Mother’s Day is all about the women in our lives that we cherish. So what better way to celebrate your mom than to make her a delicious cocktail that will have her feeling refreshed

Luscious Lime Slush28 Servings
Prep: 20 min. + freezing

Courtesy of Taste of Home Magazine

Ingredients9 cups water
4 individual green tea bags
2 cans (12 ounces each) frozen limeade concentrate, thawed
2 cups sugar
2 cups lemon rum or rum
7 cups lemon-lime soda, chilled

Directions
In a Dutch oven, bring water to a boil. Remove from the heat; add tea bags. Cover and steep for 3-5 minutes. Discard tea bags. Stir in the limeade concentrate, sugar and rum.
Transfer to a 4-qt. freezer container; cool. Cover and freeze for 6 hours or overnight.
To use frozen limeade mixture: Combine the limeade mixture and soda in a 4-qt. pitcher. Or for one serving, combine 1/2 cup limeade mixture and 1/4 cup soda in a glass. Serve immediately. Yield: 28 servings (3/4 cup each).

Mom’s Red StilletoCreated by Patricia Richards, Property Mixologist, Wynn & Encore Las Vegas

2 1/4 oz. SKYY Infusions Dragon Fruit
1 oz. Fresh Lemon Juice
1 1/4 oz. Simple Syrup*
1 1/2 oz. Diced Long
English Cucumber
1 Large, Ripe, Strawberry (washed & hulled)

Directions:
Muddle cucumber and strawberry in cocktail shaker until the strawberry is pulverized. Add remaining ingredients and shake vigorously with ice. Strain over fresh ice into an old fashionedglass.
Garnish with strawberry and cucumber.*Combine equal parts water and sugar over medium heat and stir until sugar is completely dissolved. As an alternative, add 1 1/4 oz. water with 1 teaspoon sugar directly to cocktail and stir well.

” a drink in the hand is worth two feet in the sand”

Happy Mother’s Day,
Pete and Pando