Friday happy hour - French martini

So over Christmas my brother introduced me to Mixology on his iPhone which I rapidly found is also available on the Android platform. I decided to start using it to reinstate the Friday happy hour using the feature that allows me to check what I have in my cabinet and make something out of it. For starters, a French Martini. 

Honestly, I found this to be way too much raspberry, but if that's your thing then have at it.

Basically it's 3 parts vodka to 2 parts raspberry liqueur shaken with ice and strained into a martini glass. Enjoy!

September Cooking Experiment: Lebanese Mezza

So our Cooking Experiment this month was a little Lebanese food, including:

Chicken Shwarma
Hummus
Stuffed Grape Leaves (we bought these - cheaters)
Pita (bought this too)
Olives (different kinds)
Tzatziki - no idea what recipe we used

Overall it was delicious.  The shwarma recipe is great.

August Cocktail Of the Month in October: Mojito

Yum Minty Lime Deliciousness.  Here's my version.

1 heaping tablespoon powdered sugar
6-7 mint leaves, washed
1 oz Rose's sweetened lime juice
2 oz silver rum
Ice
Club soda
Mint garnish

Muddle mint in powdered sugar in a pint glass. Add lime juice and rum and mix thoroughly. Fill glass with ice and then top with club soda.  Mix. I prefer to dump it into a second pint glass and back into the original. Garnish with mint sprig.

Perfect summer refreshment.  Yum!

Ouch

Two weeks with pretty much no posts.  Well, things are happening that have kept me busy, and sadly the blog suffered the wrath.

I will be better.  Look for makeup posts this week across the various blogs here.

August cooking experiment: Chicken Vindaloo

This time we tried some Chicken Vindaloo recipe to knock out an Indian cuisine.  The recipe we used can be found here:

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/chicken-vindaloo/detail.aspx

Though honestly, I was less than impressed.

This was really disappointing because I LOVE Chicken Vindaloo when we order it from our local restaurant.  Maybe we can find a better recipe (there are only 1000 out there) and try again.