If you’re anything like me, you’ve spent the last week doing some serious festive indulging. Stuffing, roast potatoes, cheeseboards, chocolate and more than one or two Bailey’s! You might be feeling like even a classic white russian can’t tempt you right now.
I felt the same after sitting down to type this whilst in the midst of an extreme sugar coma. We’ve still got hogmanay (or NYE for my non-Scottish friends) to go though, so there’s plenty time left for cocktails! [Read more…]
I promised you this raspberry mojito recipe over 2 weeks ago now and I’m finally delivering. Rejoice! It’s actually a little late since we’re right at the end of raspberry season in the UK but hey, I’d be up for drinking these all year round. A few weeks ago we discovered that there’s mint growing right outside our flat, and ever since then I’ve had Read Post
Happy World Gin Day! For once I’ve actually been organised enough to get a relevant post together for it. Although, admittedly, I did spend most of the car journey to Skye yesterday editing photos so perhaps not all that prepared! On that note, as this post goes live I’ll be preparing to run the Skye Half Marathon so there’ll be a fairly large gin on the cards Read Post
We’ve been lucky to have some pretty nice weather this long weekend. Sadly, we don’t have a garden to enjoy it in but that didn’t stop me getting some ice lollies on the go. Gin & tonic ice lollies, to be precise. Because if you can’t drink in the sun, you might as well eat alcoholic ice lollies inside. Or something… A classic G&T is Read Post
Warm Apple Pimms: gently spiced with cinnamon and flavoured with dark rum for an extra kick, this is the perfect alternative to mulled wine! Guess who won’t be winning any awards for inventive drinks naming? Hey, it does what it says on the tin: warm apple Pimms! I can’t quite bring myself to start the mulled wine drinking until we hit December. That said, I Read Post
I’ve been meaning to try my hand at some cocktails for ages so when this set of mini cocktail syrups caught my eye a couple of weeks ago it seemed like the perfect opportunity. I’m starting off simple, so this is a really straightforward recipe that doesn’t require any fancy equipment. Admittedly, today’s recipe is more of a summery one, and indeed I made and enjoyed Read Post
It feels a bit odd to be posting such a summery recipe on a day where the weather is currently doing what’s locally know as “pishin’ it doon”, but rain or no rain it is still technically summer so I’ll continue eating ice lollies and wearing sandals for the time being! I’ve never been a big fan of standard shop-bought lemonade – I always find Read Post
