Porto flip Cocktail

A Porto flip is a type of alcoholic beverage. It is typically made with brandy, ruby port, and one egg yolk.

Ingredients :-

• 1.5 cl (3 parts) brandy
• 4 cl (8 parts) port
• 1 cl (2 parts) egg yolk

How To Make It :-

Shake all ingredients together in a mixer with ice. Strain into the cocktail glass and garnish with grated nutmeg and serve straight up without ice.

Planter's Punch Cocktail

Planter's Punch is made of dark rum, lemon juice, Grenadine syrup and a dash of Angostura bitters.

Ingredients :- 

• 4.5cl Dark rum
• 3.5 cl Fresh orange juice
• 3.5 cl Fresh pineapple juice
• 2 cl Fresh lemon juice
• 1 cl Grenadine syrup
• 1 cl Sugar syrup
• 3 or 4 dashes Angostura bitters

How To Make It :-

Pour all ingredients, except the bitters, into shaker filled with ice. 

Shake well. Pour into large Highball glass, filled with ice. 

Add Angostura bitters, "on top". Garnish with cocktail cherry and pineapple.

Paradise Cocktail

This cocktail is prepared using gin, apricot brandy (apricot liqueur), and orange juice in a 2:1:1 ratio, with a splash of lemon juice.

Ingredients :-

• 3.5 cl (7 parts) gin
• 2 cl (4 parts) apricot brandy
• 1.5 cl (3 parts) orange juice

How To Make It :-

Shake together over ice. 

Strain into cocktail glass and serve chilled straight up without ice.

Old Fashioned Cocktail

The cocktail is made by muddling sugar alcohol as whiskey or brandy and a twist of citrus rind. It is traditionally served in a short, round, 8–12 US fl oz (240–350 ml)Old Fashioned glass.

Ingredients :-

• 4.5 cl Bourbon or Rye whiskey
• 2 dashes Angostura bitters
• 1 sugar cube
• Few dashes plain water

How To Make It :-

Place sugar cube in old fashioned glass and saturate with bitters, add a dash of plain water.

Muddle until dissolved.

Fill the glass with ice cubes and add whiskey.

Garnish with orange slice, and a cocktail cherry.

Served on the rocks.

Monkey Gland Cocktail

The Monkey Gland is a cocktail of gin, orange juice, grenadine and absinthe.

Ingredients :-

• 5cl gin
• 3cl orange juice
• 2 drops absinthe
• 2 drops grenadine

How To Make It :-

Shake well over ice cubes in a shaker and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

Negroni Cocktail

The Negroni cocktail is made of one part gin, one part vermouth rosso (red, semi-sweet), and one part Campari, garnished with orange peel. It is considered an apéritif.

Ingredients :-

• 3 cl (1 part) gin
• 3 cl (1 part) sweet red vermouth
• 3 cl (1 part) campari

How To Make It :-
Stir into Old Fashioned glass over ice.
Garnish with orange peel.
And Servve on the rocks 

Mary Pickford Cocktail

A Mary Pickford is a Prohibition Era cocktail made with white rum, fresh pineapple juice, grenadine, and Maraschino liqueur. It is served shaken and chilled, often with a Maraschino cherry. 

Ingredients :- 

• 6 cl white rum
• 6 cl fresh pineapple juice
• 1 cl grenadine
• 1 cl Maraschino

How To Make It :- 
Shake and strain into a chilled large cocktail glass.

Manhattan Cocktail

A Manhattan is a cocktail made with whiskey, sweet vermouth, and bitters.
Commonly used whiskeys include rye (the traditional choice), Canadian whisky, bourbon, blended whiskey and Tennessee whiskey.

Ingredients :- 

• 5 cL rye or Canadian whisky
• 2 cL Sweet red vermouth
• Dash Angostura bitters
• Maraschino cherry (Garnish)

How To Make It :- 

Stirred over ice and  strained into a chilled cocktail  glass.
Garnished with cherry and serve straight up.

