Favorite Ingredient Friday ~ Blue Glo-tini

I'll admit it, here for everybody to see. My name is Mrs. Stepford, and I like to clone recipes.

It's not that I'm cheap, it's that I love to travel and eat and drink new and exciting things. I can't help it. It seems a large number of the memories I create seem to start over a plate of really great food. And while I'd like to drive to Maine whenever I crave a Lobster Pie and spend $36 for a single serving of it at a luxury hotel, or fly to Tortola whenever I want a Pimms Cup, or skip over to Disney World when I'm craving shrimp and sundried tomatoes in a wine cream sauce over linguini, it's just not realistic. The best a person like me of limited financial means can do is hope to re-create the experience with a knock-off that not only hits the spot in my stomach, but jogs the memory about vacations past.

For those who may not know or remember, Mr. Stepford and I took a trip to Disney waaay back in November, where we met up with my sister, her husband, and two kiddos. Needless to say, we had a blast, and also just as needless to say, the trip was over too soon, and it wasn't long before both Mr. Stepford and I were dealing with a full-blown case of what I call the Disney Depression... Depression that comes from being so spoiled by the Disney experience that you long to go back and do it all again. Of course, adult priorities and a shockingly empty wallet is something of a stumbling block to going back to Disney on a whim. The only cure was, of course, to spend hours watching home movies, looking through the pictures we took, re-reading the numerous books and maps we took home for scrapbooking, and trying to recreate the fabulous meals we had while we were there.

The first thing I sought to recreate? Well, in true Stepford Wife fashion, it was this marvolous drink my sister and I had while we were down there, called "The Blue Glo-tini." I loved them, and I had more than a couple that week, and just the sight of those light up novelty ice cubes that came in the drink made me want to have a couple more. I scoured the Internet to see if I could find the at-home version of the drink. Thank goodness Disney is happy to share their recipes with people who call up and request them… ;)

Blue Glo-tini

1.5 oz Citrus Vodka (I’m cheap, I use Smirnoff)
.5 oz Peach Schnapps (Again, the cheap stuff, Jenkins)
.5 oz Blue Curacao (I go all out on that stuff and use Bols)
1.5 oz Pineapple Juice
1 oz Sour/Margarita Mix (Ok, I’ll admit it… I use TGIFriday’s Sour Mix)

Combine all in a martini shaker, shake, then strain into a sugar-rimmed
martini glass. Finish by floating a glowing “ice cube” in the glass.

It goes without saying that only those of legal Mickey-ear age should drink. And don’t worry, if you don’t have a blue glowing “ice cube,” it will still be very tasty. Though just less glowy. Maybe a "Blue-tini?"

So, perhaps a somewhat unusual "Favorite Ingriedient Friday" share, but there you go. A recipe that glows and has a story. :)