15 Delicious Spring- Summer Drinks Recipes

Hola Amigos, I have for you today my first round up post where I give you the best of our Spring -Summer Drinks so far. Just click on the highlighted link and it will take you to the recipe.
Whether you like smoothies, ice cream beverages, coffee, coolers or soda floats I can assure you, there is one or two you would love, just scroll down and enjoy!

Malts

Classic Vanilla Malt

Classic Chocolate Malt

Classic Strawberry Malt

Wine and Champagne Cocktails

Liquid Lime Lifesaver Cocktail

Fruity Frozen Sangria

Seasonal Fruit Smoothies

4-40 Strawberry Slush

Choco Banana Shake

Mango Cheesecake Smoothie

Banana Colada Smoothie

Triple Purple Berry Smoothie

Peach Raspberry Smoothie

Lemon Meringue Pie Milkshake

Coolers

Very Berry Hibiscus Cooler

 Soda Floats

Blueberry Ice Cream Soda Float

Coffee Drinks

Raspberry Coffee Smoothie

Thank You for visiting the blog today, I'm looking forward to share a second roundup of Full Summer Drinks with you soon, remember that everything tastes better with a Pinch of Love!

Besitos,
Lizy

Sharing some tasty drinks at these Fabulous Parties:
Seaside Simplicity
Fireflies and Jellybeans
Oh My Creative
Just Us Four
The Wondering Brain
Natasha in Oz
The Charm of Home
Cheerios and Lattes
This and That
My Turn (for Us)
The Taylor House
I Gotta Create
Easy Life
Marigold's Loft
The Style Sisters
Handy Man, Crafty Woman
Twin Dragonfly Designs
Savvy Southern Style
Marty's Musings
Ginger Snap Crafts
Clean and Scentsible
Mom's Test Kitchen
Fluster Buster
I Gotta Try That
twelve O eight
Feeding Big
With a Blast
Chic on a Shoestring
Simply Designing
Rattlebridge Farm
Fresh Eggs Daily
The Home Girl
Dessert Now, Dinner Later
Classy Clutter
Bowdabra
Will Cook for Smiles
Judy= H-J's Thoughts
Navy Wifey Peters
Sew Crafty Angel

Cuddlebug Cuties
VMG206
The Chicken Chick
Under The Table and Dreaming
Do Small Things with Love

I'm Co Hosting a Party at Fluster Buster

I'm so excited to introduce you to this weeks co-host and featured blogger, Lizy, from Just dip it in Chocolate. At last weeks party Lizy linked up her Death by Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting. Apparently there were a lot of people craving chocolate when they visited last weeks party, because Lizy's cake received a record number of views. It you get a chance stop by Lizy's blog and say "Hi" and while you're there check out all of the wonderful things that she creates, it's not all chocolate.

Fluster's Creative Muster

Week #22

(begins Tuesday @ 6pm and ends Sunday at 11:59pm)

Host

Fluster Buster

Co-Host

Just Dip It In Chocolate

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Buffalo Chicken Deviled Eggs Recipe

Hola Amigos! Happy Monday! Hope everybody is enjoying this long weekend with lots of BBQs, grilling, and just plain fun with family and friends. I was going to start a series of Seasonal Fruits Posts for the entire week, but I got a request from my hubs today to make him his favorite appetizer, Deviled Eggs! Very rarely he asks for something in particular so I agreed to his request because I had a new recipe I wanted to try.
I call them  "True Blue Deviled Eggs" in honor of this Memorial Day, "True Blue" stands for  Loyal, I'm sure we've all heard the expression True Blue American, right? there's also some blue cheese in them so the name is perfect! and now that I think about it, it would be perfect for the 4th of July as well. Here is the recipe

Buffalo Chicken
True Blue Deviled Eggs

1 dozen eggs cooked, cut in half, yolks separated from whites

1 Chicken Breast Cooked and processed to coarse crumbs

6 oz Sour Cream

6 oz Cream Cheese Softened

6 oz Blue Cheese (I used smoked)

8 oz Shredded Mozzarella Cheese

1/8 cup Mustard ( I used Smoked Chipotle Mustard)

Franks Hot Sauce
(you could use Buffalo Sauce, but is too hot for the kids here)

dash of pepper

dash of tumeric 

dash or garlic powder

In a big bowl add and mix all the ingredients plus the egg yolks until you get a creamy paste, put in the microwave for 1 minute or 2 to melt the mozzarella cheese

. Stuff your eggs with this warm mix and sprinkle some paprika on top!

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I loved this recipe! I think I saw something similar on Pinterest but I couldn't find it to double check I got everything right? Don't you hate when that happens? LOL

It's really tasty and with the left over mix you can use it as a warm dip for bread sticks or crackers.

