Spicy Mango Mojito

2 oz Cachaça
1 oz fresh limejuice
1/2 oz simple syrup
1 oz mango juice/pulp
4-5 mint leaves
splash of hot sauce (tabasco)
Shake all ingredients with ice. Fill into highball glass; add a splash of soda and a spring of fresh mint for garnish.

Shrimp Nicoise Salad

Another farmer's market concoction. There's this guy who sells fresh spot shrimp and salmon, and the shrimp are really great.. so we got a couple of pounds and decided to try a variation on the classic Nicoise Salad. The green beans were from a friends garden.

8-10 cherry tomatoes, halved; some cubed heirloom tomato

one large potato; boiled in salted water, peeled and cubed

1/2 lb green beans, trimmed, steamed, cut in 2 inch pieces

shrimp; peeled, deveined, marinated in garlic, lemon juice and salt; sauted till just cooked.

a small sweet white onion, slivered

a few pitted black olives

lemon juice, olive oil, mustard, salt, pepper; crushed garlic whisked together

2 boiled eggs; halved, optional

Toss together all the ingredients except for the eggs, top with the egg if you are adding it.

Purple Haze

1/2 oz tequila

1/2 oz rum

1/2 oz vodka

4-6 fresh respberries

8-10 fresh blueberries

juice of 1/2 lemon

1/2 cup club soda or sparking water (optional)

Ice
Crush berries in the lemon juice. Mix all but soda in shaker with ice. Add soda, stir; serve in a highball (or a martini glass if you don't add soda).