Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Drinks

Alright, I'm not sure if I might be taking too long to post blogs. But, anyways here are some wonderful drink choices that I find are my personal favorites.

Lava Flow  -  Alcoholic
Take roughly 1 oz of light rum and 1oz of coconut flavored rum, or 2oz of coconut cream for a creamier version and a more authentic taste. Mix together, then add to a blender, like the one shown to the left. Blend and pour into glass. Wash your blender with some water before continuing on from here. Then put in 2oz of strawberries, frozen or fresh, preferably fresh. Then throw in a banana and 2oz of pineapple juice and some ice and blend. Then pour over your coconut mixture to create that lava effect.

Now for some smoothie action. A classic Banana Mango Smoothie.
Take about 5 ripe bananas and throw it in the blender. Then 2 ripe peeled mangoes. Take some ice and coconut milk, or really any type of juice will do, and put that in the blender too. Now here's the kicker, 1 Tablespoon of Honey. Then blend together until an even, smooth consistency is achieved.

***BONUS***
I can't let this recipe slip my mind. It's a true favorite and goes great with these drinks.
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees...can you see where I'm going with this?
Take 6oz of semisweet chocolate and melt it in a pot with 6oz of butter using the double-boiler technique (google it if you don't know). Now stir until it all melts together and looks a nice even shade of brown. Now in a separate bowl, mix together 3 eggs and 1/2  cup of sugar until it looks white. Now stir this mixture in with the chocolate and then add 1/3 cup of flour. Mix together. Now place this secret mixture into ramekins, you know those little white cup things creme brulee is made in, but make sure that your ramekins are buttered first. And place it in the oven and cook for 10 minutes. To serve, tip ramekins upside down onto a plate and scoop some vanilla ice cream on it. Congratulations, you just made a dessert that would normally go for $10-$20 in a restaurant, the Chocolate Lava Cake.

25 comments:

  1. Ooh. That banana mango smoothie sounds delicious. Good idea with the honey.

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  2. Oh wow, they sound so good my mouth is starting to water.

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  3. Perfect timing, I'm throwing a 'welcome home' party for my friend this weekend.

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  4. banana mango FTW. ihope this tastes good in the winter cuz it sounds like a summer dirnk..

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  5. i can't wait to try the Lava flow!!!

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  6. All I can think of when I see drinks is "SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS"

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  7. I can't stand coconut, but I'm going to try that banana mango! Do you have any ideas to spice up morning coffe? ;)

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  8. Off to buy some coconut cream...be right back :P

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  9. Holy crap that lava cake recipe, now I'm hungry.

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  10. I'm digging the chocolate lava cake. haha.
    you know, the $10-$20 in a restaurant is probably quite accurate, but they're probably also not just using nestle tollhouse chocolate chips for it if they're charging that much. haha

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  11. These are all so tempting! Great post! followed!

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  12. great post ill have 2 of each! ;) following

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  13. ohhh nice. a girl in a bar told me how she make's manhattans. keep on with the drink mixes!

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  14. Mmmmmmm these sound delicious, I'ma make one now

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  15. Wow, very nice, hope it's not too much alcohol in there.

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  16. Very nice tips man. I'll try some of these at my next dinner with friends :D

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  17. Yummy. I'll have to make one for my next movie session.

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