Thank You for visiting! Have a safe return home if you are traveling, if you are home, stay safe and everybody enjoy the day! Don't forget that everything tastes better with a Pinch Of Love!

Besitos,
Lizy

Passing some tasty appetizers at these Fabulous Parties:
In the Kitchen with Jenny
Do Small Things with Love
Fireflies and Jellybeans
My Turn (for Us)
Savvy Southern Style
Simply Designing
Rattlebridge Farm
Love and Laundry
One Artsy Mama
The Best Blog Recipes
kitchen fun witm my Three Sons
Twin Dragonfly Designs
Ginger Snap Crafts
All She Cooks
Rain on a Tin Roof
I Gotta Try That
Between Naps on the Porch
Sew-Licious Home Decor
Feeding Big
Hun...what's for Dinner
Pint Sized Baker
twelveOeight
Kathe with an E
Our Home away from Home
PJH Designs
Love Grows Wild
Nap-Time Creations
Memories by the Mile
Cozy Little House
Tumbleweed Contessa
Love Bake Cakes
The NY Melrose Family
Clean and Scentsible
Handy Man, Crafty Woman
The Style Sisters
Life with the Crust Cut off
Rose Chintz Cottage
Chic on a Shoestring
Fresh Eggs Daily
The Dedicated House
The Home Girl
Dessert Now, Dinner Later
DebbieDoo's
Bowdabra
Will Cook for Smiles
Judy H-J's Thoughts
Navy Wifey Peters
Sew Crafty Angel
VMG206
Under the Table and Dreaming

I've been Nominated

Sunshine Award..what a beautiful name indeed! Hola Amigos! I've been nominated this time to be the proud recipient of the Sunshine Award! The Lovely Janet at The Cat on My Head, has kindly nominated my blog among other wonderful ladies and blogs to receive this Happy and Thoughtful Award! Thank You Janet!

What a great honor! I like to think that the mission of this blog is to actually bring a ray of sunshine or a smile to at least 1 person who reads it! If this is accomplished, and I believe it is by what I read in your lovely comments, I think I'm actually doing something  good here.

There are rules to accept this award  which I would try to follow to the best of my abilities and pass them on to the next Nominees.

First some questions need to be answered by me and the future nominees...here they are...

1-Favorite Color
2-Favorite Animal
3-Favorite Number
4-Favorite Non Alcoholic Drink
5-Favorite Alcoholic Drink
6-Facebook or Twitter
7-My Passions
8-Giving or Receiving Gifts
9-Favorite City
10-Favorite TV Show

And the Nominees are:

A HUMBLE CREATION
CHATTING OVER CHOCOLATE
MAIL FOR ROSEY
JUDY H-J' S THOUGHTS
HEATHERLY LOVES
SHAFFER SISTERS
CHICA CHOCOLATINA
THIS AND THAT
FEEDING BIG
NAP TIME CREATIONS

I subscribed and read all these blogs, all wonderful in their own special way but with one thing in common, they are a Ray of Sunshine to their readers, therefore they all deserve this award! Congratulations ladies! You are all wonderful!

All you girls have to do is:
Post the Sunshine Award Logo
Nominate 10 fellow bloggers
Announce their nomination on their blog's comment section
Provide a link to the nominees's blogs as well as the blog of the person who nominated you
Answer the questions.

I would like to thank one more time Miss Janet Blue at The Cat on My Head for this sweet honor! Please take a moment to visit her blog and say hi to all her furry kitties! You will fall in love with them!

 Isn't she beautiful?  Here she is at a Ceremony held by USA Volleyball, where she was presented with  the Nancy S. Sharpless Scorekeeper Emeritus award. Miss Blue was chair of the USA International Scorekeepers Commission for 12 years and worked many international events during her career! Congratulations Miss Blue!

Besitos,

Lizy

Patriotic Pool Noodle Wreath

Hola Amigos! re you guys ready for this long weekend ahead? I am, and seems like our old friend "weather" will cooperate too! I got my grilling ready with my Black and Blue Burgers with Pimento Sauce, for some chicken I got my son's Drunken Chicken Recipe, got my drinks going like my Fruity Frozen Sangria, my Blueberry Ice Cream Soda Float and for dessert non other than a family favorite Death by Chocolate! The only thing missing was a little bit of decor...here comes the reliable Pool Noodle.

If you have $5 dollars, 5 minutes and a few last year decorations around you can also make one of these. Just take a ride to your nearest Dollar Store for your Pool Noodle and a few patriotic Hawaiian garlands and in no time your door would be ready for the weekend Holiday.

Last Year's Pool Noodle

As you can see here, I got a few Hawaiian Flower garlands in red, white and blue, got a Hat, a few stars left from last years wreath and a few blowers!!! (noisy maker thingies) lol.

