The Suburban Homestead
Christmas Mimosa Recipe Nothing says Merry Christmas like a Christmas Mimosa! This Christmas Mimosa Recipe will not disappoint and it may just put the magic in the season for you! It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3 garnish and cheers! Start by gathering with good friends and family, or for you Scrooges out there, go […]
Looking for something fun to try to mix things up a bit with your favorite beer? Try this homemade coffee beer recipe to add a little flavor and caffeinated kick to your microbrew. Coffee Beer A lot has already been written about how to make a micro-brew with coffee. Since we don’t brew our own […]
Blackberry Lemon Shrub Cocktail This lemon shrub cocktail has wild blackberries and is part of our Foraging Minnesota series. With the never-ending winter in Minnesota, we needed a taste of summer so we made up a Blackberry Lemon Shrub! In the past few days, we literally had almost 2 FEET of snow dumped on us. […]
I have a new comfort drink and it’s a lot healthier than my go-to winter cocktail. It’s a homemade organic herbal tea, also known as a tisane. I grow herbs it in the summers, dry them in the fall, and enjoy a warm organic herbal tea all winter long. During these cold winter days between […]
Homemade Irish Cream is a liquor you can make at home that works as a great substitute for Baileys. If you are hosting a Christmas party and need a holiday cocktail, impress your guests with this Irish cream liqueur. Why Make Homemade Irish Cream Baileys is a mixture of dairy and liquor that has a shelf […]
Sumac Old Fashioned Recipe… Previously, we posted an article about how to make Sumac Lemonade. It was a huge hit with the family and we have made regular trips out in the woods to pick fresh sumac. The sumac tea, sugar, and lemon made the drink the perfect combination of savory, sweet, and fresh. Today, […]
Sumac Tea Wild Lemonade Staghorn Sumac is a plant that grows wild all over the Eastern part of the country and is great for making this Sumac Tee Wild Lemonade. It is plentiful where we live in mid to southern Minnesota. In early fall the berries are ripe for picking. Sumac Tea Wild Lemonade is an […]
A second Campari Tonic is the new summer drink of 2017. Why? Any second drink is always the best. Campari is a tart, herby drink, if you are looking for something a little sweeter, you will fall in love with our Rhubarb Mojito. Here’s my experience with this unusual drink: I had my first Campari Tonic […]
Rhubarb Mojito There’s a short season to enjoy fresh-from-the-garden rhubarb and life’s too short not to find reasons for happy hour. That’s why I’m bringing you this Rhubarb Mojito. It’s sweet. It’s tart. Best of all, it’s fresh and refreshing for those early hot summer days. Making Rhubarb Simple Syrup The Rhubarb Mojito is a […]
Cider Mimosa Recipe Pure genius. It’s a rare thing these days. Combining two of your favorite things can either be pure genius or a total disaster. Cidermosa is definitely a genius idea. Does anything beat the crisp taste of fresh apple cider on a fall day? Or the bubbly perfection of champagne? The short answer […]