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Saturday Sippers in The Locker

Saturday Sippers in The Locker Ahoy Fellow Fathomers! Welcome to the feature here in The Locker called Saturday Sippers. Each week I’ll post a new, sometimes, skinny cocktail recipe for you to try. Many thinks to my Cali Bestie, Rhonda, for providing me with the deck of cards recipe book. J The versatile margarita comes in many flavors to tantalize the taste buds.   This traditional recipe should appeal to the Conquistador in all of us.   MARGARITA ON THE ROCKS! Ingredients 1 ¾ ounces tequila ¾ ounce lime juice 1 Tablespoon light agave nectar ¼ teaspoon orange extract Coarse salt Lime wedge for garnish Salt rim of margarita glass.   In a shaker combine all ingredients with ice and shake vigorously. Strain over fresh ice into glass and garnish with lime wedge. 224 Calories For a subtle change in flavor, try cucumber infused tequila in this recipe. To make cucumber infused tequila you will need- One large cucumber, peeled and sliced Pint of tequil...

Saturday Sippers in The Locker

Saturday Sippers in The Locker Ahoy Fellow Fathomers! Welcome to the feature here in The Locker called Saturday Sippers. Each week I’ll post a new, sometimes, skinny cocktail recipe for you to try. Many thinks to my Cali Bestie, Rhonda, for providing me with the deck of cards recipe book. J Today’s drink features an ingredient called Aperol, something I was not familiar with. However, thanks to our friends at Google, I found the origin of this yummy sounding aperitif. It is bright orange in color with a zesty, bittersweet taste. A perfect ingredient for summer refreshments, this Italian import is a product of the Campari Company. VESPER! Ingredients 1 ounce vodka 1 ounce gin 1 ounce Aperol Lemon twist for garnish Stir all ingredients with ice.   Strain into chilled martini glass. Garnish with lemon twist. 250 Calories Grazie!

Saturday Sippers in The Locker

Saturday Sippers in The Locker Ahoy Fellow Fathomers! Welcome to the feature here in The Locker called Saturday Sippers. Each week I’ll post a new, sometimes, skinny cocktail recipe for you to try. Many thinks to my Cali Bestie, Rhonda, for providing me with the deck of cards recipe book. J A balmy alfresco brunch begins quite nicely with this twist on a mimosa. TANGERINE MIMOSA! Ingredients 2 ounces light orange tangerine juice 4 ounces champagne 2 ounces fresh orange juice Cocktail cherries for garnish Add several ice cubes to champagne flute. Pour orange juice and orange tangerine juice, followed by champagne over the ice. Stir and garnish with a cherry or two. 120 Calories Conjures up images of ringlets and hoop skirts under magnolia trees..

Saturday Sippers in The Locker

Saturday Sippers in The Locker Ahoy Fellow Fathomers! Welcome to the feature here in The Locker called Saturday Sippers. Each week I’ll post a new, sometimes, skinny cocktail recipe for you to try. Many thinks to my Cali Bestie, Rhonda, for providing me with the deck of cards recipe book. J We are still celebrating Independence today with a long weekend! Let’s have another strawberry refresher to get us through this Saturday. CITRUS STRAWBERRY VODKA COCKTAIL! Ingredients 2 strawberries 1 sprig of mint ¾ ounce light agave nectar 1 ¾ ounces citrus vodka ¾ ounce lemon juice Strawberry for garnish Mint sprig for garnish In a shaker, muddle mint and strawberries.   Add remaining ingredients and shake vigorously. Pour entire contents of shaker into a tall glass. Garnish with strawberry and mint sprig 259 Calories Love the minty strawberry pulp in this one!

Tuesday Tales- Go for Silver!

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Ahoy Fellow Fathomers! Happy Tuesday and time for another edition of Tuesday Tales. This week I take you  to another still yet unnamed romance WIP, to include the word, "silver". Please enjoy!     They toured homes during the hot, sticky month of July. Matthew threatened several times to bail on the arduous task of finding the home of their dreams.   However, Emily’s determination to move before the baby’s arrival was unyielding.   By the third weekend in a row, they found themselves in a stalemate.    “Ok, please, just come with me today, I need you on this one,” Emily begged Matthew.   “How can you enjoy trudging through stale-smelling homes, most of which have no electricity to even cool them down?”   Matthew replied grumpily. “Today is the day, I can feel it honey, seriously, then, we won’t have to do this again for a very long time.” Emily widened her green eyes in his direction, and he knew he was a goner....