Tea Party Drink (Without Tea)

Olympia said the drink she used for the tea party was just Crystal Light Lemonade and Sprite.

THE Party Punch

This was very good.  I made it exactly as they said to here.  It was tasty and not overly sweet.  But I didn't think it would be awful with regular 7-up.  It probably depends on what you are used to.  But it was definitely a hit.  Thank you Pinterest.  I think I may try this with Club Soda some time.  It is tasty, but I don't like using sugar-free drinks.

1 can frozen piña colada concentrate, thawed (Bacardi makes a good one)
1 can frozen orange pineapple juice concentrate, thawed
4 liters of diet lemon-lime soda (That’s two 2-liters for the mathematically challenged.)
1 bag of pebble ice (You can buy it at Sonic Drive-In or at most grocery stores in the deli or meat departments.)
1 bag of frozen raspberries
Directions:
Pour the thawed concentrates into your punchbowl and stir.
Use one of the empty cans and fill it with water four times and add it to the mixture. Stir.
Add your diet soda to the mixture. (You can use regular sugar-filled soda if you want, but I think it gets too sweet and you will also feel guilty when you fill your glass for the sixteenth time. Which you WILL.)
Next, add about half your bag of pebble ice.
**Please do not insult The Punch by using crappy ice cubes from your freezer. The Punch will hate you forever.
*** Please do not screw up the order and add the ice before the soda. You will get an ugly foam at the top of your punch bowl.
Add your frozen raspberries to the top.

Sonic Cherry Limeade

I got this from littlebrownhouse.com. It was super easy and super good. Yum. Everyone loved it too. Even in midwinter is was very refreshing!

1 can frozen limeade concentrate,

1- 2 liter bottle Sprite,

Juice from 1 10 oz jar cherries

Fresh limes (optional)

Mix together. Garnish with Maraschino cherries in glasses. I also bought the Sonic pebbled ice because it was necessary for the whole effect. Good thing you can get it at Sonic.

Cherry 7-up Drink

This came from Leah, she served it at Sit n Chat tonight. Yum.

1 (2-liter) bottle of Cherry 7-Up

1 Can of pineapple juice

Mix and serve! Easy peasy, but so yummy!

Fresh Fruit Spritzers

I got this from Martha Stewart.com. I think it sounds tasty.

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup sugar
• Fresh seasonal fruit, such as 8 cups cubed seedless watermelon, 6 cups cubed honeydew melon, 6 cups cubed cantaloupe, 6 cups cubed mango, or 4 1/4 cups raspberries
• 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
• Pinch of coarse salt
• Sparkling water, or club soda

Directions

1. Put sugar and 1 cup water into a medium saucepan; bring to a simmer over medium heat, stirring to dissolve sugar. Remove from heat; let cool slightly.

2. Puree fruit, syrup, lemon juice, and salt in a blender. Pour through a fine sieve into a bowl. Refrigerate until cold, at least 30 minutes (up to 2 days).

3. To serve, fill 8 medium glasses with ice; pour 1/2 cup puree into each glass, and top off with sparkling water. Stir to combine. Serve immediately.

Limonata

I went to Cafe Paeson with my mom and wanted to try this lemon soda that they had. I loved it. And since I loved it, of course I had to look up a recipe for it. Especially since it is hard to find in the United States because it is an Italian drink. So I looked up a couple recipes on the internet. I hope they taste good.

Limonata (done the freshest and most traditional way):

2 cups lemon juice (10-12 lemons or use bottled lemon juice, see above suggestions)
2 cups Basil Simple Syrup (need 1 bunch of washed, fresh basil added as you are cooking the Simple Syrup then removed/strained out prior to cooling the Syrup)
2 cups water
2 liter bottle of sparkling soda water
1-2 lemons sliced thinly for floating on the surface

1) Combine the lemon juice, Basil Simply Syrup and water and chill in the refrigerator, along with your bottle of soda water, for several hours.

2) Just prior to serving, slowly add the soda water to your mixture and stir with a wooden spoon. Add the lemon slices and serve.

Variation: The Basil does add a particular flavor and can be omitted, if preferred. You could also make a Lemon or Lemon-Lime Simple Syrup to add more lemon flavor or an unflavored Simple Syrup all using the same Simple Syrup recipe as above.

Limonata ‘Punch’ (non-alcoholic) done the easy way for a crowd:

1 can frozen lemonade, prepared as directed
1/2 cup lemon juice (2-3 lemons)
1 2 liter bottle of lemon-lime soda
1-2 lemons sliced thinly for floating on the surface

*I have to admit I am much more interested in the traditional recipe than that cheater recipe. But who knows. They might both be awesome...

Mormon Champagne

My sister, Heather had this at her baby shower. It was a little sweet, but I found it refreshing. So I asked her about it. She said it was sweeter than usual because the proportions were wrong. So she gave me the recipe. Sans a title. Because I was putting it up here I decided to find a name for this tasty drink. And the most common name was "Mormon Champagne." So this is what I am using. You can call it what you want, but I'm good with this name.

2 (2-liter) Fresca
2 cans white grape frozen juice concentrate.
1 can white grape peach frozen juice concentrate
pebbled ice

*I don't have a punch bowl, so I halved the recipe and put it in a metal bowl.

**Also, the pebbled ice I got from Sonic. We just drove up and asked for a bag and they gave us a 5-lb. bag for $1.82.

Italian Sodas

Matt really loves making these. So I always look for deals on Torani's syrup, which can be very pricey. In town, I've found the best place to get the syrup is Harmon's. They have the best selection and if I look every time I go in, I can eventually find it on sale. We also look in other stores just to see. So on vacation we can come back with a couple bottles. Granado's in SLC has even more flavors. We got Blackberry there once, but it wasn't cheaper. Typically we can find Raspberry, cherry and peach at Harmon's. And they have sugar-free syrups for my parents. It's pretty nice.

