Happy Labor Day in the USA!
In honor of this day to relax,
and celebrate,
and take a break from work,
I thought I’d share one of my favorite cocktails.
If I’m not drinking a dry red wine,
my favorite adult beverage of choice is gin.
And when I really want to celebrate it’s
Hendrick’s Gin – a lovely Scottish gin infused with rose and cucumber.
And when it is the end of a vacation,
a holiday weekend,
and after 5pm (which it was when I had this yesterday),
I adore a Hendrick’s Dirty Martini
with gigantic green spanish olives
stuffed with tangy blue cheese.
Food and drink can be an art form
when prepared with the utmost detail,
and that is how I prepare this special cocktail.
Here’s my recipe if you are an olive, gin, blue cheese lover like me.
If not, what is your favorite cocktail to celebrate with?
Jodi's Hendrick's Dirty Martini
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 (or so) shots of Henrick’s Gin
- Splash of Vermouth (or not)
- 3 large Spanish olives
- Splash of olive juice
- 1 Tbsp. fine bleu cheese
Directions:
Stuff 3 large olives with bleu cheese and skewer with large tooth pick.
In a shaker full of ice, add Gin and Vermouth (or not), and shake vigorously to chill.
Strain and pour into martini glass, add olive juice and stuffed olive skewer. Enjoy!
Cheers & Hugs,
Jodi
It’s always a pleasure to read you Jodi! I’m not a fan of gins but love fruity beers. I like your picture too 🙂
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What a sweet thing to say ☺️. Thank you. Fruity beers are yummy too.
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Jodi, Sounds delicious. Happy Labor Day to you!😎
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Cheers and Happy Labor Day to you to Mary!
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omg you can drink bleu cheese????? Cheers Jodi!
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LOL! It is SO DEVINE my soul sista! 🙂
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I have never stuffed an olive with bleu cheese. Sounds wonderful! Your cocktail sounds lovely too! My daughter and her husband like to drink martinis.
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I adore bleu cheese stuffed olives 🙂 So yummy – especially floating in gin — LOL! Happy Labor Day PJ!
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Hahahaha! I don’t drink alcohol anymore but when I did, I use to prefer beer or Margaritas.
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Oh, I forgot.. Happy Labor Day!!!
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Very nice drink Jodi – enjoy it and the day! 🙂
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Happy day terry! 😊
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If I had one of those martinis I’d end up on the floor. I’m a light very light drinker. 🙂 ❤
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Lol One of these is it for me!! 😉
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I doubt if I could make it through half of one of those. LOL
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Looks and sound fabulous Jodi! I do hope you enjoyed it and a nice relaxing day off. It is Labor Day here in Canada as well but some of us have to work. 😦
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One last evening was enough for a while. 😉
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Happy Labour day to you, here in Canada is holiday too! Love Martini, but without the cheese. Rose wine is my favourite drink.
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Cheers and happy labor day !!
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Happy Labor Day to you, sounds amazing!
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Thanks so much! 🙂
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Yeah…we could totally hang out! Hehe…love these! Sounds so good!😍Actually haven’t had one in a love time though.
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well – sounds like it’s about time! 🙂 We’ll add that to our list of things to do together whenever that happens ❤
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I’m more of a wine drinker – Cheers Jodi! 😎🍸💕
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me too! only one of these, and then I had wine. 🙂
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Aww this looks divine Jodi! I’d love to enjoy one with you hopefully the soonest. And the cheese…goodness its the perfect combination. Cheers!
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Oh it truly is Carrie! it would be lovely to someday! 🙂 Cheers!
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I have a friend who swears by Hendrick’s gin, but she uses it in gin and tonics. I haven’t tried it yet, but I think I need to do it, quickly, in honor of the fading summer. Thanks for sharing your recipe!
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Oh Ann – It is so divine – so smooth. I do sometimes use it with tonic, but sometimes hate to even water it down as it is so good LOL! Only a small bit at a time though! 🙂
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Dirty martini, extra dirty…my fave!! XO
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😜
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Jodi, you’re amazing! you can even make hard alcohol, sound DEE lish ous!!
great photo, love the olive idea yummy! and I may…. have a couple sips of that dry red wine LOL
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Lol. Cheers!
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cheers!
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I feel the exact same way. If its not red wine….I LOVE a nice dirty martini, with a little extra dirt. And, Hendricks is so delicious!
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a girl after my own heart! ❤
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Hi there
Yummy, this will definitely go down so well this long weekend (South Africa) Thanks for the recipe, cannot wait to try this out tonight
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ENJOY!!!! What’s the occasion for a long weekend?
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