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Watermelon Sangria

A refreshing recipe for watermelon sangria with either sparkling wine, dry white or rose. This is perfect for any summer gathering or picnic.

Let’s toast out this week with a glass of watermelon sangria, shall we?

It has been one hectic week on my front and I wish I had a pitcher of this in my fridge for the weekend. 

During summer, we need to maximize our watermelon eating before they go away. Making these watermelon mint popsicles or these watermelon mojito coolers will help you out on this venture.

And if you like a refreshing cocktail for a warm afternoon, then try this sangria. It will NOT disappoint you. It’s sweet (a good bottle of Rose does that), refreshing and perfect for any hot summer day.

I hope you give this watermelon sangria a try before the end of summer.  

Watermelon Sangria Ingredients

• watermelon
• vodka
• bottle of dry white wine or rose, cold
• orange juice
• triple sec
• orange & lime
• garnishes like raspberries, ice, fresh mint

How to Make Watermelon Sangria

Combine 6-8 cups of watermelon and vodka in your KitchenAid® Diamond Blender and purée until smooth.

Strain the mixture into a large pitcher or punch bowl. Stir and add the wine, orange juice, triple sec, orange, and lime slices.

Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours or overnight in your KitchenAid® Multi-Door Refrigerator.

When ready to serve, add in the fresh watermelon cubes and raspberries. Serve over ice in a glass and garnish with fresh mint.

How to Store Watermelon Sangria

More Summer Drink Recipes

• Peach Rose Sangria
• Watermelon Wine Slushie
• Tequila Sunrise
• Strawberry Paloma
• Frozen Peach Margarita

What do you think of this amazing watermelon rose sangria recipe? What would you serve with this drink? Let me know in the comment section below. 

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Happy baking, friends!

Watermelon Sangria Recipe

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Yield: 6-8 servings

Watermelon Sangria

A refreshing recipe for watermelon sangria with either sparkling wine, dry white or rose. This is perfect for any summer gathering or picnic.

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Total Time 35 minutes

Ingredients

• 6-8 cups watermelon, cut in large chunks (about one small watermelon), plus 1 cup cubed for serving
• 1 cup vodka
• 1 bottle dry white wine or rose, cold
• 1 cup orange juice
• 1/2 cup triple sec
• 1 orange sliced
• 1 lime, sliced
• 1 cup raspberries, for serving
• Ice, for serving
• Fresh mint, for garnish

Instructions

Combine 6-8 cups of watermelon and vodka in your KitchenAid® Diamond Blender and purée until smooth.

Strain the mixture into a large pitcher or punch bowl. Stir and add the wine, orange juice, triple sec, orange and lime slices. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours or overnight in your KitchenAid® Multi-Door Refrigerator.

When ready to serve, add in the fresh watermelon cubes and raspberries. Serve over ice in a glass and garnish with fresh mint.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

8

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 500Total Fat: 2gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 17mgCarbohydrates: 84gFiber: 5gSugar: 67gProtein: 6g

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I have another recipe for you today that does not involve baking! I’ve been going through a lazy spell ever since I finished my exam a week and half ago. All I do is play and enjoy the new found freedom and the kitchen is the last thing on my mind. It’s okay, I am sure I will be back baking soon.

I made this Strawberry Peach Iced Tea last weekend for a BBQ party I was attending and I had to share it with you guys. It’s so simple, refreshing and bursting with berries and peaches. Perfect summer drink!!

One of the reasons I’ve been unable to get any baking for the blog is this baby!! He is 11 months old and has all the energy in the world to play. He constantly wants to be chased and it is so much fun to just crawl around with him. As I was shooting this recipe, he came over with his dad begging to play peek-a-boo. He makes it hard to get anything done around here.

But back to the task at hand. This Strawberry Peach Iced Tea is crazy good and I want you to try it at some point this summer. At least before those gorgeous peaches go away. Unlike my past iced tea recipes, I made a strawberry peach simple syrup to steep the flavors of both fruits and used this syrup to sweetened my brewed tea. I used loose black tea for this batch pictured but I’ve also made this recipe with loose green tea. It was even better in my opinion but if you like the classic iced tea recipe, stick with black tea. Oh, I’ve also added lemonade in another batch and it was delicious!!! (Can, you tell I’ve been making this all summer?)

I hope you are having a great summer and enjoying the weather! Until next time, make some iced tea with berries and peaches!!

xoxo

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Yield: ~7 cups

Strawberry Peach Iced Tea

Prep Time 30 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Total Time 50 minutes

Ingredients

• 2 medium ripe peaches, thinly sliced
• 1 cup fresh strawberries, hulled and thinly sliced
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 black or green tea bags (you can use loose tea too)
• Garnish: peaches, strawberries

Instructions

In a medium saucepan, combine the peaches, strawberries, sugar and 1 cup water. Bring to a boil and simmer on low until sugar melts. Cook on low for addition 5-10 minutes to soften the peaches. Remove from heat and allow to cool. Strain out the fruit and refrigerate the syrup.

