tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25430005077492917772024-03-05T01:22:09.432-08:00sips etc.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15212073062557881444noreply@blogger.comBlogger105125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2543000507749291777.post-41291260447748173612012-05-20T15:51:00.000-07:002012-05-20T15:51:00.084-07:00Memorial Day Layered Drinks<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Can you believe Memorial Day is THIS WEEKEND?! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Seriously, I thought April went fast, but May is flying by.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We're <i>so </i>excited for this weekend! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Adam G. graduates from Dental school on Friday, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">(you might remember when he took his <a href="http://sipsetc.blogspot.com/2012/02/theadams-black-tooth-tribute.html" target="_blank">last round of boards</a>?)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">and then Friday night is the graduation party of the century! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">AND Kedron and her family are coming in to help celebrate </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">(you remember her right? From some <a href="http://sipsetc.blogspot.com/2011/10/barista-banter-pumpkin-spice-lattes-to.html" target="_blank">Barista Banter</a> posts?).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So yes, big stuff coming up over here. And to make things even more festive, we are making <a href="http://www.thesisterscafe.com/2011/06/layered-drinks" target="_blank">these layered drinks</a> to show our patriotic colors!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg72EY5fYADFpT5Y83ZVEN08LZ5fO4wxmOIXnb2FeAQJ7D0DsLYYRfLOojPNz0vfii3vhrRg_36TEX9LYqraZlLgX_Ett2GJ81Zzar5AxRiP8d3dEQwWtF40eO61BLhssMKiyyhnlZoBjQ/s1600/IMG_1998.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="564" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg72EY5fYADFpT5Y83ZVEN08LZ5fO4wxmOIXnb2FeAQJ7D0DsLYYRfLOojPNz0vfii3vhrRg_36TEX9LYqraZlLgX_Ett2GJ81Zzar5AxRiP8d3dEQwWtF40eO61BLhssMKiyyhnlZoBjQ/s640/IMG_1998.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">To make some too here's what you need:</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The key is to get drinks that are like 30g of sugar for the bottom layer, 15g (ish) for the middle layer, and sugar free for the top layer.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We used:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Sobe Pina Colada drink (white)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Gatorade (Red)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">G2 or another no sugar drink (blue)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">***TIP: Go for the darker blue Gatorade, not the lighter. Learned that the hard way. The lighter one just ends up too light! So instead, we just used food coloring and water and it worked just fine. I guess that's more of the appropriate USA blue anyway***</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Here's how to do it:</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Start first, by putting a couple ice cubes at the bottom of your glass.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Then pour in your pina colada drink, just about 1/3 of the way, maybe less, since you'll be adding more ice.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Add the rest of the ice to the glass to fill it up completely.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Next SLOWLY pour in your red drink. It'll mix a little but it separates out again almost entirely.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Finally, SLOWLY pour in your blue drink.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Careful not to move it around too much before serving it to your guests, otherwise it'll mix.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This one took us a couple practices to get the proportions down so don't be discouraged if your first one goes awry.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Kids will love them, and adults will too! The best part is that you can tailor the colors to whatever you're doing: Christmas, a birthday party, the possibilities are endless really... </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Happy Memorial Day weekend (coming up)! And thanks to any of you who have served or are currently serving. We're thankful for you!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">How are you guys planning to celebrate Memorial Day this year?</span></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15212073062557881444noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2543000507749291777.post-10739707866406201752012-05-17T19:31:00.000-07:002012-05-17T19:31:16.471-07:00Dyed Coconut "Feather" Cups<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A couple of weekends ago, Kirstin threw the world's best <a href="http://kojo-designs.com/2012/05/an-angry-birds-birthday-party-for-burke/" target="_blank">Angry Birds Birthday Party</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Seriously, everything was made into an angry bird </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">(though, I've come to realize that most anything, given eyes, furrowed brows, and a beak can become and angry bird), but she did such a great job with it!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoz3eWVE5nXUfisN6HXurqn1JniPvFPVigXVRpzHgmueNNI5lhA90pa3hJn16fjFvvHa3cLhyphenhyphenquTSQIWmoSJLHmgisifiQooLFu-fxcZ-E3j_TV6ch6to1r24Uhjl9VW1US-TUPDnPjvE/s1600/IMG_1730.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoz3eWVE5nXUfisN6HXurqn1JniPvFPVigXVRpzHgmueNNI5lhA90pa3hJn16fjFvvHa3cLhyphenhyphenquTSQIWmoSJLHmgisifiQooLFu-fxcZ-E3j_TV6ch6to1r24Uhjl9VW1US-TUPDnPjvE/s640/IMG_1730.JPG" width="426" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Here's the birthday boy making his angriest bird face...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">When I asked to help, she gave me the drink table. I guess I should say this lightly, since she already had several ideas she wanted to do, so I just added to it, and helped execute.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">My biggest contribution: "Feathered" cups for the O<strike>range Juice </strike> "Bird Nectar.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Here's how to do it:</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">First, we wanted the feathers to be different colors, since actual Angry Birds aren't just white. So pour some shredded coconut into a baggie.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Next add a couple drops of food coloring (you really don't need much, I just did two or three drops)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Do this for all the different colors you need.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Next, pour each color coconut onto a plate, one for each color. