Tuesday, March 1, 2011

pretend like it's summer...

and enjoy some of these nice cool fruit drinks!

Pink Sangria:
Stir 4.5 cups chilled rose wine, 1 oz can frozen pink lemonade concentrate and 1/3 cup lime juice. Slowly stir in 2 cups chilled club soda, add 1 thin sliced lemon and 1 thin sliced orange. Serve over ice...serves about 10 servings.

Champagne Mojito" cut 2 large limes into pieces, combine w/ 2 cups water and 1 cup sugar in a blender. Cover, blend with several on-off motions for 30 sec or until limes coarsely chopped. Do not puree. Strain through a seive into large pitcher, dilute mixture with 1-2 cups water to taste. Cover and chill. Wet the rims of 4-6 tall glasses dip rims into sugar. Fill glasses with ice and add 1/4 cup champagne to each glass. Pour chilled lime mix over Champagne, add quartered limes if desired.

Heavenly Homemade Wine Coolers: Into four glasses, pour 1/2 cup wine and 1/2 cup ginger ale. Top with frozen peaches, cantaloupe, honeydew balls or grapes.

Cheap and Easy....just like you like em.

(thanks to Publix "Grape" magazine for ideas!!)

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