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Homemade Summer Sangria

My recipe for Summer Sangria was a huge hit at my recent Mom’s Night Out party, and is so simple to make.

Moms Night Out with The Organized Cook

Moms Night Out with The Organized Cook

If you’re entertaining guests or attending a barbeque or party, homemade sangria is obviously more affordable than purchasing bottles of wine.  Plus it’s visually more appealing and a lot of fun.

My Summer Sangria is different than my Holiday Spice Sangria in that instead of using Fall spices like cinnamon sticks and cloves with pears, cranberries and brandy, I use summer ingredients like lemons, limes and mint (fresh from the garden, of course) with a Bacardi Rum flavor like limon, orange or peach red.

Homemade Sangria for Summer from Toni Spilsbury The Organized Cook

Homemade Sangria for Summer from Toni Spilsbury The Organized Cook

 

Homemade Summer Sangria

Homemade Summer Sangria

Ingredients

  • Lemons- 3, sliced
  • Limes- 3, sliced
  • Mint leaves- 1 cup
  • A simple red table wine (I use a jug of Carlo Rossi)
  • A fun Bacardi rum flavor like Limon, Orange or Peach Red
  • Fruit juice- your choice, like cranberry or apple- 2 cups

Instructions

  1. It's best to make Sangria 2-3 days in advance and store someplace cook like a refrigerator or sitting in a tub of ice.
  2. Combine all ingredients.
  3. Let it "chill" for a couple of days.
  4. After “chillin” for a few days, do a taste-test. If it’s too strong add more fruit juice. That’s the great thing about sangria, you simply keep adding to it until it’s perfect. Oh, and if anyone tells you to put sugar in your homemade sangria- don’t do it! Sugar is a great way to ruin a perfectly great sangria.
https://tonispilsbury.com/homemade-summer-sangria/

 

 

Lemons & Limes

Lemons & Limes

 

Because I live in the hot desert and my sangria jug is too large to put in my refrigerator, I simply put it in a cooler full of ice to “chill” for a few days.

Homemade Summer Sangria from Toni Spilsbury The Organized Cook

 

After “chillin” for a few days, do a taste-test.  If it’s too strong add more fruit juice.  That’s the great thing about sangria, you simply keep adding to it until it’s perfect.  Oh, and if anyone tells you to put sugar in your homemade sangria- don’t do it!  Sugar is a perfectly great way to ruin a perfectly great sangria.

Homemade Summer Sangria from Toni Spilsbury The Organized Cook

 

Then serve and enjoy!

 

For more summer entertaining ideas, try:

Skinnymom Margarita

Skinnymom Margarita Recipe

 

Caprese salad recipe

Caprese Salad Recipe

 

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Father’s Day Breakfast Part 2 by The Organized Cook

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Chicken Lettuce Wraps At Home

Chicken Lettuce Wraps are probably my most favorite meal during the warm months.  For years I enjoyed these carb-less entrees only at restaurants until I created a recipe to make it simple to cook at home.

Chicken Lettuce Wraps by The Organized Cook

Chicken Lettuce Wraps by The Organized Cook

 

Not only was I able to create an easy recipe, I was also able to incorporate it into my Weekly Meal Plan System.  For subscribers to The Organized Cook, this is what’s on the menu this week.

I will admit it took me about a half dozen times to get the sauce right.  Too much rice wine vinegar can spoil a perfectly good chicken lettuce wrap.

Here’s the brilliant thing.  For my Asian Noodle Soup to serve alongside this easy dish, I used leftover cooked spaghetti.  This soup doesn’t look “leftover” to you, does it?  Of course not!  It’s been “reincarnated”.

Chicken Lettuce Wraps in The Organized Cook Weekly Meal Plan System

Chicken Lettuce Wraps in The Organized Cook Weekly Meal Plan System

The Organized Cook Weekly Meal Plan

 

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Aloha!

If there was ever one meal that I made that everyone just couldn’t get enough of- this would be it.

Aloha Meatballs.

Aloha Meatballs from The Organized Cook

Aloha Meatballs from The Organized Cook

In this recipe I use a combination of red, orange and yellow bell peppers which go perfectly with the soy-ginger taste of the meatballs.  They also give it that tropical look.  What’s even better, I only used half of these diced bell peppers for this recipe, and the other half I stored for Thursday night to make Fire Rice.

Beefy Chimi and Fire Rice by The Organized Cook

Beefy Chimi and Fire Rice by The Organized Cook

I call it “Fire Rice” because of it’s color, not the flavor; although if fire is just what you’re in the mood for, adding some chipotle seasoning to this rice dish should sure do the trick.

 

 

 

These recipes are from one of my “Family-Favorites” menus that I should rename to something like “A Trip Across The Globe”- from Hawaii to Italy, China and Mexico- this menu covers them all… and for less than $100 in groceries!

This is what’s on the menu this week for subscribers to The Organized Cook:

The Organized Cook Weekly Meal Plan System Menu

If you’re not a subscriber to The Organized Cook Weekly Meal Plan System, the good news is that this meal plan can be purchased individually now in our Store, with no subscription obligation.  This is a perfect opportunity to sample The Organized Cook and this menu from around the world.

 


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