Happy Hour at our house involves more than just a cocktail, it involves a great dinner created by two foodies who appreciate each others abilities to prepare, and devour. And prepare and devour we did!
The plan had been set in place earlier in the day with the standard question of “What’s for dinner tonight?” It doesn’t matter who asks the question, what’s more important is who answers it. I don’t know about you but sometimes it seems to be a painstaking task just trying to decide what to make for dinner.
After careful consideration of weighing our choices a plan emerged. My husband would grill a couple of strip steaks, top them off with onions and mushrooms sautéed in olive oil, and throw some crumbled Stilton’s blue cheese on top. He even decided to get out the sizzle platters for the occasion.
Happy Hour wouldn’t be that without a cocktail so I made a giant white wine Spitzer. I prefer to make these using (wine) ice cubes made with my favorite white wine. Now keep in mind that alcohol doesn’t freeze entirely, if at all. It depends on the sugar content, so the cubes have a slushy consistency. After putting the cubes in a large wine glass add your favorite sparkling water. I used a diet cranberry-raspberry. Garnish with your favorite fruits. I used a wedge of lemon, and some fresh raspberries from our garden. Ooh, so refreshing, and low in calories. I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves.
Needless to say he did a superb job, and it’s a darn good thing the wine Spitzer was low cal!
THE JOY OF CAKING 