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Plan Z Phase: This is a Z3.5 (ZReboot 3.5) recipe. Just in time for the big party on New Year’s Eve. This cocktail is good anytime but especially when celebrating something big. Those of you old enough will remember champagne cocktails were big in the 50’s. I’m reviving them and taking out the sugar!

Ingredients:

• 2, 750 ml bottles of a brut champagne. Choose any one. I don’t use particularly expensive champagne when I am turning it into a cocktail.
• 1-1/2 cups of white rum
• ½ cup of unsweetened cranberry juice
• liquid stevia to taste

Instructions:

This is a perfect chance to use one of those new beverage dispensers. Or if you still have a pretty punch bowl you can use that. I serve these cocktails in champagne flutes but any champagne cup or glass will do.

Pour the champagne, rum, cranberry juice in the container. Stir. Taste. You’ll have to decide how much liquid stevia you want to use. I’d start with a few drops and stir again. This all depends on your sweetness taste and that of your guests. I might choose not to put any sweetener in but that’s just me.

Options:

• If you want to make this spread further you can try adding plain sparkling water and see if you like that.
• If you are serving this in a punch bowl you might like to slice up a lemon and float the slices on top as a pretty garnish.

Enjoy!

Cheers,