I hope everyone is having a fantastic Thanksgiving. Ours is on the downswing. Dinner is over, cleanup is 90% complete, and it’s nearly time to relax, watch football, and eventually, polish off the rest of the cookies that my mother was kind enough to bring over. This year we had a very low key event, just my parents, my kids, hubby, and I. We chose a very traditional menu, which is not my go to, but my parents appreciate it. As much as I love to create a varied and interesting menu for holidays, it was a nice break to go with simple, traditional choices this year. It was very simple to pull together, and left me some time to decorate a bit, arrange a few flowers and set a colorful, festive table for our meal.
Plus, left me a little time for these red wine spritzers, which I have been sipping slowly, throughout the day. These appealing cocktails are 2 simple ingredients, plus fruit and herb swizzles. What it takes to create: a sweet red wine, and a club, or lemon-lime soda, your fruit and herbs of choice.
I used what I had on hand, which was: Barefoot Sweet Red, 7-Up, cherries, cranberry sauce, cut into cubes, fresh thyme, and fresh sage. It’s as simple as it looks, pour the red wine, add soda, and assemble swizzle with your chosen fruit and herbs, attach to rim, and enjoy!
Now, I am going to congratulate myself for pulling off one more fantastic Thanksgiving, and enjoy this spritzer, and a book,in front of the fire, while the boys watch football. I hope you all enjoy your wonderful families, and holiday weekend. Feel free to share your Thanksgiving pics on insta @canigetaramen. Find us on FB, and pinterest @ canigetaramen.food.blog. Thanks for reading!
