Cooks With Cocktails

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Dutch Oven Pulled Pork Tacos with Creamy Salsa Verde

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Dutch oven pulled pork tacos with the most juicy, tender and authentically flavorful meat, packed into a fresh tortilla and topped with a creamy salsa verde sauce to die for.   Just perfect for your next Cinco de Mayo party.  These are my sweet meat dutch oven pulled pork tacos!  That’s how they are known around these parts.  And not the sugary kind of sweet.  The cool kind…  And actually, just saying that probably makes me less cool, I’m sure lol.   Serve these at your next Cinco de Mayo party, or ANY time you want to impress, and you… Read More

Authentic Salsa Verde Recipe ~ Just Like in Mexico

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This authentic salsa verde is way better than store bought tomatillo salsa.  It’s so easy to make and very versatile.  It tastes just like the salsa verde you get in Mexico!  Serve it with tacos, enchiladas, quesadillas, spooned over huevos rancheros, or anything else you want to taste great.  The stars of this athentic salsa verde are tomatillos.  They are a little green fruit that resembles a tomato, but they have a thin husk that surrounds them that you have to pull off before you eat them.  They have kind of a citrus flavor to them that’s really interesting and… Read More

Keto Tuna Melt Recipe on Tomato Halves ~ Low Carb Comfort Food

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This keto tuna melt recipe uses tomatoes as the “bread”.  Low carb tuna melts are comfort food without the heavy feeling and just as delicious.  I have a love hate relationship with carbs.  I love to eat them, but they either make me gain weight or prevent me from losing it. Some people can eat healthy carbs (oatmeal, brown rice, quinoa, and sweet potatoes) and still get rid of fat.  But not me.   I have to pretty much go super low carb to lose even a dang pound.  Even if I am hitting the gym daily.  It isn’t fair, but… Read More

Rum and Ginger with a Twist of Lime

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This rum and ginger cocktail with a good splash of lime is super light and refreshing.  Its basically a classed up version of rum and ginger ale, made with a very gingery simple syrup, rum, lime and topped off with soda.   We guarantee this will taste way better than any gingerale you can get out of a bottle. This is a perfect summer time, sit by the pool drink.  Also a great alternative to a Mojito during the wintertime if you don’t have any nice mint.  Its hard for us to find nice mint in the winter.  The blend of rum and… Read More

Instant Pot Pulled Pork ~ A Step-by-Step Recipe

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Instant pot pulled pork is insanely quick and makes the best, most juicy and fall apart tender pork of all other cooking methods.  Use this instant pot pulled pork recipe for tacos, enchiladas, burrito bowls, quesadillas, pulled pork sandwiches, and whatever else you love pulled pork for. The pressure cooker is by no means a new invention.  They have been around for ages, but pre-instant pot, they have always made me feel a little nervous.  Hearing stories of lids exploding off into the ceiling made me think twice about getting one, even though I knew that they could be a… Read More

Hibiscus Lemonade Sangria & Springtime Entertaining Tips

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This hibiscus lemonade sangria is made in a pitcher for easy serving.  Perfect for springtime entertaining!  The slightly sweet and tart floral flavors pair perfectly with White Zinfandel from Woodbridge by Robert Mondavi Wines. This post is sponsored by Woodbridge by Robert Mondavi Wines.  As always, all opinions are our own.  Please make sure to drink wine responsibly.   Debbie and I are soooooo happy that spring is finally here!  Somehow as fast as time seems to fly these days, its not going fast enough to get us to that warmer weather.  It’s coming, but its taking it’s sweet time!  We feel… Read More

Sparkling Bees Knees Cocktail with Caramelized Honey and Tequila ~ more like a bee sting!

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A twist on the classic bees knees cocktail.  With tequila and sparkling wine, this honeyed lemon cocktail is more like a bee sting!  It’s strong, sweet, sour,bubbly and made in a pitcher so its easy to serve when you have guests.  A dangerously good combination!  Traditionally the bees knees cocktail is made with gin, honey syrup and lemon.  Its a classic sour and its delicious!  But Debbie and I love to experiment so we decided to use tequila, a thyme infused caramelized honey syrup, lemon, and a bottle of bubbly.  Who doesn’t love a sparkling cocktail? The classic bees knees… Read More

How to Make Croutons So Easy & Good That You Will Never Buy Them Again

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This post will show you how to make croutons at home in a pan on the stove.  In just a few mins you will have buttery, flavorful croutons that are crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside.  They are absolutely heavenly and I bet you will be popping them in your mouth before they get to your soup or salad.  So you better make lots!  Homemade is almost always better and these croutons are no exception.   Man they are good!  If you like bread and you like butter, you are just like us and you won’t be able… Read More

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