Holiday Cocktail

Big batch recipe: 

1 cup good vodka

3/4 Cointreau or other orange liqueur

1/4 cup amaretto

1/2 cup bourbon or JD

1/4 cup freshly squeezed lime juice

1/4 cup freshly squeezed tangerine or orange juice

1 cup unsweetened tart cherry juice

Simple syrup recipe: 1c. Water/1c. Sugar heated until sugar melts

Place all ingredients in a big pitcher or mason jar and mix well.  Can be served over ice or shaken with ice and strained for an ‘up’ cocktail.

Finally a new post!

A recipe family-approved:

Greek Pork Pasta

2 boneless pork loin chops

Salt, pepper, Italian seasoning to taste

Olive oil

1 package Trader Joe’s dried mini ravioli

1/2 cup Ken’s Greek dressing

3-4 Tablespoons Costco pesto

2Tablespoons butter

Slice pork chops thinly.

Season meat with salt, pepper and Italian seasoning.

Hear skillet with olive oil and add pork.  Cook until almost

cooked through.

Cook mini ravioli in boiling salted water until al dente, approximately

15 minutes.

Add Greek dressing to skillet with pork.

Add 3-4 Tbsp pesto and stir well

Add 1/2 cup pasta water after pasta cooks a while 

When ravioli is al dente add to pork sauce

Add 2 Tbsp butter and stir until coated.

Voilá

Maybe this will be the beginning of starting regular posting again...

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