Drinks

Hot or cold, sweet or savory, these drinks are the best!!! Make one of these for you family tonight.

Table of Contents

• Egg nog
• Hawaiian Cocktail
• Hot Spiced Tea
• Orange Julius
• Peanutty Milkshake
• Virgin Fuzzy Navel Cream
• Spiced Tea Mix
• Slurpee
• Strawberry Milk Shakes
• Summertime Slushies
• Tropical Sunshine

Eggnog

• 6 eggs
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 quart milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 cup whipping cream, whipped, (optional)

In large saucepan, beat together eggs, sugar and salt. Gradually stir in milk. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and just coats a metal spoon.  Stir in vanilla and nutmeg. Cool quickly by setting pan in bowl of ice or cold water and stirring for a few minutes. Cover and refrigerate until thoroughly chilled, several hours or overnight. Pour into bowl or pitcher. Fold in whipped cream and sprinkle with additional nutmeg, if desired.

Add Rum or Brandy to taste for adults.

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Hawaiian Cocktail

• 1 oz frozen strawberries
• 1/4 banana
• 1/2 oz grenadine
• 3 oz pina colada mix
• 1/4 cup crushed ice

Blend ingredients. Serve in a tall glass, garnish with a strawberry, a
banana slice, and drink with a straw

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Hot Spiced Tea

• 4 cups freshly brewed tea
• 1/4 cup honey
• 4 whole cloves
• 4 whole cinnamon sticks
• 4 slices citrus fruits

Combine tea, honey, cinnamon and cloves in saucepan; simmer 5 minutes.  Serve hot with citrus garnish.

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Orange Julius
Tastes like the expensive stuff, only better. :-)

• 6 ounces orange juice concentrate
• 1 cup water
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 10 to 12 ice cubes
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 cup sugar

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Peanutty Milkshake

• 1 Tbs. peanut butter
• 1 oz chocolate syrup
• 3 oz milk
• 1/2 cup vanilla ice cream
• 1/8 cup crushed ice

Blend ingredients together. Serve in a soda glass. Garnish with whipped cream and a straw.

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Virgin Fuzzy Navel Cream
A really smooth, rich non-alcoholic drink for the kiddies.

• 2 cups frozen peaches, sliced
• 1 pint orange sherbet
• 1 1/2 cups milk

Blend peaches in blender until smooth. Add sherbet. Blend just until mixed. Add milk. Blend until combined. Pour into chilled glasses. Serve immediately.

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Spiced Tea Mix

• 14 ounces jar of Tang
• 2/3 cup instant tea
• 2 large pkgs. lemonade mix
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons ground cloves
• 2 cups sugar

Mix thoroughly, store in airtight jar or container. Use 2 teaspoons of instant mix to a cup of boiling water for 1 cup of quick spicy tea.

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Yummy Slurpee

• 2 cups cold club soda
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon plus 1/8 teaspoon any flavor unsweetened Kool-Aid Mix
• 2 1/2 cups crushed ice

Pour 1 cup of the club soda into a blender. Add the sugar and Kool-Aid mix  Blend until all of the sugar is dissolved.
Add the crushed ice and blend on high speed until the drink is a slushy, smooth consistency, with no remaining chunks of ice.
Add the remaining club soda and blend briefly until mixed. You may have to stop the blender and use a long spoon to stir up the contents.
If necessary, put the blender into your freezer for 1/2-hour. This will help thicken it up. After 1/2-hour remove blender from freezer and, again, blend briefly to mix.

Makes one 32-ounce drink (or two 16-ouncers).

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Strawberry Milk Shake

• 2 cups vanilla ice cream
• 1 1/4 cups low fat milk
• 3 tablespoons strawberry flavor Nestle Quik Powder
• 1/4 cup frozen sliced strawberries

Combine all ingredients in a blender and mix on high speed until smooth.
Serves 2.

Variation: for chocolate shake omit the sliced strawberries and replace the Strawberry flavored Quik with Chocolate Quik

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Summertime Slushies

• Ice Cubes 4 or 5 (more if you like a thicker slushy)
• 1 can of lemon-lime soda, like 7-up or Sprite
• 1 can of frozen juice mix ( your choice of flavor)

Put everything in a blender and blend on high until the ice is crushed and its all mixed up.

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Tropical Sunshine

• 1/2 ripe banana
• 1 pineapple ring
• 3 oz pina colada mix
• 1/2 cup crushed ice

Blend ingredients together. Serve in a soda glass, garnish with a pineapple wedge, a cherry and serve with a straw.

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These recipes have been gathered from all over the Internet and from various recipe books. I do not take credit as the author of any, unless specifically stated in the recipe.

Revised: November 11, 2003

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