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Lillet Lemon Champagne Sparkler

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Lillet lemon champagne sparkler says Happy New Years eve!!! It’s not too late to ring in the new year with this festive and easy cocktail.  We combined 3 of our favorite drinks and what do you know….they are awesome mixed together!!! If you want to add a fun extra touch you can sugar the rim like we did, which makes it even better in our opinion.  To sugar the rim simply run a halved lemon around the rim of each champagne glass and dip in granulated sugar. Pour 4 ounces of champagne or prosecco into each glass followed by 2 ounces of Lillet wine, and top it off with 1 ounce of limoncello.  Give it a quick mix and there you go…Lillet lemon sparkler, the perfect drink to cheers to while you’re welcoming in 2021.  Happy New Year, have a good thyme and see you in 2021!!!


Lillet Lemon Sparkler
 
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Serves: 2
Ingredients
  • 8 oz champagne or prosecco
  • 4 oz Lillet wine
  • 2 oz limoncello
  • granulated sugar
  • halved lemon
Instructions
  1. Run a halved lemon on the rim of two champagne glasses. Dip the rim of each glass in sugar.
  2. Pour 4oz of champagne or prosecco into each glass. Pour 2 oz of Lillet wine into each glass. Pour 1 oz prosecco into each glass. Stir and serve!

Watermelon Basil Cooler

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It’s watermelon season which means it’s watermelon basil cooler time!  We really  just couldn’t be happier!  I mean, who doesn’t love the beautifully sweet and refreshing fruit?  Add some fresh basil and vodka and well, the rest is history!  If you are not a vodka person, that’s totally cool, you can certainly skip that part and make it a “mocktail”.  Watermelon actually has some amazing health benefits like, aiding in digestion, containing vitamins A and C, lowering inflammation, helping with hydration, and improving heart health by reducing blood pressure and cholesterol .  Convinced yet?  I know, we are too!  So these pretty little coolers are a cinch to make.

All you need is a seedless watermelon, fresh basil, vodka (if you are making it like that), a blender and a strainer.  Easy enough right?

So just cube up the watermelon and toss it into the blender.  Pulse it a few times until broken down.  Then push it through a mesh strainer to remove the pulp.  Transfer juice back to blender and add the basil and vodka.  Pulse until blended.  Serve it over a nice big glass of ice and watch the eyes of the people you are serving it to!  They are going to freak out!


Watermelon Basil Cooler
 
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Serves: 2
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  • 4 C cubed seedless watermelon
  • ¼ C basil
  • optional - 2 shots high quality vodka such as Tito’s
Instructions
  1. Pulse watermelon in a blender on high speed until it turns to liquid form.
  2. Use a mesh strainer to strain the watermelon juice from the pulp. Return watermelon juice to blender with basil and vodka, pulse until mixed.
  3. Serve over ice.

Hass Avocado Party – Love One Today!

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This post was sponsored by Fresh Avocados – Love One Today as part of an In-Home Party Activation for Influence Central and all opinions expressed in our post are our own.

Recently, we had the opportunity to host an In-home party featuring some delicious Hass avocado recipes.  At Good Thyme Kitchen, we are obsessed with avocados so this party was a no-brainer for us.  We invited some of our avocado loving friends and their kids to enjoy the recipes we made.  We decorated the table with bright colors and chose recipes featuring avocados that both the kids and adults would love.  We had a fun afternoon filled with friends, music, laughter and lots of yummy food..and of course lots of avocados!  The recipes we chose to serve at our party were, agua fresca de aguacate, vegan avocado ceviche, avocado and mango kick-starter smoothies and a peanut butter, apple avocado wrap on a whole wheat tortilla.

We set up a buffet style table featuring all of the selected dishes. The kids were all super excited when they came running (literally) in the door after school!  We had prepared everything just before all of the guests arrived as we knew they’d be hungry. So while the kids changed out of their school clothes, we started by serving up a cold drink to the mama’s.

The agua fresca de aguacate drink was absolutely delicious!  It was so refreshing and a perfect choice for a hot August day in Arizona.  It’s made with honeydew melon, fresh Hass avocados, water, lime juice, ice and a pinch of salt.  Both the adults and kids were big fans of this one.  A drink like this aqua fresca is one that you can feel good about serving your guests because wholesome, fresh foods are less likely to contain added sugars, salt and other processed ingredients.

We also featured this amazing vegan avocado ceviche which was a total home run!  The clean fresh flavor paired perfectly with the whole grain tortilla chips we served it with. Both the adults and kids gobbled this one up!  Good thing we doubled this recipe as it went fast.  While everyone was munching on the chips and ceviche, we called the kids to the table for the smoothies.

The kids saw these fun smoothies waiting for them and they couldn’t wait to get their hands on them! The smoothies were so delicious.  They were made with frozen mango and pineapple, fresh Hass avocados, pineapple juice, almond milk and some ice.  We have been putting avocados into our kid’s smoothies ever since they were toddlers and they absolutely love them.  The avocado’s smooth, creamy consistency and mild taste makes it one the first fresh fruits a child can enjoy.

It was so fun to see these cuties enjoying all of the delicious recipes.  These kids are serious avocado lovers!

This guy takes his smoothie drinking seriously!!

