recipes | Colorfully Grey

Cranberry Rosemary Mules

by chelsea | Dec 22, 2018 | Holiday, Lifestyle

Cranberry Rosemary Mules are the perfect winter cocktail. It has all the right colors and flavors to be festive through the holidays.

// Ingredients //

vodka
ginger beer (I use Fever Tree)
limes
rosemary
cranberries
Cranberry Juice
granulated sugar

// Directions //

Soak rosemary in cranberry juice overnight.
Sugar Cranberries- Wash Cranberries, roll in granulated sugar, lay on paper towel to dry.
Pour 2oz. vodka, 8oz ginger beer, splash of soaked cranberry juice over ice.
Squeeze in lime
Garnish with a sprig of rosemary and candied cranberries.

Enjoy your mule and Happy Holidays!

Cauliflower Pizza

by chelsea | Sep 5, 2018 | Lifestyle

Happy National Cheese Pizza Day! This is definitely a holiday I can get behind. To make it a little healthier (okay, a lot healthier) I am going to celebrate with cauliflower pizza crust + pepperoni!

Cauliflower everything is the new everything. We are seeing cauliflower gnocchi, rice, bread, pizza, and more. I cannot speak to a variety of pizza crust brands but I have been using the Trader Joes for a while and I love it! Here is how to eat your pizza, and feel good about it.

Here’s how to make it!

Ingredients

Cauliflower pizza crust (freezer section of TJs)
Pizza Sauce
Basil
Pepperoni
Mozzarella cheese

Steps

1. Preheat the oven to 425.
2. Put your pizza on a baking sheet.
3. Bake for 12 min, flip with
Pizzeria Pronto® Peel.
4. Bake on this side for 6 min.
5. Remove and dress with pizza sauce, cheese, pepperoni, and basil (or whatever toppings you choose).
6. Bake for another 6 min.
7. Remove from the oven and transfer your pizza to the
wood pizza paddle , cut, and serve!

If you try this recipe, let me know what you think!

Summertime and Caprese Salad

by chelsea | Jun 4, 2018 | Lifestyle, Style, Travel

I am so excited that it is finally time to (unofficially) welcome summer! I get super excited when this time of year finally rolls around… I love the Charlotte weather, being outside, and my time to travel. It means it’s also time for lots of fresh fruits, veggies, and herbs.

Tonight, I am celebrating the launch of my new blog and reminiscing on my time in Italy last year. In both summer, and Italian, style I made a delicious caprese salad and paired it with a Chianti. This Caprese Salad includes some locally grown tomatoes, just-picked basil that I grow on my front porch (I also grow Cilantro and Meyer Lemons), olive oil and Chianti that I brought back from Italy. If you want real Italian olive oil or Chianti, you can buy it online here.

Last June I headed to Europe with one of my best friends from Charlotte. We visited Italy and Croatia for two weeks. We truly had the most amazing time exploring new cities, waters, and countrysides! I brought back some goodies that I am still taking advantage of today. While in Florence we visited a beautiful winery that was an old castle Conte Gucciardini. They grows a variety of grapes and make several types of wine and olive oil. To this day, I include some of the wines we tried there on my list of all time favorites!

If you’ve never made or tried caprese salad, I definitely recommend trying it! It’s super easy and tastes like fresh summer-goodness! All you need are tomatoes, (I like to get local tomatoes and take advantage of the time of year they’re in season), mozzarella cheese that is in water, basil, (which is super easy and inexpensive to grow yourself), olive oil, and balsamic vinegar.