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Basil & Strombie Lemonade (Strawberry + Zombie = Strombie)

Basil & Strombie Lemonade
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Strawberry + Zombie = Strombie
Ingredients
  • 3-4 washed basil leaves, plucked in the prime of their life.
  • 1tsp sweet fairy cocaine.
  • 4 fresh strawberries, scalped.
  • 4oz. life essence, freshly harvested from the eviscerated carcasses of several unfortunate lemons.
  • 1oz. Lucille-strength vodka. The good stuff.
  • Dash of balsamic vinegar
  • Fancy toothpick, small strawberry, and basil leaf for classy garnish
Instructions
  1. In the bottom of a tumbler, muddle basil leaves with the sugar.
  2. Add the strawberries and continue to smush.
  3. Once combined, add ice, lemonade, vodka, and a dash of balsamic vinegar.
  4. Shake, then strain into a classy martini glass.
  5. Finish with garnish and enjoy.

Fresh Squeezed Lemonade

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Fresh Squeezed Lemonade
 
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Nutrition Information
  • Serves: 8
  • Serving size: 8oz
  • Calories: 40
  • Sugar: 4tsp
Recipe type: Drinks
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Kick ass lemonade, not too sweet but definitely refreshing. Makes 2 quarts.
Ingredients
  • 6 lemons
  • ⅔ cup sugar
  • 7 cups water
Instructions
  1. Roll the lemons on a hard surface to soften them a bit.
  2. Cut the lemons into halves and juice them; after straining the pulp and seeds out you should end up with about a cup of lemon juice.
  3. Mix the sugar and water, stir until dissolved, add lemon juice.
  4. Pour into 2 quart container and refrigerate.
Notes
If you serve in a clear pitcher add a few of the lemon halves for presentation.

Cosmopolitan

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Cosmopolitan
 
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Ingredients
  • 1½ parts vodka
  • ⅓ part triple sec
  • ½ part cranberry juice
  • ½ part fresh lime juice (squeezed)
Instructions
  1. Mix ingredients. Serve in martini glass or other wide-mouthed stemware.

Margarita

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Margarita
 
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Recipe type: Drinks
Cuisine: Mexican
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Best Marg Ever
Ingredients
  • 1 shot tequila
  • ½ shot cointreau or triple sec
  • 5 shots marg mix
  • 1 squirt lime juice
  • 1 slice lime
  • kosher salt (optional)
Instructions
  1. Run ½ lime around rim of margarita glass.
  2. Optional: Dip glass in a dish of kosher salt.
  3. Add all ingredients and stir. Add ice, garnish with lime slice and serve.