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Easy Pitcher Drink Recipe – Large Batch Cocktails and Mocktails for a Crowd
Non Alcoholic Piña Colada Mocktails

Piña Colada Mocktail (Without a Blender)
Glasses of coconut margarita with sugar rims and lime slices sitting on top of them.

Coconut Margarita Recipe (On the Rocks)
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14 Easy Vodka Cocktails for Summer

popular Easy Recipes

A glass of basil gimlet cocktail.

Basil Gimlet Gin Cocktail
A white plate with a slice of crab quiche and a fork on it next to a pie plate full of crab quiche.

Quick Crab Quiche with Swiss Cheese
A mason jar of homemade cherry vodka.

How to Make Cherry Infused Vodka
Tomato Rice and Beans

Easy Tomato Rice and Beans on the Stove Top

Quick Snacks Reader Favorite Appetizers

A white bowl filled with smoked salmon dip.

Smoked Salmon Dip with Cream Cheese
A bowl of fresh apple salsa surrounded by cinnamon tortilla chips.

Fresh Apple Salsa with Strawberries
Honey, Walnut, and Goat Cheese Phyllo Cup Appetizers

Honey, Walnut, and Goat Cheese Bites
Creamy Bean Dip

Refried Bean Dip Recipe (without Cream Cheese)
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Pineapple Vodka Martini

Pineapple Martini with Citrus
A glass of pineapple old fashioned garnished with a pineapple wedge.

Pineapple Old Fashioned Cocktail Recipe
A coupe glass filled with pear martini, garnished with a slice of fresh pear.

Easy Pear Martini
A coupe glass of strawberry lemon drop martini cocktail with a white sugar rim and strawberry slice garnish.

Strawberry Lemon Drop Martini
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Photographer and mixologist Katy McAvoy.
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Hi! I’m Katy!

I’m an author, photographer, home cook, mixologist, Michigander, and lover of all things food and drink. I never turn down a good happy hour and believe that everyone deserves a delicious drink. Follow me on Instagram to check out what I’m working on next!

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you should be making Simple Syrups

A jar of mixed berry syrup sitting on a small plate with strawberries and blueberries.

Mixed Berry Syrup Recipe for Drinks
A glass bottle filled with blue Curaçao syrup.

Homemade Blue Curaçao Syrup Recipe
A bottle of raspberry simple syrup.

Homemade Raspberry Syrup for Drinks
A jar of basil simple syrup.

Basil Simple Syrup Recipe
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Inside page of Homemade Happy Hour cookbook.
Inside page of Homemade Happy Hour cookbook.

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Non-alcoholic Popular Mocktails

Glass filled with mocktail drink and garnished with a cherry and orange slice.

Easy Mocktail Recipe for Kids
A glass of margarita mocktail.

Margarita Mocktail Recipe on the Rocks
Glasses of Cinderella Mocktails.

Alcohol-Free Cinderella Mocktail Recipe
A small hand holding on to a glass of unicorn drink lemonade.

Unicorn Drink for Kids (Color-Changing Lemonade) 
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