It’s Spring! And I think it’s time for a little cocktail refresh don’t you? I LOVE a cocktail made from fresh ingredients, and even better when they come from my garden. This week we’ve got a giveaway that’s sure to bring on the cocktail inspiration (from your garden, or, you know, the supermarket). Zen and Tonic: Savory and Fresh Cocktails for the Enlightened Drinker has over 80 recipes that are not only delicious, but can also provide a health boost too!
Blending superfoods right into your drinks, Aron’s recipes use unexpected ingredients, like ginger, kiwis, coconut water, kale, and kombucha, for powerful health benefits and surprisingly delicious flavors. A boozy boost is optional, but highly recommended, in recipes like:
* Papaya Passion Fresca
* The Drunken Avocado
* Yellow Mary
* Retox Detox
* Mexican Chocolate Buzz
Besides cocktail recipes, it also includes some fun ideas for making boozy popsicles, flavored ice cubes, infused spirits, and lots of techniques to up your cocktail game!
And we’ve been doing some Spring cleaning around Stir and Strain headquarters (like updating our bar shelves) and have put together a fun grab bag of goodies (no booze though this time, but we promise it’s fun stuff!).
So are you ready to stuff some Spring into your drinks?! Me too! Oh wait, I can’t enter. But you can! Check out the options below to enter and get up to 11 entries to win. Giveaway ends at 11:59pm PST Sunday April 10th, 2016. For more information on Zen and Tonic and the Healthy Bartender, check out the Jules Aron website!
I couldn’t live without my jiggers. I’m no good at eyeballing amounts!
Me either! If I eyeball drinks then everyone’s under the table on the first round.
I couldn’t live without my muddler!
Necessary!
It’s supposed to be near 80 later this week, so those boozy popsicles are going to be necessary.
Time to stock pile those!
My muddler for sure! It brings a whole new life to fresh ingredients. 🙂 Thanks for the chance to win!
Mine would have to be my citrus squeezer – travels wonderfully and makes prepping citrus a cinch!
Well it’s cheating but I love my Barbarian 9 in 1 tool, then I don’t have to choose. But in lieu of that definitely a jigger!
That is a beast of a tool! Definitely have everything there.
easy – my strainer!
Blender.
A blender! 🙂
My jigger for accuracy, and a glass rod for stirring.
My Yarai mixing glass, for sure!
Blender. 🙂
My shaker! In a pinch I could go without a jigger but I’ve got no clue had I’d shake my all the cocktails that everyone is always wanting.
There really isn’t a good replacement for those!
My kitchen garden!
A+++++++
Jiggers for sure! make everything so much faster and accurate