Fresh Citrus Cooler

FRESH CITRUS COOLER

INGREDIENTS
1 cup fresh orange juice
1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
1/2 cup fresh lime juice
1/3 cup Coconut Secret Raw Coconut Crystals
1 cup lime-flavored sparkling water, chilled
Lime wedges (optional)

DREAM SMOOTHIE

Mango’s are one of my all-time favorite fruits and when mango and spinach are combined in a smoothie, the body’s ability to absorb their antioxidants, particularly lutein and xanthein, TRIPLES!

This is good news since together these nutrients reduce the risk of cataracts by 72 percent and lower the risk of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) by 67 percent.
How’s that for a smart smoothie breakfast?

BLEND:
2 cups fresh spinach, washed
1 banana, frozen (I cut mine into chunks before I freeze them)
1 cup peeled and chopped mango
6 natural almonds
1 cup fat free soy or rice milk
1 cup fat free vanilla yogurt
Combine everything in a blender and blend til smooth.
In case you’re worried about the bitterness of the spinach, you won’t even notice it since the delicious, sweet mango and ripe banana are the most powerful flavors in this drink.

Sweet Potato Smoothie

The sweet potatoes do double duty by making the smoothie extra sweet and extra creamy! Thanks to their carotenoids, sweet potatoes stabilize blood sugar and lower insulin resistance (a condition that can lead to diabetes), restoring energy and helping women shed up to eight pounds a week! Plus, their beta-carotene and vitamin C help eliminate the free radicals that contribute to heart disease and colon cancer.

BLEND:
2 small bananas (preferably frozen — I cut my bananas into segments before I freeze them)
1 fresh orange, peeled, seeded and juiced
1 cup milk or soy milk, like Vitasoy
1/4 cup cooked sweet potatoes, smashed with a fork
1/2 cup fat-free vanilla yogurt

Everthing in your blender til smooth. Yummo and so good for you! Serving: 2.

Smoothie

Ohh-la-la, you’re gonna love this one! The healthy mono-unsaturated fats in avocados keep the heart in shape by lowering LDL (“bad”) cholesterol by 24 percent and raising HDL (“good”) cholesterol by 47 percent. This can reduce blood pressure by up to 13 points.

BLEND:
3/4 cup frozen blueberries
1/4 avocado, pitted and peeled
1 Tbs. almond butter
10 oz. cold water
1 scoop protein powder
1 tsp Coconut Secret Raw Coconut Nectar
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
Put everything in your blender and blend til smooth.

Cranbeery Holiday Punch

CRANBERRY HOLIDAY PUNCH



Straight up, or on the rocks, cranberry and cranberry apple juice cocktail spells r-e-f-r-e-s-h-m-e-n-t.

Serves: 20 to 24

INGREDIENTS
2 quarts ginger ale
2 cups cranberry juice cocktail
1 quart orange juice
8 ounces lemon lime soda
orange slices and mint leaves to garnish

PREPARATION
Freeze 1 quart ginger ale in ice cube trays. Chill remaining soft drinks and orange juice. When ready to serve, pour cranberry juice cocktail, orange juice and carbonated beverages into punch bowl. Float ginger ale cubes. Garnish with orange slices and mint leaves.

Chocolate Peppermint Martini

Mixed 1 part vodka,

1 part triple sec,

1/4 part peppermint schnapps,

1/2 part Kahlua,

1/2 part very chocolaty chocolate milk.

Cherry Limeade Punch

• 1 can frozen limeade concentrate.
• 1 bottle Sprite.
• 1 jar of maraschino cherries.
• 1 lime.
• Put in the limeade and then add the sprite.
• Pour in the juice from the cherries and then add the cherries.
• Add sliced up lime for looks and taste {I even juiced some of the limes for added flavor.}

If you have ever had a Lime Rickey, this drink is so similar to one of those! I served this punch at my daughter's birthday party which was in July! Sorry just getting around to sharing it. I found this at http://kellyskornerrecipes.blogspot.com/.

The Party Punch

• 1 can frozen pina colada concentrate, thawed.
• 1 can frozen orange pineapple juice concentrate, thawed.
• 4 liters diet lemon-lime soda.
• 1 bag pebble ice (you can buy it at Sonic Drive-In. DO NOT insult the punch by using regular ice!)
• 1 bag frozen raspberries.
• Pour thawed concentrates into punch bowl and stir.
• Use one of the empty cans and fill it with water four times and add to mixture.
• Stir.
• Add diet soda.
• Add about half the bag of ice (don't add before the soda or you'll get an ugly foam at the top of the bowl).
• Add frozen raspberries to the top.

I have not had a chance to make this yet but it is on my list! I wish I could remember where I came across this drink so I could give credit.

Hot Tottie Drink

Ingredients
1 half shot Bourbon
1 tbsp Honey
1 tbsp Lemon juice
1 cups HOT!! Water

Directions:
Heat the cup of water, add the honey lemon and bourbon, stir sip and enjoy!!
(feels good on a sore throat)
Or try
3/4 cup black tea
shot of whiskey
squirt of lemon
1 teaspoon of honey cinnamon stick

How to make it
Microwave your black tea until hot. allow to steep for a little less than you would ordinarily.
Add the honey and the lemon, stir with the cinnamon stick.
Now the whiskey and stir again.
Enjoy! Or Feel better!!








Blackberry Hot Toddy


Hot Toddies, often associated with old-fashioned cold remedies, are usually made with water or tea and a shot of whisky. Fresh blackberry juice adds anti-oxidants and the addition of vanilla enhances the vanilla notes in the bourbon. To make more servings, increase the recipe and press the berries in a large bowl with a potato masher, then strain through a sieve




Ingredients
1/2 pkg. Blackberries (6 ounces)
2 oz. bourbon whiskey
1 tsp. sugar
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1 each lemon wedge
1 pinch brown sugar
1 each vanilla stick
Instructions
Smash blackberries with back of fork through sieve and capture juice in microwaveable bowl or glass pitcher.
Add whiskey, sugar, vanilla and juice from lemon wedge to blackberry mixture and stir until sugar is dissolved.
Prepare glass by running lemon wedge along rim of glass and dip glass in brown sugar.
Heat blackberry mixture for 30-45 seconds in microwave, pour into prepared glass.
Garnish with fresh blackberry and vanilla stick

Hot buttered rum sauce

*1 lb brown sugar
*1 lb powdered sugar
*3/4 lb butter, softened
*1 qt. vanilla ice cream
*1 tsp. nutmeg
*1tsp. cinnamon

1. Cream together both sugars and butter.
2. Add ice cream and spices, mix all together.
3. Add sauce to hot water--and a little bit of rum (if you like!)

You can freeze the extra. Its very very yummy (I like to just lick it off by the spoon fulls!!)

Hot White Chocolate

*1quart(s) milk
*3ounce(s) white chocolate, finely chopped, (look below at tip)
*1tablespoon(s) sugar
*2teaspoon(s) vanilla extract
*1/4teaspoon(s) almond extract


1. In 2-quart saucepan, heat milk to simmering over medium heat.
2. With wire whisk, stir in white chocolate, sugar, and vanilla and almond extracts. Heat mixture 3 minutes or until chocolate melts, stirring occasionally. Pour into warm mugs to serve.

This was SOO good and easy. My husband (who is not a white chocolate fan)--actually liked this alot!!!