Limeade Margaritas

Summary : “Word on the street is…..these are the very best.”

Ingredients

• 1 (12 oz.) can limeade
• 1 (12 oz.) can tequila
• 1 (12 oz.) can beer
• 1/2 12 oz. can Triple Sec
• Ice cubes

Instructions

1. Using the 12 oz. limeade can for measuring, pour all ingredients into a blender.
2. Fill to about 1 1/2 inches from the top with ice cubes and blend to your preference (smooth or chunky).
3. Serve in salt rimmed glasses.

Number of servings (yield): 8

Avocado Margarita: Welcome to Heaven

When Margaritas are served in heaven, this is what they’ll taste like. If you’re thinking “Avocado?  Really Cooper?”  Think again.  This is perhaps THE BEST Margarita you will EVER EVER EVER make.  A perfect balance, creamy, tangy and oh so sexy!  Make this one and become a star in your kitchen.  And yes, this is my mad scientist creation.

Ingredients/salted rim:

4 Tbsp Kosher salt

1/4 tsp cayenne pepper

Ingredients/Margarita:

1 avocado pitted and peeled

3 cups ice

3 limes juiced

5 Tbsp honey

1/2 cup tequila

1/2 cup triple sec

Lime wedges for garnish

Instructions

1. Rim Glass: On a plate, mix together the salt and cayenne pepper. Run a lime wedge around the rim of each margarita glass and turn each glass upside down into salt mixture. Turn the glass until the rim is completely coated. Set aside.
2. In a blender, combine ice, lime juice, avocado, ice, honey, tequila, and triple sec. Blend until very smooth.
3. Pour into rimmed glasses and serve immediately.  Makes four medium sized servings.

Apple Blossom Cocktail

Summary : “This cocktail rocks! It’s fresh and good for every season. Using my Apple Infused Simple syrup you will wow your friends and family.”

Ingredients

• 1 bottle dry white wine (like sauvignon blanc)
• 2 ¼ cups simple syrup apple (see recipe)
• 1 ½ cups gin
• 1 ½ cups dry vermouth
• Juice from ½ a lemon
• 1-1 ½ cups soda water (about 12 oz)
• Apple slices and star anise, for garnish

Instructions

1. Fill a large pitcher with ice. Pour in all ingredients except soda
2. Water. Stir with a spoon.
3. Top with soda water and garnish with apple slices and star anise, if desired. Serve in tumblers.

Number of servings (yield): 12

The Blackberry Guzzler is just in time for summer!

Last year in Nashville I did a gig for Tim McGraw and Faith Hill’s new fragrance line from Coty called Soul2Soul which has “blackberry notes”  in it.  That’s perfume talk for “what’s in the dang perfume” (I didn’t know this at all!)  LMAO!   So, along with singing and cooking, I was asked to create a drink with blackberries in it.  I set out like a mad scientist and created my Blackberry Guzzler.

This is a tangy and sweet summer drink that looks like a million and tastes like a trillion.  Serve it in mason jars with a garnish of lemon, lime and a few fresh blackberries.  I served them on an old slate backboard and just wrote the name by the drinks.  Cool huh?  Recipe below.

Blackberry Guzzler

Ingredients:

1 oz vodka

1 oz rum

1/2 once blackberry simple syrup (I use Monin)

splash of lemonade

soda splash

garnish with lemon, lime and blackberries

Instructions:

Serve in 8 oz jar/glass, mix all ingredients over ice and garnish.