Brew your tea but bringing about 8 cups of water to boil and steeping in your tea bags. Transfer tea to a pitcher and refrigerate to cool.

When ready to serve, sweetened the tea with the strawberry peach syrup. Either sweetened the pitcher or individual servings. Serve tea with fresh peaches and strawberries.

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More Refreshing Summer Drinks:

Strawberry Blueberry Iced Tea Lemonade

Strawberry Basil Sparkler

Sparkling Blueberry Lemonade

Strawberry Cucumber Limeade

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Every celebration deserves a signature drink. Whether it’s a cocktail or a refreshing, sparkling lemonade. Or in our case today, a sparkling cherry limeade!! Last summer my signature drink for gatherings was this sparkling strawberry cucumber limeade and everyone loved it! But we are taking things up a notch this year with another fruity limeade with a little dash of almond extract to our cherry.

I love adding almond extract to my cakes and pies but I love it in drinks too. Remember when these mango margaritas? We had a secret ingredient in it and we using the same here too. Almond brings out the flavor in a lot of fruits, especially cherries. I used Nielsen-Massey’s Pure Almond Extract in these cherry limeades! I also added a little bit of dark rum I had left over and it was a delicious addition. So if you are making this for an adult gathering, be sure to add a little bit of rum or vodka.

Now, I’m hoping all goes well with my final exam on Wednesday so I can celebrate  with this cherry limeade. It will be perfect to relax with on a hot summer day or to bring along to a picnic at the park.

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Yield: 1 liter

Cherry Limeade

A refreshing sparkling cherry limeade with hints of almond. Perfect for any summer BBQ.

Prep Time 15 minutes

Total Time 15 minutes

Ingredients

• 2 cups fresh cherries, pits removed
• ½ cup water
• ½ cup simple syrup, or more to taste
• 1 cup freshly squeezed lime juice
• 1 teaspoon Nielsen Massey Pure Almond Extract
• Sparkling water or club soda
• (Optional: a dash of rum or vodka)
• Garnish: lime wedges, fresh mint and cherries

Instructions

In a blender, blend the fresh cherries until smooth. Pass the puree through a fine sieve and collect cherry liquid into a medium bowl.

In a large pitcher, whisk together the cherry juice with the simple syrup, lime juice and almond extract.

When ready to serve, add ice to the pitcher and fill with about a liter of sparkling water or club soda.

Mix well and add sweetener to taste.

Serve with garnishes and enjoy immediately.

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Happy Friday friends!! Or should I say TGIF? How was your week?

It’s been a hectic week over here on my end. We took a short weekend trip to Orlando last weekend with the baby and it was challenging traveling with the wee-one. We had a great time once we got there but on the way back he developed a cold and was congested for most of the plane ride back, which only got worse this week with an ear infection added to the mix. Needless to say, I will be needing one of this grapefruit mimosa this weekend to unwind. Gladly he is doing much better and is in good spirits.

Let’s talk about brunch, champagne, and winter citrus that all get combined in this grapefruit mimosa (and pineapple and blood orange mimosas!). It’s a whole lot of bubbly and I am sharing the recipes over on The Kitchenthusiast, the Kitchenaid food blog.

Why grapefruit? Because I love reinventing classics and here I spruced up my mimosas with freshly pressed juices. I’ve been obsessed with my new juicer from KitchenAid to make small or large batches of juices. I’ve been juicing all great winter citruses in this baby along with some veggies as well (mainly carrots) to add to smoothies, mimosas, and baked goods.

If you are throwing together brunch this weekend, be sure to add some mimosas to the table. With just two ingredients, you can have these ready in no time and unwind from what may have been a long week or a celebratory one.

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Yield: 1 cocktail

Grapefruit Mimosa

Prep Time 5 minutes

Total Time 5 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 part fresh grapefruit juice
• 3 parts champagne, chilled (or sparkling juice for non-alcoholic version)
• Garnishes: thyme, grapefruit chunks

Instructions

1. Fill a champagne glass a third of the way with grapefruit juice. Then top with chilled champagne.
2. Garnish with fresh grapefruit and/or thyme. Enjoy immediately

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I did a little bit of cocktail investigation a few weeks ago when I was on break and I am here to report the results in the form of this Blood Orange Moscow Mule.

It all started with copper mugs. They started popping up everywhere last spring/summer and I was wondering why the sudden interest? Then Pinterest started exploding with Moscow Mule recipes in copper mugs and my interest peaked. What’s the special drink? But I was too pregnant and/or sleep deprived most of last year to fully investigate and didn’t get to it until the last two weeks of December. Luckily, this meant that copper mugs would be cheaper and I convinced myself I needed 4!!

