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orange juice

Drinks, Holiday Recipes

American Beauty

As you all know I love my cocktails.  All those liquors mixing together to make some unbelievably delicious elixir, they’re just too much fun. But sometimes I prefer a nice glass of wine to a cocktail. Yes, it’s true. Recently…

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Desserts, Holiday Recipes

Chocolate Citrus Cake

Saturday is chocolate day. No, it’s not National Chocolate Day. Believe it or not, that’s in October. Saturday is chocolate day because it’s Valentine’s Day, and other than flowers and jewelry, the most popular gift given on this holiday is,…

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Drinks

Maiden’s Prayer

Summer months call for cool, refreshing cocktails. And to me, cool and refreshing usually means something with fruit juice as its main mixer. My favorite mixer is without a doubt, citrus juice. I don’t care if it’s orange, lemon or…

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Drinks

Harvey Wallbanger

I’ve been wanting to do this cocktail for ages for a couple reasons. First it’s made with two of my favorite ingredients, orange juice and vodka, and second it was supposedly named after a surfer based out of Manhattan Beach,…

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Drinks

Planter’s Punch

Pretty cool glass, huh? Dorothy from Shockingly Delicious was nice enough to get it for me. She saw it and knew I could put a pretty cool drink into it. Not only was I touched by the thoughtfulness, I wanted…

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Drinks

Golden Dream Two Ways

I love cocktails that use fresh ingredients, and since citrus is still in season, I thought I’d do a Golden Dream this week. It’s not only creamy and sweet, the orange juice makes this cocktail the perfect brunch choice, especially…

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Drinks

Screwdriver

I know I’ve been doing a lot of citrus posts recently but that’s because they’re so abundant right now. Between the Satsuma tangerines, the Meyer lemons and those awesome blood oranges, it’s easy to have a different citrus every night…

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Drinks

Mimosa for Mother’s Day

Sunday is Mother’s Day. The day when mothers everywhere get to sleep in, have fancy breakfasts served to them in bed and get to do whatever they please while their husbands take over and take care of the kiddies. Yeah,…

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Drinks

Bronx Cocktail

The Cosmopolitan is one of my favorite cocktails. The bright pink color, the combination of triple sec, vodka and cranberry juice, it really is the perfect cocktail. And that’s not just because Carrie and all her friends were drinking them…

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