Day 4 of the Paleo Iron Chef competition is Salmon. I decided not to prepare something new for this one, and submitted the Salmon with Grapefruit-Pink Peppercorn Glaze recipe – it’s such a wonderful dish.
So, this week’s Spin Cycle is all about cocktails. I used to post a lot of cocktail recipes – it all started when this was a very young blog and I mentioned that my husband made me chocolate martinis and someone asked me to post the recipe for it.
So I did. And because Beloved is as talented with a cocktail shaker as he is with, um, other things, asking him to make me something “fun” and posting the results here became something of a regular feature.
Alas, the days of sugary, brightly colored foo-foo drinks are (mostly) past us – when we drink, it’s mostly wine; if we order a cocktail while dining out, it’s usually a martini made with Hendrick’s gin. But all of the recipes are still here, if you wish to peruse and make them.
May I suggest the margarita? Cinco de Mayo will be upon us before we know it.
Hell, have two – you don’t need to remember what you did that day.
Chocolate Covered Cherry Martini
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13 comments
I love it when the drink sneaks up on me… a panty dropper!
BEWARE THE MARNAGRITA! It WILL make you wear a lampshade on your head. Proven fact.
Some of these sound way to yummy. Especially the chocolate ones.
Oh, I knew that you and Beloved would not disappoint! I see a Creamsicle Martini in my very near future. Now you need to work on creating some kind of Paleotini! I challenge you! Maybe something with coconut milk in it!
I never really got ‘into’ drinking before I sort of gave it up, so I don’t really know the full extent of what I’m missing out on! I do occasionally have some red wine, or hard cider, though.
Looks like it would be tough to keep such a fierce drink mixer at bay!!
I think I need to test that lampshade theory… Thanks, DD!
I’m blaming Be for JR’s vanilla vodka habit.
I don’t think you ever told me Be was talented with “other things.”
: )
I can’t believe some of the stuff we once had in our cupboards to make these!
Alas, perhaps when I’m 21
But you could invent some NON-sweet martinis, whereby I would love you even more than I do now. With ginger, for example. Or pepper or vanilla or lavender.
I’m going to have to stock up on some ingredients and make some of these! Think it’d be bad if I make them all on the same night?
Not as bad as you’d feel the morning after!