If you are finding yourself knee deep in summer fruit like cherries and peaches and can’t eat them fast enough before they all go bad, then I have a solution for you. A summer crumble is the best way to use up any fruit that you have on hand and it is always a crowd pleaser. I tend to get excited and overbuy all of the fruit in the summer and end up with a handful of fruit that ripens too quickly on me. Instead of letting it go to waste, I like to make a yummy dessert out of them instead. This recipe for a cherry peach crumble is truly summer in a bowl, especially topped off with a little vanilla ice cream.
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With summer officially arriving less than a month away, I am gearing up for all things parties, cocktails, and a beach trip with my family at the end of June! I am craving salt water in my hair, sun-kissed skin, and a little relaxation with my favorite people. One of the things I look forward to the most is creating cocktails for everyone to bring down to the ocean to go alongside some delicious snacks while we all soak up the sun! I can't think of anything better than sipping on my ultimate summer Cajun Michelada!
Usually summertime is my favorite time of year. The produce, the tans, the dewy glow on your skin, the list goes on. This summer however, the heat is out of control. Is it always this hot and I have forgotten? Or is this global warming? Anyway you look at it though it's too hot to be outside unless you are going to be sitting in a pool with a cocktail in hand. And when it's this hot out, turning the oven on is unthinkable and meals are meant to be light and fresh! My panzanella caprese cantaloupe skewers are just the perfect light lunch or appetizer (served with a pinot grigio or a rosé) and should be on everyone's to-make list this week!
It's an odd pair...a summer cold and the 4th of July. They don't mix in any sort of way. Believe me I tried this weekend, since I was lucky enough to get the worst summer cold I have ever had on Thursday right before our three day weekend began. Everyone is going to parties, celebrating with friends and good food and you are stuck feeling icky not wanting to do much of anything. Lucky me and lucky Canean too right? Because when one of you is down, the other half sort of gets dragged down too by default.
Not that we had any major plans this weekend, but we had planned on making it to a party thrown by a good friend and I had planned on sipping fancy cocktails all weekend because we were celebrating our freedom and the fact that we didn't have to be grown ups for three days.
Such is life I suppose...the whole weekend wasn't a bust, we managed to eat lunch with some friends (my snotty nose and all), went to the farmer's market, and we hung out by the pool on the 4th for a couple of hours, where I finally started reading the Game of Thrones series...and no I haven't watched one single episode on TV...I'm determined to read all of the books first!
Does anything say summer like sweet and juicy watermelon? It's my favorite and I can literally eat my weight in it. It's kind of a problem, sometimes I have to pace myself. I am totally guilty of slicing and eating simultaneously just to ensure that it will fit into the container I am trying to put it in...well that and the fact that I am too impatient to wait until the whole thing is sliced, and why dirty another bowl right? So I got to thinking about my love of watermelon and thought why not make a cocktail out of it?
Meet my new favorite summer drink, a sparkling watermelon basil cocktail!
Seriously, it's the most refreshing drink, and with the heat that Louisiana has been experiencing, I need all the refreshment I can get! The sweet watermelon is balanced with basil and lime and then you add a little gin and prosecco and holy moly...it's going to rock your world.
Since tomorrow is the Fourth of July, I thought I better get this recipe to y'all today because this drink could not be more perfect for any of your holiday activities this weekend! Watermelon is basically an essential ingredient to the Fourth of July anyway, so it just makes sense.
Fridays and cocktails...we have talked about this before. They just go together right? You've had a hard week, you have been waiting for today since the moment you woke up to go to work on Monday, and it's finally here! You need a cocktail, I get it. I have your back. I have a cocktail recipe for you to make this weekend so you don't even have to think about it! It's not just any ole sangria...it's peach and blueberry sangria!
By now you know that I went blueberry picking last week and that I have basically been putting blueberries in anything and everything that I possibly can! So naturally it only made sense when I was making a sangria that blueberries should be included. And peaches just seemed like the natural choice for another fruit to add since I had some fresh and local ones from the farmer's market! And they do pair quite nicely together!
It's refreshing and perfect for quenching your thirst on a hot day. Or you know what? It would be amazing at your Fourth of July party! It's so pretty...AND you can make a big pitcher of it the night before!
Because the last thing you need to do on the day of a party is worry about mixing up a batch of cocktails. But even if you aren't having a party go ahead and make the sangria! It will keep in the fridge for a couple of days so I think you will be able to handle it yourself.
