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Mini Picnic

Summer is winding down and one way I’m trying to enjoy these last days of warm weather is with a mini outdoor picnic.

I visited a friend after work and we decided to make ourselves a  picnic meal with random food she had in her apartment and enjoy it on the patio. We ate Edamame, Amish Potato Salad, Mixed Salad Greens and shredded cheddar cheese topped with bacon ranch salad dressing.   I normally just add salt to my edamame, but she introduced me to balsamic vinegar and salt… probably not the healthiest, but delicious

She also has a liquor store on her street and we purchased a bottle of wine to wash enjoy with our meal. Nothing fancy, just a quick outdoor picnic.

What’s your favorite meal to eat outside?

Bottle after Bottle

Happy New Year Everyone!!! I hope you had a safe and fulfilling holiday season, I know I did. Christmas was great and New Years Eve was even better.  On NYE, some friends and I celebrated at Mosaic Nightclub (4 Market Place) in Baltimore.  This was our second year celebrating at Mosaic because we had so much fun last year we decided to do it again.

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We also like the  VIP bottle service that Mosaic offers on NYE – unlimited bottles from 9:00 pm until midnight.  I was excited to see our cocktail waitresses were dressed in “Queen of Hearts”  costumes and  I have to admit I was a little jealous because I love to wear theme-inspired costumes. Last year our spirit of choice was Belvedere and this year  Ciroc.

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Ciroc is always a good choice liquor if you’re going to drink all night because I find  it gives you little or no hangover symptoms the next morning.  We had a group of about 15 people and I’m almost certain we went through 5-7 bottles of Ciroc…at some point I lost count.

Normally when you opt for a table and bottle service it includes one liquor with two or three mixers. Vodka and Tonic is good, Vodka and Cranberry is good, but I personally like to shake things up a bit.  Luckily we had Ciroc Peach & Ciroc Original and I was able to experiment.   I thought I’d share a few recipes with you…

1.  Ciroc Original, Tonic, Redbull, Squeeze of Lime

2.  Peach Ciroc, Orange Juice, Cranberry Juice, Squeeze of Lemon

3.  Ciroc Berry, Tonic, Squeeze of Lemon and Lime

I hope these easy mixes come in handy for your 2013 party enjoyment!  Be Safe and Be Blessed 🙂

 

 

…and so it begins.

I’ve wanted to start a food blog for a long time now, and after much mulling over the last few months I’ve decided to just go for it.

So here it is, the birth of my new baby “Arli’s Appetite” …I hope you guys love it!

– xoxo

 

 

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