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Health & Fitness

It's Cinco De Mayo!

In honor of Cinco De Mayo, here are a few tasty recipes to ensure your celebration is muy bueno!

Easy Grapefruit Sangria
Ingredients:

  • 4 cups grapefruit juice
  • 3 cups Riesling wine
  • 1 ½ cups ginger ale
  • Sliced fruit
Directions: Combine all of the liquid ingredients in a large pitcher and stir. Add in the fruit to the pitcher and serve over ice.

Cranberry Mojito
Ingredients:
  • 4 brown sugar cubes
  • 10 mint leaves
  • ¼ oz. dried cranberries
  • 2 tbs. lime juice
  • 6 oz. cranberry juice cocktail
  • 1 ½ oz. rum
  • 2 cups ice
  • Garnish: 1 lime wedge, 1 mint sprig, 1 sugar cane swizzle stick
Directions: Place the sugar, mint, cranberries, and lime juice into a large glass. Stir until the cranberries and mint are minced and the sugar has dissolved. Add the cranberry juice, rum, and ice to the glass. Garnish with lime, mint, and sugar cane stick and serve.

Pomegranate Margarita Martini
Ingredients:
  • 1 1/2 cups pomegranate juice
  • 2 oz lemon flavored vodka
  • 1 oz. tequila
  • ½ tsp. lime juice
  • 1 cup ice
Directions: Combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker and mix. Rim a cocktail glass with a lime wedge and the dip it in sugar. Pour drink into glass and garnish with a lime.

(All pictures/recipies courtesy of punchbowl.com)
Remember to always drink responsibly!  
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