I love homemade strawberry lemonade. this is a good recipe for it. I use fresh lemon and strawberries and I add a little lemon zest for more lemon flavor. I add some lemon slices and a few sliced strawberries for the look.
If you want to have an alcoholic drinks just add the liquor of your choice to your glass!

Strawberry Lemonade Recipe

2 cups lemon juice (fresh is best, but store bought taste great too)

2.5 cups granulated sugar

2 cups fresh strawberries

12 cups water

Puree the 2 cups of strawberries. (it will measure approx 1 cup after being pureed) Ideally, its best to strain the strawberry puree through cheesecloth to remove the seeds, but I donâÂÂt mind the seeds so I skip this step. Mix together lemon juice and sugar until sugar is dissolved. Stir in water and add strawberry puree. Mix well. Serve over ice and garnish with a slice of lemon or strawberry. (optional) Yields: 1 Gallon

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Pomegranate Cosmopolitan

1 C. vodka
1 C.Triple Sec
1 C pomegranate juice
1/2 C. lime juice

Cosmopolitan

1 C. vodka
1/2 C. triple sec
1/2 C. cranberry juice
1/4 C lime juice

Bloody Mary Punch

2 46 oz. cans tomato juice
2 10 1/2 oz cans beef broth
5 C. vodka, chilled
2/3 C lemon juice
2 1/2 tsp. worcestershire sauce
1/2 tsp tabasco sauce

Mix together, put in punch bowl, float lime slices. Great for a brunch.

This sounds refreshing.

Peach Sangria

1 (250 mml) bottle dry white wine
3/4 c. peach schnapps
1/8 c. white sugar
1 lb. fresh peaches, pitted and sliced into wedges

Slice peaches into very thick wedges (thin slices will fall apart). Place peaches in a bowl and press the sugar into the peaches. Keyword is "press". Don't pound, juice or pulverize. Just press. Pour the peach schnapps over the pressed fruit.

Cover and let the peach booze mixture rest at least 15 minutes. Then add wine, stir and put the mixture in a pitcher. Refrigerate AT LEAST a half a day.

Hail Caesar: The Bloody Caesar ***beats a bloody mary, my opinion

MAKES ONE DRINK

1 tsp. celery salt
1/2 tsp. fresh-ground black pepper
1 oz. vodka
1/2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
1/2 tsp. Tabasco sauce
Clamato juice (or a mixture of two parts clam juice to one part tomato juice)
1/2 lime, in two wedges
Celery hearts, for garnish

Combine celery salt and pepper in a shallow dish. Wet the edge of a pint glas, and rim in the celery salt-pepper mixture. Fill the rimmed pint glass with ice. Pour in vodka, Worcestershire sauce, and Tobasco sauce; top with Clamato. Gently squeeze the lime wedges into the glass, and drop in the juiced pieces. Garnish with a leafy celery heart.

I first had this drink as a cocktail in New Orleans at the revolving Holiday Inn bar. It was yummy, and I asked the waitress what was in it to make virgin ones for my kids. So here it is--

Buy frozen Mai Tai mix. Defrost it and mix with 3 cans of water.

In a blender, place 1 cup of the diluted Mai Tai mix, ten slices of canned peaches, and about 1 quart of vanilla ice cream. Blend. Makes 2 drinks. I guess you would add rum to have the adult version, but these are the best home made shakes I have ever had, and they are popular with others too.

Champagne Sangria

1C fresh squeezed (chilled) citrus blend (I use juices from Ruby Red Grapefruit, Meyer Lemons, Clementines and key limes). Adjust amounts of juices to taste.
1 C St. Germaine liqueur
1bottle chilled champagne

Serve in champagne flutes or saucers
Garnish with strawberry slices

When I taught home ec, many years ago, my young ones loved making this!
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Purple Cow Float

WelchâÂÂs Grape Juice
Vanilla ice cream

Spoon vanilla ice cream into a glass.
Pour the cold grape juice over the ice cream.
Grab a spoon and enjoy your own Purple Cow float!

I love fresh lemonade. I make up simple syrup which is equal parts sugar and water melted together. Once cooled, I store it in a sealed glass container. Separately, I store fresh squeezed lemon juice. When I want lemonade, I mix a little of the syrup and the juice together, then add either still or sparkling water and ice. Delish!

Tropical Iced Tea

Makes 1 gallon.

2 cups water
2 cups sugar
1 quart hot water
8 tea bags (any black tea)
2 quarts iced water
2 cups fresh orange juice (about four 3" oranges)
3/4 cup lemon juice (about four lemons)

Garnish:
sprigs of mint
slices of lime
slices of orange

Combine 2 cups water and 2 cups sugar in a large saucepan. Boil for 5 minutes. Remove from heat.

