Posts tagged: sangria

Cranberry Sangria

Cheers to the holidays, friends!

Christmas is next week! How did that creep up so fast? If you're anything like me, you're frantically planning your holiday get togethers, trying to find the perfect (and easiest) recipes to serve your family and friends. When it comes to cocktail hour, my family takes their drinks very seriously. Instead of stocking an entire bar, this year I'm going straight for buckets of sangria to serve.

Any holiday festivities you have planned NEED this sangria. It's full of the traditional holiday flavors you know and love, plus it brings an extra festive element to any get together with the fresh cranberries and cinnamon sticks floating about.

You'll be hard pressed to find anyone who will turn down a second glass... Or third.

INSTRUCTIONS: Combine all ingredients in a large pitcher ad refrigerate for at least 5 to 6 hours before serving (ideally overnight).

Recipe & Photos by Meghan Bassett

Bubbly Thanksgiving Sangria

It's time to get some Bubbly Thanksgiving Sangria up in this holiday week! With all the family and friends coming to town, the recipes being created and the nuttiness that is Thanksgiving, this sangria recipe is the magical recipe to make sure you survive.

This sangria pair perfectly with turkey day and all the fixings that go along with that tasty meat. It's bubbly, light, and festive so it's a great opener for the whole dinner. It pairs with practically anything and boosts the holiday mood like crazy!

So pour a couple of bottles into a pitcher, whip up the deliciousness, and kick back to enjoy everything that is Thanksgiving.

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Bubbly Thanksgiving Sangria from Pig of the Month BBQ on Vimeo.

INSTRUCTIONS: Combine all ingredients in a large pitcher, stirring until the sugar is dissolved. Chill for at least two hours before serving.

*Recipe, photos, and video by Meghan Bassett

9 Valentine’s Day Cocktails To Get All Swoon-y Over

You either love or you hate Valentine's Day. You might be a romantic at heart, or the idea of the holiday just brings to mind too much candy and overdone nonsense. Either way, when that day full of hearts and flowers and candies rolls around, you can't help but have it on the brain. That's why we are serving up 9 Valentine’s Day Cocktails To Get All Swoon-y Over. Even if you happen to dislike the holiday, you can drink your bitterness away with something delicious. See? There's an upside to practically everything, isn't there? Generally that upside involves some sort of booze, but we aren't ones to judge over here. In this round up you are going to find a variety of cocktails to fall in love with. There's everything from strong to sweet to fruity! You can toast another year past with your significant other or you can toast your general single awesomeness. Who says Valentine's Day is only for the lovers out there? ;) Happy drinking!

Singapore Sling - Casa Veneracion

Spiced Pomegranate Cocktail - Honestly Yum

Dirty Shirley - Stir & Scribble

Sparkling Strawberry Rose Sangria - Brooklyn Supper

Sweetie Martini - Inspired by Charm

Valentine Moscato Float - The Taylor House

Valentine’s Day Cocktail - Honestly Yum

Chocolate Covered Cherry Cordial Cocktail - The Slow Roasted Italian

Strawberries & Champagne Margarita - Pizzazzerie The only question is.... will you be sharing with your boo, or keeping all the cocktail deliciousness to yourself?? We're thinking option B sounds pretty darn good.