{"id":46487,"date":"2011-04-14T10:32:24","date_gmt":"2011-04-14T15:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=46487"},"modified":"2011-12-23T14:30:44","modified_gmt":"2011-12-23T19:30:44","slug":"royal-cocktails-for-your-royal-wedding-watch-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/04\/royal-cocktails-for-your-royal-wedding-watch-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal Cocktails for Your Royal Wedding Watch Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Royal Cocktails for Your Royal Wedding Watch Party\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/04\/royal-cocktails-for-your-royal-wedding-watch-party\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-46690\" title=\"Cocktail party\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/friends-wth-cocktails.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"268\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>If you&#8217;re planning a cocktail party to celebrate the <strong><a title=\"royal weddng cake recipe\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/03\/let-them-eat-cake-royal-wedding-cake-recipe-revealed\/\">royal wedding<\/a><\/strong> of Prince William and <strong><a title=\"Kate Middleton Dukan Diet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/03\/kate-middleton-and-mom-follow-dukan-diet\/\">Kate Middleton<\/a><\/strong> on April 29, you&#8217;ve probably already started thinking about your menu. If you&#8217;re planning on serving libations along with your canapes, think beyond champagne and get creative with some festive cocktails.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a title=\"SeriousEats.com\" href=\"http:\/\/drinks.seriouseats.com\/2009\/10\/serious-beer-brown-ales-from-england-and-beyond.html\" target=\"_blank\">Serious Eats<\/a>, brown ale used to be known as &#8220;the beer of the British masses&#8221; but if you want to avoid a royal beer belly this year, opt for a lower-calorie cocktail and save the brew for after <strong><a title=\"Swimsuit Diet and Workout\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/02\/irina-shayks-swimsuit-diet-and-workout\/\">swimsuit season<\/a><\/strong>. We tracked down two cocktail recipes from <a title=\"Grey Goose vodka\" href=\"http:\/\/www.greygoose.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Grey Goose<\/a> that include fresh, light spring flavors so you can sip without wrecking your diet.<\/p>\n<p>Whether you are watching the procession from Buckingham Palace or the comfort of your own home, toast to the bride and groom with an elegant cocktail fit for royalty.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>GREY GOOSE Blushing Dutchess<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 parts GREY GOOSE Vodka<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>3 wedges peeled and seeded grapefruit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>turbinado sugar for rimming the glass<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon turbinado sugar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>1 part triple sec<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Rub the grapefruit around the outside edge of the glass and then roll in the turbinado sugar. Place the sugar and grapefruit in the bottom of a shaker, muddle thoroughly. Add GREY GOOSE Vodka, triple sec and ice. Shake well. Pour drink including ice and grapefruit into a rimmed rocks glass.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>GREY GOOSE White Tie and Tiara<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 1\/2\u00a0 parts GREY GOOSE Le Citron Flavored Vodka<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>1 part lychee juice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>1 part white grapefruit juice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>1\/2 part fresh lime juice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>1\/4 part jasmine syrup<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In a cocktail shaker, combine all ingredients with plenty of cubed ice. Shake vigorously until shaker beads with sweat. Finish with a squeeze of grapefruit rind to release essential oils. Spray the inside of a martini glass with rose water, then strain and pour the cocktail and serve with a white flower.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re planning a cocktail party to celebrate the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton on April 29, you&#8217;ve probably already started thinking about your menu. If you&#8217;re planning on serving libations along with your canapes, think beyond &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/04\/royal-cocktails-for-your-royal-wedding-watch-party\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3695],"tags":[136,6110,6931,885,8064,8063,852],"class_list":["post-46487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diet-and-nutrition","tag-alcohol","tag-cocktails","tag-kate-middleton","tag-party","tag-prince-william","tag-royal-wedding","tag-wedding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46487"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46681,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46487\/revisions\/46681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}