It seems like everywhere we turn this month, somebody is
having a Birthday. Today we are featuring the perfect drink for this very
occasion. If you would like 'the proof is in' to come straight to your inbox,
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birthday blues 7 cups (1 bottle) Ocean Spray® Blueberry Cocktail • 1/2
cup fresh mint leaves • 1-12 oz can frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed • 1
bottle proof whisky • ½ cup blueberries (frozen or fresh)
Combine one cup blueberry cocktail with the mint leaves and
blueberries in a large non-metal pitcher or container. Mash or muddle the mint and
blueberries with a wooden spoon or muddler. Let stand 5 minutes. Stir in
remaining juice, lemonade concentrate and proof whisky. Remove mint and blueberries. Pour into bottles (using a funnel) and
refrigerate. Makes 10 servings. Fills about 5 – 6 bottles.
Last week, we spoke about one of our favourite ideas, which is
to use proof bottles for a pre-made cocktail at a party. We recently went to an
event where guests were circulating with cocktails served in single-serve bottles.
We thought that this would be a perfect way to customize a friend’s or
relatives Birthday party. For pre-made drinks, mix a batch of cocktails ahead
of time (make sure that they are non-carbonated drinks), pour them into several
clean proof bottles, cap them, label them and store in the refrigerator.
Instead of reaching for a beer, your company can reach for a ready-made
cocktail.
If you are looking for nice labels, and don’t want to spend
the time designing them, look no further than the nearest Staples. (www.staples.com) Staples carries, The Avery Martha Stewart Collection. All you have to do is choose your sticker design in store, and then visit this website for your printing template. It allows you to choose from a few different fonts, colours and sizes.
Martha has thought of everything: chalkboard labels, white
board labels, necks tags, blanks and die-cuts that run through the printer. For
today’s recipe, we used #72458 permanent file folder labels for our Birthday
bottles.
For more Birthday Gift ideas, check out our December Breakfast Television newsletter.
proof will be mixing cocktails at the 55 Bloor Street LCBO
tomorrow night from 4pm-8pm and on Saturday morning at 1654 Queen Street East
(Beaches) from 11:30am - 3:30pm
If you could have the perfect day, just what would that day
be? Time is running out, if you have not entered the contest – the proof’s
perfect day sweepstakes from April 1st to May 30th, 2012. To become eligible to
win, all you have to do is LIKE US on Facebook.
If you should win, you will begin this perfect day with a $50.00 haircut at
Toronto’s trendiest Barber Shop, Garrison’s by the Park Barbershop (for him),
and a $75.00 mani-pedi at Sunny Mummy Spa & Boutique (for her). A $500.00
shopping spree will follow, courtesy of Club Monaco. Later you will enjoy a
$75.00 SoCal dinner at the Combine Eatery on the Danforth, and you will then
finish your perfect day with a Cineplex Movie Night Out Pass for two. A few
surprises await you along the way, but these we are keeping a secret. Value is
over $750.00.
Weekend Forecast
Saturday: Sunny and a high of 9 degrees
Sunday: Sunny and a high of 9 degrees
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