Chocolate-It's What's for Dinner

Nothing like a spritzer on a nice hot day. Since I don't like wine, I came up with this spritzer using Malibu. Nothing says class like a cocktail in a plastic cup Malibu Spritzer 1 oz Malibu Rum 3 oz blueberry, cranberry or other fruit juice splash of seltzer Combine and serve over ice. I usually buy a real good fruit juice. I've made it with cran-raspberry, or cran-strawberry juice and it's quite good. It's a really refreshing drink and sometimes I'm just not in the mood for the sweetness of a Malibu and coke and this hits the spot. In the summer we like to have cocktails on the veranda (aka the backyard).

I've decided to introduce Flash Back Friday (FBF) no it's not just a cheap way to produce filler for the blog. It's a way to revisit things that I make often and are our faves and perhaps I may have tweeked a bit - I'm always changing things up. So for my first entry I'm looking at you Coconut Mint Mojito. Check out the recipe here . Since we were away in San Antonio* for the official start of summer AKA Memorial Day weekend. This past weekend we broke out the coconut/Malibu/mint.  I have to say this recipe is excellent. We've tested it out on some guinea pigs um I mean friends and they also really liked it. I have still not tried it using the simple syrup - I know I'm just too lazy. We used light coconut milk. I do have to say it is better with the full fat (sorry). So enjoy! *I had a conference that weekend - yeah I know who has a conference Memorial Day weekend?? Anyway the Sous Chef decided to come down a day later and we enjoyed the Riverwalk. T...

We just got back from Aruba (see you didn't even know I left did you?). The food there is just absolutely delicious.  We ate at a Belgium place, Italian, and French.  We really did absolutely nothing and it was wonderful.  The Sous Chef wanted to take a surf lesson but "surf wasn't up." We were going to go to the natural pool but it was a four-hour tour and we didn't want to commit ourselves so we just went to the beach.  I read 4 books - doesn't sound too impressive until I tell you that one was a 600 pager. The Sous Chef was also asked if he wanted his hair braided - he declined. But we did spend some time sampling the different cocktails... First I had to have the obligatory Malibu and Coke Then I tried a Caribbean Sunrise - Malibu, Melon Liqueur, OJ & Cranberry Then it was a Fudge Brownie Martini. I don't really know why they called it a martini as there was no gin in it but it was very chocolately.  Baileys, Chambord, Cocoa Liqueur, an...

I first had a Coconut Mint Mojito at this place called Havana , which was right by former work.  We just happened upon the place one day (after a long tough day) and I tried their Mojito.  They had several different kinds but I thought the coconut one sounded best. It was absolutely delicious. Since then I've been wanting to try to make them myself.  I did some investigation on the webby, web and found a few possibilities here and here . So off I went experimenting... Sorry the first one was drank before I could take a photo.  See this was all that was left... Judging by the empty glass, we got it right on the first try! But here's a pic of the second batch. Here's the recipe: Coco-Mint Mojito (makes two or one large one) 4 T confectioners sugar 15 mint leaves (preferably spearmint) juice of 1 lime 4 oz Malibu Rum 4 oz coconut milk seltzer ice Muddle the mint leaves and the sugar together in a cocktail shaker . You can use an official muddl...