Staying Home Isn’t Easy. But It Doesn’t Have to Be Boring!
Between working from home, to homeschooling the kids all the while “trying to make the best of it”, this quiet isolation has made us exhausted! How about you?
In a time of pause and relaxation we sure aren’t feeling too relaxed.
So what is the one tried and true thing that can make someone take a moment to relax? A nice cocktail!
If you’re missing your favorite trendy cocktails like we are here are some fun themed ones for you to enjoy!
3 Trendy Cocktails to Enjoy While Staying Home
“The Quarantini”
If you have logged on to any social media platform in the last 40 days you are sure to have seen some form or another of this spin on a classic.
What You Need:
Your best martini glass
Vodka or Gin (your choice)
A little bit of ice
Juice of any citrus (lemon,lime,orange… for all the vitamin C)
A little bit of honey or simple syrup to sweeten it up
Shake it all together and serve with a vitamin C gummy to garnish!
Some recipes we have come across have gone as far as rimming the glass with vitamin C granules but we will leave that one up to you!
“The Old Fashioned”
Don’t you just feel like we have stepped back in time? To simpler days where all you had to worry about was home and family? Why not take your cocktail making and enjoyment back in time also!
What you need:
A tsp of fine granulated sugar
2-3 dashes of bitters
2oz of whiskey or burboun
An orange slice (more vitamin c) or a cherry garnish
Mix the sugar, bitters and whiskey together then serve over ice with the orange or cherry garnish. Find you comfiest chair and sip the old fashioned way.
Our final little treat:
“The Stir-Crazy”
Well, because that’s what we all are!!
What you Need:
1 0z Gin
1 oz Cognac
Splash of Lemon Juice
Splash of Grenadine
Drizzle of Simple Syrup
Dash of Soda
Crushed Ice
A few sprigs of mint
Combine all ingredients in a pilsner glass and serve over ice with the mint leaves as a garnish. With this one, you may want to enjoy it outside on the patio and pretend you are some where tropical.
There you have it! 3 trendy cocktails to enjoy while staying home. It’s the responsible thing to do!
