OoomphJuice - workout recovery drink

Workout recovery drink with a surprisingly decent taste. Provides electrolytes, protein, caffeine, B and C Vitamins, L-Arginine and 35mg fast-absorbing carbs.

• 40 gram scoop of Glyco-Maize (Waxy Maize Starch)
• 20 gram scoop of N.O.-Xplode
• 1-serving packet of TraceMinerals Power Pak
• 16 grams (half scoop) of Now Sports Whey Protein Isolate, Dutch Chocolate
• 6 ounces club soda
• 6 ounces water

1. Important: mix dry ingredients thoroughly first.
   This prevents clumping, especially by Glyco-Maize and N.O.-Xplode.
2. Pour club soda into large wide-mouth sports bottle. 
3. Dump in dry ingredients. 
4. Allow them to fizz and dissolve, stirring as needed.
5. Add water.
6. Mix thoroughly.

Enjoy irresponsibly.

Blue State Victory™

3 shots vodka
3 shots blue curacao
1 splash of peach schnapps

Combine over ice in a cocktail shaker. Shake vigorously, pour liberally. Makes three martini stemware servings. Thanks to friends April and Matt for inventing this drink for their guests at a recent Obama celebration.

Honey Stawberry Margarita™

Honey Stawberry Margarita™

A smooth strawberry treat with a sweet surprise.

1 Cup Reposado Tequila
1 Pint fresh strawberries
2 Cups ice cubes (1.5 trays)
1/3 Cup clover honey
1.5 Cups frozen limeade or Cuervo lime tequila mix (aka lame-ade)

Combine everything except honey in 40+ ounce blender. Run several bursts on "ice crusher" setting, until strawberries are liquefied and ice is ground up. Add honey and blend. Serve in chilled margarita glasses.

Originally mixed with no sweetener, this one was a little too tart. At first I reached for cane sugar, but then the words "strawberry blonde" flashed in my mind, just as a large jar of honey crossed my field of vision. The Honey Strawberry Margarita was born.

Margaritas typically contain triple sec. My omission of it here was a happy accident. I must try it with Triple Sec next time. Always experimenting, refining. In another accidental discovery, I found that this drink is incredibly delicious and refreshing with sesame tortilla chips and smoky chipotle salsa.

Sadly, after creating this concoction, I discovered that mine was not the first honey margarita. See Golden Honey Margarita. Note that mine is a strawberry margarita, and without Triple Sec.

The margarita is the most common of tequila-based cocktails, made with Triple Sec and lime juice. In other languages, margarita is the Latin word for pearl; and Spanish for the daisy flower, which is also the name of a similar cocktail.

--Wikipedia

The Tangeloafer™

The Tangeloafer

This easy-to-make drink is designed for hot, lazy summer days. Loafing as a science and an art.

1 Large Tangelo (citrus hybrid*)
1 jigger Cruzan Pineapple Flavored Rum
1 oz Triple Sec
1/2 cup cracked ice

Cut a wedge of about 1/8 of the tangelo and set aside. Combine juice and pulp of remaining tangelo flesh, plus rum, triple sec, and ice in a cocktail shaker. Shake until your hands turn numb. Strain into an old fashion glass.

Ideally, the liquor and the glassware com out of the freezer. However, there is a chance that you are just too lazy for that much preparation. And that's okay. Enjoy.

The tangelo is citrus fruit that is a hybrid of any mandarin orange, popularly known as a tangerine, and either a pomelo or a grapefruit. It may have originated in Southeast Asia over 3,500 years ago. The fruits look like good-sized, oblong oranges and have a tangerine taste, but are very juicy, to the point of not providing much flesh but producing excellent and plentiful juice.

--Wikipedia

Candidate #2 for Montini - LOSER!

This was an attempt to make a not-too-sweet cocktail, since most of my popular mixes are pretty sweet.

1 part extra dry vermouth
1 part couvoisier cognac
1 lime
1 cups ice

Combine vermouth, cognac, and squeezed lime juice into a cocktail shaker. Add strips of lime zest, and ice. Shake. Makes 1 serving -- more than you will want to drink. Although the ingredients you started with were all of fine quality, the sum is far less than the parts. The result is an astringent fluid, bitter thanks to the lime zest, reminiscent of Formula 409. No amount of added sugar will make this beverage drinkable. Use it and the squeezed lime to freshen your garbage disposal.

The Montini Contest

I enjoy shaking up beverages for people at parties. The crowd-pleasers in my repertoire are mostly from allrecipes.com, inspired by martini bars, or from books. They include the Mochatini, the Vegas Martini, and the Bikini Martini.

Recently, my friend Christina has been prodding me to make something more original, and to name it after myself, as "The Montini". It's quite a challenge to come up with something that...

1. is original
2. tastes good
3. captures the essence of a person (or is at least not full of unfortunate metaphor or innuendo)
   

So, I propose a contest to create a beverage recipe. The winner will be dubbed "The Montini". Runners-up will receive creative names (or their creators may name them). Losers may be called names as well...

Candidate #1 for Montini

This drink takes its dusky orange color from the juice of the blood orange and dark rum. The sour lemon and cinamon prevent over-sweetness. The result is sweet, drinkable, and potent.

2 oz Flor de Caña (Nicaraguan Dark Rum)
2 oz Patron Citronage
1 lemon
1 blood orange
2 cups cracked ice
3 Tbsp raw tubinado sugar
1 tsp cinnamon

Mix cinamon and turbinado sugar in a bowl wider than a martini glass. Combine rum and orange liqueur in a tall shaker. Slice and squeeze lemon juice into the mix. Include the pulp by scraping against the rim of the shaker. Avoid the peel; zest would make this drink bitter. Rub lemon on rims of two chilled martini glasses. Invert glasses into sugar bowl and spin, to coat the rims. Juice and pulp-scrape the blood orange. Fill shaker three quarters full with cracked ice. Add half of the blood orange. Shake vigorously. Pour into sugared martini glasses. Makes two servings.