Standard drinkware :- 

Cocktail glass

Variations of Manhattan :-

1. Rob Roy
2. Dry Manhattan 
3. Perfect Manhattan 
4. Brandy Manhattan 
5. Metropolitan 
6. Cuban Manhattan 
7. Tijuana Manhattan 
8. The Fourth Regiment 

Tom Collins Cocktail

The Tom Collins is a Collins cocktail made from gin, lemon juice, sugar and carbonated water.
The gin and lemonade drink is typically served in a Collins glass over ice.

Ingredients :- 

• 45ml (3 parts) Old Tom Gin
• 30ml (2 parts) freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 15ml (1 part) sugar syrup
• 60ml (4 parts) carbonated water to taste

How To Make It :- 

Mix the gin, lemon juice and sugar syrup in a Collins glass with ice and top up with soda water.
Garnish with Lemon slice and maraschino cherry and serve on the rocks.

Standard drinkware :-

Collins glass

Gin Fizz

A Gin Fizz contains gin, lemon juice, sugar, and carbonated water, served in a tumbler with two ice cubes.

Ingredients :-

• 4.5 cl (4.5 parts) Gin
• 3 cl (3 parts) Fresh lemon juice
• 1 cl (1 part) Gomme syrup
• 8 cl (8 parts) Soda water

How To Make It :-

Pour all the ingredients in the Highball glass over the ice.

Served On the rocks.

Drink Ware - 

Highball glass 

Dry Martini Cocktail

The Martini is a cocktail made with gin and vermouth, and garnished with an olive or a lemon twist.

Ingredients :-

• 6 cl (12 parts) gin
• 1 cl (2 parts) dry vermouth

How To Make It :-

Pour all ingredients into mixing glass with ice cubes. 

Stir well. 

Strain in chilled martini cocktail glass. 

Squeeze oil from lemon peel onto the drink, or garnish with olive.

Serve straight or on the rocks.

Clover Club Cocktail

It is a cocktail consisting of Gin, Lemon Juice, Raspberry Syrup (or Grenadine), and an egg white.

Ingredients :- 

• 4.5cl Gin
• 1.5cl Lemon Juice
• 1.5cl Raspberry Syrup (or Grenadine)
• 1 Egg White

How to Make It :-

Shake ingredients to emulsify, add ice, shake and served straight up.

Casino Cocktail

It is made with gin, maraschino liqueur, orange bitters and fresh lemon juice.

Ingredients :- 

• 4 cl gin (Old Tom)
• 1 cl Maraschino
• 1 cl orange bitters
• 1 cl fresh lemon juice

How To Make It :- 

Pour all ingredients into shaker with ice cubes. Shake well. Strain into chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a lemon twist and a maraschino cherry. 

Serve Straight up without ice.

Bacardi Cocktail

The Bacardi cocktail is made primarily with Bacardi Superior.
It is served as a "pre-dinner" cocktail.

Ingredients :-

• 4.5 cl (9 parts) Bacardi white rum
• 2 cl (4 parts) lemon or lime juice
• 0.5 cl (1 part) grenadine syrup

How To Make It :- 

Shake together in a mixer with ice. Strain into glass and serve straight up.

Aviation Cocktail

Aviation is a classic cocktail made with gin, maraschino liqueur, crème de violette, and lemon juice. 

Ingredients:- 

• 4.5 cl gin
• 1.5 cl lemon juice
• 1.5 cl maraschino liqueur

How To Make It:- 

Add all ingredients into cocktail shaker filled with ice. 
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass. 

Garnish with a cherry.

Served Straight up without ice.

Angel Face Cocktail

The Angel Face is a cocktail made from Gin, Apricot brandy and Calvados in equal amounts.

Ingredients :-

• 3 cl gin
• 3 cl Apricot brandy
• 3 cl Calvados

How To Make It :- 

Shake all ingredients with ice and strain contents into a cocktail glass.
Served Straight up without ice.

Alexander Cocktail

The Alexander Cocktail is a gin cocktail.

Ingredients :- 

1. 3 cl gin
2. 3 cl white creme de cacao
3. 3 cl light cream

How To Make It :- 

Shake all the ingredients with ice then strain the contents into a cocktail glass. Sprinkle nutmeg on top and Serve straight up.


