{friday cocktail: ginger sour}

I have been wanting to use our bottle of Domaine de Canton, french ginger liqueur, to make a cocktail for some time.  So far we have only used it topped with champagne or as a small addition to other cocktail recipes.  I found this recipe on Domaine de Canton's website which has about 50 other cocktail recipes using the liqueur.  This recipe calls for a half ounce of simple syrup which I completely forgot to add when making the cocktail and it turned out great.  I would actually say that the addition of simple syrup would make this cocktail far too sweet, here is the website without it:

Cheers!

{diy projects tab}

Check it out! I created a Diy projects tab so that you can more easily navigate some of the past DIY projects I have posted here!

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{highly refined jello shots}

 

A few months ago, I saw a post about Jelly Test Kitchen on Martha Stewart's Everyday food blog and I have wanted to try out one of their many amazing recipes ever since.  Last weekend we had some friends over to check out our rooftop pool and have some tacos- what better to go with the tacos than cucumber margarita jello shots? I followed their recipe here.

 {"shot" alongside the cayenne salt}

I cannot stress enough how easy these were to make; in total it took me maybe 7 minutes.  The most time consuming part was tying the cucumber garnish around the shots: and truth be told, I would completely skip this step if I was you.  While the cucumber tie garnishes are super fancy and pretty in pictures, they didn't really taste all that great with the texture of the jello.  After we taste-tested one, I decided to just place a small sliver of peeled cucumber on top of the shots and this was far less time consuming and complimented the texture much better!