I don't drink alcohol. I don't like it and I never have. Yes, I've tried it (the accepted 3 times), but the after taste just kills it for me. People keep telling me it's an acquired taste, but I don't feel like forcing myself when it's not good for me. I much rather drink milk, juice, coffee or bubble tea ('cause you know, bubbles are fun).
All that being said, it saddens me when I go to restaurants & all the cool looking drinks are alcohol based. I know, I know, you can order virgin drinks, but wouldn't it be more fun if there was a menu for non-alcoholic drinks? Well, there will be at my house! At least that's the plan...
What kind of cool non-alcoholic drinks do you make?
In order to make a menu, I need some basics. Things like syrups. So here is my very first syrup recipe.
INGREDIENTS:
1 cup Sugar
1 cup Water
1/2 cup Strawberries
First, clean & mash the strawberries.
Second, heat the water on low/medium heat until the sugar has dissolved. Stir constantly.
Third, add the mashed strawberries and continue to heat for about 5 minutes.
Fourth, strain & put in container.
Keep the strained strawberries for other recipes... ;)
Yup, it's syrup. I have a jam recipe too, but it has pectin. I'll post it at some point I'm sure. Just need some pretty pictures. I have a whole bunch of recipes lined up to use this syrup with; yummy sweets. Baily's is yum, because it's sweet, lol, but after the second sip, it tastes too much like alcohol for me.
ReplyDeleteI have tried this and it taste good. The good part is it has non-persavatives.
ReplyDeleteI don't drink alcohol too. :))
Oh, it's not to drink on it's own, it's to add in drinks! Like milk, or coffee; that way it's flavored. :) You can also put it on icecream!
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