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Then scoop out a bit of icing. <span style="font-size: x-small;">Try to put in about the diameter of your cups</span>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Dab the rim of your plastic cup into the icing, coating the whole thing.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Next, dab the now iced rim of the cup into the color coconut you wish. Coat completely.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Repeat this enough times so each guest has a rimmed cup and set them up on display before everyone arrives!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Cute, right? Who knew you could dye coconut? It's perfect for a bird themed party, or a bachelorette party, or any party where you want to add some coconut. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Seriously, the combo of orange juice with vanilla and coconut was just delicious. I might start rimming my juice glass every morning... would that be ridiculous? </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Can you think of another use for coconut rimmed glasses? </span></div></div><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The only thing surprising about </span><a href="http://www.food.com/recipe/4-points-diet-soda-cake-130793" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">this recipe for diet coke cupcakes</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> is that we haven't tried it sooner- diet coke cupcakes? Are you kidding me?</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Even better, you can use any kind of diet soda and any kind of boxed cake mix, so the possibilities are endless.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We made Red Velvet ones with Cream Cheese Frosting....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">And because it's a Weight Watchers recipe, they're practically guilt-free!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">(we took them to <a href="http://sipsetc.blogspot.com/2012/04/happy-birthday-adam-l.html" target="_blank">Adam L's birthday</a> party, because we thought they'd be the perfect counter-part to the <a href="http://www.sipsetc.blogspot.com/2012/05/pabst-blue-ribbon-beer-cupcake.html" target="_blank">Pabst Blue Ribbon cupcakes</a>)</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://eighteen25.blogspot.com/2012/05/mothers-day-print.html"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-4776" height="800" src="http://kojo-designs.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/16x20motherprintpink-819x1024.jpg" title="mother's day print" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Happy Mother's Day, friends</strong> (<a href="http://eighteen25.blogspot.com/2012/05/mothers-day-print.html">printable courtesy of the lovely ladies at 1825</a>)!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I thought it might be fun to interview Burke for Mother's Day- I spend more hours with Burke and Piper Jane than anyone else, so I thought he'd have some good "Kirstin inside track" for you. Here are his (funny!) answers-</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Q- Burke, who is mama's best friend?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">A- <em>(points to himself) ME!</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Q- What does daddy do for his job?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>A- Works on people's teeth.</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Q- What does mama do for her job?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>A- Goes to the zoo. And makes lots of PB&Js for us. And goes to the museum.</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Q- What do you want to be when you grow up?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>A- A conductor. (Me- of music? Or of trains? Burke- Trains of course.)</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Q- What should I be when I grow up?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>A- A secret service agent. Or a ballerina.</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Me- I think I've already missed the boat on both of those, buddy.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>Burke- That's ok. Maybe Piper Jane can try one of them.</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Q- What's your favorite thing about daddy?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>A- Sometimes he lets me play on his iPhone. Or iPod. Or iPad.</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Q- What's your favorite things about mama?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>A- When you give me tickle kisses- they really tickle, you know.</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Q- What does your best day look like?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>A- Hmmm.... like a day when I can choose whatever I want? Well, we'd wake up and eat Cheerios. Then we'd go to the zoo. For lunch we'd have PB&J. And then we'd play in the backyard- no naps! And for dinner we'd have Chicken Fil A (aka Chick Fil A).</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Q- What does mama's best day look like?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>A- I already told you- Cheerios, zoo, PB&J. Weren't you listening?</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://kojo-designs.com/2012/05/happy-mothers-day-the-inside-track-on-kirstin-according-to-burke/img_0720/" rel="attachment wp-att-4779"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4779" height="427" src="http://kojo-designs.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/IMG_0720.jpg" title="mother's day 2012" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Have I mentioned lately that Burke sure does make me laugh? I DO have some big non-PB&J-related dreams for today- a nap and the Med Salad from Noodles & Co. We'll see if either of those comes true.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">If you have a chance to ask your Smoochies a couple of these questions today, I'd love to hear their responses! Happy Mother's Day friends (whether you're a mama or not)!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We thought the perfect way to celebrate Aj's birthday was by making him Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer Cupcakes with Beer Frosting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I used this </span><a href="http://allrecipes.com/recipe/beer-cake-i/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">beer cake recipe</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">-</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Before frosting, I poked each cupcake several times with a fork and basted a little more beer on the top of the cupcake with a basting brush (saw that tip here).