(Smiling) Lemon Drop Ice Cubes

“Is that martini smiling at me?” one of my girlfriends recently asked as she took a sip of the sweet, citrus-inspired cocktail. At a recent “Recessionista” Party [1]at my house, the clothes may have been “lightly used” as well as free, but the tapas were elegant, and the cocktails were beautiful.  They even smiled at you as you took a sip.

I’m crazy about this simple and easy way to dress up a cocktail in our recession.  Take a lemon (typically 33-to-50 cents at most grocery stores) and cut it into half-moons.  Freeze with lemon drop-flavored ice cubes and voila! A gorgeous ice cube that chills your cocktail, and flavors it as it melts.  Did I mention these were pretty?

For your next ladies’ night, cocktail, martini, or even ice water, try these simply elegant awe-inspiring frozen lemon drop ice cubes.  They’re sure to make you smile.

(Smiling) Lemon Drop Ice Cubes

This recipe is my own, but I have seen similar versions on the Food Network.  Giada De Laurentiis is famous for her girl-friendly drinks, so perhaps checkout her drink recipes at here[2] for more ideas.

Ingredients:

* 1 lemon

* lemon juice, to taste

* water (enough for filling an ice cube tray)

* 1 ice cube tray

1.) Wash lemon and remove sticker.  Remove ends.

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2.) Cut lemon into circular (thin) slices.  Half slices to the shapes of “half moons.”

3.) Add lemon slices to ice cube tray.

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4.) Fill with water and add a couple of drops of lemon juice to each cube (to taste.)  Freeze ice cubes.

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5.) Serve frozen lemon drop ice cubes with any number of cocktails.  I served them with a vodka-lemon-berry punch cocktail and my friend Tara’s[6] Rum and Lime juice cocktail with mint.  They were clearly delicious!

Makes 12 ice cubes.

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–Helana Brigman[8]