Would you like to have some drinks recipes for for some special occasion? For a springtime drink, that gives you a boost of fruity goodness check out Spring fever or tries a delicious peach and strawberry burst smoothie sure to brighten any day.
Spring Fever
For Spring fever, you will need the following ingredients
Ingredients
- 3/4 oz lemon juice
- 3/4 oz mango syrup
- 1 1/2 oz apple juice
- 2 oz blood orange juice
Directions
Pour ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice or into a sealable cup if you do not have a cocktail shaker. Shake well and then strain into a glass with some crushed ice.
Mango syrup
Love mango? Here's a recipe for you:
Ingredients
1 cup fruit
3/4 cup sugar
1/3 cup water
Directions
Combine fruit, sugar and water and cook until thick smashing the fruit while cooking
For a thinner consistence strain and for thicker syrup process the cooked syrup using a food processor.
Peach and Strawberry Burst Smoothie
A smoothie is a blended, chilled, sweet beverage made from fresh fruit which is blended with crushed ice or frozen yogurt. They do taste like milkshake but unlike milkshakes, they do not usually contain milk or ice-cream. Smoothies are a favorite drinks to people who are health-conscious.
Ingredients
1 fresh peach
1 handful of strawberries (approx 7)
1 small glass of orange juice
4 ice cubes
Ingredients
Wash the strawberries and chop them in half. Peel the peach, take out the stone and chop it into about eight. Put the orange juice, peach and strawberries into a blender and blend until there are only small lumps. Now add the ice cubes and blend until the mixture has no lumps. Now put into a glass with two straws and enjoy!
Finally, summer time would not be summer without lemonade here is a great recipe for an old summer time favorite.
Lemonade
Lemonade is a drink enjoyed year round, but mainly during the summer time. The ingredients typically consist of lemon juice, water and sugar. Depending on your taste, the lemonade can be very concentrated or diluted. The drink can be made from fresh lemons, frozen concentrate, or powdered mixes. For this recipe, we will just use lemon juice.
Ingredients
Starting proportions should be a 1 to 1 ratio.
1-cup sugar
1-cup water
1 cup lemon juice.
This proportion can be really sweet so reduce the sugar to taste.
Make sugar syrup by dissolving the sugar into hot water. This keeps the sugar in the lemonade instead of in the bottom of the container.
Heat sugar and water in a saucepan until sugar is dissolved then add lemon juice. Take off the heat add to a pitcher and add 4 cups cold water approximately. Refrigerate 30-40 minutes.