It’s the time of year to unwind.
Start one’s party with some festive mocktails:
Christmas Mimosa (as seen above)
- 2 parts non alcoholic sparkling wine or alternative
- 1 part cranberry juice
- 1 rosemary sprig or cranberries to garnish optional
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Pour 2 parts wine and 1 part cranberry juice into a champagne flute and garnish with rosemary and/or cranberries. Serve immediately. If you don’t drink alcohol free wine, it can easily be replaced with soda water, kombucha or ginger beer.
- 6 cups cranberry juice or pomegranate cranberry juice*
- 3 cups pineapple juice**
- 1 Tbsp almond extract
- 3 liters ginger ale
- 1 (12 oz.) bag fresh cranberries (optional)
- 2 fresh limes, sliced (optional)
- Ice
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Pour cranberry juice, pineapple juice, and almond extract into a large drink dispenser and mix. Pour in ginger ale and give it one quick stir.
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Add in cranberries, ice and ginger ale. Serve within a few hours for best results as it will start to go flat.
If one would prefer to partake:
White Christmas Mojito
Ingredients:
- 3/4 cup of lime juice
- 1/4 cup of packed mint leaves, plus more for garnish
- 1/2 cup of sugar
1/2 cup of white rum - 1/2 cup of coconut rum
- 1 cup of canned coconut milk
- sparkling water
- pomegranate arils
Instructions:
- In a larger pitcher, muddle the mint leaves in the sugar and lime juice.
- Using a strainer, remove the muddled mint leaves (optional).
- Fill four glasses halfway full with ice and fill 3/4 full with coconut rum mixture.
- Top off each glass with sparkling water. Garnish with mint leaves and pomegranate arils and enjoy!
(Sidebar: do not drink and drive.)
