Wow Your Guests With Delicious Summer Drink Recipes!
The heat of summer is the time to enjoy cool, icy drinks in luscious flavors like strawberry or lemon. Just the thought of it will cool you off! Family get-togethers and backyard barbecues are the perfect place to show off your flair for unique entertaining with these summer drink recipes.
Luscious Lemonade
There’s nothing like fresh lemonade in the summer. Here’s a simple recipe:
Ingredients
8 lemons
2 cups water
¾ cup brown sugar
¾ cup ice cubes
Recipe directions
Juice or squeeze juice from 7 of the lemons. If you are doing this manually, roll lemon firmly on the counter top to make it easier to extract the juice. Cut up the eighth lemon and set aside.
Add brown sugar and water to lemon juice and stir to disolve sugar. Add ice and serve.
Light Summer Strawberry Lemonade Drink
This recipe uses both splenda and sugar. You can adjust the amounts according to how light you prefer your summer drink
Ingredients:
3 cups sliced or halved strawberries
¼ cup sugar
16 tablespoons Splenda
15 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
ice cubes
club soda, 7-up, sprite or mineral water to taste
Directions:
Blend strawberries and two tablespoons of sugar in a blender or food processor.
Add the rest of the sugar and spenda, plus the lemon juice and blend for 2 minutes
Divide this mixture into 6 different glasses then fill each glass about 2/3 full with the sprite or club soda, add iced and serve.
Nutritious summer drink recipe
Berry, Berry Healthy Smoothie
Ingredients
3 cups sparkling water, chilled
1 ½ cup raspberry sherbet
¾ cup each of three different kinds of berries
2 tablespoons of honey
Directions
Blend all ingredients in blender until well mixed and serve.
Tropical Summer Drink
Ingredients
One large ripe banana
3/4 cup chopped peeled ripe mango
2 cups whole strawberries
3/4 cup each of pineapple and orange juice
3/4 cup ice cubes
Directions
Freeze the banana and mango for about one hour. Take out of the freezer and let stand while you blend strawberries and juices in a blender. Blend until smooth, then add banana, mango and the ice cubes and blend for about 2 minutes. Serve.
For a super easy summer drink that is ready in a jiffy, combine one can of pink lemonade, one can of water, and one cup of ice in a blender. Blend until smooth. Pour into a pitcher and add one more can of water and one liter of sprite. Toss a few berries into the pitcher for garnish. Serves a large crowd!
One easy way to make summer drink recipes
is with an infusion pitcher. An infusion pitcher
has an infusion rod which you fill with fruit
such as berries, oranges or lemon, or even
herbs like mint. Put the rod into the pitcher
and fill it with water or tea, put into the fridge
and enjoy.
An infusion pitcher is a great idea if you have
trouble getting the recommended glasses of
water each day. It's so delicous you want to
drink more!
Variations for your summer drink recipes:
- Add lavender sprigs for a soothing effect.
- Add sprigs of mint for a cool, summery effect
- For a more natural drink, add honey to taste instead of sugar.
- For light summer drinks, use splenda or stevia for sweetening instead of sugar.
- Try using limes instead of lemons
- Add crushed, fresh ginger for extra zing.
Learn about more healthy cooking tips. Learn to make green tea smoothies and recipes with ultrametabolism ingredients.
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