So it's kind of one of those reicpes we just eyeball actually. It depends on how sweet you want it. Here are some basic directions though:

10 oz. club soda
4 oz. syrup
4 oz. half and half
ice
stirring sticks

Mix all the ingredients together. To make extra special you can use cream, but I think it makes it to thick for me.

I like to use the stirring sticks because it makes it look fancy and people like it. I once couldn't find the sticks and got the straws instead and it made me smile to see grown men using little coffee straws and sipping from them. lol

We've tried to make this a New Years tradition. :)

Butterbeer

Elijah has been reading Harry Potter recently. I've been toying around with a Harry Potter party. I came across a recipe for Butterbeer. It sounds good, just VERY sweet. I'm very curious how it tastes.

Ingredients

1	pint real vanilla ice cream
¼	cup real butter , at room temperature
½	teaspoon butterscotch extract
¼	cup brown sugar
1	teaspoon ground cinnamon
½	teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
1	quart apple cider
	Apple slices for garnish, optional

Preparation

Step 1	Using a mixer on medium speed, beat together the ice cream, butter, butterscotch extract, brown sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg until well-combined. Pour into a container and freeze.
Step 2	When ice cream mixture has re-frozen, heat apple cider in a saucepan until steaming hot.
Step 3	Put one scoop of ice cream into a soda glass, or large mug, and top with warm apple cider.
Step 4	Garnish with apple slices, if desired.

Brazilian Lemonade

From Our Best Bites.

Brazilian Lemonade

4 juicy limes (try and find ones with thin, smooth skins; they're the juiciest and the thin skin cuts down on the chance of your drink being bitter)
1 c. sugar
6 c. cold water
6 Tbsp. sweetened condensed milk


Mix cold water and sugar very well and chill until ready to use. This step can be done ahead of time.

Wash limes thoroughly with soap (with hand-dishwashing soap or regular hand soap); you need the soap to get the wax and pesticides off of the limes because you're using the WHOLE lime. Cut the ends off the limes and then cut each lime into 8ths.

Place 1/2 of the limes in your blender.

Add 1/2 of the sugar water, place the lid on your blender, and pulse 5 times. Place a fine-mesh strainer over a pitcher (the one you'll serve the lemonade in) and pour the blended mixture through the strainer and into the pitcher. Use a spoon to press the rest of the liquid into the pitcher. Dump the pulp and stuff in the strainer into the trash. Repeat with remaining limes and sugar water. Add sweetened condensed milk. If it's bitter, just add some more sugar and maybe a little more milk.

Serve immediately over lots of ice. This does not keep well, so don't make this in advance (although you can cut the limes, mix the sugar water, and measure the sweetened condensed milk in advance). Serves 4, although I can pretty much guarantee you that people will want more; I usually plan on 1 1/2 servings at LEAST per person.

Leprechan Punch

I found this on Facebook of all places. It sounds really tasty to me. This is obviously a great drink for St. Patrick's Day. Or anytime green beverages are appropriate.

• 2 liters pineapple juice
• 2 envelopes unsweetened lime Kool-Aid
• 1 liter lime sherbet
• 2 liters ginger ale or 7-Up soda

In large punch bowl combine pineapple juice and Kool-Aid. Stir. Add sherbet in scoops. Slowly add ginger ale or 7-Up. Let stand 15 minutes to froth.

Banana Punch

So I've been reading a cookbook and it has a ton of party/fun beverages in it. So here is now most of them.

4 pkg. orange Kool-aid
4 pkg. cherry Kool-aid
1 can pineapple juice
9 pineapple cans of water
8 c. sugar
6 mashed bananas
2 (2-l.) 7-up
2 large cans frozen orange juice

Mix together and serve.

This makes a lot.

Pina Colada Cooler

This is from the American Homemaker. What a perfect party drink! Sounds yummy too. Although my husband wouldn't like it. Oh well! More for me!

Pina Colada Cooler

2 lt 7-Up
1 c. pina colada mixer
1/4 c. grenadine

Mix together. Serve over ice.

Wonderful Punch

I found this on Little Birdie Secrets. It looks like it could be fun.


1-12 oz. can frozen orange juice
1-12 oz. can frozen lemonade
3 c. sugar
4 c. water
2 Tbsp. vanilla extract
2 Tbsp. almond extract
2-2 liter bottles of lemon-lime soda

Mix all ingredients except soda in a large punch bowl. Stir until frozen juices are melted and sugar is dissolved. Slowly add soda (it will fizz). Serve cold.

Mel's Wedding Punch

4 (3-lb.) bags strawberries
2 Full Hands banana (2 mixing bowls sliced)
6-8 cans pineapple juice (1 large size)
6 (12-oz.) cans frozen lemonade
4 tubs crystal light (for acidity)
--Blend everything in a blender. Freeze in 14 gallon zip lock bags. Mix 2 (large liter bottles) 7up soda bottles to 1 bag of frozen mix.

Almond Punch

I got this from my sister Kerstin's in-laws. They had it at their wedding. It is very tasty. I think if I could figure out how to do it and still be tasty I would put in less sugar.

5 3/4 c. sugar
1 1/2 Tbsp. vanilla extract
1 1/2 almond extract
2 gallons water
1 (12-oz.) can frozen orange juice
3 lemons, juiced
2-3 Tbsp. citric acid
--Mix all ingredients together; chill; serve icy. This is also great with fresh grapefruit, lime and/or orange juice. Serve icy or hot.