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">And then for the frosting, I used </span><a href="http://www.yummly.com/recipe/Beer-and-Sauerkraut-Fudge-Cupcakes_-Beer-Frosting-Food-Network-214134" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">this beer frosting recipe at Yummly</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">Remember my cousin Bethany I told you about <a href="http://sipsetc.blogspot.com/2012/02/reader-feature-recap-and-green-smoothie.html" target="_blank">before</a>? Well she has 2 younger sisters, Julie and Courtney, who are just as awesome as she is:</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"> Well anyway...a couple weeks ago, Julie and her mom, my Aunt Derry, threw Bethany the most fabulous bridal shower. </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">The theme: An Afternoon in Paris.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Doesn't it sound <i>divine</i>?</span> </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Well... let me tell you we were so flattered to hear thatone of the features of this party was our <a href="http://sipsetc.blogspot.com/2011/11/h2o-bar.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">H2O bar</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> from our <a href="http://sipsetc.blogspot.com/2011/11/recommended-by-you-bar-at-our-sips.html" target="_blank">Sips Launch Party</a>!</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">And thanks SO much for sharing!</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15212073062557881444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2543000507749291777.post-35301037708193273402012-05-02T21:43:00.000-07:002012-05-02T21:43:50.556-07:00Cinco de Mayo or Cinco de Mango? Part 2 Mango Salsa<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2xOaFXSJKTMuuTPePXkihQOyYKZK4FGQv_p39L2OwSRuEVv7mduckLflTu2fYeMpesyUQPHFe4C8O0BfuUEOBfSMBzsQvCmLuzZopAvqOR7OTWWjOdT1dFbV4FCoqZFFP5COTvvmTa4E/s1600/P1210381-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" mea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2xOaFXSJKTMuuTPePXkihQOyYKZK4FGQv_p39L2OwSRuEVv7mduckLflTu2fYeMpesyUQPHFe4C8O0BfuUEOBfSMBzsQvCmLuzZopAvqOR7OTWWjOdT1dFbV4FCoqZFFP5COTvvmTa4E/s1600/P1210381-001.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ok it's time for part 2 of Cinco de <strike>Mango </strike> Mayo: Mango Salsa...yum-um.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(We used the receipe from <a href="http://allrecipes.com/recipe/mango-salsa/" target="_blank">here</a>, minus the cilantro, plus some garlic salt)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong>Here's what you need:</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;">1 mango - peeled, seeded and chopped</div><div style="text-align: center;">1/4 c finely chopped red bell pepper</div><div style="text-align: center;">1 green onion, chopped</div><div style="text-align: center;">2 T chopped cilantro</div><div style="text-align: center;">1 fresh jalapeno chile pepper, finely chopped</div><div style="text-align: center;">2 T lime juice</div><div style="text-align: center;">1 T lemon juice</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Mix them together in the bowl</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sprinkle the garlic salt on top</div><div style="text-align: center;">Let sit for a bit to get the flavors to blend together.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's delish! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Pair it with yesterday's <a href="http://www.sipsetc.blogspot.com/2012/05/cinco-de-mayo-or-cinco-de-mango-part-1.html" target="_blank">Mango Margarita</a>,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and you'll have quite the little spread for your Cinco de Mayo party!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://s1209.photobucket.com/albums/cc399/sipsetc/?action=view&current=sipssignaturetrish.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i1209.photobucket.com/albums/cc399/sipsetc/sipssignaturetrish.jpg" /></a></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15212073062557881444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2543000507749291777.post-20878530812829418442012-05-01T20:32:00.000-07:002012-05-01T20:32:02.425-07:00Cinco de Mayo or Cinco de Mango? Part 1-Mango Margaritas<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on">I can't believe it's already May. May! Sheesh, April flew by.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on">But one of my favorite things about May being here (<a href="http://www.sipsetc.blogspot.com/2012/04/happy-birthday-adam-l.html" target="_blank">aside from getting to celebrate my fabulous husband</a>) is Cinco de Mayo. Now, I don't have any Mexican heritage, BUT I do love mexican food, margaritas, and really...any reason to celebrate!</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><br />
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</div><div dir="ltr" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;" trbidi="on">This year, I celebrated a bit early with a little fiesta of Mango Margaritas and Mango Salsa.</div><div dir="ltr" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;" trbidi="on">(I highly suggest that you do the same)</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><br />
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</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on">Today we're just going to share the Mango Margarita recipe, then tomorrow... the MANGO SALSA!</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><br />
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</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on">The recipe we used was adapted from <a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ellie-krieger/frozen-mango-margarita-recipe/index.html" target="_blank">here</a>, except we made a virgin one.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on">(For the real deal, you can follow it exactly, but I would add ice instead of ice water so it's frozen.)</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><b>Here's what you'll need:</b></div><div dir="ltr" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;" trbidi="on">1 mango</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on">1/4 c fresh lime juice</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on">1/4 c orange juice</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on">10-12 ice cubes</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on">orange zest</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on">salt</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><b>Here's how to do it:</b></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on">1. Dice up your mango.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on">2. Add all the ingredients into your blender</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on">3. Blend</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><br />
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</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on">4. Taste test :)</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on">5. Prepare for rimming with a bowl of lime juice and a plate with coarse salt and a touch of orange zest.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: x-small;">5a. dip the rim of your glass in the lime juice</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: x-small;">5b. then dip the rim into the salt and twist around until it's coated.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><br />
