Summery Drinks!
The first two are non-alcoholic, the last one is alcoholic.
Strawberry Mango Smoothie
Ingredients:
1 lb washed, hulled, sliced strawberries.
1 ripe banana, peeled and sliced
1 ripe mango, peeled and sliced
1/2 cup crushed ice
2 tbsp honey
1.5 cup orange juice
Throw all the ingredients in a blender and chop, then whip, until done. If the blender is too small, divide all ingredients into two batches and do it a batch at a time. Pretty nutritious and delicious.
Pineapple Lemonade Punch
Ingredients:
1 can of frozen lemonade concentrate
4 cups of pineapple juice
1 20oz bottle of ginger ale
Ice cubes
In a large pitcher, dissolve the lemonade concentrate in the pineapple juice and ginger ale, then add ice. Serve garnished with lemon slices. For a variation, use strawberry juice and Sprite instead of pineapple juice and ginger ale. Still delicious :)
Red Sangria
Ingredients:
1 bottle of your favourite Malbec, Chianti or other medium-bodied red wine
1/2 cup of orange juice
1.5 cups of tropical fruit punch (use the reputable variety, not Kool Aid)
1 cup Sprite
2 good-sized Fuji apples, sliced
4 ripe nectarines, sliced
6 ripe strawberries, washed, hulled and sliced
1 blood orange, washed and sliced into cocktail wedges for garnish
Ice cubes
Mix together the first four ingredients in a large punch bowl, then ice and the first three fruits. Serve garnished with blood orange wedges. Feel free to adjust alcohol levels by using more juice and less wine :P I tend to be a bit heavy-handed, as we all know.
Strawberry Mango Smoothie
Ingredients:
1 lb washed, hulled, sliced strawberries.
1 ripe banana, peeled and sliced
1 ripe mango, peeled and sliced
1/2 cup crushed ice
2 tbsp honey
1.5 cup orange juice
Throw all the ingredients in a blender and chop, then whip, until done. If the blender is too small, divide all ingredients into two batches and do it a batch at a time. Pretty nutritious and delicious.
Pineapple Lemonade Punch
Ingredients:
1 can of frozen lemonade concentrate
4 cups of pineapple juice
1 20oz bottle of ginger ale
Ice cubes
In a large pitcher, dissolve the lemonade concentrate in the pineapple juice and ginger ale, then add ice. Serve garnished with lemon slices. For a variation, use strawberry juice and Sprite instead of pineapple juice and ginger ale. Still delicious :)
Red Sangria
Ingredients:
1 bottle of your favourite Malbec, Chianti or other medium-bodied red wine
1/2 cup of orange juice
1.5 cups of tropical fruit punch (use the reputable variety, not Kool Aid)
1 cup Sprite
2 good-sized Fuji apples, sliced
4 ripe nectarines, sliced
6 ripe strawberries, washed, hulled and sliced
1 blood orange, washed and sliced into cocktail wedges for garnish
Ice cubes
Mix together the first four ingredients in a large punch bowl, then ice and the first three fruits. Serve garnished with blood orange wedges. Feel free to adjust alcohol levels by using more juice and less wine :P I tend to be a bit heavy-handed, as we all know.