Variations :- 

1. Brandy Alexander
2. Coffee Alexander
3. Blue Alexander

How To Make Oatmeal Cookies

Ingredients :- 

• 3 eggs
• 1 cup raisins
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup white sugar
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 cups oatmeal
• 3/4 cup chopped pecans

How To Make It :- 

Mix the eggs, raisins and vanilla and let stand for one hour.

Cream together butter and sugars and then add flour, salt, cinnamon and soda and mix well.

Blend in egg-raisin mixture, oatmeal, and chopped nuts.

Dough will be stiff.

Drop by heaping teaspoons onto ungreased cookie sheet, or roll into balls and flatten slightly.

Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes.

Ready To Serve Once Cooled Down.

How To Make Peanut Butter Cookies

Ingredients:- 

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 stick butter
• 1 egg
• 1 cup peanut butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour

How To Make It :- 

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. 

Grease a baking sheet. 

In a large bowl mix sugar, butter, egg, peanut butter and vanilla together until it is smooth. 

Stir in salt, baking soda and flour until well combined. 

Roll dough into 1 inch balls and then roll in sugar. 

Place on baking sheet and flatten with fork. 

Bake for 12-15 minutes.

Ready To Serve.

How To Make Choco Chip Cookies

Ingredients:- 

•  1 cup butter
•  1 cup white sugar
•  1 cup brown sugar
•  2 eggs
•  2 teaspoons vanilla extract
•  3 cups all-purpose flour
•  1 teaspoon baking soda
•  2 teaspoons hot water
•  1/2 teaspoon salt
•  2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
•  1 cup chopped walnuts

How To Make It :- 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Mix together the butter, white sugar, and brown sugar until smooth. 

Beat in the eggs then stir in the vanilla. 

Add baking soda in hot water. 

Add to batter along with salt. 

Stir in flour, chocolate chips, and nuts. Drop by large spoonfuls onto ungreased pans.

Bake for about 10 minutes in the preheated oven.

Ready To Serve.

How to Make Butter Cookies

Ingredients :- 

• 4 cups self-rising flour / 2 cups corn flour
• 4 eggs
• 9 tbsp unsalted butter
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• A pinch of salt

How To Make It :- 

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350ºF. 

Grease a baking tray and sprinkle a little flour on it until it's completely covered.

Stir the butter and salt together. Add to a medium bowl and stir with a wooden spoon until it's soft.

Add the sugar to the mixture. Continue stirring until the mixture becomes smooth.

Add the eggs to the mixture. 

Mix in the flour until a dough forms.

Sprinkle a bit flour on a table. Take the dough out of the bowl and knead till the dough is firm and smooth.

Roll the dough out. Aim to roll the dough to a 5mm-thickness.

Press cookie cutters into the dough to shape cookies. Try to cut as many cookies as you can, using differently shaped cutters.

Place the cookies in rows on the baking tray. 

Sprinkle a little sugar over the cookies before placing them in the oven.

Put the baking tray in the preheated oven. Bake for about 15 to 20 minutes.

Remove from the oven once baked. Allow the cookies to cool on a wire rack until they reach room temperature.

Ready To Serve.

How To Make Chocolate Cookies

Ingredients :- 

• 2 1/2 sticks unsalted butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup Dutch process cocoa powder
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• White Sanding sugar

How To Make It :- 

Add butter, sugar and cream in a bowl and mix it well with a hand mixer.Then add the eggs and vanilla extract.

In another bowl, mix the cocoa powder, flour, baking soda, and salt. 

Slowly add the dry ingredients and continue mixing until incorporated.

Roll the dough into 2 logs that are about 2-inches high and 1-foot long. Wrap them in waxed paper and place in the refrigerator for 2 hours.

Once thoroughly chilled, slice the cookies into 1/2-inch thick rounds and cover with sanding sugar.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Place on a parchment paper lined cookie sheet and bake for 10 minutes.

Remove to a wire rack to cool.

Ready To Serve.

