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My husband is a vodka aficionado.  When we were dating, he kept a bottle of Vodka in the freezer at all times.  As we got older and the kids were teens we cut down on keeping vodka in the freezer.  However, people who know my husband likes vodka have given him a bottle of vodka for cleaning up their hard drive.  He doesn’t mind the trade at all.  We have a bottle of 360 vodka, which doesn’t just make him happy, it makes me happy too. 

360 Vodka uses 100 % locally grown grains form northeastern Kansas and northwestern Missouri.  Every bit of it is utilized and nothing goes to waste. 

The beautiful green bottle is 85% recycled glass.

The packaging is chlorine free recycled paper and recycled materials with soy based ink. 

That’s not all

They use carbon offsets.

They have a close the loop campaign where they donate 1.00 to an environmental organization for every returned bottle closure. 

My husband thinks it’s a quality vodka – which would be the only reason to even look at it in the first place.

• The vodka 360 website has hints and suggestions for helping to do our share to do a little more to be green.

Here’s a Vodka Marinara recipe that’s quick and easy.  I use some of my homemade canned sauce with it as a short cut.

Ingredients:

• 2tbs Olive Oil
• 1 med onion diced
• 1 garlic clove (2 if you like garlic) minced1 jar marinara sauce
• 1/4 cup vodka
• 1/2 cup of half & half or heavy cream
• 1/4 cup of fresh basil leaves – chopped (less if you are using dried)
• salt
• pepper

Saute onions and garlic in oil until soft.  Add vodka sauce simmer for a few minutes until vodka is almost evaporated.  Dump in marinara sauce and simmer for about 5 minutes(longer if your sauce is a little runny like mine is this year).  Stir in cream, add basil and salt and pepper to taste.

This is my own paw paw drink made with 360 vodka.

• 1 large paw paw (or many small ones) peeled and seeds removed.
• 1 cup pineapple juice
• 1 cup lemon lime soda
• vodka

I put the paw paw and the pineapple juice into the bullet and blended it, added the soda and stirred then added the vodka to the right strength.  This is delicious.