Armed with my copper mugs, I took to the interwebs to investigate the history behind the Moscow mule. These were my findings: 1) It has absolutely nothing to do with Moscow. 2) It’s a combination of ginger beer, vodka and lime juice (imagine how shocked I was to find out it was so simple). 3) Wikipedia is unsure about the origins but rumor has it a vodka distillery owner and the owner of a ginger beer bottling facility came together to help each other’s businesses. Apparently it was in a bar and the drink came about. 4) Take that last piece of information with a grain of salt. The interwebs is a crazy place.

But who cares what the origin is? Once I realized there was ginger beer involved I was in. I love making my own ginger beer… the African version is always in my freezer so it was easy to make this drink. Moscow mule is an easy vodka cocktail that’s smooth and refreshing. I added a simple syrup to sweetened it a bit and add another flavor to the mix. This blood orange Moscow mule is a great place to start if you are curious about this cocktail taking over the interwebs.

Happy investigating this weekend!

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Yield: 1 cocktail

Blood Orange Moscow Mule

Prep Time 5 minutes

Total Time 5 minutes

Ingredients

• 1.5 ounces vodka
• juice of ½ a lime
• 1 ounce blood orange simple syrup (recipe below)
• 4 ounce Ginger beer (not Ginger Ale)

Blood Orange Simple Syrup

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• ½ cup granulated sugar
• ½ cup water
• ¼ cup blood orange juice
• Garnish: Ginger slices, lime wedges, blood orange slices

Instructions

1. To make the simple syrup, combine all the ingredients in a medium pot and bring to a boil over medium heat. Once sugar has melted, cook for 3-4 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool completely.
2. To make the cocktail, combine the vodka, lime juice and simple syrup in a copper mug (or regular tall glass) with crushed ice. Top with ginger beer. Garnish with ginger slices, lime or blood oranges.

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Happy Monday friends! How is it week two of December already? The stress and rush of the season seems to be everywhere I look. HELLO?? It was just Thanksgiving. Aieee, I need to not only get my act together and start my holiday shopping, but also get baking!! There are so many things I want to make for the season and as usual I’m running out of time. But we are starting this lovely week with a holiday drink. This pumpkin eggnog with a splash of bourbon brings together the best of fall flavors into classic holiday drink and will help us all chill, slow down and just enjoy the season.

Eggnog is one of my least favorite holiday flavors (peppermint is right up there!!) but the hubs loves his eggnog. So every year, I get requests for eggnog treats. Last year, I made him these stunning eggnog cupcakes for his work holiday party but this year, he gets his own homemade eggnog! No more buying it from the store. And I can’t believe how easy it is to make your own.

A few weeks ago, I tried homemade eggnog for the first time and it was made by the lovely Top Chef Brooke Williamson at a recent Egg Mixer event hosted by Davidson’s Safest Choice Eggs. Her pumpkin eggnog was so delicious I knew I had to recreate it for my eggnog-loving husband. And thanks to the kind folks over at Safe Eggs, I can share the recipe with you too!

I love using Davidson’s Safest Choice eggs because they are pasteurized… meaning it eliminates the risks of Salmonella in eggs before they get to your kitchen and you don’t have to worry about getting sick from eggs that might not be fully cooked as in eggnog. I love using them to bake as well especially when I was pregnant and wanted to make sure tasting that cookie dough will not make me or the baby sick. If you haven’t yet, you need to try them!

And if you are an eggnog lover, you will love this pumpkin eggnog. It’s a great way to continue enjoying pumpkin season and welcome the winter and holiday season. Cheers!

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Yield: 4 6-oz servings

Pumpkin Eggnog with Bourbon

Prep Time 2 hours

Cook Time 5 minutes

Total Time 2 hours 5 minutes

Ingredients

• 8 Safest Choice™ egg yolks
• 1½ cups whole milk
• 1½ cups cream
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• A pinch of salt
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• ¼ cup bourbon or dark rum
• ¼ cup + 1 tablespoon pumpkin puree
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
• A pinch of ground cloves
• ¼ teaspoon grated nutmeg, plus more to garnish

Instructions

Place the yolks into a blender.

In a medium heavy bottomed saucepan, bring the milk, cream, sugar and salt to a simmer over medium heat. Do not let boil.

Give the eggs a quick pulse in the blender to combine. With the blender on, slowly add half of the hot milk mixture to the egg yolks. Once combined, pour the egg-milk mixture back into the saucepan set over medium heat. Whisk mixture constantly and cook until it starts to thicken and mixture reaches 160F on a thermometer (about 3-5 minutes).

Remove from heat and which in the vanilla extract, bourbon, pumpkin, cinnamon, ginger cloves and nutmeg.

Strain through a fine mesh sifter and chill for 2-3 hours before serving. Serve chilled with additional nutmeg.

Notes

Recipe adapted from Safe Eggs(published with permisiion)

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