A perfect combination of flavors, it screams summer! Cheers to this peach Moscow Mule! For most people, Labor day marks the end of summer, but in our house, Labor Day marks the beginning of peach season, thanks to a couple of peach trees that are growing in our back yard! Once it is time …
We love the flavors in this classic gin cocktail, light and herbal with the lavender, perfectly citrusy with the lemon! Cheers to summer with this Lavender Bee’s Knees! We have been busy the last few weeks wrapping up the end of summer by finding ways to use our fresh herbs from our garden before …
Alcoholic Popsicles? Oh yes we did make icepops! Everyone loves a good popsicle on a hot summer day, cool, sweet and tart and definitely refreshing. What might make a popsicle even better? How about a pair of popsicles with a little adult twist!? With the end of summer quickly approaching, we decided we finally …
A Smoky pepper Hatch Chile and Raspberry twist on the classic Mule! This one is a favorite of our hatch chile recipes! Every year near the end of August, signs start popping up in grocery stores proclaiming the return of the Hatch Chile. A staple of Southwestern and Tex-Mex cuisine, Hatch Chiles are grown …
A great raspberry syrup for cocktails and mocktails. This rich raspberry syrup might be the best tasting raspberry syrup we have ever had! We were originally looking for a great raspberry syrup to use in a classic raspberry cocktail, The Clover Club, and when we made this recipe, we knew that we would be …
A beautiful color cocktail made from the fresh raspberries, the Clover Club cocktail. When most people see a pink cocktail, they automatically think it is a ladies’ cocktail. This is because it’s delicate and pink and super sweet. However, in the case of the Clover Club, this pink drink has a roots in a …
A fantastic boozy and chocolate bark recipe, this beer brittle is also great as a gift. Pretzels and beer are one of those food pairings that just about everyone enjoys. Another pairing is pretzels and chocolate. This recipe for Beer Brittle Chocolate Bark made me channel my inner Homer Simpson and say “Mmmmm BEER!!!!” …
An herbal fennel simple syrup. One of our favorite things about having our own garden is the chance to experiment growing different herbs and vegetables. Having an extensive herb garden also gives us the opportunity to make some really fresh and unique syrups. This post contains affiliate links for products that we think …
A super interesting rhubarb and fennel combo cocktail! Also, a home bar essentials collection. Way back when we first started exploring how to make cocktails, we essentially had an old souvenir shot glass and an old juice glass that came home with us from college years ago! Our setup worked for the simple cocktails …
A great evening with Outstanding in the Field for Farm to Table Dining! When people hear we are from Nebraska, we commonly hear the old cliche about how flat it is and how it seems like one big cornfield. And while the one big cornfield thing is true in some areas, there is a growing …