Grapefruit Smoothie

Sit on the front porch in your rocking chair on a sultry afternoon and sip on one or two of these. The proper way to serve a mint julep is in a frozen silver goblet, but you can use glasses instead–just use the most elegant ones you have! You can make the syrup ahead of…

This is a drink served throughout Mexico. It is made with several different fruits. This is a watermelon drink. Ingredients 4 cups cubed seeded watermelon 1/2 cup water 1/2 cup white sugar, or to taste 4 slices lime 24 fresh mint leaves ice Directions Puree the watermelon and water in a blender until smooth. Add…

An Indian yogurt drink – smooth, creamy, and absolutely heavenly! Ingredients 2 mangos – peeled, seeded and diced 2 cups plain yogurt 1/2 cup white sugar 1 cup ice Directions In a blender, combine mangos, yogurt, sugar and ice. Blend until smooth. Pour into glasses and serve.

This punch is easy to make, and is great for parties of all kinds. Ingredients 1/2 gallon strawberry sherbet 2 (64 fluid ounce) bottles fruit punch 1 (2 liter) bottle lemon-lime flavored carbonated beverage, chilled Directions Place sherbet in punch bowl. Pour in fruit punch and lemon-lime soda.

Be warned that this recipe is for pumpkin lovers only! I use my homemade pumpkin puree that I make each autumn and freeze in 2-cup increments, but canned solid-pack pumpkin should work just fine. If you find the pumpkin flavor too intense, try adding a frozen banana. You can play around with the flavors easily…

A cooling pick-me-up of a coffee-chocolate milkshake. Ingredients 1/2 cup warm water 2 teaspoons instant coffee granules 1 tray ice cubes 1/2 (5 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk 1/2 cup milk 1 tablespoon chocolate syrup Directions In a small bowl, stir together the water and instant coffee. In a blender, combine ice cubes, coffee mixture,…