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</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on">6. Serve to your favorite senors and senoritas along side some delicious mango salsa and get your fiesta on!</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><br />
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</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on">Not feeling the Mango? Try these<a href="http://sipsetc.blogspot.com/2011/10/beer-garitas-with-chili-lime-rimming.html" target="_blank"> Beer-garitas</a> with <a href="http://sipsetc.blogspot.com/2011/10/beer-garitas-with-chili-lime-rimming_18.html" target="_blank">Chili-lime rimming salt</a>, they'd be another perfect addition to your Cinco de Mayo Extravaganza.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><br />
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</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on">Come back tomorrow for part 2--Mango Salsa!</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><br />
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</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://s1209.photobucket.com/albums/cc399/sipsetc/?action=view&current=sipssignaturetrish.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i1209.photobucket.com/albums/cc399/sipsetc/sipssignaturetrish.jpg" /></a></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15212073062557881444noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2543000507749291777.post-39648245523943428562012-04-29T21:17:00.000-07:002012-04-29T21:17:37.857-07:00Happy Birthday Adam L.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Tomorrow is my sweet husband's birthday. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I thought it'd be the perfect chance show you a little bit more about him and why I love him so much:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">1. He's goofy:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAZ6skijADwU3FQvJNQNJs_dNtmCDyuzSQSrvFK703p0_Lr_Q0y0Uo8HHKKdv-Cz_L9PO4C2MJ57A2Gi01D1bw0wHIhwM6WuFGy7AvCLtuNSyBBAwVOF8gf9Qy9sw51jcEyHVPkmPWiWA/s1600/216125_10150159746857595_560702594_7172931_2867404_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><img border="0" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAZ6skijADwU3FQvJNQNJs_dNtmCDyuzSQSrvFK703p0_Lr_Q0y0Uo8HHKKdv-Cz_L9PO4C2MJ57A2Gi01D1bw0wHIhwM6WuFGy7AvCLtuNSyBBAwVOF8gf9Qy9sw51jcEyHVPkmPWiWA/s1600/216125_10150159746857595_560702594_7172931_2867404_n.jpg" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">(he's the one in the pink, and yes this is his prom photo)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqFe5Ul6KRXydk9oGUtI7Wn1vw7C6bZ1LIgMMTXy_SdyXqR0FGIOzl0oNXt8UGRK2wKzClQHFh3LzW9PFY8O6nbDfgMwtG-euy7x1nhWj4tdr7E5tG2Mt0G5OS1srx__RNGUOr10vdJGs/s1600/2354_515487272902_69100943_31093236_4019558_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><img border="0" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqFe5Ul6KRXydk9oGUtI7Wn1vw7C6bZ1LIgMMTXy_SdyXqR0FGIOzl0oNXt8UGRK2wKzClQHFh3LzW9PFY8O6nbDfgMwtG-euy7x1nhWj4tdr7E5tG2Mt0G5OS1srx__RNGUOr10vdJGs/s1600/2354_515487272902_69100943_31093236_4019558_n.jpg" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">(yes this is his real hair, and yes it was only for a couple weeks-yikes!, and YES this is before we were dating, ha).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">2. He's a great athlete (one of those ones who's good at everything):</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">3. He's loves to dance:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">4. He's an awesome friend:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">5. He's a great uncle, brother, son, grandson, and in-law:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">6. He's such a blessing to me:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjixY8dvt1RzXh7ufVmEwF3EyYwizHf2yY2839B7Q6dHu2hWpzsqGyIBM2kkp_WVTPssuhfonW2vocw1v_JM3kLO2m9NjWMa6mcnxBsTez5FtDTgIh21FE6JfpJ597U7uCO-X0c6iUk8J4/s1600/181_505930774202_69100766_30674046_3254_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><img border="0" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjixY8dvt1RzXh7ufVmEwF3EyYwizHf2yY2839B7Q6dHu2hWpzsqGyIBM2kkp_WVTPssuhfonW2vocw1v_JM3kLO2m9NjWMa6mcnxBsTez5FtDTgIh21FE6JfpJ597U7uCO-X0c6iUk8J4/s1600/181_505930774202_69100766_30674046_3254_n.jpg" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Happy Birthday Adam, I'm so thankful for you!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">PS. Here's a little teaser: We had a little surprise party to celebrate him this weekend...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHItqlGbSo7WEieQFaIAj_dJ_0KV1_xWcMzMREj2UILadd6rL_k7ikNBAI6MeVrfALPaoMjbDlCeZnejArHzdiyTEKi35R4WAfdQ90xSBfhHz9Bl1B4hnZFjKw1JepIp2A2ZICUm5iuTc/s1600/IMG_1457.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHItqlGbSo7WEieQFaIAj_dJ_0KV1_xWcMzMREj2UILadd6rL_k7ikNBAI6MeVrfALPaoMjbDlCeZnejArHzdiyTEKi35R4WAfdQ90xSBfhHz9Bl1B4hnZFjKw1JepIp2A2ZICUm5iuTc/s640/IMG_1457.JPG" width="426" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">... and we made Beer Cupcakes!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">More photos and a recipe to come soon!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15212073062557881444noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2543000507749291777.post-18480297439229482552012-04-24T21:12:00.002-07:002012-04-24T21:28:01.196-07:00Madras Slushes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" dir="ltr" style="clear: both; text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiId2QI3KO1iG8GUroAF2U9xXsaRfoIvzm4YbZ2llP8bxVW1nJlpgaS_KW9k1KWSZOuxZCide7QGuzJY3A1KmW2GGFG6rIzVmZse_MRJpxYF_qLUu65l6MRCpRI_GPD4h3DOnK8J_K0Do/s1600/P1210414+-+Copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiId2QI3KO1iG8GUroAF2U9xXsaRfoIvzm4YbZ2llP8bxVW1nJlpgaS_KW9k1KWSZOuxZCide7QGuzJY3A1KmW2GGFG6rIzVmZse_MRJpxYF_qLUu65l6MRCpRI_GPD4h3DOnK8J_K0Do/s1600/P1210414+-+Copy.JPG" /></a></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Is it me or does everything taste better in slush form? </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Remember our <a href="http://sipsetc.blogspot.com/2011/12/best-christmas-drink-ever-part-1.html" target="_blank">Brandy Slush</a> post? I mean really, who knew Brandy could taste <em>so good</em>?</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">For whatever reason, at the first sign of warm weather, my instinct is to go get a slushy. <span style="font-size: x-small;">Ask Adam, it's true.</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I'm not entirely sure why, but I think it has something to do with my childhood "Slurpee after soccer practice" routine. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Perhaps that, paired with the fact that it was rarely warm outside where we went to college, (<span style="font-size: x-small;">Grove City College--go Wolverines!)</span> and so when it was, we'd treat ourselves with slushies from Sheetz.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Whatever the reason, I crave slushy things when it's hot outside.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">A couple weekends ago, I ventured off from my normal recipes and tried making a Madras. In the process I thought to myself "why not get crazy and make it a slushy Madras?" So that's what I did.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><br />
