Virgin Strawberry Daiquiri

Blend 12 oz. Sprite,10 frozen strawberries, 1-2 tablespoons of honey, and 1/2-1 cup ice cubes. Garnish with Reddi Whip & a maraschino cherry. 

Green Monster Smoothie

1/2 cup frozen fruit (bananas, blueberries, pineapple, etc.)
1/2 cup light vanilla yogurt
1 cup Vanilla soy milk (I like Silk soy milk)
2 cups baby spinach (or more, or less)

Combine all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. I love
that I can drink my veggies and fruits for lunch or breakfast.  :) 

Pumpkin Pie Smoothie

I know what your are thinking another pumpkin recipe.

But I just love this time of the year and I love trying

out new pumpkin recipes.  I promise I will try to post

some other recipes without pumpkin in them soon.  :)

Recipe from Red Head Recipes

1/2 banana (peeled, frozen, diced)
1/3 cup pumpkin puree (Libby’s)
1/3 cup vanilla yogurt
3/4-1cup milk
Few shakes of pumpkin spice (Cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and allspice)
Few shakes of cinnamon (optional)
Pinch of cloves
1tsp vanilla
4-5 ice cubes

Blend all ingredients in blender until smooth and sprinkle with
a little more cinnamon.

Monster hot chocolate

Idea and picture from Taste of Home

How clever and easy is this!  Just add two large marshmallows with junior

mints in the middle of the marshmallows to your favorite cup of hot chocolate. 

My boys will get a kick out of this!



Slurpee's

I couldn't wait to make my own Slurpee's

when I saw a post on how to make your own on

My World Made by Hand blog.

My family loves these and they are really simple

to make. Here's how you make them:

1 packet of Kool-Aid
2 cups of club soda
1/2 cup sugar
2 1/2 cups crushed ice

Blend Kool-Aid, sugar, and 1 cup of the club soda on high

until the sugar is dissolved. Add remaining cup of club soda

and blend away until icy. Enjoy!

Frosty Fireworks

Happy 4th of July everyone!!
Hope everyone has a fun and safe Holiday.
Here is a fun 4th of July drink.


Frosty Fireworks (Flavored Ice)
FAMILY FUN

Layered Fruit Smoothie

Recipe and picture from My Recipes

I love to make smoothies, especially in the summer.
This looks so yummy and refreshing. Can't wait to
make it for my family.

1 mango (peeled, pitted, and coarsely chopped)
1 1/4 cups plain low-fat yogurt
4 tablespoons honey
1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
1/4 teaspoon freshly grated lime zest
1 banana (peeled, and chopped)
10 medium strawberries (washed, and hulled)
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon freshly grated lemon zest

In a blender, mix mango; 3/4 cup plain low-fat yogurt;
2 tablespoons honey; the fresh lime juice; 2 ice cubes;
and the freshly grated lime zest until smooth. Divide
mango-lime smoothie between 2 straight-sided glasses and
set aside.

Rinse blender, then mix the banana; the strawberries;
1/2 cup plain low-fat yogurt; 2 tablespoons honey;
the fresh lemon juice; 2 ice cubes; and the freshly
grated lemon zest until smooth. Layer banana-strawberry
smoothie onto mango smoothie, gently spooning mixture
around inside edge of each glass to create a clean horizontal line.

Love potion

1/2 gal. raspberry sherbet
2 lt. bottle Raspberry Ginger Ale
33 oz. can pineapple juice
Frozen raspberries or blueberries (optional)

Combine first 3 ingredients stirring to break up
sherbet. Garnish with frozen raspberries or
blueberries.

Holiday Wassail

1 qt. apple cider
1/2 c. orange juice
1 tsp. allspice
2 tbsp. lemon juice
1/2 tsp. ground cloves
1/2 c. sugar
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
2 tart med. apples thinly sliced
2 cinnamon sticks

In 3 qt. casserole dish place cider, allspice, cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon sticks, orange juice, lemon juice, sugar, and apples.

Microwave on high 15 to 18 minutes. Strain and serve. Makes 8-9 (1/2 c.) servings.

Recipe from Rosie Galbraith

Lemonade

Better Homes and Garden has

some great mix in ideas for lemonade.

I can't wait to try the blackberry lemonade

and the raspberry lemonade.

Check here for more

ideas.

