Thirsty Thursday ~ Minty Peach Martini

St. Patrick's Day is coming up this weekend.  You know, Erin Go Braugh and all that?  What better time to come back with Thirsty Thursdays?!? OH YEAH, I'm back baby!
 
To me, St. Patty's Day is just an excuse to wear green, eat corned beef and cabbage, and drink green beer.   Now that I'm taking better care of myself, I don't want to give up the food, the color green, or the alcohol, but I do want to give up the calories. 

I went searching for a yummy low-cal St. Patty's Day treat and I came across Shape magazine's website.  That's where I found this:


Minty Peach Martini

130 calories, 10 grams sugar

 

Photo from Shape.com

Skip the green-colored beer this year and try crafting this low-cal martini created by The Cocktail Guru Jonathan Pogash. Fresh lemon juice and peach-flavored vodka lends the drink a fresh, fruity boost.

Ingredients:
1 1/2 oz. Van Gogh Cool Peach Vodka
1/2 oz. fresh lemon juice
1 tsp. agave nectar
8-10 mint leaves

Directions:
Add ingredients to a mixing glass with ice and shake very well. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with mint sprig.

After a couple of these babies, you'll be screaming "Kiss me, I'm Irish!"


Want more Thirsty Thursday?  Have you tried the Bombay Sapphire Cranberry Buck? 

 
Alexis

Thirsty Thursday ~ Peep Martini

This Easter I'll be hangin' with my "peeps"...candy that is! 
Here is a martini with those yummy little marshmallow guys....YUMMERS!
Why do kids get all the fun?!

Marshmallow Peep Martini

Recipe and photo courtesy of SheKnows

Makes 1

Ingredients:

• 1-1/2 ounces fluffed marshmallow vodka
• 1/2 ounce vanilla syrup, plus extra for rim
• 1 ounce cream
• Sugar

Directions:

1. Pour a small amount of vanilla syrup onto one plate and sprinkle sugar onto another plate. Dip rim of glass in syrup and then into sugar to coat.
2. Put vodka, syrup and cream in a cocktail shaker with ice.
3. Shake.
4. Strain into glass.

For more Thirsty Thursday deliciousness, check out AntiMomBlog.com.

Have you tasted the  Dark & Fluffy?

Alexis

Thirsty Thursday ~ Pumpkin Pie Martini

What do you think of when I say "Thanksgiving?" 
I think of family, friends and FOOD!!

Usually, there is SO much food that I don't save room for dessert.  I am a fan of pumpkin pie, but after eating, I won't eat the pie until the next day.

Here's a way that I can have my dessert BEFORE the dinner....with a cocktail!

Pumpkin Pie Martini

(recipe found at Rachel Ray Magazine online)

Ingredients

• Ice cubes
• 2 ounces (1/4 cup) vanilla vodka
• 2 ounces (1/4 cup) crème de cacao
• 1/4 cup heavy cream
• 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
• Whipped cream, for garnish

Directions:

1. Fill a cocktail shaker halfway with ice cubes. Add the vanilla vodka, crème de cacao, heavy cream and pumpkin pie spice and shake well.
2. Dip the rims of 2 martini glasses into a bowl of whipped cream. Strain the cocktail into the glasses.

Enjoy!! 

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL!!

Alexis

For more tasty Thirsty Thursday cocktails, visit the Anti Mom Blog.

Thirsty Thursday ~ Eyeball Martini

Goblins and Ghouls and......Martinis.....Oh my! 

I LOVE Halloween!  I love dressing up, decorating, and visiting haunted houses (even though I don't want to go in!).

For the month of October, I will feature a new "creepy" cocktail!  

Bottoms up!

Eyeball Martini

Ingredients: 

3 oz. vodka or gin
Dash dry vermouth
Olive stuffed radish

Preparation:

Pour ingredients into cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake vigorously a chilled martini glass. Garnish with an olive stuffed radish that has been scored to create the "veins" of an eyeball.

Alexis