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Recipe – Orange banana Smoothie

Recipe – Orange banana Smoothie

Orange Banana Smoothie Recipe  Recipe Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups freshly squeezed orange juice (4 oranges) 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lime juice 1 cup strawberries, tops removed, and cut in 1/2 1 to 1 1/2 ripe bananas Directions: Combine the orange juice, lime juice, strawberries, and banana in a blender and process until smooth. Refrigerate until cold. Recipe by Food Network A very refreshing a healthy smoothie by Food Network You can find truffle wrappers for your next event in our...

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Recipe – Blue Margarita

Recipe – Blue Margarita

Blue Margarita Recipe Recipe Ingredients: 1 teaspoon coarse salt 4 ounces Tequila 2 ounces Triple Sec 2 ounces freshly-squeezed lime juice 2 ounces blue Curacao 2 teaspoons superfine sugar 2 (1/4-inch) slices star fruit for garnish (optional) 1 lime, cut into wedges Directions: Fill a cocktail shaker halfway with ice. Place Tequila, Triple Sec, Lime juice, blue Curacao, and sugar in the shaker; shake hard for 30 seconds. Serve in Margarita Glasses with coarse salt or Margarita...

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Recipe – Raspberry Beer Cocktail

Recipe – Raspberry Beer Cocktail

Raspberry Beer Cocktail Recipe Recipe Ingredients: 3/4 cup frozen raspberries 3 1/2 (12-oz.) bottles beer, chilled 1 (12-oz.) container frozen raspberry lemonade concentrate, thawed 1/2 cup vodka Garnish: lemon and lime slices Directions: Stir together first 4 ingredients. Serve over ice. Garnish, if desired. *Fresh raspberries may be substituted. Note: To make ahead, stir together lemonade concentrate and vodka in a large container. Chill up to 3 days. Stir in raspberries and beer...

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Recipe – Blood Orange Campari Cocktail

Recipe – Blood Orange Campari Cocktail

Blood Orange Campari Recipe Recipe Ingredients: 2-3 large blood oranges, juiced, about 1/3 cup juice 1 oz campari Chilled sparkling wine – choose from prosecco, champagne, cava, brut, etc Optional garnish – blood orange peel or blood orange slice Directions: Pour 1 ½ oz of blood orange juice in each champagne flute. Add ½ oz of campari. Top off each drink with sparkling wine, garnish with a slice of blood orange and enjoy. Recipe by Laylita You can find truffle wrappers for your...

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Recipe – Margarita

Recipe – Margarita

Margarita Recipe Recipe Ingredients: 1 1/2 oz jose cuervo special gold tequila 1 splash cranberry juice 3/4 oz  sweet and sour mix juice of ½ lime float grand Marnier orange liqueur Directions: Shake tequila, triple sec, sweet and sour, cranberry juice, and lime juice in a pint glass. Rim another pint glass with salt transfer contents. Float the Gran Marnier, garnish with a lime and straw. Recipe by Drinks Mixer Recipe You can find truffle wrappers for your next event in our...

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Recipe – Green Tea

Recipe – Green Tea

Green Tea Recipe Recipe Ingredients: Ice 2 ounces Green Tea Vodka, recipe follows 1/2-ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice 1-ounce orange liqueur (recommended: Cointreau) 1/4-ounce golden rum 2 to 3 teaspoons Simple Syrup, recipe follows Flowery Ice Cubes, for garnish (optional) Directions: Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add Green Tea Vodka, lemon juice, orange liqueur, and Simple Syrup. Cover and shake until mixed and chilled, about 30 seconds. (In general, the drink is ready by...

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Recipe – Pomegranate Citrus Juice

Recipe – Pomegranate Citrus Juice

Pomegranate Citrus Juice Recipe Recipe Ingredients: 2 small grapefruits 2 juice oranges 2 tangerines or mineola tangelos ½ lime 2 pomegranates Directions: Use a citrus press or juicer to juice the grapefruits, oranges, tangerines, and lime. Juice the pomegranate 2/3 cup juiced in a separate bowl. Divide citrus juice among 3 glasses. Top with pomegranate juice. Which will settle to the bottom, and serve Recipe by Martha Stewart Recipe You can find truffle wrappers for your next event in...

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Recipe – Champagne Punch

Recipe – Champagne Punch

Champagne Punch Recipe Recipe Ingredients: 3 tbsp grenadine 3 tbsp cointreau 2 tbsp brandy 1 ¾ cups champagne Raspberries, apples, or other seasonal fruit. Directions: Fill a small ice bucket halfway with ice. Pour grenadine, cointreau, brandy, and champagne over ice. Stir gently and ladle punch into 2 wide mouthed stemmed glasses. Garnish punch with raspberries, apples, or any other fruit. Recipe by Martha Stewart Recipe You can find truffle wrappers for your next event in our...

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Recipe – Avocado Smoothie

Recipe – Avocado Smoothie

Avocado Smoothie Recipe Recipe Ingredients: 1 large avocado 2 cups of milk 3 table spoons of sugar 1 lime Directions: Blend all of the ingredients until smooth. Serve cold or pour it into an ice mold and freeze it, serve it as Popsicle.The kids will love it Recipe You can find truffle wrappers for your next event in our...

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Recipe – Strawberry Smoothie

Recipe – Strawberry Smoothie

Strawberry Smoothie Recipe Recipe Ingredients: 1 cup condensed milk 1 cup milk 1 cup of ice 2 cups of strawberries Directions: Wash the strawberries, blend all of the ingredients until smooth. Strain it and serve it right away. Garnish with a half strawberry and mint leaves. Truffle Recipe You can find truffle wrappers for your next event in our...

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