcoholic Triple Sec

Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice and shake vigorously. Strain into a CHILLED martini glass. I put the martini glasses in the freezer at least 5 minutes before I make this. The more chilled the glass the better the outcome.

Switching gears...Kind of

So it has been over 8 months since my last post. Things have been crazy in between. We are expecting a baby any day now and we have been getting ready for that. I have also been taking cake decorating classes through Wilton at Michael's. I am can't remember exactly how I decided to get into cake decorating, but I have really enjoyed the classes. I now make all the birthday party cakes for my family and I have even been hired by Weber State University to make a cake for a faculty luncheon. I will also include occasional cakes that I have made and cake baking/decorating tips as well as mocktails in my blog posts. So stay tuned haha.

Bora Bora

For Valentine's Day I decided that instead of going out to an expensive restaurant that I would make Whitney dinner. So I decided to make Chinese which I am pretty sure is one of her favorite foods. So I decided to make Kung Pao chicken. Well I wanted a drink that would go well with it and decided on the Bora Bora. I had never made this before and didn't know how it tasted, but it turned out to be one of our favorites. It is contains pineapple juice, lemon juice, grenadine, and passion fruit juice. You can use a cherry and/or a pineapple slice as a garnish as well. Finding straight up passion fruit juice proved a bit difficult, but we finally found one that Welch's makes. The recipe is below. It tasted great with the spicy food and is great all by itself.

Bora Bora

5 oz Pineapple juice
3 oz Passion Fruit juice
1/2 oz lemon juice
1/2 oz grenadine

Put juices in shaker with ice and then strain into a high ball glass.

New Found Favorites

This past week I have found a new favorite drink mix and a new ingredient. We were at Macey's and decided to buy a Cosmopolitan mixer and it was pretty good. We had tried to make Cosmos before, but these were really good. I also bought some Non-Alcoholic Triple Sec. Triple sec is a orange flavoured liquer that is triple distilled from dried orange skins. It is mostly used as a sweetening agent in its non-alcoholic form. We have used it with the Cosmo mix and it is great. I have used 2 or 3 ounces of the mixer, 1 oz of water and an ounce of the triple sec. Everyone that has tried it so far has really liked it.