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</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">For those who don't know, a </span><a href="http://cocktails.about.com/od/atozcocktailrecipes/r/mdrs_cktl.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Madras</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> is easily confused with <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">its vodka-cranberry cousins like the </span></span></span><a href="http://cocktails.about.com/od/atozcocktailrecipes/r/cape_cod_cktl.htm" style="background-color: white; cursor: pointer; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Cape Codder</span></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;">(vodka-cranberry), </span><a href="http://cocktails.about.com/od/s/r/sea_brz_cktl.htm" style="background-color: white; cursor: pointer; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sea Breeze</span></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;"> (vodka-cranberry-grapefruit) and </span><a href="http://cocktails.about.com/od/vodkadrinkrecipes/r/bay_breeze.htm" style="background-color: white; cursor: pointer; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Bay Breeze</span></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;"> (vodka-cranberry-pineapple). It obviously has the vodka-cranberry components, but adds in a bit of orange juice into the mix.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Want to make one too?</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"></div><div class="ingredient" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">1 1/2 oz vodka</span></div><div class="ingredient" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">3 oz cranberry juice</span></div><div class="ingredient" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">1 oz orange juice</span></div><div class="ingredient" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">10-12 ice cubes </span></div><div class="ingredient" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">(<em>though I would have probably added more ice so it was a bit slushier</em>)</span></div><div class="ingredient" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">a clementine for garnish</span></div><div class="ingredient" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="ingredient" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Here's how to do it:</span></strong></div><div class="ingredient" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"></div><div class="ingredient" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">combine all ingredients into the blender</span></div><div class="ingredient" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">blend until smooth</span></div><div class="ingredient" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj46NNtWVlpAMgL8Mx2R7zgqz8Sh3So4lkEVlgTTkWlAYKlNPR1JY0giTUZndGdq116DqaLyLxLmbVa6pPQoUWHaTWLoaE5HBemsZla_1Le153hqPZyKSlXOZeyUEH5a5HTAu6wiSYwHJ4/s1600/P1210407.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj46NNtWVlpAMgL8Mx2R7zgqz8Sh3So4lkEVlgTTkWlAYKlNPR1JY0giTUZndGdq116DqaLyLxLmbVa6pPQoUWHaTWLoaE5HBemsZla_1Le153hqPZyKSlXOZeyUEH5a5HTAu6wiSYwHJ4/s400/P1210407.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"></div></div><div class="separator" dir="ltr" style="clear: both; text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I have been known to spoil him a bit...</div><div style="text-align: center;">For instance, for his first birthday I wanted to throw a "hot dog" party, but Adam said it was too much.</div><div style="text-align: center;">So instead, I just got some birthday hats for the three of us, and sang to him, solo. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">So see, I can admit, I'm quite deserving of my reputation.</div><div style="text-align: center;">But despite people making fun, it hasn't really stopped me.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">However, this last weekend I got a picture text from a good friend of mine of her dog's first birthday cake <br />
(in the shape of a bone, mind you), <br />
I realized I might not be the only one of these crazies out there...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">So, this post is for you other dog owners, who love your dogs a little extra.<br />
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I'm going to share a little secret a pet store worker gave me one time: </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: large;">How to make "Doggie Ice Cream".</span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's not really a recipe, just pumpkin filling in an ice cube tray!<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">And if your dog's lucky like Stetson, it'll be in the shape of a heart</span>. <br />
(The pumpkin filling is the same kind you'd use in pie or bread, but make sure it has no sugar)<br />
It's great because pumpkin is good for dogs and has been known to help with digestion.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">freeze it...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and serve it to your favorite pooch...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They'll love it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's the perfect hot summer day doggie treat!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Especially when you're dog is more of a winter weather kind of guy.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Be careful though, they'll try to sneak them when you're not looking...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...and will keep trying even after you've moved them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div align="center">Doggie Ice Cream: cheap, healthy, and Stetson approved. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">But these tropical delights will always remind me of a good trip to the mall--orange cream is the scent of hard work and plastic shopping bags in my opinion (anyone else with me on this?).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> I mean really, where else do you get Orange Julius besides at the mall?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So, being able to have these treats whenever we want? that really IS exciting, and I AM glad I can make them at home. And what's better, they're not nearly as difficult as I was anticipating!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I saw the recipe here <a href="http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/Orange-Julius" target="_blank">first</a>, and adapted it to make a bit more convenient for myself, as always.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So if you want to bring a little Orange Julius love to your home too, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I'll show you what I did so you can do it too! :</span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Here's what you need:</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Have you tried making them at home before? </span><br />
