Drink Recipes
Master Cleanse Cocktail
Part one in a new mini-series here on HilahCooking: 2 Shots! 1 Take! Wherein I bring on other YouTubers and we make cocktails and talk. Some of the cocktails will be classics; some will be new ones I just made up 5 minutes before shooting based on the available ingredients. The Master Cleanse Cocktail is…
Read MoreMango Lassi
My first taste of a mango lassi came when I was living in Boston, circa 1998. Though I grew up in the kitchen, what my family was most interested in were the classics; things like chili, enchiladas, and tuna casserole. Indian food, not so much. I had a boyfriend at the time, though, who had…
Read MoreVodka Cherry Limeade Cocktail Video
Click here for the printable vodka cherry limeade recipe!
Read MoreVodka Cherry Limeade
If you’re looking for a special cocktail to get your lover in the mood … well, this one might do it. Vodka cherry limeade is easy drinkin’ with the added benefits of all the off-color “cherry” jokes you could make. You know, about sex and other romantic stuff for Valentine’s Day. Which is tomorrow. Did…
Read MoreFrozen Sangria
Frozen sangria recipe video (scroll down for printable recipe card) I’d be lying if I told you I made this frozen sangria up for Cinco de Mayo. The truth is, I made this up for all the hot, hot Summer days to come. The sweltering, sweaty days filled with flies, mosquitos, and sun beams that…
Read MoreThe Famous Napoleon House Pimm’s Cup Cocktail
I was planning on writing all about my AWESOME trip to New Orleans and, like, bragging about it to y’all. But then I got food poisoning while I was there and TRUST me: food poisoning ain’t nothin’ to brag about. Unless you’re a freak who’s into puke parties, but then that’s your deal, dude. Anyway,…
Read MoreHabanero Margarita!
Yes, it’s January and it’s freeezzzing and we’re cold and shivering in oversized shoes and raggedy coats, trying to warm up with fistfuls of matches and perhaps a cold margarita doesn’t quite fit into this scenario. Perhaps. Then again, perhaps a margarita is exactly what you need in order to trick your brain into thinking…
Read MoreMexican Hot Chocolate
Dudes, listen up, okay? Stop what you are doing. Seriously. You guys? Pay attention, please. I have to tell you about this very important thing called Mexican Hot Chocolate. This is the best hot chocolate you will ever have in your life and I am not even lying right now.
Read MoreMeet My New Pal: Pimm’s Cup
I am a lover of gin. Ever since I visited Ye Olde England for New Year’s 2000 (BIG disappointment when the Thames River refused to catch aflame) gin has been a favorite of mine. Many were the freezing-butt-ass-cold December nights I spent in my friend’s dormitory kitchen, getting drunk on Gordon’s and watching terrible TV…
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