Tag ‘drink’

130. Ginger lemonade (American recipe)

The calendar still says May, but outside proper summer is slowly arriving. Hot, isn't it? Last year I already shared two refreshing drinks — the recipe for an alcoholic mojito and the recipe for classic grandma's lemonade. Now it's time for a drink that is every bit as tasty and invigorating — ginger lemonade (a sort of non-alcoholic version of ginger ale). Details and photos of this sweet, heavily fizzy ginger-flavoured drink are under the cut. Read more »»

086. Mojito (recipe)

The combination of sweet, refreshing citrus and mint, added to rum to disguise its strength, made the cocktail one of the most popular summer drinks. In a virgin mojito the white rum is replaced with water and brown cane sugar, but I'll tell (and show) you the recipe for the alcoholic mojito — almost in its classic form. Read more »»

120. Milkshake with ice cream (recipe)

It's the last (extra!) day of winter outside, spring is coming soon, and that means we're already craving ice cream! So today I'm posting a very simple recipe for a milkshake with ice cream. Read more »»

089. Grandma's lemonade (recipe)

Even though summer is over on the calendar, one wants to stretch out the last sunny days. This time I decided to tell you about "grandma's lemonade". Why grandma's? Because that's exactly how this lemonade was made last century — mixing a syrup of real lemons with plain water. Want to remember the taste of childhood? Welcome under the cut. Read more »»