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This apple cider pumpkin beer shandy is perfect for your holiday menu. It’s made with delicious apple cider and pumpkin beer and garnished with fresh apples, pomegranate seeds, and rosemary.
It’s that beautiful time of the year – cocktail time!
It’s also the time of the year when you wake up, put on capri pants, and walk out of the house, and it’s snowing. SNOWING! You guys, NO! NO! I altogether refuse to believe that winter is here. I opened the door and whispered, “Winter is coming.”
Then I shut the door and put on real shoes because I cannot wear flip-flops in the snow.
This is a real bummer because I would expect it would result in frozen little toes, which sounds 100% not fun.
Do you know what else winter brings? The craving for 100% comfort food. Do you know what is 100% comfortable for me? Mac and cheese!
My real issue with mac and cheese is that I make a tray and pretty much want to eat the whole thing by myself. I scoop it into a bowl and eat until I’m about to burst.
Oh, and I’m so stuffed after my mac and cheese I eat zero vegetables. Yeah, no bueno.
However, I teamed up with EatingWell™ frozen entrées to have my comfort food AND my veggies all packed into one delicious frozen meal. And they taste fantastic, and that is pretty hard to find in the frozen meal game.
Each frozen meal contains 1 cup of vegetables, so you won’t be guilty of that whole “just eat the main course and forget about the vegetables” thing. They are also free of preservatives and artificial flavors!
Ohhhhhh and they offer up 8 different options – cherry port pork, chicken & wild rice stroganoff, creamy pesto chicken, Indian-inspired chicken, Korean-inspired beef, Moroccan-inspired chicken, spicy Asian-inspired chicken, and my personal favorite Vermont cheddar mac & cheese!
These meals are delicious, easy to make, and perfect for your “OMG, I NEED FOOD AND I CAN’T THINK ABOUT WHAT TO COOK” moods.
Seriously, look at that mac and cheese! It was cheesy and full of sharp cheddar flavor, and the broccoli cooked up brightly and still had a bit of crunch. So good!
Now, to serve this cheesy and delicious mac and cheese, I went full-on fall and full-on Vermont.
I paired apple cider with pumpkin beer and went for it. If you’re a fan of shandy, you usually think of a light beer mixed with lemonade, but in this case, I went with pumpkin beer mixed with fresh, sweet, pressed cider.
You could also pair it with sparkling cider if you want full-on bubbles.
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Apple Cider Pumpkin Beer Shandy
Ingredients
- 12 ounces apple cider
- 12 ounces pumpkin beer
- ½ sweet red apple, thinly sliced
- 2 tablespoons pomegranate seeds
- 2 sprigs rosemary, fresh
Instructions
- In a short cocktail glass add ice and fill with equal parts apple cider and pumpkin beer. Garnish with pomegranate seeds, apple slices and rosemary if desired.
- In two tall cocktail glasses, add ice, and add sliced apples, and pomegranate seeds to the glasses.
- Fill each glass with half the apple cider and the pumpkin beer. Gently stir to combine.
- Garnish each drink with a fresh rosemary sprig.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
CHEERS girlfriend! Loving this pairing.
I need this in my life!! Looks and sounds amaaazing!!
Maybe I could get my kids to eat their veggies if that way! That drink looks refreshing!
I am definitely not ready for snow yet, but am so excited to imbibe in any cocktail that involves pumpkin beer (my seasonal favorite!)
Giiirrrrl…the pumpkin & cider combo calling my name. Because bubbles. I really like Eating Well magazine, so I’m intrigued that they have a line of frozen dinners. I probably would never have tried them without your endorsement because let’s be honest-frozen dinners usually taste like cardboard they come in.
Love the flavors in this drink!
I seriously love the flavors in this drink — pumpkin beer is one of my favorites!
I am thinking my weekend drink for sure! Sounds delicious!
Now this is a drink I can get on board with!