[honey glazed carrots]

serves 2 generous servings

1/2 Tbsp vegetable oil

1 pound carrots, cut into 1-inch lengths, halved if thick

1/2 cup chicken broth (or water)

1/4 cup honey

1 Tbsp red-wine vinegar

coarse salt and black pepper

1 Tbsp unsalted butter

In a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high.  Add carrots; cook, stirring once, until beginning to brown, 2 minutes or less.  Add broth, honey, and vinegar; season with salt and pepper.  Bring to a boil; reduce to a simmer, cover, and cook until crisp-tender, 10 minutes.  Uncover, and cook over medium-high until carrots are tender and liquid is syrupy, 7 to 9 minutes more (there should be only a small amount of liquid remaining).  Remove the skillet from the heat; add butter and swirl skillet until melted.  Season with salt and pepper.

[long island iced tea]

mix with ice:

1 oz Gin

1 oz (White) Tequila

1 oz (Light) Rum

2 oz Vodka

3-4 oz Cola/Pepsi

3-4 oz sweet & sour

top with floater of:

Triple Sec

or Cointreau

or Bacardi 151

[erin's un-named cocktail]

2 oz Black Raspberry Belvedere Vodka

2 oz Peach Schnapps

2 oz sweet & sour

2 oz Sprite

1 oz/splash Grenadine

Mix all and serve over ice.

[sweet tart]

2.5 oz (1 1/2 shots) Chambord

4 oz (2 shots) Vodka

2.5 oz (1 1/2 shots) Amaretto

2.5 oz (1 1/2 shots) lime juice

0.5 oz (3/4 shots) Sugar Syrup

Shake all in martini shaker, strain into a glass and top with Sprite.

[black raspberry lemonade]

Mix:

1 part (2 oz) Jack Daniels

1 part (2 oz) Chambord

Stir in:

1 part (2 oz) sweet & sour

2 parts (4 oz) Sprite

MIx alcohol, then stir in the sweet & sour and sprite.  Serve with ice.

[shark bite]

3 oz Bacardi Rum

2 oz Bols Creme de Bananas

3 oz sweet & sour

3-4 oz orange juice

2-3 oz grenadine

1 oz floater Bacardi 151

Mix all and serve over ice, adding floater last.

[sex on the beach]

3 oz cranberry juice

3 oz orange juice

2 oz vodka

1 oz Capt. Morgan Rum

1 oz grenadine

Mix and serve over ice.

[ben's mai tai]

1.5 oz orange juice

1.5 oz pineapple juice (Dole)

1 oz light rum (Bacardi)

1 oz coconut rum

1 oz triple sec or Cointreau

0.5 oz Amaretto (or almond syrup)

0.5 oz Dark Rum (Bacardi) and/or Bacardi 151

Mix all ingredients and serve with ice in a glass.