Add 1 quart hot water and tea bags. Steep tea bags for 3-5 minutes, according to strength desired. Discard tea bags and add hot brew to 2 quarts of iced water.

Add orange and lemon juices to iced water. Strain to remove pulp. Stir well and refrigerate, or serve immediately over ice.

To serve with ice: In a tall glass filled half way with ice cubes and add a slice of lime, then fill rest of way with ice. Pour in tea. Garnish glass with a slice of orange and a sprig of fresh mint.

I never had sweet tea until I met Harry :-) His sister makes the best. I like tea on the strong side so you can add the amount of tea bags to suit your taste.

Perfect Sweet Tea (Craving Comfort)

5-8f amily-size tea bags (or 12 regular) I like Luziaanne
1 qt. (4 c.) boiling water
3 qts. (12 c.) cool water
1-1/2 to 2 cups sugar
1/4 tsp. baking soda (secret ingredient)

Sprinkle baking soda into a pitcher. Add tea bags. Pour boiling water over tea bags, cover and allow to steep for 15 minutes. Remove ta bags, add sugar and stir until completely dissolved. Add cool water. Refrigerate until cold. (The baking soda keeps the tea from becoming cloudy.)

Summer Wine Cooler

1 bottle of white wine
3 cans of Fresca
fruit (peaches, strawberries, grapes, etc)

Here is another since I missed posting yesterday.

Lime Sorbet Margaritas

1 lime -- cut into 8 wedges
1/4 cup sugar
2 pints lime sorbet
1/2 cup tequila

Rub the lime wedges around the rims of 8 stemmed glasses. Place the sugar on a small plate. Turn each glass upside down and dip the rims in the sugar to coat.

Place 2 scoops of sorbet in each glass and pour 1 tablespoon of tequila over the top of each. Serve with a spoon.

BANANA CRUSH PUNCH (got this from a friend in 1980*)

1 can (12 oz) frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed
4 cups sugar
6 cups water
5 bananas
1 can (46 oz) pineapple juice
2 cans (12 oz)
frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed
7 bottles (28 oz) lemon-lime soda

Dissolve sugar in water. Add juice. Peel and mash bananas (The blender does a nice job with this.) Add to juices. Add lemon-lime soda when ready to serve.

To freeze: Prepare mix as directed above, but do not add soda. Put in containers or wide mouth jars. Leave 1 inch head space and cover tightly. Makes 6 quarts.

To serve: Thaw mixture to mushy consistency (about 4 hours.) Place in punch bowl and add lemon-lime soda. Serve cold. Color: yellow. Serves 60.
* measurements may be different now. Use your own judgement.

We have used this for several weddings.

Sue

Lemon Ice

1 1.5 ounce-can frozen lemonade mix concentrate
2 tablespoons packaged lemon gelatin mix
1 tablespoon sugar
Ice

In a blender, pulse lemonade, gelatin and sugar. Add ice to almost fill blender and continue to pulse until ice is crushed. Pour into glasses and serve.

Red, White, and Blue Layered Drinks
(great for July 4th)

ice
cranberry juice
blue gatorade
diet 7-Up

1, Fill a clear glass with ice cubes. Layer the drink according to sugar content)

2. Pour cranberry juice to fill 1/3 of glass. Next add Gatorade making sure to POUR IN ONTO THE ICE CUBES not directly into the cranberry juice.

3, Add diet 7-Up the same way-onto the ice cubes.

Crockpot Hot Mulled Punch

1 1/2 qt cranberry juice
2 qt apple juice
1/2 c brown sugar
1/2 tsp salt
4 cinnamon sticks
1 1/2 tsp whole cloves

Pour juices into the crockpot. Add brown sugar and salt and stir until dissolved. Tie cinnamon sticks and cloves into cheesecloth and add to crockpot.. Cook on HIGH for 2 hours. Serve on LOW.

STRAWBERRY OATMEAL BREAKFAST SMOOTHIE

1 cup milk
1/2 cup rolled oats
1 banana broken into chunks
14 frozen strawberries
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 tsp sugar

In a blender add milk, oats, banana, and strawberries. Add vanilla and sugar if desired. Blend until smooth.

Cherry Syrup for Cherry Cokes

1 regular package cherry flavored Kool-Aid
1 ý cups water
1/2 cup granulated sugar

Stir together and keep refrigerated.

To make a glass of good cherry coke, add 2 to 3 tablespoons to one glass of Coke.