Note - It is a amazing Evening Snack option which can be had with a Hot or Cold Milk.

How To Make A Healthy Simple Pasta Salad

Ingredients :- 

•  1 Bowl Spiral Pasta
•  1/2 cup carrots
•  2 stalks celery
•  1/2 cup Green bell pepper
•  1/2 cup Cucumber
•  2 tomatoes
•  1/4 cup chopped onion
•  Italian salad dressing
•  1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

How To Make It :- 

Take a pot and add water let it boil. Once the water is boiling add 1 tsp Olive oil and a pinch of salt and pasta.

Cook the pasta until it turns soft once cooked rinse under cold water and drain the water.

In a large serving bowl add Chopped carrots, celery, cucumber, green pepper, tomatoes and Cooked Pasta.

Pour Italian dressing over mixture, add Parmesan cheese and mix well.

Chill for one hour before serving.

How To Make A Healthy Green Apple Juice

Ingredients :- 

• 2 Green Apples

• 1 teaspoon Lemon Juice

• 2 teaspoons Honey

How To Make It :- 

Add the apples to the juice and extract the juice.

Strain the juice into the serving glass.

Add lemon juice and honey, stir and mix well.

Ready To Serve.

How To Make a Healthy Strawberry Milkshake

Ingredients :- 

• 6-8 Strawberries

• 1 cup Milk

• 2 teaspoons Sugar(Optional)

• 3 Ice Cubes(Optional)

How TO Make It :- 

Add the Strawberries, Milk and Sugar (Optional) and ice cubes (Optional)into the blender and blend it until smooth puree.

Pour the Drink to serving glasses. Garnish with strawberry.

Ready To Serve.

How to Make a Healthy Strawberry Juice

Ingredients :- 

• 2 cups Strawberries
• 2 tablespoons Sugar
• 6 Ice Cubes
• 3 Lime Twists and Strawberry Slices

How To Make It :- 

Clean and cut the strawberries.

Add the strawberries, sugar and lime-juice in a blender. Blend until smooth puree.

Strain and pour into the serving glass.

Add two ice cubes in the glass. 

Add few sliced strawberries.

Ready To Serve.

How to Make a Healthy Pineapple Juice

Ingredients:- 

• 1 pineapple
• 2 tsp  sugar

How To Make It :- 

Chop the leaf top and then trim the skin from the sides.

Cut the pineapple into small pieces, discarding the core. 

Put the pineapple pieces into the blender/juicer.

Add 2 teaspoons of sugar.(optional)

Blend for about 5 minutes. 

Strain it and then pour the pineapple juice in the glass. 

You can add ice cubes.

Ready To Serve.

How To Make Healthy Banana Milk Shake

Ingredients :- 

•  1 Banana
•  1 cup milk
•  3 ice cubes
•  1 pinch ground cinnamon

How To Make It :- 

Add the Banana, Milk, Ice Cubes and pinch of cinnamon powder into a blender and blend it till it turns into a smooth paste.

Transfer the drink into a glass.

Ready To Serve.

Healthy Pumpkin Soup

Ingredients :- 

• 4 tbsp olive oil
• 2 onions
• 1kg pumpkins or squash 
• 3 cups vegetable stock or chicken stock
• 4 slices brown bread
• handful pumpkin seed

How To Make It :- 

Add 2 tbsp olive oil in a large saucepan, then gently cook 2 finely chopped onions for until soft. 

Add the peeled and chopped pumpkin or squash to the pan, then carry on cooking for 8-10 mins, stirring occasionally until it starts to soften and turn golden.

Pour 3 cups of stock into the pan, then season with salt and pepper. Bring to the boil, then simmer for 10 mins until the squash is very soft. 

Remove from the heat and let it cool down for few minutes.

Once it cools blend it till it turns into a smooth paste.

And bring it back on heat to cook.

Till the soup is boiling slice the bread into small pieces. 

Heat 2 tbsp olive oil in a frying pan, then fry the bread until it starts to become crisp. Add a handful of pumpkin seeds to the pan, then cook for a few mins more until they are toasted.  

