Parker's Famous Margaritas and Bourbon Chicken recipes

Parker's Famous Margaritas

    5 fluid ounces tequila
    3 fluid ounces fresh lime juice
    1 fluid ounce sweetened lime juice
    3 fluid ounces triple sec (orange-flavored liqueur)
    ice cubes
    1 lime, cut into wedges
    rimming salt

Directions
    Measure the tequila, lime juice, sweetened lime juice and triple sec into a cocktail shaker and add a generous scoop of ice. Cover and shake until the shaker is frosty, about 30 seconds.
    Rub a lime wedge around the rim of a margarita glass and dip in salt. Fill each glass with ice. Strain equal amounts of the cocktail into the glasses to serve. Garnish with a lime wedge.
recipe - http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Parkers-Famous-Margaritas/Detail.aspx?evt19=1

Bourbon Chicken
2 lbs boneless chicken breasts, cut into bite-size pieces
1 -2 tablespoon olive oil
1 garlic clove, crushed
1/4 teaspoon ginger
3/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
1/4 cup apple juice
1/3 cup light brown sugar
2 tablespoons ketchup
1 tablespoon cider vinegar
1/2 cup water
1/3 cup soy sauce

Directions:
Heat oil in a large skillet.
Add chicken pieces and cook until lightly browned.
Remove chicken.
Add remaining ingredients, heating over medium Heat until well mixed and dissolved.
Add chicken and bring to a hard boil.
Reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes.
Serve over hot rice and ENJOY.
recipe - http://www.food.com/recipe/bourbon-chicken-45809

Figs, prosciuttuto, melts and pork

Coffee and chocolate chip cookies 2

Sly's honey mule recipe and a burger

Sly's honey mule

Ingredients
    1½ bottles dark rum (preferably Myers)
    ½ bottle of oven-proof rum (preferably Wray and Nephew)
    15 limes, juiced
    330g Mexican honey
    300ml elderflower cordial, undiluted
    plenty of ice, crushed
    2l ginger beer
    10 cinnamon sticks

Method
    Put the first 5 ingredients into a 1½litre jug and stir. Fill 10 tall glasses with ice, then divide the liquid between each glass until each one is ¾ full. Top up with ginger beer and serve stirred, with a cinnamon stick.
recipe - http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/3855/slys-honey-mule

Chocolate, pasta and cake

Coffee, juice and scones

White Russian cocktails recipe

White Russian cocktails

Ingredients
    ice
    180ml vodka
    180ml Kahlúa
    100ml single cream

Method
    Fill 6 glass tumblers with ice.
    Put 2 tbsp vodka and 2 tbsp Kahlúa in each glass.
    Drizzle 1 tbsp cream over each and serve immediately.
recipe - http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/4294/white-russian-cocktails

Watermelon jello, stake with berries and ice cream

Strawberry tart, cream and coffee

Summer berry fizz recipe

Summer berry fizz

Ingredients
    350g raspberries
    800g strawberries, trimmed and quartered
    1 unwaxed lemon, zested
    200g golden caster sugar
    1 vanilla pod, halved
    70cl bottle vodka
    150g raspberries
    150g blueberries
    2 nectarines, cut into slivers
    1 bottle cava or soda water

Method
    Put the 350g raspberries, strawberries, lemon zest and caster sugar in a bowl and crush with a potato masher. Add the vanilla pod, mix well and leave for 2 hours until the fruit starts to become really juicy.
    Cover the fruit with the vodka, mix well, cover and chill for at least 3 days, or until needed.
    Strain the vodka through a fine mesh sieve then decant into a clean bottle. Pour a measure of the vodka into a tall glass, add a few fresh raspberries, blueberries and the slices of nectarine. Top up with chilled cava or soda and ice to serve.
recipe - http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/10943/summer-berry-fizz

Spinach salad and stew

Chocolate pancakes, coffee and oatmeal with yoghurt and berries

Bitter orange & cardamom martinis recipe and stuffer peppers

Bitter orange & cardamom martinis

Ingredients
    12 cardamom pods
    6 tbsp Seville orange marmalade, plus more to serve
    400ml vodka
    125ml Cointreau
    4 tbsp lemon juice
    ice, to serve

Method
    Bash 6 cardamom pods in a pestle and mortar until they split.
    Melt the marmalade in a pan, then whisk in the vodka. Add the crushed pods. Don’t boil the mix, simply warm it for a few mins. Leave to infuse off the heat for 20 mins, then strain.
    Add the Cointreau and lemon juice and chill (or keep in the freezer). Serve in glasses with a little more marmalade in the bottom, ice and a cardamom pod floating on top.
recipe - http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/72602/bitter-orange-and-cardamom-martinis

Cake, cocktail and sandwiches

Chocolate strawberry cupcake, coffee and cake

Clementini

Clementini

Ingredients
    2 clementines, peeled and segmented, plus some segments to decorate
    50ml vodka
    50ml Cointreau
    a dash of orange bitters

Method
    Muddle (crush) the clementine segments in a shaker. Add the remaining ingredients and a handful of ice cubes and shake.
    Pour into a martini glass and add a segment on a stick for decoration.
recipe - http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/96600/clementini

Various 54

Coffee, cookies, croissant and cake

Mulled wine cocktail recipe and pizza

Mulled wine cocktail

Ingredients
    100g/4oz light muscovado sugar
    1 star anise
    1 cinnamon stick
    4 cloves
    150ml water
    1 lemon
    2 clementines
    150ml Cointreau
    750ml/ 1¼pint bottle light red wine, such as Beaujolais
    Twist of orange zest and a star anise, to serve

Method
    Put 100g light muscovado sugar in a pan with 1 star anise, 1 cinnamon stick, 4 cloves and 150ml water. Bring slowly to the boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar.
    Simmer for 2 mins, then pour into a large jug and leave to cool. Add 1 lemon and 2 clementines, both thinly sliced, to the jug along with 150ml Cointreau and a 750ml bottle light red wine, such as a Beaujolais. Stir well, then cover and chill for at least 2 hrs or overnight if you can.
    Serve chilled or over ice, with a twist of orange zest and a star anise. If you’d like to serve a traditional warm mulled wine, there’s no need to chill – simply warm through without boiling and serve in heatproof glasses.
recipe - http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/8143/mulled-wine-cocktail