This post brought to you by Andre Champagne. The content and opinions expressed below are that of Big Bear’s Wife.
I’m perfectly ok with not being an early bird. I’m all for people wanting to be up at the crack of dawn but that’s just not for me. I’ve never been a morning person and I doubt that I ever will be. My husband is always saying, “Angie, it takes 21 days to make a habit or break a habit”. Well, y’all I’ve been getting up “early” for school or work for my entire life and it’s still not a “habit.”
I’m more of a get up at 9 or 10 kinda gal. The kind of girl that would like to wake up a few times, curl back up in a ball of covers surrounded by her two dogs until it’s time for brunch. That’s the kind of girl I am.
It just takes me forever to get up when I have to wake up early, even if I’ve gone to bed early. I’m just not built for early dates with the alarm clock.
But since I’m not one for early mornings, that means that I’m not up and about for breakfast. However, I’m normally wide awake in time for brunch! What goes hand in hand with brunch? Champagne and Orange Juice. Are you with me on this one? That alone makes me love brunch over all the other meal times!
The weekends are my time to relax, recharge, work my tail off on the blog and enjoy brunches with Champagne Sangrias! I may do a lot of my blog work on the weekends but I’m totally ok with enjoying a little brunch time!
Now, just add a bit of orange juice and a homemade simple syrup.
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By: Angie Barrett – BigBearsWife.com
1 cup water
2 bottles of Andre Champagne
5 strawberries, hulled and sliced
1 lime, sliced
1 lemon, sliced and cut into quarters
1/2 cup orange juice
DirectionsCreate a simple syrup by combining the sugar and water in a small sauce pan. Simmer over low heat until sugar melts, whisking occasionally. Remove from heat and let cool for about 15 minutes.
In a large pitcher, combine the strawberries, lime slices and lemon slices.
Add in the orange juice. Stir in the simple syrup.
Pour in the two bottles of Andre Champagne. Stir. Chill until ready to serve.
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10 fresh mint leaves
12 oz blackberries, divided
Create a blackberry mint simple syrup by combining the sugar, water, mint and 6 oz of blackberries in a small sauce pan. Simmer over low heat until sugar melts, whisking occasionally. Simmer for about 15 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool for about 15 minutes. Strain and discard the blackberries, seeds and mint leaves.Add the second set of blackberries to a large pitcher.
Add in the orange juice. Stir in the simple syrup.
Pour in the two bottles of Andre Champagne. Stir. Chill until ready to serve. .
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