Winter break can get quite boring: you're stuck at home with your parents and it's so cold you can't even imagine doing anything that involves being outside. So what better way to cure the winter blues than by making and drinking some cocktails? The alcohol will warm you up and brighten your mood. Below are three super easy drinks that you can make with ingredients right from your fridge and your parent's liquor cabinet. Invite some old high school friends over for a sophisticated cocktail night - a much classier option after a semester of pounding back shots and shotgunning beer at frat parties.
This is one of my favorite drinks to make because it's so simple and the colors come out so beautifully. Everything can be adjusted according to taste, but this is how I like to make it:
Start by filling a highball glass with a couple of ice cubes. Add about 1.5 shots of tequila (about 2 oz) and top with orange juice. Stir everything and slowly add in a about a tablespoon or two of grenadine (depending on how sweet you like your drink) and watch it make its way to the bottom of the glass and then rise up ever so slightly, creating that dazzling sunrise effect. Add a lemon or orange wedge for garnish.
I like this drink because it's simple yet very classy (I think anything with champagne is automatically pretty classy). All you need is some crushed ice, lemon juice, raspberries, and champagne.
Begin by spreading a sheet of crushed ice and tossing a few raspberries (preferably fresh, although dried works as well) into a champagne flute. Add a dash of lemon juice and top with champagne. Garnish with any berry of your choice.
Rum and coke is so simple to make that it is considered a "cocktail" only frat parties. Fill a highball glass with ice. Add one or two (or three) shots of rum and top with coke (I prefer diet lime coke to spare those extra calories). Stir well and garnish with a lime wedge.
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