Brazilian Lemonade

4 limes, washed
6 cups water
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
14 ice cubes, plus more for serving

Divide all ingredients half. Cut off ends of
each lime and cut each into 8 wedges.
Place one half of the ingredients in a
blender & blend for 20 seconds. Strain, to
remove peel then pour onto a pitcher.
Blend & strain the remaining half of the
ingredients & add pitcher. Mix well & serve
immediately over ice.

Raspberry Swizzle

Recipe and picture from The Farm Chicks

Heat some frozen (unsweetened) raspberries until runny. Layer
a few spoonfuls of the raspberries with vanilla ice-cream scoops in
a frosty glass. Pour sparkling apple cider over the top, swizzle all
together, and enjoy!

Hot Caramel Apple Cider

This would be perfect for a cold day like today. :)

Picture from Our Best Bites

click here to get the recipe

Pumpkin Pie milkshake

Recipe and picture from Our Best Bites

1/3 C pumpkin, canned
1/4 - 1/2 C milk
1/4 t vanilla
1/2 t cinnamon
1/16 t cloves (just use a 1/8 t measure and fill it half way, or do a pinch)
1/16 t nutmeg
2 T brown sugar
2 C vanilla ice cream
1-2 graham crackers

Pop everything but graham crackers in a blender. Start
with 1/4 C milk and then slowly add more if needed to
make the blender process it all. I used somewhere
between 1/4-1/2 C. Sprinkle with crushed graham
cracker crumbs before serving.

Old-Fashioned Lemonade

1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup boiling water
1 1/2 cups fresh lemon juice (6 to 8 lemons)
5 cups cold water

Stir together sugar and 1/2 cup boiling water
until sugar dissolves. Stir in lemon juice and
5 cups cold water. Garnish with lemons slices.

Tropical Smoothie

1 (20 ounce) can crushed pineapple with juice
1/2 cup frozen pina colada concentrate
1 pint orange sherbet
1/2 cup orange juice

Combine all ingredients in blender. Cover and
blend on high until smooth.

Orange Raspberry Smoothie

2 cups orange sherbet
1 large banana
1 cup fresh or frozen raspberries
1 cup milk

In blender combine all ingredients. Cover and blend. Serve
immediately. You can also add a few ice cubes to make it
more slushy.

Raspberry Lemonade

In a small bowl, with a potato masher or spoon,
mash 1 cup rinsed fresh raspberries (6 oz.)
with 2/3 cup sugar. Let stand 10 minutes. Press
through a fine strainer into a pitcher (at least 1 1/2 qt.);
discard seeds. Stir in 1 cup lemon juice and 2 cups water.
Taste and add more sugar if desired. Pour into tall,
ice-filled glasses.
Makes about 1 quart; 4 servings

Recipe and picture from my recipes

Serendipity's frozen hot chocolate

6 pieces (1/2-ounce) chocolate , a variety of your favorites

2 teaspoons store-bought hot chocolate mix

1 1/2 tablespoons sugar

1 1/2 cups milk

3 cups ice

Whipped cream

Chocolate shavings

Chop the chocolate into small pieces. Place it in the top of

a double boiler over simmering water. Stir occasionally

until melted. Add the hot chocolate mix and sugar.

Stir until completely melted. Remove from heat and

slowly add ½ cup of milk until smooth. Cool to room

temperature. In a blender, place the remaining cup of

milk, the room-temperature chocolate mixture and

the ice. Blend on high speed until smooth and the

consistency of a frozen daiquiri. Pour into a big go glass

and top with whipped cream and chocolate shavings.

Recipe from No Fuss Fabulous

Raspberry Slush

3 pkts unsweetened raspberry punch powder
4 C sugar (or if you can only find sweetened
raspberry punch powder, decrease sugar to 1 C.)
4 C warm water
1 46-oz. can pineapple juice
1 12-oz. can frozen lemonade
6 oz. lemon juice
3 10-oz. pkgs. Frozen raspberries
1 2-liter bottle carbonated lemon-lime beverage

In a large container dissolve raspberry punch mix and sugar
in warm water. Add pineapple juice, lemonade, lemon juice,
and raspberries. Stir til blended. Pour into large freezer
containers or Ziploc bags and freeze. When ready to serve,
thaw some and break up with fork. Pour into punch bowl
or individual cups and add lemon-lime beverage.
Recipe from 5th Ward Christmas party