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How to Make Eggnog

How to Make Eggnog

With the Holiday season approaching, I figured this was a good time to pull out my tutorial on making homemade eggnog. It’s really not that hard to do, and it’s so much better than just buying some of that dairy stuff.   It’s great to serve at a holiday party.  In case you’re hesitant, here’s a step by step pictorial on making it (either raw or cooked)! Click through to see the…

A Waffled Croque Madame

A Waffled Croque Madame

The Novice Chef  is one of my fave food blogs!  Check out this idea: What is the difference between a Croque Madame and a Croque Monsieur? Eggs. It’s how I always tell them apart…and the easiest way to remember. A Croque Monsieur is basically a type of bread, a type of swiss cheese, and ham. A Croque Madame is all of that, but with a fried or poached egg on top. Which is exactly why women are better than men a Croque M…

A sparkling champagne raspberry cocktail

A sparkling champagne raspberry cocktail

Reader Karen over at Tasty Trials shares this deliciously different champagne cocktail with us today!    What a fun combination, Raspberry, Orange and Basil… Karen writes: “As we lounged around on the couch watching the game, I was thinking about the raspberries that I needed to use, and soon. I wasn’t in the mood to bake and never need much of an excuse to open a bottle of champagne, so I asked…

Halloween Cocktail Ideas

Halloween Cocktail Ideas

Halloween is on the way!  And I figured you guys would like some cocktails to celebrate the season..  Here is a lovely Scary Halloween cocktail collection from Dabbled, but the Spotlight today is on Janelle‘s fun spider tribute. It is that time of year again, and I don’t mean the time for Christmas songs or raking leaves, not the time that the mittens come out or the hot chocolate is stocked. For me, t…

Dirty Mojitos

Dirty Mojitos

Over at Crumpets and Cakes, we’re loving their latest cocktail experiment… Dirty Mojitos! “And finally we’ve started growing mint to support our ongoing taste-testing of summery mojitos. We’ve tried all kinds of different recipes and in the end settled on a dirty mojito as our favorite. This recipe calls for dark rum and brown sugar. They will both make your mojito loo…

Make Homemade Citron Vodka

Make Homemade Citron Vodka

Over at Dabbled, go check out the step by step tutorial on making your own citrus vodka from less expensive vodka.  (Bonus, my elusive husband can be seen in the photos!) And you can make your own little fruit critters to go with it, just add googly eyes! Wouldn’t this be tasty in a Tangtini?

Cool-off Cocktail Idea Roundup

Cool-off Cocktail Idea Roundup

Here’s a photo roundup of some tasty looking cocktails to cool you off in the heat of the summer… Click through the links below for recipes and/or ingredients 1. The Thai Boxer, 2. lemongrass cooler, 3. Watermelon and Rose Sangria, 4. Chocolate orange martini’s, 5. Bourbon Mint Tea, 6. Kermit Cocktails Originally published at Dabbled.org: Experiments in Art, Craft & Food

Homemade Ginger Ale, two ways

Homemade Ginger Ale, two ways

From Crumpets and Cakes – 2 ways to make Ginger Ale / Ginger Beer … the fast way and the slow way!  I’ve never made ginger ale… it does look tasty…! Here are two recipes for homemade ginger ale I tried recently. One is for the impatient (me) and the other for those, who don’t mind waiting few days (sometimes me) and then be rewarded with truly home-brewed ginger ale or you…

Refreshing Cocktails on Foodwhirl...

Refreshing Cocktails on Foodwhirl…

Looking for something to sip on tonight?  Here are a few cocktails, blasting in from the past!  Do you have a favorite cocktail?  Share it with us in the comments! Bacon! Candied Bacon Martini Feed your bacon obsession!  This cocktail features apple flavors and a candied bacon garnish… . Spotlight: Cool as a Cucumber Cocktail! Cucumber in a cocktail isn’t exactly unheard of (remember Niki&…

Cooling off for the Summer

Cooling off for the Summer

I hope everyone is gearing up for a lovely Weekend!  Here in Atlanta it’s going to be beautiful, but HOT… So, here are some ideas for cooling off! (Oh, quick message: Giving away 500 free business cards on Dabbled today – pop over here to enter!) Thirsty?  Make a Cucumber Gimlet at Crumpets and Cakes! Or maybe some Homemade Herbal Lemonade with these instructions from Straight From The F…

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