Best Taste Of The Garden Cocktail Recipe By Tasty Recipes

GARDEN-FRESH SEAFOOD COCKTAIL

Garden-Fresh Seafood Cocktail image

For something cool on a hot day, we mix shrimp and crabmeat with crunchy veggies straight from the garden. Look for adobo seasoning in your grocery's international section. -Teri Rasey, Cadillac, Michigan

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories Appetizers

Time 30m

Yield 6 cups.

Number Of Ingredients 12

Ingredients

3/4 pound peeled and deveined cooked shrimp (31-40 per pound), thawed
1 container (8 ounces) refrigerated jumbo lump crabmeat, drained
3 celery ribs, chopped
1 medium cucumber, peeled, seeded and chopped
1 medium sweet orange pepper, chopped
2 plum tomatoes, seeded and chopped
1/2 cup red onion, finely chopped
1 to 2 jalapeno peppers, seeded and finely chopped
1/4 cup minced fresh cilantro
3 tablespoons lime juice
1 tablespoon olive oil
2-1/4 teaspoons adobo seasoning

Steps:

Combine the first 9 ingredients. Whisk together lime juice, oil and adobo seasoning; drizzle over shrimp mixture and toss gently to coat. Refrigerate at least 1 hour, tossing gently every 20 minutes. Serve shrimp mixture in cocktail glasses.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 103 calories, Fat 3g fat (0 saturated fat), Cholesterol 92mg cholesterol, Sodium 619mg sodium, Carbohydrate 5g carbohydrate (2g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 15g protein.

ENGLISH GARDEN COCKTAIL

English garden cocktail image

Celebrate summer with an English garden cocktail. It's a refreshing mix of gin, elderflower cordial and apple juice, plus mint, lemon and cucumber flavours

Provided by Anna Glover

Categories Drink

Time 5m

Number Of Ingredients 7

Ingredients

5 mint leaves, bruised
30ml gin
2 tsp elderflower cordial (use more or less, depending on how sweet you like it)
2 tsp lemon juice
large handful of ice
cloudy apple juice, for topping up
1 long strip of cucumber, peeled using a vegetable peeler

Steps:

Mix the mint leaves, gin, elderflower cordial and lemon juice together in the bottom of a tall glass using a long-handled spoon.
Add a large handful of ice, then top up with the apple juice. Stir well, then drop in the strip of cucumber before serving.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 118 calories, Carbohydrate 9 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 9 grams sugar, Fiber 0.1 grams fiber, Protein 0.3 grams protein, Sodium 0.01 milligram of sodium