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Wednesday, May 16th, 2012Orange Banana Lime Daiquiri Recipe
Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
This fresh Orange Banana Lime Daiquiri tastes like an adult smoothie with all the yummy frozen fruit used to make this refreshing cocktail.
Ingredients:
- 1 c fresh squeezed orange juice
- 2 ripe bananas, frozen preferred
- 2 limes, squeezed
- 1/2 cup frozen peaches OR mango
- 1/2 cup frozen pineapple
- 3/4 cup ice (or use juice ice cubes/frozen coconut water ice cubes for even more flavor)
- pinch salt
- 2 tsp agave syrup (opt’l)
- 3 shots gold tequila (to make virgin, sub with more fruit juice)
Directions:
Put all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. Pour into glasses, add a lime slice for garnish and enjoy! Makes two drinks.
Cinnamon-Apple Breakfast Bake Recipe
Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
This baked Cinnamon Apple Breakfast is full of amazing ingredients – gluten free oats, flaxseed, chia seeds, cinnamon, honey, applesauce, coconut milk then drizzled with nut butter and a yummy apple topping.
For recipe: Natural Noshing
Cinco De Mayo Meatless Tacos & Coconut-Mango Margaritas
Friday, May 4th, 2012Try this yummy vegetarian twist for Cinco de Mayo. Meatless Tacos with roasted cauliflower, crisy chickpeas topped with a cilantro and pumpkin see pesto.
Serve with a Mango Coconut Frozen Margarita and your party is off to a great start!
- 1 1/2 cups coconut water
- 3 oz tequila blanco
- 1 oz orange liqueur
- 1 fresh lime
- 2 T. agave nectar
- 1 1/2 cups chopped mango
Pour 1 1/2 cups coconut water into standard ice cube tray and freeze.
In blender, add 3 oz blanco tequila, 1 oz clear orange-flavored liqueur, 1 oz fresh lime juice, 2 tablespoons light agave nectar and 1 1/2 cups chopped fresh mango.
Cover; blend until smooth. Add coconut water ice cubes; blend until smooth. Pour into glasses; garnish with mango or lime slices.
Makes 4 drinks.
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Black Eyed Susans Preakness Invitations
Friday, May 4th, 2012The Preakness Stakes – The Run for the Black-Eyed Susans – is run the third Saturday in May each year at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. It is the second race in the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing.
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Black Eyed Susans Preakness Invitations
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Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
Saturday, April 28th, 2012When you hear the words “Triple Crown”, if you are familiar with horse racing at all, you probably think of the Kentucky Derby, the most famous of the three races for three-year-old thoroughbred horses.
The other two races that make up the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing are the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes. A thoroughbred that wins all three of these races is considered the greatest accomplishment of thoroughbred racing. The last Triple Crown winner was Affirmed in 1978 until 2015 when American Pharoah riden by Victor Espinoza won the title.
Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky is the site of the Kentucky Derby, also called the “Run for the Roses” after the blanket of red roses draped over the winner. Held each year the first Saturday in May, it is the first of the three races and has been labeled as “The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports” or “The Fastest Two Minutes in Sports” referring to its approximate duration. It is known for its big hats and mint juleps and Millionaires Row.
Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore Maryland is the site of the Preakness Stakes, the second race towards the Triple Crown, and is held the third Saturday each May. The race is termed “The Run for the Black-Eyed Susans” after the state flower, however as Black-Eyed Susans do not bloom until June, none have actually ever been used in the blanket of flowers draped over the winner
Belmont Park in Elmont, New York is the site of the Belmont Stakes. First run in 1867, it is the oldest of the Triple Crown races predating the Preakness Stakes by six years and the Kentucky Derby by eight years. Known as “The Test of Champions”, it is the final race of the Triple Crown and is run five weeks after the Derby in early June. The winner of this race is draped with a blanket of white carnations.
Triple Crown Winners and Jockeys:
1919: Sir Barton – Johnny Loftus
1930: Gallant Fox – Earl Sande
1935: Omaha – Willie Saunders
1937: War Admiral – Charley Kurtsinger
1941: Whirlaway – Eddie Arcaro
1943: Count Fleet – Johnny Longden
1946: Assult – Warren Mehrtens
1948: Citation – Eddie Arcaro
1973: Secetariat – Ron Turcotte
1977: Seattle Slew – Jean Cruquet
1978: Affirmed – Steve Cauthen
2015: American Pharoah – Victor Espinoza
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Traditions of the Preakness Stakes
Saturday, April 28th, 2012Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland is the site of the Preakness Stakes, the second race in the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, also called the Triple Crown, and is held the third Saturday each May.
The race is termed “The Run for the Black-Eyed Susans” after the state flower, however as Black-Eyed Susans do not bloom until June, none have actually ever been used in the blanket of flowers draped over the winner. Instead, Viking daisies, with the centers daubed with black lacquer, are used to create the flowers used to resemble Black-Eyed Susans.
Cocktail of the Belmont Stakes: The Belmont Breeze
Saturday, April 28th, 2012
In 1998, the traditional drink of the Belmont Stakes, the third and final race in the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, was changed to the Belmont Breeze:
Ingredients:
1 1/2 oz Rye Whiskey
1/2 oz Harvey’s Bristol Cream Sherry
1/2 oz fresh lemon juice
1/2 oz simple syrup
1 1/2 oz fresh orange juice
splash of orange juice
splash of cranberry juice
Lemon-lime soda
Soda water or club soda
5 mint leaves
1 mint sprig
1 strawberry
1 orange or lemon slice
Preparation:
- Combine first seven ingredients in a shaker with ice.
- Shake and strain into chilled glass.
- Top off with lemon-lime soda and soda water
- Garnish with fresh mint sprig and orange or lemon slice, mint spring and strawberry.
Makes 1 drink.
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Cocktail of the Preakness: The Black-Eyed Susan
Saturday, April 28th, 2012While the Black-Eyed Susan, the official drink of the Preakness Stakes, is not as renowned as the mint julep of the Kentucky Derby, it is refreshing, sweet and powerful.
Black-Eyed Susan Cocktails:
- 1-1/4 oz Bourbon
- 3/4 oz Vodka
- 3 oz sweet & sour mix
- 2 oz orange juice
Add the liquors to a highball glass with shaved ice, top off with the orange juice and sweet and sour mix. Garnish with orange slice, cherry & stirrer.
Makes 1 drink
Punch Bowl Black-Eyed Susan Punch:
- 1 – 1/4 cup vodka
- 4 cups orange juice
- 1 – 1/4 cup light rum
- 3/4 cup triple sec
- 1 tbsp fresh lime juice
- 4 cups pineapple juice
- ice ring
Chill all ingredients. Just before serving combine in a punch bowl. Unmold ice ring and float in bowl. Serve in tall glasses.
Makes 10 large drinks
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The Preakness Cocktail
Saturday, April 28th, 2012
There are many variations of the Preakness Cocktail recipe, but one thing’s for sure, Preakness horse racing fans love it.
Preakness Cocktail:
- 1-1/2 oz Blended Scotch Whiskey
- 3/4 oz Sweet Vermouth
- 1/2 tsp. Benedictine
- Dash Bitters
Stir all ingredients with ice and strain into glass. Garnish with a twist of lemon peel.
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- Horse Racing Invitations
- Traditions of the Preakness Stakes
- Traditions of the Belmont Stakes
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