They even liked chowing down on plain avocados which is guaranteed to make the parents happy.  Avocados contribute to nearly 20 nutrients, including vitamins, minerals, dietary fiber and phytonutrients, that are important to infant/toddler nutrition.  As parents, we love to see our kids eating healthy foods!

I mean, how cute is she??  Our avocado poster child!

The kids were having so much fun and we loved seeing them try new things!

Like I said before, the chips and ceviche went fast!  Who doesn’t like a chip loaded with fresh avocado and tomatoes?

And another smoothie lover!!

The peanut butter, apple and avocado wrap in a whole wheat tortilla was also a favorite.  Good thing we made a bunch of these because the kids were loving them and it was the perfect after school snack for hungry kids.

The moms were definitely not missing out on the yummy food either.

Looks like this cutie needs a refill!

We’d say that our Love One Today avocado party was a huge success!!  We had so much fun making the recipes and having our friends try them out.  All of the mom’s left with recipe cards so they can make the dishes at home as well.  And, how cute are these T-shirts too?

Fresh Avocados – Love One Today

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Berry White Sangria

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We are all about having a signature drink for a holiday get together, or for any get together for that matter.  Since the 4th of July is right around the corner, we wouldn’t want to miss out on the opportunity to concoct a festive signature drink like this berry white sangria.  Red, white and blue is the obvious theme with this one and we are loving these American flag straws we scored at Target to add a little extra holiday touch.

If you like coconut vodka, prosecco and fresh berries then you will looooove this drink!   Serve it up chilled over ice, just know it will go fast so make sure to have backup on hand so you don’t leave your guests thirsty.  Nobody wants to be thirsty at a 4th of July party, right?! Oh, and an added bonus is that the fireworks will be looking extra amazing after a few of these!!

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Berry White Sangria
 
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Serves: 10
Ingredients
  • 1 bottle (750 ml) Prosecco
  • 2½ C white cranberry or white peach juice
  • ⅔ C coconut vodka
  • ⅓ C blueberries
  • ⅓ C strawberries, chopped
  • ⅓ C blackberries
  • ⅓ C raspberries
  • 2-3 Tbsp fresh mint, chopped
Instructions
  1. Mix all ingredients together in a large pitcher. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving. Serve over ice.

Tropical Green Smoothie

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When in doubt…make a smoothie! When in doubt about what to have for breakfast or when in doubt about what to make the kids for an after school snack, a smoothie is always the perfect solution. The blender seems to be running around the clock in our house, between my 3 kids and my husband and I, someone is always requesting a smoothie of some sort. We tend to get on kicks of our favorite flavor combinations; currently we are slightly obsessed with this Tropical Green Smoothie. It’s a great way to give your kids their greens and fill them up at the same time!

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Tropical Green Smoothie
 
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Serves: Makes 2½ C
Ingredients
  • 1 C frozen pineapple (can use fresh)
  • 1C frozen banana - approximately 1 banana
  • 2 c packed fresh spinach
  • 1½ C unsweetened almond milk, or other nut or dairy milk of choice
  • 4 medjooli dates, pitted
Good Thyme Tip - If the pineapple and banana are not frozen, add ½ C of chopped ice.
To better prepare, cut bananas into bite size pieces and store in a ziploc bag in the freezer. you will be prepped and ready to go anytime you want a smoothie!
Instructions
  1. Add all ingredients to blender and blend until smooth.

Camarones Cocktail

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This camarones cocktail is always fun to make because it brings back so many memories for me. I grew up in San Diego where there are amazing seafood restaurants literally lining the entire coast. Many years ago, my dad decided to make his own version of a camarones cocktail that they served at one of our favorite restaurants. He shared his recipe with me and I’ve been making them as an appetizer for as long as I can remember. There are so many different ways that you can serve this cocktail. And by the way, it’s called a cocktail but the recipe does not contain any alcohol…You can certainly add some vodka and make it more like a hearty Bloody Mary if you’d like, but this recipe is more like a cold gazpacho soup. We prepared this one in a tall glass but if you are hosting a larger party, it’s fun to do small glasses or mason jars that people can just pick up and carry around with them. This might be one of my husband’s most favorite things to eat! Give it a try and let us know what you think!

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Camarones Cocktail
 
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Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • 1 pound cooked peeled deveined large shrimp
  • 1 large zuchinni - chopped
  • 1 english cucumber - chopped
  • 2 stalks celery - chopped
  • ½ white onion - diced
  • 1 large avocado - diced
  • ½ cup cilantro - chopped
  • 1 bottle bloody mary mix ( we like zing zang brand)
  • 2 limes
Instructions
  1. Combine zucchini, cucumber, onion and celery in a bowl
  2. Reserve a few whole shrimp to use as garnish, remove tails and chop remaining shrimp into large bite size pieces
  3. Put diced avocado into a bowl
  4. To assemble, in a tall glass, layer ingredients. First chopped veggies, then a few pieces avocado, then cilantro, then chopped shrimp. Repeat these steps until you reach the top of the glass.
  5. Pour bloody mary mix into glass. Squeeze fresh lime into glass and garnish with large whole shrimp.
Good Thyme Tip - these can be served with or without Vodka! They are amazing either way!