Mangia Monday!

“Drink because you are happy, but never because you are miserable.”
-G.K. Chesterton


Sangria
Servings: 17

Ingredients:

* 3 bottles Rioja (Spanish red wine)
* 1 can (12 oz) frozen limeade concentrate
* 1 cup brandy
* 1 cup Triple Sec
* 3 lemons, finely sliced
* 3 limes, finely sliced
* 3 oranges, finely sliced
* 2 pears, finely sliced
* 2 peaches, finely sliced
* Ice
* 1 liter sparkling water

Directions:

1.) Mix wine, limeade, brandy, liqueur, & fruit in large pitcher
2.) Stir well.
3.) Chill at least 2 hours.
4.) Place ice into tall glasses.
5.) Pour sangria over ice, until glass is 4/5 full.
5.) Top off with sparkling water.
6.) Garnish with more fruit.

“Drink nothing without seeing it; sign nothing without reading it”
-Spanish Proverb



Watermelon Martini
Servings: 2

Ingredients:

* cocktail sugar
* 4 oz (1/2 cup) vodka
* 8 oz (1 cup) Watermelon Margarita Mixer
* ice
* 2 watermelon wedges

Equipment Needed:

* 2 margarita glasses (chilled)
* Shallow bowl
* Shaker

Directions:

1.) Pour cocktail sugar into a shallow bowl.
2.) Moisten glass rims with water.
3.) Invert glasses and dip into bowl filled with sugar.
4.) Set glasses to the side.
5.) Add ice to shaker (fill 3/4).
5.) Pour vodka and cocktail mixer over ice in shaker.
6.) Shake vigorously and strain into glasses.
7.) Garnish with fresh watermelon wedge.

Wine is sunlight, held together by water.
-Galileo

Silly Joke of the Day:

What's gray, eats fish, & lives in Washington, D.C.?
......The Presidential Seal.

Have a great day and remember:
Go Ahead & Indulge!