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We've had such a warm spring here in Denver. <br />
This might not appeal to some, but to Kirst and I, it's been <em>quite </em>a treat. <br />
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But last week was a bit of a reality check that it's still only spring, not summer <br />
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And so in effort to encourage the sun to come back out again this week, we thought we should post something that we made back a couple weeks ago, when it was in the 80's (yes, 80s!): </div>
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Have you ever made this before?</div>
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We <em>suspected</em> that it might be the world's easiest drink to make, </div>
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">So believe it or not my sweet husband volunteered to do it. </div><div style="text-align: center;">And to be fair, he's <strong><em>way</em></strong> better at it than me anyway. </div><div style="text-align: center;">With him, picture taking shouldn't be taken lightly...a few shots just won't do.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> (Where as my impatient self was willing to settle for one or two pics with no problem).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">So now with most of our posts (not all, I still do some pictures if he's not around, and Kirst does some too) he's the man behind the camera: on the floor, climbing on tables and dragging things outside. </div><div style="text-align: center;">And I'm his (still somewhat impatient) assistant holding backdrops and watching for shadows.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><enter ikea="">You might remember the <a href="http://www.sipsetc.blogspot.com/2012/02/drink-bloggers-valentine-heart-shaped.html">fun juice ice cubes we made for valentine's day</a>? </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 100%;">Well on that same shopping trip, we found another<a href="http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/60146194/"> ice cube tray</a> (the heart tray pictured too!) </enter></span><span style="font-size: 100%;"></span><span style="font-size: 100%;">that is specialized just for people like me---fits right inside the bottle--no shoving and messes necessary. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I decided to be a little creative and throw a little fresh lime juice in the mix,</div><div style="text-align: center;">you know, for a "water with lime" on the go. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Just fill the try with the juice of one lime (that's all you really need) spacing it out as evenly as possible. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Fill the rest with water.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">CAREFULLY transfer the tray from the sink to the freezer </div><div style="text-align: center;">(the tray is silicone, so might move around and spill water if you're not careful.)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Fill.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Go. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's simple and it's brilliant. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">What do you think? </div><div style="text-align: center;">Would you use this ice tray?</div><div style="text-align: center;"> What else could you freeze into your new ice trays? </div><div style="text-align: center;">What else can you use the skinny cubes for?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Today's post is a recipe. But not for a drink. I did use whipped cream vodka in the making of the recipe, though, so I figured it still counts. Plus, it is yu-ummy. Like bananas foster in a bread. Yummy.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It all started when I ran out of sour cream. My go-to banana bread recipe has sour cream in it. And I didn't really want to run to the store. So I searched my favorite food blogs- smitten kitchen and <a href="http://www.howsweeteats.com/" target="_blank">how sweet it is</a>. This <a href="http://www.howsweeteats.com/2011/12/triple-fudge-banana-bread/" target="_blank">triple fudge banana bread</a> looked lovely, but I am also out of chocolate chips (who doesn't have chocolate chips on hand? Seriously.). I settled on this <a href="http://smittenkitchen.com/2006/11/speckled-for-the-freckled/" target="_blank">jacked-up banana bread recipe.</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Since the theme of the post is "But-I-Didn't-Have-Any," of course, I mixed up the bananas, butter, egg, sugar, and vanilla and found that we don't have any bourbon. Are you kidding me? But sitting in the liquor cabinet, right where the bourbon should've been was Pinacle Whipped Cream Vodka. Since I was already committed to the banana bread at this point, why not, right?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And, the result? Sheer loveliness. Foster-y, banana-y glory.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Oh, and here's the recipe (but, like I said, it's <a href="http://smittenkitchen.com/2006/11/speckled-for-the-freckled/" target="_blank">adapted from the recipe at Smitten Kitchen</a>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">4 overripe bananas, mashed</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">1/3 cup melted butter</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">3/4 cup brown sugar</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">1 egg, beaten</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">1 t vanilla</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">1 T whipped cream vodka</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">1 t baking soda</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">pinch salt</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">1 t cinnamon</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">pinch nutmeg</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">1 1/2 cups flour </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Mash the bananas, pour the butter over them. Add the brown sugar, egg, vanilla and vodka. Mix well. Add the baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg and mix well. Add the flour. Mix. Add batter to a greased bread pan. Bake at 350 for 50 minutes.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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<a href="http://www.sipsetc.blogspot.com/2012/03/mocha-cupcakes-made-with-starbucks-via.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Our Mocha Cupcakes made with Via </span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> post from Wednesday made it on their site! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Go see if you can find it! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">And hang around, ya know, "gawking" at some of their other great stuff over there.