posted by jak8

With the nice weather arriving, I start to think of some different beverages I can serve to my guests instead of the traditional lemonade and margaritas. Here are some fun new things to try this summer while enjoying the lazy days of summer.

Alcoholic:

Pineapple Rummy – Fill a glass partway with sparkling cider and ice. Add a shot of dark rum and a few pineapple chunks.

Orange-Berry Daiquiri – Puree 2 cups crushed ice, 1 cup sliced strawberries, 4 ounces light rum, 1 ounce orange liqueur, 2 ounces lime juice and 1 tablespoon superfine sugar. Pour into 2 glasses

Blueberry Slush – Puree 4 ounces tequilla, 2 ounces blue curacao, ½ cup blueberries, the juice of 3 limes, 1 Tbsp sugar and 3 cups ice til slushy, pour into 2 sugar-rimmed margarita glasses.

Melon Sangria – Mix 1 bottle white wine, ½ cup green melon liqueur, the juice of 3 limes and ¼ cup sugar in a pitcher; chill. Garnish with melon balls.

Bluetini – Drizzle 2 tsps blue curacao into a chilled martini glass; add 2 dashes orange bitters. Shake a shot of blueberry vodka with ice in a shaker, then strain into the glass; garnish with blueberries.

Non-alcoholic:

Strawberry Limeade – Make simple syrup (Dissolve 1 cup sugar in 1 cup water in a saucepan over low heat; let cool.) Combine with 1 cup lime juice, 2 cups water, some frozen chopped strawberries and ice.

Russian Cherry Soda – Bring 1 cup water, 1 cup sugar and 1 cup pitted cherries to a boil and cook until syrupy; stir into seltzer.

Chocolate-Cherry Shake – Puree 1 cup softened vanilla ice cream, ¼ cup milk, ½ cup frozen cherries and 8 chocolate wafers.

White-Grape Spritzer – Mix equal parts white grape juice and lemon-lime soda; serve over ice with sliced fruit.

PB Frappe – Puree ¼ cup peanut butter with 1 cup milk. Pour some chocolate syrup into a glass; top with the peanut butter milk. Slowly add seltzer and stir.

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