a hint of cider sweetness paired with the earthy green tea notes of matcha to make a simple yet complex autumn or all season mocktail looking for other boiled cider recipes?
Drinks without Booze
The Pea Shooter- a low or no abv spring sipper
Pea shoots are awesome. I first discovered them in New York City where I would buy huge bags for a dollar or two and put them in everything, salads, stir fries, burritos. They last for weeks properly stored (by which I mean in a bag in the refrigerator ) and unlike other greens when one […]
The Sleep Tart- tart cherry, dark chocolate hot chocolate
❤️ If you’re looking for a cozy, delicious drink that will help you sleep like a baby tonight, I’ve got just the thing for you! the “Sleep Tart” a Dark Chocolate and Tart Cherry Hot Chocolate – it’s tart yet chocolaty just like the name suggests😴🍒 This recipe is a fun riff on the popular […]
spiced apple cider cucumber mocktail
Do you muddle? Not the muddle through that is my day to day but the drink variety- the pressing of fruit, vegetable, or herb to release its essence. If you want a mocktail that is more than just a non-alcoholic drink the best way is to use classic cocktail techniques. Club soda with lime is […]
Vanilla Grapefruit Mocktail
Have you seen the headlines that the world will be without chocolate by 2050? This is worrisome but I won’t panic until they make the same dire prediction about vanilla. Vanilla gives me comfort, its my hug after a hard day, my kitten video, my memory palace. It takes an ordinary grapefruit and soda and […]
Persephone’s Smash: pomegranate mint mocktail
Journey to the underworld with me where we will sip the juice of fruit from warmer climes and wait for spring. Worry not, it is hell, so there is Facebook and CrossFit and Persephone’s Smash: pomegranate mint mocktail. I was going to make this a booze-or-not-tail but when all the muddling was done I was enjoying […]
citrus cardamom coffee spritzer AKA monday mocktail
Citrus Cardamom Coffee Spritzers and Monday Mocktail Regrets It has been months since I infused simple syrup with several botanicals (cardamom, rosemary, ginger, black pepper) and vowed to dedicate my Mondays to a new post, a theme even. Monday! Mocktail! I even added words to a picture. And then the Mondays slipped away one after […]
Fresh Grapefruit and Hibiscus Spritzer
This refreshing hibiscus and fresh grapefruit spritzer (or cooler, or mocktail) is delightful all year long. Enjoy it in the dead of winter to brighten your day (and celebrate winter cirtus) or have one on a hot day to cool it all down.
Make ahead morning smoothies with blueberry and ginger
Start with the flavor of nutrient rich blueberry and zesty ginger, then add a bit of banana, one more power punch of antioxidant rich pomegranate and you’ll never know you’re getting your greens on. Unless of course remembering that you’ve got your greens in makes you happy. Then remember, rejoice, do a yoga move or […]
Imperial Stout Marshmallows and simple Homemade Cocoa
I know, I know. Homemade marshmallows are so three years ago. But gourmet marshmallows are freaking expensive no matter how pretty they look and homemade marshmallows are like a blank canvas, the possibilities are endless.
