Easy Drink Recipes

Easy Drink Recipes: Fruity Sangria

2008-12-18T22:16:00.000-08:00

Ingredients:

1 bottle red wine
1-1/2 cups orange juice
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup Brandy
1 lemon, sliced
2 nectarines or peaches pitted and cut into wedges
1 orange, sliced
1 lime, sliced
3 cups Seltzer or Club Soda
Ice cubes

Mixing Instructions:

In a 3 or 4 quart pitcher, combine wine, orange juice, Brandy, and sugar.
Stir until sugar dissolves.
Stir in fruit and cucumber.
Cover and refrigerate until well chilled, at least 3 hours or overnight.

To serve, stir Seltzer or Club soda into pitcher. Fill glasses with ice and pour Sangria overtop.

Easy Drink Recipes: Hot Spiced Tea

2008-11-24T08:45:00.000-08:00

You could actually consider this to be more of a Chai tea.

Ingredients:

3 cups of water
1 piece of fresh ginger (if not available use 1/8 teaspoon of powdered Ginger)
4 Ceylon or black tea bags (our favorite is Lipton)
1 cinnamon stick
8 whole cloves
1/4 teaspoon black peppercorns
2 cups milk
1/4 cup honey

Cooking Instructions:

In a large saucepan bring water and the ginger to a boil.
Reduce heat and simmer approximately 6 to 8 minutes.
Add tea bags, cinnamon stick, whole cloves, peppercorns, and milk.
Steep over medium to low heat about 5 minutes.
Strain through a fine strainer or sieve and discard the solid pieces.
Stir in the honey (more or less to taste).
Pour into mugs.

Serve hot and garnish with a cinnamon stick to use as a stirrer (optional).

Easy Mixed Berry Smoothie Drink Recipe

2008-11-23T08:49:00.000-08:00

Ingredients:

3/4 cup cranberry juice drink
3/4 cup frozen mixed berries (strawberries, blackberries, blueberries, and raspberries)
1 container of berry-flavored yogurt (6 oz)

Mixing Instructions:

Combine all ingredients in a blender.
Blend for a few second on high or until ingredients are thoroughly mixed.
Pour into a large glass or several small glasses.

Makes 2 servings depending on the size of the glass.

Easy Holiday Celebration Punch Recipe

2008-11-21T13:54:00.000-08:00

Ingredients:

2 cups cranberry/raspberry juice drink, chilled
2 cups red wine
1 cup Vodka
1/2 cup tangerine/grapefruit juice drink, chilled
1/4 cup spice rum
1/2 cup grapes, sliced in half
1/4 fresh cranberries
1 lemon, cut in slices
1 lime, cut in slices
1 orange, cut in slices
1 apple, cut in slices
1 cup sparkling water or club soda

Mixing Instructions:

Combine first 5 ingredients in a large punch bowl.
Add fruit.
Add sparkling water just before serving.

Makes approximately ten 5-ounce servings.

Easy Drink Recipes: Bahama Mama

2008-11-15T22:29:00.001-08:00

Drink Ingredients:

1/2 oz Gold Rum
1/2 oz Coconut Rum
1/2 oz Banana Liqueur
1/2 oz Grenadine
1 oz orange juice
1 oz pineapple juice

Blending Instructions: Mix all ingredients together in an electric mixer with ice until slushy in appearance.

Glass Suggestion: Collins

Garnish Suggestion: Long Straw, or stirrer with fruit