Hello everyone and happy Monday, this is Liz & Jewels again! You might have missed us, we took a little break from our Food in Motion series. It ended up being a lot of work producing food videos, to be honest, and with both of us being so involved in book writing, teaching and our small children, it's simply not possible to produce videos too. We've decided that for now, we'll discontinue Food in Motion and go back to straight up, pinnable, yummy recipes.

I know this is a funny post for the first thing on a Monday morning BUT hey, it's never to early to think about cocktails right? :) And when it comes to cocktails, we are such girls! We like sweet, fruity, light, creamy… Not so much smoky, bitter, and strong. We like when our cocktails tastes like a drinkable dessert. When we have friends over, we like putting on a little show by making something memorable. For instance, these super cute berry ice cubes. They are incredibly easy to make but the result is nice because as they melt in the cocktail, they change the color of the drink - like a slow sunset. So lovely… This is the perfect drink to start a fun evening with your friends.

Slow Sunset Ingredients (for 2 servings):

Fruity Ice Cubes

• 1 cup of frozen blueberries, raspberries, or even sliced mango
• a few mint leaves
• water
• ice cube tray

Put the frozen berries into a food processor with a little bit of water (about half a cup). Puree until smooth. Pour into an ice cube tray and cover each cube with one mint leaf. Freeze for at least 3 hours.

Cocktail

• 1 cup of sparkling water
• 1 cup of rum (I like the sweeter kinds, even the Malibu Rum with Coconut Liqueur)
• juice of 3 limes
• 4 tablespoons of brown sugar
• mint leaves

Stir everything together. You don’t want to shake it because you would lose the carbonation. Serve with the berry ice cubes and enjoy with a friend! If you try this recipe, let us know what you think and how you modified it at all, we always love to see how people recreate cocktails to their liking. Perhaps a shot of vodka would be nice in this also?

Enjoy!

(images & text: liz and jewels. editor: holly becker)