Just wrap the garland around your pool noodle and decorate as you please.
There is no way of placing this wreath the wrong way, hat up, hat to the side inside or outside it looks good!

Since I couldn't appreciate my hat the way I had envisioned in my mind, I decided to use anther $1 dollar item, a cute USA sign! Perfect.

Thank You for visiting the blog my friends, hope you have a great, fun and safe Memorial Day Weekend. Don't forget to remember with a thought or a prayer those men and women of uniform who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country and all of us. Without them we would not be enjoying all the freedom and joy we have today.

Besitos,

Lizy
Do Small Things with Love
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I Gotta Create
Love and Laundry
Under the Table and Dreaming
Simply Designing
One Artsy Mama
The Best Blog Recipes
Kitchen Fun with my Three Son
Heatherly Loves
Debbiedoo's
Serenity You
Your Homebased Mom
Sew-Licious Home Decor
Life on Lakeshore Drive
The Tablescaper
Natasha in Oz
Will Cook For Smiles
Rain on a Tin Roof
I Gotta Try That
Between Naps on the Porch
The Pin Junkie
Feeding Big
twleveOeight
Kathe with an E
Our Home away from Home
PHJ Designs
Love Grows Wild
Nap Time Creations
Memories by the Mile
Cozy Little House
Tumbleweed Contessa
Love Bake Cakes
The NY Melrose Family
Ginger Snap Crafts
Twin Dragonfly Designs
Clean and Scentsible
Handy Man, Crafty Woman
The Style Sisters
Life with the Crust Cut off
Rose Chintz Cottage
Chic on a Shoestring
Fresh Eggs Daily
The Dedicated House
The Home Girl
Bowdabra
Cuddlebug Cuties
Living Better Together
French Country Cottage

Beer and Ginger Barbecue Sauce Recipe

Hola Amigos! The weekend is soon approaching and weather willing there will be a lot of grill firing and delicious cooking across the Nation! One of the fundamental elements of a good BBQ and grilling experience is a good Barbecue Sauce.

Now, there is a whole lot of BBQ Sauces to choose from, with different condiments, spices and notes. From the very mild fast food kid friendly flavor to the spicy fire breathing hand me a gallon of milk sauces. All of them good and with  numerous fans each and an entire group of folks falling in between.

Let me start by saying that I'm not a BBQ sauce fan, bottles are purchased in this house for the enjoyment of my husband and teen son. Maybe because I grew up without it and throughout the years, I still haven't developed a taste for it. BUT...sometimes I like to give certain foods a little kick and that is when I use this Homemade BBQ Sauce. To me is the right combination of sweetness and spice to go perfect with any food, not only burgers, but fish, chicken and even beans! oh yeah...love it with Black Beans...but that is another story.

Salmon Burger Dipped in my BBQ Sauce

This is a tomato based sauce and I will try to give measurements to the best of my knowledge, but you know how it is with homemade foods sometimes, everything is eyeballed and never measured.

Beer and Ginger BBQ Sauce

3/4 Cup Beer

1 inch Ginger Root

1 Small onion

 1 Clove Garlic

1tsps oil

1 small Can Tomato Sauce

1/4 Cup Ketchup

1/4 Cup Brown Sugar

1/2 Cup Molasses

1 Tsps Soy Sauce 

1 Chipotle Bullion (2 if you want it really hot)

In a food processor, mince with a several pulses the ginger root, onion and garlic. Pulse until you cant' see pieces of garlic anymore. In a medium saucepan, medium low heat, add the Tsps of oil and fry the previous mix until onions are transparent, stirring constantly for it not too stick to the bottom and burn, Add Beer, Tomato sauce, Ketchup, Brown Sugar, Molasses, Soy Sauce and crushed Chipotle Bullion. Bring it to a boil, lower the temperature to low ad cook for 15 minutes on low heat until thickens.

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Makes 1 Cup of Sauce. Stores well refrigerated.

I realize you wont be able to get as much as with your bottles at the grocery store, but it's so rich and tasty that a little goes a long way.

I add a little bit while I'm cooking my beans for a nice smoky sweet flavor and with the fish it was divine! The ginger and chipotle also gives it a subtle heat note, if you want more heat, then add more ginger or chipotle. 

Thank You for visiting the blog today! Give this little sauce a try if you are like me and need something with your own personal signature to enjoy your next grilling party!

Remember everything tastes better with a Pinch of Love!

Besitos,
Lizy

Passing some BBQ Sauce at these Fabulous Parties:
Under the Table and Dreaming
Heatherly Loves
Rattlebridge Farm
504 Main
Jennifer Rizzo
Kitchen fun with my 3 Sons
My Romantic Home
The Thriftiness Miss
One Artsy Mama
The Best Blog Recipes
My Turn (for Us)
Life on Lakeshore Drive
The Tumbleweed Contessa
Carole's Chatter