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Lovin’ Fresh is a series of recipes designed to showcase produce gathered from local farms or grown in my own garden. I bet you and your friends have a few summertime traditions. An annual 4th of July BBQ? Maybe a no-excuses-we’re-going-to-the-beach-the-same-weekend-every-year outing? Or perhaps a camping trip instead? A group of my friends, who have long scattered across several state lines and life stages (singles, newly weds, divorcees, and new parents are all among them), come together one night a summer to sit under the same tree in a big back yard, drink a lot of beer, play horseshoes and pretend for a little while that we’re still carefree and 20. Quite frankly though, I’ve outgrown what little taste I had for a keg of lager beer. So, this year I decided I’d try a taking along the ingredients for a cocktail. Spurred by my success with the Lavender Lemon Soda recipe, I thought I’d try another simple syrup infused with a fresh herb that would add a little somethin’-somethin’ to my cocktail. The rosemary plants in my garden called out to me immediately. When I noticed the long-neglected bottle of vanilla vodka that I’d been using to prop up some cookbooks, I knew I had the makings of a smashing combination. Fresh rosemary and a vanilla bean steeped in a warm simple syrup make a heavenly perfume and an even more divine taste senstation. While this adult Vanillay Rosemary Spritzer was a homerun with the gathering of old friends ...
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Lovin’ Fresh is a series of recipes designed to showcase produce gathered from local farms or grown in my own garden. I bet you and your friends have a few summertime traditions. An annual 4th of July BBQ? Maybe a no-excuses-we’re-going-to-the-beach-the-same-weekend-every-year outing? Or perhaps a camping trip instead? A group of my friends, who have long scattered across several state lines and life stages (singles, newly weds, divorcees, and new parents are all among them), come together one night a summer to sit under the same tree in a big back yard, drink a lot of beer, play horseshoes and pretend for a little while that we’re still carefree and 20. Quite frankly though, I’ve outgrown what little taste I had for a keg of lager beer. So, this year I decided I’d try a taking along the ingredients for a cocktail. Spurred by my success with the Lavender Lemon Soda recipe, I thought I’d try another simple syrup infused with a fresh herb that would add a little somethin’-somethin’ to my cocktail. The rosemary plants in my garden called out to me immediately. When I noticed the long-neglected bottle of vanilla vodka that I’d been using to prop up some cookbooks, I knew I had the makings of a smashing combination. Fresh rosemary and a vanilla bean steeped in a warm simple syrup make a heavenly perfume and an even more divine taste senstation. While this adult Vanillay Rosemary Spritzer was a homerun with the gathering of old friends ...