Holiday Shrimp Dip

• 1 (8oz) package cream cheese, softened
• 2 (4oz) cans small shrimp, drained
• 1 (8oz) jar cocktail sauce
• 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
• ½ red bell pepper, diced
• ½ green bell pepper, diced
• assorted crackers for dipping

• Spread cream cheese in an even layer on a serving dish or in the bottom of a glass pie pan.
• Combine shrimp with cocktail sauce in a bowl and spread evenly over the cream cheese layer.
• Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese, covering the shrimp layer as completely as possible. Sprinkle the red and green bell pepper over the cheese layer.
• Serve with crackers.

French 75 (Champagne Cocktail)

• cracked ice
• 2 fluid ounces gin
• 1 teaspoon simple syrup
• ½ fluid ounce lemon juice
• 5 fluid ounces brut champagne, chilled
• 1 slice lemon (optional)

• Chill cocktail shaker and glass (champagne flute or Collins glass) in the freezer.
• Add ice to shaker.
• Pour gin, simple syrup, and lemon juice into shaker.
• Shake well.
• Fill chilled glass half-full of ice, then strain cocktail into the glass.
• Top with champagne and garnish with a lemon slice.