New Year Cheer: A Delicious Champagne Cocktail
We hope your holiday season has been cheerful and bright! With New Year's just around the bend, I wanted share one of our favorite champagne cocktail recipes - a great alternative to the traditional mimosa. This recipe is the perfect complement to brunch, special occasions, and of course, New Year's Eve celebrations. But truth be told, no one ever needs an excuse to enjoy bubbles!

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Ingredients:

  • 1 1/4 cups pomegranate juice or cranberry juice cocktail
  • 1 cup Cointreau or other orange-flavored liqueur
  • 1/2 cup fresh lime juice or more to taste
  • 2 (750 ml) bottles champagne or other sparking wine
  • Garnish: fresh or frozen raspberries or cranberries
Fresh Tastes in the New Year
This year has been an exciting one, and I look forward to 2016 for more incredible culinary adventures. Reflecting back on 2015, I'm so grateful for all your support, and hope you, your friends and family are enjoying the recipes and stories from my newest cookbook Fresh Tastes as much as you've enjoyed those from A Well-Seasoned Kitchen. With Fresh Tastes, I've made it easy for you to enjoy time around the table with friends and family as we enter the New Year, with delicious recipes meant to be shared with love. Haven't gotten your copy yet? Signed copies are still available for at Seasonedkitchen.com, and you can also find us on Amazon.com and various retailers nationwide.

About Fresh Tastes: Fans of A Well-Seasoned Kitchen will recall that my first cookbook was inspired by my mom Sally Clayton's love of cooking and entertaining. My second book, Fresh Tastes, was born from creating dishes with a new, "fresh" perspective. The follow-up to my critically acclaimed A Well-Seasoned Kitchen, Fresh Tastes is a unique collection of recipes showcasing how fresh ingredients and new ideas can be combined to deliver extraordinarily flavorful dishes guaranteed to please all palates.


For more information about Fresh Tastes, click here.


Happy New Year from our kitchen to yours, and many thanks for all your support of A Well-Seasoned Kitchen and Fresh Tastes!

Reviews for Fresh Tastes:
"For the entertainer who might have fallen into a rut, Lee Clayton Roper has the solution. Fresh Tastes, her latest title, is a collection of more than 170 recipes combined with personal stories to reignite that kitchen inspiration. Gorgeous photos are paired with practical advice for prepping dishes in advance for a truly well-rounded book. Recipes like Hot Onion Souffl�; Prosciutto, Fig and Goat Cheese Tarts; and Cheese Blintz Souffl�s with Blueberry Balsamic Sauce provide something to please everyone. Give this book to your friend or family member who is ready to take their parties to the next level." 


"Save your culinarily inclined friends and family members from dud Internet recipes and give them local author Lee Clayton Roper's second cookbook, Fresh Tastes from a Well Seasoned Kitchen. Not only will they get over 170 perfect-for-entertaining recipes like tomato shortbread with olive tapenade, rolled turkey breast with roasted red pepper stuffing, and individual plum tarts, but they'll also enjoy Roper's touching stories and priceless cooking tips. As additional quality assurance, 5280 food editor Amanda Faison even helped recipe test, so you know that these recipes are winners. You can buy the book online, or at the Bookies, the Lark, Compleat Lifestyles, Eccentricity, and Mariel Boutique."


"RECIPE, PLEASE: The time has come for all those delicious smells of holiday cooking. And though we wait all year for Grandma's famous cookies (you know the ones) and Uncle Phil's standing rib roast, it's also fun to add a few fresh dishes to our repertoire. We dug into a slew of new cookbooks - [including] "Fresh Tastes from A Well-Seasoned Kitchen" by Lee Clayton Roper - to bring you the latest reads for gifting to friends (or yourself) in the weeks to come. And should you find yourself with leftovers? Feel free to send them our way."

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