Serve the Soup in a bowl and add the bread crumbs. 

Healthy Spinach Soup

Ingredients:- 

• 2 1/2 cups Spinach
• 2 tbsp butter
• 1/2 cup finely chopped onions
• 2 1/2 tbsp Fresh cream
• 2 tbsp cornflour
• 1/2 cup cold milk
• Salt

How To Make It :- 

Melt butter in a pan, add the onions and saute for 1 to 2 minutes.

Add the spinach and saute for 1 minute.

Add 2 cups of water and cook on a medium flame for 5 to 7 minutes, 

Allow it to cool

blende to a smooth puree.

Combine the cornflour- milk mixture and the cream in a bowl and mix well till no lumps remain

Add to the spinach puree and cook for 2 minutes.

Add the salt and pepper and cook for 1 more minute.

Ready To Serve Hot with Fresh Cream.

Healthy Tomatoe Soup

Ingredients :- 

• 4 medium tomatoes

• 2-3 garlic cloves

• 1 small onion

• 1 bay leaf

• 1 tsp corn starch + 2 tbsp water

• 1 or 1.5 tbsp butter

• 1 cup water

• 1 tbsp cream .

• ½ tbsp organic unrefined cane sugar or as required

• 1 or 2 slices of brown bread

• freshly crushed or powdered black pepper as required

• salt as required

How To Make It :- 

Rinse the tomatoes.

In a saucepan take enough water so that the tomatoes get immersed completely.

add 1 tsp salt to the water and bring the water to boil.

add the tomatoes and switch off the fire.

close the saucepan with the lid.

let the tomatoes be immersed in the hot water for 20-30 minutes.

On the other side chop the onion and garlic.

Heat a frying pan, place the bread in the pan and on a low flame toast the bread till its browned and crisp from both sides.

Once the bread is toasted slice it into cubes.

Make a smooth paste of the 1 tsp cornflour with 2 tbsp water.

Drain the tomatoes and let them cool down.

Peel the tomatoes. remove the eyes of the tomatoes.

Blend the tomatoes to a smooth puree.

Melt butter in a pan. add the bay leaf and saute for 5-6 seconds, add the garlic and saute for about 10-12 seconds on a low flame, add the chopped onion and saute till the onions become translucent.

Now add the tomato puree, Water, Salt and Pepper.

On a low to flame, let the soup come to a gentle boil.

Stir the corn starch paste.

Stir well and simmer for 3-4 minutes till the soup thickens on a low flame.

Add sugar and stir. then add the cream and simmer for a minute.

Serve the soup in a bowl.

Add the bread croutons to the soup. garnish tomato soup with parsley leaves.

Ready To Serve Hot.

ABC Juice / Miracle Juice

Ingredients :-

• 1 Apple
• 1 Carrot
• 1 Beetroot

How To Make It :- 

Cut the apple,carrot and beetroot into small chunks.

Add all into the juicer and extract the juice.

Squeeze 1/2 Lime for taste.

Ready To Serve.

Watermelon MilkShake/Smothie

Ingredients :- 

• Low fat milk/yogurt- 1 cup
• Ice cubes
• Chopped watermelon- 6 cups

How To Make It :- 

Blend in the watermelon, yogurt/milk and ice cubes until smooth. 

Ready To Serve.

Berry Soya Shake

Ingredients :- 

• 2 cup Mixed berries
• 1/2 cup Low fat milk
• 1 cup soya milk
• Vanilla essence- 1-2 drops

How to make It :- 

Mix all ingredients in a blender. Decorate with a sprig of mint.

And Ready to Serve.

Banana and Oats Smoothie

Ingredients :- 

• 2 Banana's 
• 2 Tsp Oats 
• 1 glass of Milk / Yogurd
• 1 Tbsp Honey

How To Make It :- 

In a mixer add 2 bananas, 2 tsp Oats and Whisk it till it turns to smooth paste.
Now add 1 glass of milk or yogurt with 1 tbsp of honey.  
Whip up the smoothie for about a minute more.
Ready To Serve.

Note :- You can add a handful of nuts for that extra energy.