Drinks

Most of my drinks are fruit and juice-based here on the blog although I always make dairy smoothies at home they just don’t seem to have made it onto here!

Don’t worry, I’ll rectify that soon and also post a few more alcoholic ones too, if you’re interested.

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Three sparkling “winetails” + a giveaway!

Posted on January 25, 2012

Forget cocktails guys, winetails are the new black.

Not that I’m an expert or anything, but I did have a fiddle around making my own cocktails using Yellow Tail sparkling wine, and had some great results.

Win 6 bottles of Yellow Tail Wine!

Those recipes coming up in a minute, but first, make sure you are signed up to my email newsletter as I’ll be sending out competition details on Friday for how three lucky readers can win 6 bottles of Yellow Tail wine. Giveaway is exclusively for subscribers! Sign up right there in the sidebar -> -> ->

Right. Now that the admin is out of the way, let’s take a look at these winetails… (more…)

Let’s get this year started right.

Posted on January 2, 2012

There was no greasy breakfast or hangover for hubby and I this year.

Just a 6am wake up (thanks Poppy!) with avocado and tomato on multigrain toast and a super-charged smoothie to kick-start 2012 with all the healthy energy we can muster. (more…)

Lychee season is here: add booze!

Posted on December 3, 2011

They arrived in a beautiful brown cardboard box tied with a red ribbon. Baby Poppy helped me untie the ribbon and then I squealed with delight at its contents. Poppy stared at me blankly, a little freaked out by my sudden outburst.

“Lychee season is here!” I told her excitedly. “You’ve never tasted lychees, do you want to try one?” (more…)

Spring Fling Cocktail with Ocean Spray Ruby Red

Posted on October 11, 2011

My husband’s grandfather, George, was a bookie. He even won his house on a horse race – true story! His lovely wife, Marie, still lives in that house which is situated, naturally, right across the road from the race course. Now that’s living and breathing your profession!

I love looking at the beautiful old photographs of Marie in the super-stylish outfits she wore to the races. Somehow, women today just don’t look half as glamourous as the immaculately dressed women of that time in their gloves, hats and intricate frocks or matching twin sets. (more…)

Peanut butter & jelly smoothie

Posted on June 3, 2011

This is a play on the American favourite sandwich combination of ‘peanut butter and jelly’ – in a liquid version. It’s super quick, super yummy and sure to super-charge you for the day!

Of course the ‘jelly’ element is actually what we call ‘jam’ here in Australia. ‘Jelly’ for us is ‘Jello’ for Americans. Confused yet? (more…)

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