A suggestion for this weekend’s festivities: be lazy.
So lazy.
Look, I love making sangria from scratch. Mostly I love how it tastes, but it’s also fun customizing your own blends with whatever fruits are in season at the moment. But when you’re talking about serving in bulk, sangria transforms from “adorable homemade touch” to “enormous pain in the butt.”
Presenting: Lazy Lady Sangria.
Here is what you do:
1. Get yourself to Costco, and buy a couple of those ridiculously large jugs of Lolailo Sangria that they sell for $6.99.
2. When you get home, pour them into pretty pitchers (see: deception), and add sliced apples, oranges and grapes. Throw a little seltzer water on top, if you’re feeling energetic.
3. Serve to guests, and when they compliment you on your sangria-making skills (because they will), lie your lazy little face off (“Oh, it took me houuuurs“), and then go congratulate yourself on having served a specialty drink with no effort save for that required to steer clear of the jumbo-sized jars of chocolate-covered nuts that they also, unfortunately, sell at Costco.