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">If you can't tell, we're pretty excited about it :)</span></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15212073062557881444noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2543000507749291777.post-80259052079033024042012-03-27T16:53:00.000-07:002012-03-27T16:53:01.474-07:00Mocha Cupcakes made with Starbucks Via<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3EtuGQRDjrIxwYcsKjcA60LeFFDkEszsHXuV6SmKZEJHMmEojujHvaCXof6E9PEb91Cog6eglvg4M_ODgonTo8zAdGOlxb0reB-eoY_OkDx4QA-zNpkNXI6XTQj0BIM-vWjjmG8ImpnI/s1600/IMG_0252.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3EtuGQRDjrIxwYcsKjcA60LeFFDkEszsHXuV6SmKZEJHMmEojujHvaCXof6E9PEb91Cog6eglvg4M_ODgonTo8zAdGOlxb0reB-eoY_OkDx4QA-zNpkNXI6XTQj0BIM-vWjjmG8ImpnI/s640/IMG_0252.JPG" width="638" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I wish I could claim this genius idea as my own, but I cannot. Jordan (<a href="http://www.sipsetc.blogspot.com/2011/10/beer-garitas-with-chili-lime-rimming_18.html" target="_blank">our sister/sister-in-law</a>), added Starbucks VIA to her cupcake batter and icing a couple of years ago to make the <a href="http://kojo-designs.com/2010/05/if-we-had-a-cupcake-competition/" target="_blank">Best. Mocha. Cupcakes on earth. </a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFwt_T-pCmlqFYXb4wDR7NsvHxxvP4aURUXPPM58IfvMKjF43psEpKpZQEETsSPEj6WZGuMUk0xHdtXzebYecXa_i4a7t9V2PFWNPhAlqxPgqjsxZhjW9X4vuKWp3aQatr418BLRkYYNA/s1600/IMG_0253.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFwt_T-pCmlqFYXb4wDR7NsvHxxvP4aURUXPPM58IfvMKjF43psEpKpZQEETsSPEj6WZGuMUk0xHdtXzebYecXa_i4a7t9V2PFWNPhAlqxPgqjsxZhjW9X4vuKWp3aQatr418BLRkYYNA/s640/IMG_0253.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And even though it's not my idea, I will sleep better at night once I pass this tip along. Because if you like coffee and chocolate (and cupcakes), you haven't really lived until you've tried one of these.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The whole <a href="http://kojo-designs.com/2010/05/if-we-had-a-cupcake-competition/" target="_blank">mocha cupcake recipe is here</a>, but the jist is that you add three packets of VIA to the cupcake batter and two packets of VIA to the frosting. You could use homemade frosting, but the Betty Crocker Buttercream is great in a pinch.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNOXRMadZzj88qPI-DgFRKGZ7_Hq6ONno79UrpmS98rAMdN8DSPr8d_0rccLNIxZVQAbiOkFr8OLeVrw-ZmeNJLCWl6Ag1T3jjNi0ICcjuuQ9a8i0_0fRFnOJq9WQ1RKzc2dVQYjUyLFc/s1600/IMG_0260.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNOXRMadZzj88qPI-DgFRKGZ7_Hq6ONno79UrpmS98rAMdN8DSPr8d_0rccLNIxZVQAbiOkFr8OLeVrw-ZmeNJLCWl6Ag1T3jjNi0ICcjuuQ9a8i0_0fRFnOJq9WQ1RKzc2dVQYjUyLFc/s640/IMG_0260.JPG" width="638" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And then, you should probably pack up a platter or two and take them to various coffee-loving friends. If not, you might look at the plate a couple hours later and realize that you've eaten eight cupcakes. Not that that's happened around here or anything.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMX4YQzWtfTcr462QfZ2VsyBfqyGGoSsaAYLLQQJglU93K8mNrPzHhrRaUBchXPujIm49uxX1CxNHGqg1tUuq4eWx09HjG7kJgB9r-Sd_VOh1HSDjOswxNe42455UZq8v6L9jtU_c9I1w/s1600/IMG_0185.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMX4YQzWtfTcr462QfZ2VsyBfqyGGoSsaAYLLQQJglU93K8mNrPzHhrRaUBchXPujIm49uxX1CxNHGqg1tUuq4eWx09HjG7kJgB9r-Sd_VOh1HSDjOswxNe42455UZq8v6L9jtU_c9I1w/s640/IMG_0185.JPG" width="636" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>ps- We served these at the Denver Blogger Meetup and they were quite the hit!</i></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://s1209.photobucket.com/albums/cc399/sipsetc/?action=view&current=sipssignaturekirst.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i1209.photobucket.com/albums/cc399/sipsetc/sipssignaturekirst.jpg" /></a></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15212073062557881444noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2543000507749291777.post-71301532242044043722012-03-26T08:25:00.000-07:002012-03-26T08:25:04.482-07:00MMM...March Mimosa Mondays-Mimosa Round-up<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU_AT9ol9LuFID-dbeaQXn43ezHeb6-16SUuV3JElSuUEDN-IjtseNWG5FTVEUG1uUzwvudY7YXOOsFAphKez_beJDgQIUfB28o3nI2B6sgyUnjbwA6eCB7U0Qba5gC13_KOcOh3Pmn5c/s1600/Sips8-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img aea="true" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU_AT9ol9LuFID-dbeaQXn43ezHeb6-16SUuV3JElSuUEDN-IjtseNWG5FTVEUG1uUzwvudY7YXOOsFAphKez_beJDgQIUfB28o3nI2B6sgyUnjbwA6eCB7U0Qba5gC13_KOcOh3Pmn5c/s640/Sips8-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Today's the last Monday in March, which means it's the last Monday dedicated to Mimosas (for now). And so, in honor of this, we thought we'd gather up some of our favorite Mimosas from around the internet. <br />
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<a href="http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/honeydew-mimosas-10000000389743/" target="_blank">Honeydew Mimosas</a><br />
<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/27/blood-orange-pomegranate-_n_1062309.html" target="_blank">Blood Orange Pomegranate Mimosas</a><br />
<a href="http://www.realsimple.com/food-recipes/browse-all-recipes/pear-mimosas-10000000524076/index.html" target="_blank">Pear Mimosas</a><br />
<a href="http://www.watermelon.org/Recipes/Watermelon-Mimosa-189.aspx" target="_blank">Watermelon Mimosas</a><br />
<a href="http://becauseimaddicted.net/2011/09/recipe-mimosa-popsicles.html" target="_blank">Mimosa Popsicles</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theardentepicure.com/2012/03/happy-birthday-to-ardent-epicure-with.html" target="_blank">Clementine Ginger Mimosas</a><br />
<a href="http://www.delish.com/recipefinder/mimosa-granita-recipe-mr0112?click=recipe_sr" target="_blank">Mimosa Granitas</a><br />
<a href="http://sipsetc.blogspot.com/2011/12/champagne-week-day-1-merry-mimosas.html" target="_blank">Merry Mimosas</a><br />
<a href="http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/mimosa-cupcakes/48ad66d9-6cd1-46cf-8de9-1bfb5bf23957" target="_blank">Mimosa Cupcakes </a><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">We loved doing MMM...March Mimosa Mondays. Did you enjoy it? Try any? We're <em>dying</em> to know. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">In fact, if you did, or if you created your own version email us at </span><a href="mailto:sipsetc@gmail.com"><span style="font-size: x-small;">sipsetc@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;">. We'd love to have you be our next </span><a href="http://sipsetc.blogspot.com/2012/02/reader-feature-recap-and-green-smoothie.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Reader Feature</span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;">!