Mixing Up Midlife

Corona VIrus is ripping across the country and all over the globe. How do we stay sane and decrease the stress we may be feeling during this pandemic?

Drink a Coronarita.

Rocks Version:

• 1 1/2 oz. Tequila
• 1/2 oz. Triple Sec
• 1 oz. Lime Juice
• Bottle of Corona

In a shaker filled with ice, combine the tequila, triple sec and lime juice and shake it up. pour it into a large pint glass that's been rimmed with lime juice and coarse salt (kosher, sea, spicy).

I'd rather use a deeper pint glass than the traditional marg glass

tip the corona into the glass, bottle and all and garnish with a lime wedge.

Frozen Version:

• 2 oz Tequila
• 3/4 oz. Triple Sec
• 1- 1 1/4 oz.Fresh Lime Juice
• Corona or another Mexican Beer

Combine all ingredients except the beer into your blender. Blend with ice until smooth. Pour into a large glass like a pint glass. Tip the Corona into the glass and leave it there bottle and all

Garnish with a lime wedge

Stay well and wash your hands

In this episode, we talk about Imposter Syndrome and how to battle it.

Today's drink is the Imposter from Azuñia Tequila

The Dirty Martini from episode 11 makes an appearance. Go to our Facebook Group for the recipe or check out the show notes from episode 11

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What does going gray mean to you? In this episode, Terri explores the idea of going au naturel and celebrating birthdays as we get older.

Today's drink is an Aviation a strong drink with a gray tint to it.

Check out Mixing Up Midlife on IG for the recipe

Go to the Facebook Group to join the discussion on Gray hair and birthday celebrations

Shoot an email to [email protected] with your thoughts

In this episode, Terri & Melissa take a generation slang quiz on a road trip.

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Seedlip

Seedlip Peel

To make the

Carrot Cordial:

2 Cups Water

2 1/2 Cups Super Fine (Caster) Sugar

9 oz. Carrot peelings ( I used the carrots, too)

add all of the ingredients to a sauce pan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 30 mins. Cool and strain into a glass jar and store in fridge for up to 1 month

2oz. Seedlip Grove 42

3/4 oz. Carrot Cordial

shake into a cocktail shaker filled with ice, straining into a rocks glass filled with ice. Top with soda/seltzer water and garnish with a sage leaf

Preppy Handbook

Taylor Strecker

Here's the Quiz we took

In today's episode, Terri talks about her aversion to hotels, her fear of bedbugs and how she's not letting this little phobia get in her way of having fun.

Todays drink: The Red Snapper (AKA Bloody Mary) invented at the St. Regis Hotel's King Cole Bar

Find the recipe here

In this episode we explore the idea of decluttering for creativity, quick decisions and just feeling good.

Today's Drink is a Dirty Martini, made with Gin Mare Gin

2.5 oz Gin Mare Gin

.5 oz dry vermouth

.5 oz olive juice

Chill Gin and martini glasses before making.

Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker or glass cocktail mixer and stir until very cold. Strain into a chilled martini glass and add a drop of very good quality olive oil and an olive for garnish.

Get on with your decluttering life with these Gurus

Marie Kondo on Netflix

Outer Order Inner Calm by Gretchen Rubin

A Slob Comes Clean Podcast by Dana White

Finding a way to get all those brilliant thoughts and ideas from her head to wherever is never an easy task for Terri.

A Big Idea for the New Year is to find a system that works for her.

What works best? Paper, digital or both?

What to do with all the Aperol you bought for Summer?

Make the Paper Plane:

3/4 oz. Bulleit Bourbon

3/4 oz Aperol

3/4 oz. Amaro Nonino

3/4 oz. Fresh Lemon Juice

Add all ingredients into a shaker with ice and shake

Strain into a coupe glass.

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With the passing of her 90-year-old mom, Terri is no longer part of the sandwich generation and contemplates the idea of being the oldest generation in her family now, which is driving her desire to create a community for women in midlife even more than before.

Join the Facebook Group Mixing up Midlife discussion to read Terri's intention for the New Year and leave a comment with your own intention.

Today's Cocktail was the the Lavender Bees Knees

Lavender Bee's Knees Cocktail

2 oz gin

¾ oz lavender honey syrup

¾ oz fresh squeezed lemon juice

combine all of these ingredients in a cocktail shaker filled with ice and shake it until your hand gets cold. strain it into a coupe glass and add a twist of lemon, a honeycomb or a sprig of lavender to garnish.

To make the Honey Lavender syrup:

combine 1/4 of honey with 1/4 cup of water and about 2 T of lavender flowers over low heat. Stir the mixture until its totally combined which will take about 10 mins or so.

pull the mix off the heat and set aside to cool. Strain into a glass jar and keep in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.

I used Empress 1908 Gin, which is a beautiful purple gin that gets its color from butterfly pea blossom.

In this episode, Terri goes rouge without a script or an outline as a challenge to see if she can have a cohesive thought while having hot flashes.

Luckily, the Celebrated Sagamore is spectacular and you should definitely make it.

https://sagamorespirit.com/cocktails/celebrated-sagamore/

INGREDIENTS

• 1.5 oz Sagamore Rye
• 3 oz Sparkling Cava
• .5 oz Lime Juice
• .75 oz Spiced Cranberry Syrup

DIRECTIONS

1. Add Sagamore Rye, lime juice, and spiced cranberry syrup to a champagne flute. Swirl the glass to mix.
2. Tilt glass and gently pour in Cava.
3. Garnish with lime and cranberry.
4. Spiced Cranberry Syrup: Mix equal parts water, sugar, and fresh cranberries in a pot. For every one cup cranberries, add one cinnamon stick and one rosemary sprig. Bring to a boil and reduce to a simmer for 15 minutes. Chill overnight, and strain.

This is similar to the syrup Terri makes:

https://www.thelittleepicurean.com/2014/11/cranberry-orange-bourbon.html

In a small pot, bring water and sugar to a boil. Add cranberries and stir until coated in syrup. Cook for 30-45 seconds just before the cranberries start to pop open. Remove from heat and transfer to a 1/2 liter jar. Add cinnamon stick. Pour in brandy. Pour in enough sugar syrup to fill the jar. Cover with lid and let chill in the fridge for at least 48 hours before using. The longer it sits, the better it gets

• 6 oz fresh cranberries, washed and picked
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 3/4 cup water
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1/2 cup brandy

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In this week's episode, Terri is looking for ways to laugh more. Being a contestant on a trivia game show was a good start, but trying to put magnetic lashes on herself really made her laugh.

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Today's drink was the Last Laugh, created by bartender Abigail Gullo

To Make:

3/4 ounce gin

3/4 ounce green Chartreuse

3/4 ounce maraschino liqueur

3/4 lime juice

cava, to top

Garnish: lime twist

DIRECTIONS

Add first four ingredients to a cocktail shaker.

Add ice, cover and shake well.

Strain into a champagne flute.

Top with cava and garnish with a lime twist.

Click here for Charisma on Command's take on how to laugh more and here for the original Ellen Degeneres and Julia Roberts clip

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