This is definitely the perfect Lemon Drop — quick-to-make, all-raw ingredients (except the vodka, of course…), and absolutely delish!

My Christmas Wish for this elegantly simple recipe is that you pass it around, make it for your friends and family this holiday season, and start incorporating it into your cocktail culture. And if you mention along the way where you came by the recipe… I would be most appreciative!

And if you want an even better Lemon-Drop… better than perfect… check out my Live-Green Lemon Drop Martini. It’s the Ultimate, because there is just nothing as zingingly refreshing and authentically reviving as an all-juice raw cocktail!

Recipe for: The Perfect Lemon-Drop Martini

My Christmas Present To The Cocktail Crowd

Use the nicest raw honey you can get your hands on… the more delicately flavored, the better!

• 1 organic lemon
• 1-1/2 cups citron vodka
• 2 tablespoons raw honey
• 2 cups ice

Juice the lemon whole, peel and all (which is why it’s important that is be organic). One lemon will yield about 1/4 cup fresh juice, and it will be opaque and creamy, because the whole-fruit juicing captures all the oils and phytonutrients in the pith and peel!

Add the juice, vodka, raw honey, and ice to the blender, and blend til smooth. Pour out into glasses, garnish with lemon if you’d like, and ENJOY!

Makes two generously poured cocktails.