</span></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15212073062557881444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2543000507749291777.post-147389844299285612012-03-22T21:30:00.001-07:002012-03-22T21:33:33.613-07:00TheAdams: Coors Brewery Tour<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;">So I've been on quite a few brewery tours. I pretty much make it a point to visit the local brewery for any place I visit. So I figured I knew what I was in for when we decided to tour the Coors Brewery in Golden while Trish's brother and sister-in-law <a href="http://www.sipsetc.blogspot.com/2012/03/vacations-and-stay-cations.html" target="_blank">visited us</a> last weekend. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I was wrong. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">This place was massive. (the largest single location brewery in the world to be precise) I was in amazement as we walked through our audio assisted, tour-guideless, tour. There was staff throughout, in case you had questions, which I did. You would be amazed at how many different brands of beer are actually brewed by coors. (I didn't know that they brewed the Blue Moon beers) The only thing we missed out on was the bottling. It was down for maintainence.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Now the best part. So most brewery's let you sample a little of their beer after you've been through the tour. Not Coors. They give you three full beers. Yeah, THREE. Can you hear singing? Wait, there's more.... they don't even require you to go on the tour to get the beer. You can just go to Coors brewery and get three free beers. I know this might not be worth it for some, but we're on a student budget and this opens up worlds for me. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Now, I do love microbrews and their tours, but if you're ever here in Denver I would highly recommend checking out the Coors tour. It's a nice change of pace in the world of brewery tours. </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://s1209.photobucket.com/albums/cc399/sipsetc/?action=view&current=sipssignaturetheadams.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i1209.photobucket.com/albums/cc399/sipsetc/sipssignaturetheadams.jpg" /></a></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15212073062557881444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2543000507749291777.post-65060254131653912322012-03-20T16:06:00.001-07:002012-03-20T20:30:45.204-07:00Blueberry Spiked Lemonade<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><img aea="true" border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI0eceWeYZ1fUnE4lQVjWR7qY2NgtjYYiXiD1yWAJAf_-23BnKoZRHh2JmBTbnxh04R8NVWD6e8hkyLjsJmSP8j7iyAqY_hEKhSeKRPtecKaDwQQKCDIqWyeAh6bkg35fBe-H2UlfbsoY/s640/IMG_0238.JPG" width="640" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Like I mentioned </span><a href="http://www.sipsetc.blogspot.com/2012/03/flavored-italian-sodas.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">last week</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">, it's been gorgeous around Denver lately. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Gor-geous!</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It's amazing how much nice weather perks you up, isn't it? </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">And everyone else seems in a cheery mood too.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So why not cheers to the extra cheeriness with this Spiked Blueberry Lemonade</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">(or even with just regular blueberry lemonade) </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">To make a single serving:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Take a handful of blueberries and muddle them in the bottom of a glass.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">(<span style="font-size: x-small;">Ideally you can use a muddler, but we just used a spoon to mash them and it worked just fine</span><span style="font-size: small;">)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Then take 1 1/2 c of cold water,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> 1T (or more depending on your taste) of lemon juice, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">and 3T of sugar</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">and a shot of vodka</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">and combine it with the muddled blueberries.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Then shake it up until the sugar is dissolved.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">You my want to strain out the blueberry seeds and skin, but we left them, and it was great!</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://s1209.photobucket.com/albums/cc399/sipsetc/?action=view&current=sipssignaturetrish.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i1209.photobucket.com/albums/cc399/sipsetc/sipssignaturetrish.jpg" /></a></div></div>Triciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17985655219309637441noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2543000507749291777.post-2716098085495380082012-03-19T07:00:00.000-07:002012-03-18T22:10:54.291-07:00"MMM... March Mimosa Mondays" - Strawberry Rhubarb Mimosa<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIJbJ5tcs243LGUsXkcKcITsG71-taDiLFA8dU_2JXSkfjXvIH1pTBfNOHB5KvwV7uBEaYejmDWgftFO5aAkCTLOFAzGtFfEA1RiKRxzda1u4Hr1O1pzH8vSR7xddX8E88yJPoN8oVd3E/s1600/IMG_9838.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIJbJ5tcs243LGUsXkcKcITsG71-taDiLFA8dU_2JXSkfjXvIH1pTBfNOHB5KvwV7uBEaYejmDWgftFO5aAkCTLOFAzGtFfEA1RiKRxzda1u4Hr1O1pzH8vSR7xddX8E88yJPoN8oVd3E/s640/IMG_9838.JPG" width="426" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I think strawberry and rhubarb is the quintessential combination. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Add in champagne (or sparkling cider) and you have some serious Mimosa Goodness.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">To make one yourself-</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Combine 1 cup cut rhubarb and 1 cup sliced strawberries.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Add in 2 cups of water, 1/3 cups of sugar and bring to boil. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Pour through strainer. Set strawberry rhubarb simple syrup aside to cool.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Throw rhubarb away. Combine cooked strawberries with 2 cups of white grape juice (or apple juice) and strawberry rhubarb syrup in a food processor. Blend well.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Strain out strawberry seeds, store strawberry rhubarb juice.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Add equal parts strawberry rhubarb juice and champagne </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">for a seriously fabulous Ruby June Mimosa. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Try this (and take pictures and email us for a "reader feature"). </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">You won't regret it. We promise.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://s1209.photobucket.com/albums/cc399/sipsetc/?action=view&current=sipssignaturekirst.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i1209.photobucket.com/albums/cc399/sipsetc/sipssignaturekirst.jpg" /></a></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15212073062557881444noreply@blogger.com3